#Maddow reminds us that there is a REASON why it has taken so long for this hush money trial to come to fruition.

And we all learned that reason when Geoffrey Berman revealed that Donald Trump and Bill Barr undermined NY Prosecutors in Trump's favor.

nytimes.com/2020/06/25/nyr…

⚡️To protect Israel, which is not a #NATO member, Western countries did not need Article 5 of the Alliance. The same is possible in relation to #Ukraine — political will is needed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky said in his evening address.

📷: President’s Office

Stop calling it “the hush money case.”

Start calling it what it really was — a CAMPAIGN COVER-UP to hide the truth from the American people and to steal the 2016 election.

That’s the crime Trump is on trial for.

Via Maggie Haberman on the NYT live blog: 'Shortly before court adjourned for the day, Trump’s campaign sent out a fundraising email falsely claiming he had just stormed out of court.'

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trump is crying because he can't attend Barron's high school graduation. FYI: he didn't attend Don Jr.'s, Ivanka's, Erics, or Tiffany's H.S. graduations. And Barron's graduation is on a date when the court isn't even in session. #DontheCon #TrumpTrial #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

WATCH: “I’m totally against vouchers. To me it’s an entitlement program. It’s corporate welfare.”

In WILLIAMSON COUNTY Williamson, Inc. Rep. Warner (R) again opposed Gov. Bill Lee’s voucher scam, not backing down when a man called him a “RINO”

Wilco School districts oppose it too

While Biden spent the weekend helping fend off Iran's missile and drone attack, supposedly pro-Israel Trump embraced the anti-Israel chant, 'Genocide Joe.” And Ben Wittes explains the Trump trial.

A stellar ⁦Tim Miller⁩ podcast. thebulwark.com/p/bill-kristol…

Street art in Tbilisi, Georgia

JUST IN: Judge Howell upholds the jury's defamation verdict against Rudy Giuliani in a 48-page opinion.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Dear NYT Editorial Page,

Will you be all over this, like you were when Robert Hur led you by the nose?

Asking for several million friends.

Exactly, and Nothing.

The revolution will not be televised. Because they didn’t show up. Couple million Trump voters live within an hour of courthouse. Maybe 50 showed up.

If Trump is too old and weak to stay awake at his own criminal trial, what do you think will happen in the Situation Room?