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https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-trial-stormy-daniels-testifying/

One of the star witnesses in former President Donald Trump's trial, adult film actor Stormy Daniels, gave defiant testimony Thursday in her final day on the stand as the defense accused her of fabricating details of the alleged sexual encounter between her and Trump.

"You're trying to make me say it changed, but it hasn't changed," Daniels said in response to a question from Trump attorney Susan Necheles as Necheles sought to find discrepancies in her story.

Daniels admitted that getting money for her story was important to her, but she remained adamant that "I never asked for money from President Trump." While she reminded Necheles she was not paid for the bombshell 2018 "60 Minutes" interview, Necheles sought to show that later deals for her book, tours and reality television appearances were the result of that interview.

The $130,000 payment Daniels received from former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen ahead of the 2016 election is at the heart of the case. Prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records stemming from reimbursements for the payment. His defense attorneys have argued the money was to cover Cohen's legal fees.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche once again asked for a mistrial, saying Daniels' testimony went too far. Judge Juan Merchan swiftly denied the request.

Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in the case. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies having sex with Daniels.

One of the other expected high-profile witnesses, Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who received a payout from the parent company of the National Enquirer in exchange for the rights to her story, will no longer be called to testify.

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https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/national/hawaii-guns/image_cc16e62d-45f8-5304-a0ee-82287e45f3d7.html
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/national/hawaii-guns/image_c90bef3b-d251-5764-9e9c-b2cde9d1cd46.html
>In response to a lawsuit, Honolulu has agreed to process all carry permit applications submitted by 2/29 within 60 days, process all others within 120 days of submission, create an online application system by 3/8/26, and pay the plaintiffs' legal fees:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.hid.168740/gov.uscourts.hid.168740.25.0.pdf
The good guys won. USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

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https://www.ibtimes.sg/manchester-teacher-impregnated-by-one-her-students-while-bail-having-sex-another-student-74525
May 9, 2024

Manchester Teacher Impregnated by One of Her Students While on Bail for Having Sex with Another Student

A teacher in the UK got pregnant by one of her pupils while on bail for having sex with another student, a court heard.

As reported by BBC News, Rebecca Joynes was on bail in connection with grooming a 15-year-old boy and gifting him a 345 pound ($430) designer belt.

The case is being heard by Manchester Crown Court where the 30-year-old teacher is facing trial on six counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child, including two while in a position of trust. She has denied all the charges.

Joynes was arrested after she allegedly picked up the boy after school in her car and took him to her flat, where they had sex twice. An investigation was initiated against the teacher after rumors started circulating around the school. The teacher was suspended by the school during the investigation. She was subsequently bailed on the condition that she have no unsupervised contact with anyone aged under 18.

"The case was then adjourned to await the rest of the trial, but in the meantime it turned out that Ms Joynes had been in a fairly long-term sexual relationship with another of her 15-year-old pupils," said Prosecutor Joe Allman.


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Barron Trump 'declines' offer to be a delegate at Republican National Convention

https://www.rawstory.com/barron-trump-declines-rnc/

Barron Trump is honored but turning down the opportunity to join his siblings as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in June because he has "prior commitments."

"While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments," the Office of former First Lady Melania Trump confirmed in a statement to The Daily Mail.

The bowing out comes two days after former President Donald Trump's youngest son Barron, 18, was expected to be cast as one of Florida's at-large delegates when the Republican National Convention takes place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this summer.

“We have a great delegation of grassroots leaders, elected officials and even Trump family members,” Florida GOP chairman Evan Power said after they received a list of the delegates expected to represent the Sunshine State. “Florida is continuing to have a great convention team, but more importantly we are preparing to win Florida and win it big.”

It was thought that Barron would join Power along with Florida delegation’s chairman, brother Eric Trump.

Also expected to be part of the delegation to mint Donald Trump as the GOP nominee includes: Donald Trump Jr. fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, Michale Boulous, the husband of Tiffany Trump; former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, longtime Trump adviser Sergio Gor; prominent Trump donor, and former Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter, among others.

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top kek, have fun dying for israel
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/11/germany-considering-conscription-for-all-18-year-olds/

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/appeals-court-upholds-steve-bannons-conviction-for-defying-jan-6-probe-00157301

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 House select committee, a ruling that could send the populist conservative strategist to prison.

Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail in 2022 by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols after a jury convicted him of two counts of contempt of Congress. But Nichols, a Trump appointee, agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the decision, agreeing that the complex mix of laws that govern executive privilege and testimonial immunity for White House aides could be overturned by higher courts.

But a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Bannon’s argument, saying the former aide and prominent podcaster had no legal rationale for his blanket refusal to appeal before the Jan. 6 committee — and that long-standing case law.

“Because we have no basis to depart from that binding precedent, and because none of Bannon’s other challenges to his convictions have merit, we affirm [the conviction],” the panel ruled in a 20-page opinion.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-campaign-hid-settlements-with-women-new-complaint-says

A sex discrimination lawsuit against Donald Trump’s campaign has triggered new accusations that Trump’s lawyers have intentionally covered up settlement payments to women in violation of federal law.

On Friday, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, demanding an investigation into the alleged cover-up. The complaint cites new allegations from 2016 Trump campaign aide A.J. Delgado, which she lodged in a sworn court declaration earlier this week as part of her ongoing discrimination suit against Trump’s political operation.

Delgado’s filing presented evidence of top Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz openly admitting that the campaign wanted to use a law firm to cover up a potential settlement payout in 2017. The arrangement, as Delgado described it, appears specifically designed to evade the consequences of federal disclosure laws that require campaigns to publicly report the identities of payment recipients.

A Minneapolis woman has been federally charged with embezzling over $1.5 million from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

Danielle Terese Eisenbacher, 39, faces one count of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, and six counts of money laundering. She made her initial appearance in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko earlier this week.

The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the incident.

Eisenbacher was an employee of a Minneapolis-based marketing firm from October 2019 through October 2023, authorities said.

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https://patch.com/minnesota/minneapolis/minneapolis-marketing-exec-embezzled-1-5-million-firm-feds

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thanks for the inflation, brandon
https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2024/why-prices-might-never-go-back-down/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdOnJhr6mY

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>The largest spikes are occurring in Republican states flooded with guns.
>Least thefts are occurring in states with strict gun control.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/09/guns-stolen-cars-everytown-report

The rate of gun thefts from cars has tripled in the U.S. since 2013, making vehicles the most common source for stolen weapons in the country, according to a new report by the gun safety group Everytown.

Why it matters: Stolen guns are difficult to trace and are often later used in other crimes, the report notes.

By the numbers: Everytown analyzed almost a decade of FBI crime data from 337 cities across 44 states with a combined population of about 63 million people.

>The analysis found that the rate of gun thefts from cars in these cities has tripled from 2013, rising from an estimated 21 thefts per 100,000 people that year to 63 thefts per 100,000 people in 2022.
>Of the 112,000 guns reported stolen in 2022, about 51%, or roughly 62,000 weapons, were from stolen from vehicles.
>On average at least one gun is stolen from a car every nine minutes in the U.S, the report stated.


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a black, african somali "refugee" stabbed a 66 year old british woman to death in london after trying to steal her purse
refugees welcome
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/10/fatal-stabbing-woman-edgware-bus-stop-handbag-man-arrested/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68995282
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/11/man-charged-north-london-murder-edgware
https://news.sky.com/story/man-charged-with-murdering-66-year-old-woman-stabbed-to-death-in-edgware-north-london-13133308
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68983357
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68990714

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https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4656405-donald-trump-transgender-students-athletes-title-ix-lgbtq/

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/09/marius-gustavson-eunuch-maker-cult/

The ‘nice guy’ LGBT campaigner who became leader of Eunuch Maker cult

Over four years, Marius Gustavson made £300,000 from 22,800 subscribers paying to watch ‘human butchery’ on their screens

Max Stephens
9 May 2024 • 8:35pm

In his north London basement flat, Marius Gustavson castrated and sexually tortured dozens of men for the enjoyment of paying viewers on his Eunuch Maker website.

Over four years, Gustavson made £300,000 from the 22,800 subscribers paying to watch the “human butchery” unfold on their screens.

At the Old Bailey on Thursday, the 46-year-old Norwegian national was jailed for life with a minimum custodial sentence of 22 years.


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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barron-trump-enter-politics-florida-delegate-gop-convention
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68982873
Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, is to enter the political limelight with a role at July's Republican National Convention.

Delegates from across the US will formally select the party's nominee for president at the gathering in Wisconsin - set to be Barron's father.

The 18-year-old has been named on a list of delegates-at-large to attend the event for the state of Florida.

Previously, Barron's mother Melania has kept him largely out of the public eye.

The only child from their nearly two-decade marriage, Barron did not immediately move to Washington after his father's inauguration.

He remained with his mother at their Trump Tower home in New York to finish his school year before they relocated in the summer of 2017.

His move to the White House, at age 11, made him the first male child to live there since John F Kennedy Jr in 1963.

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https://apnews.com/article/israel-weapons-shipment-us-eed365ebef0477ba74bf9848cacae4f4

The United States will stop supplying offensive weaponry to the Israelis if the country goes through with a planned invasion of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, a signal that he is willing to put conditions on aid to Israel for the first time and that he’s reached a major break with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden said during an interview with CNN, acknowledging the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians during the war launched in retaliation for Hamas’ massacre of Israelis and taking of hostages on Oct. 7.

“I made it clear that if they go into Rafah ― they haven’t gone in Rafah yet ― if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities,” Biden said.

Biden, long a staunch and unquestioning supporter of Israel, has come under intense pressure from Democrats to finally place conditions on military aid to the country, which has been accused of war crimes and has been deemed at risk of committing genocide in its attacks on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Biden said the U.S. would continue to provide for Israel’s defense, as it did when it assisted the country against an attack from Iran last month.

“We’re going to continue to make sure Israel is secure in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond to attacks that came out of the Middle East recently,” he said, adding, “We’re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells.”

Rafah, where 1 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, is one of the last remaining safe zones in the Gaza Strip. Humanitarian groups fear a full-on Israeli invasion of the city would result in mass civilian deaths.