Alito Now Trying To Rile Up Concern That Women Could Get ER Abortions By Claiming Mental Health Crisis talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/abor… via Talking Points Memo

It is pretty obvious to me that Samuel Alito has a hostility towards women that is unhealthy.

Trial exhibits:

Some of the National Enquirer headlines that ex-AMI chief David Pecker testified were part of the behind-the-scenes scheme to prop up Trump and discredit his political rivals have been released by the court.

They were entered into evidence on Tuesday.

“And his former friend corroborated that accusation, delivering hours of gripping testimony about their secret plot to protect his campaign.

“The judge questioned his defense lawyer’s credibility. The prosecution accused him of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 presidential election.”nytimes.com/2024/04/23/nyr…

Nearly $8M dollars was paid to unknown people by this entity, and multiple trump PACs reimburse it. If they were just paying lawyers, why hide it? We see all kinds of trump legal bills. This feels like he’s using this entity to hide where the money is going . END/

Mini 🧵Idaho's lawyer mentions the many Catholic hospitals across the country. He's right. In recent years, many hospitals have been acquired by religiously-affiliated hospitals. It presents a real issue for reproductive care

Trump speaks to “both side” all the time in his shell-game strategy. Someone Ike’s in the same sentence.

2018 REMINDER —
it’s ALL transactional for Trump.

The list of Republican senators still voting against the Ukraine aid package is very revealing. Shockingly, it includes Intelligence Committee Vice Chair, Rubio. The Kremlin’s influence in American conservative politics is clearly growing, despite Putin’s ever-worsening conduct.

National Enquirer stories alleging affairs from Ted Cruz, Trump’s 2016 GOP primary rival.

According to former National Enquirer CEO David Pecker who testified at Trump’s trial, Trump arranged for these negative stories to appear.

sick

Elon platformed trump on twitter unilaterally almost immediately after taking control of the company. How’s that not rightwing extremism? Trump incited insurrection as president. That happened. He used social media to help produce that outcome. That is unprecedented and dangerous

Listening to the EMTALA oral argument and Idaho's lawyer just opened the door to fetal personhood... says that the federal law that requires federally-funded hospitals to provide stabilizing care to patients experiencing emergencies implicates TWO individuals...

“The court already boosted Trump’s legal strategy of delaying the trial… justices denied Smith’s requests to expedite the case…Absent extraordinary speed, a decision is unlikely b4 late June.”

Trump Shaped the Supreme Court. Now He Wants His Victory-WSJ wsj.com/us-news/law/tr…

Friends, this is a single poll. A few points:
- Biden/Ds gaining in natl polls, Biden had his best 2024 poll this week (Marist +6 w/likelies)
- We now have polls w/Biden ahead in MI/PA/WI
- 3 recent polls show NC up for grabs
- Trump = raging dumpster fire
Keep calm, carry on.

Facts Trump conveniently left out while demagoguing on public safety at the bodega…

Year-to-date in Manhattan as of this week:
* Murders down 23%
* Shootings down 39%
* Index crime overall down 6%

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, makes a heart-shaped gesture behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

SCOOP: Looks like Trump has been using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to keep some of the attorneys he’s paying hidden from the public. It’s an $8 million mystery—and experts say it’s probably illegal. Me The Daily Beast
thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-leg…

Acyn Trump is running to keep himself out of prison, and to stave off bankruptcy.

Trump lacks any sense of public service. He is a leech on the American system. He is the worst American ever born.

His policies have killed far more people than all American serial killers combined.