The Frankish Reich

He invited her to attend the launch of Trump Vodka. How was I unaware that there was a Trump Vodka? I need to get out more or go to trashier places when I do.

File under: Some Things I Learned Today. No condom. But that's ok I guess because no sex with Melania either. Separate beds or bedrooms. So Trump nailed a "Horse Face." Seems likely to play out well in the media!

Apparently the defense didn't object for a long time to the "scene setting" testimony Stormy was going into. So the judge at first intervened (I've had this happen to me) by telling the DA "I'm not interested in that." Then we got some objections. The worst that can happen (realistically) is that the judge admonishes the jury not to consider certain things other than that Trump did have sex with her. Unlikely to be considered reversible error on appeal if he is convicted.

Well, there you go. Trump revealed as even more of a creep than we thought, so let's rehash every silly story about a Democrat.

Meanwhile: Biden going on and on in that special yelling style that he thinks communicates vim and vigor.

You mean he was elected because he paid off a sex worker to keep her quiet? (sorry, had to go there)

I've never done a "sex worker." Guess I'm in the minority on this one.

Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street - L. Cohen Meanwhile: Biden stepping all over the big news of the day with boring Holocaust Remembrance speech. Ever heard of keeping them waiting for 20 minutes or so?

Stormy: Old Spice in his room. Unmade bed. MSNBC has gone all puritanical now. Say they're not going to relate "all the details" because they're graphic. Damn liberals.

I knew you'd be ready for this!

Yeah, saying to a sex worker "you remind me of my daughter" is the kind of press any creep desires.

Keep pretending. We all know you follow what I say. What's the stupid movie line your old namesake used to quote, something about living rent free in your brain?

What makes you think he didn't think he could get away with it 😁

Really deserves its own thread. She's still testifying. Trump's wingman invites her to "dinner" with the boss. She meets him in his hotel room. He answers in satin pajamas. Starts asking her about her life and career, whether she's tested for STDs, etc. Trump: "you remind me of my daughter." 🤮 Yeah, that's normal.

MSNBC (gasp!) is doing a good job of summarizing testimony in real time. And their legal commenters are surprisingly even-handed. So now we know a little more about Trump's game. It wasn't just "grab 'em by the p[]ssy." No, he had his wingman approach Stormy to say that Trump would like to have dinner with her. She goes to his room. He's in silk pajamas (!) She asks him to change for dinner. He doesn't "just start kissing her." He pretends to be interested in her life. And then? Well, I guess we'll hear that soon.

Glenn Reynolds is an actual law prof. He obviously is more interested in his blogging career now. But he is a serious person. And he's right: the "over criminalization" thing is a problem. So like he says, go ahead and try to correct what you think is selective prosecution through the political/electoral system. If we believe Trump, that is where Reynolds is wrong. Trump believes that these prosecutions make him more popular and more likely to be elected. So much for this comment:

You keep that up and I'm going to have to pretend to ignore you! (and what exactly was trolling about pointing out that blasting the national anthem at midnight harmed normal students more than pro-Palestine protesters?)

Guess who just can't ignore me anymore!

I don't know the percentage in the encampments who are students. But Harvard Yard is surrounded by freshman dorms ...

And succeeds in waking up all of those apolitical freshmen trying to get a decent nights' sleep before finals.

This is the stupidest "there must have been fraud" theory ever. How many people flocked to Eugene McCarthy rallies in 1968? George Wallace rallies that same year? As opposed to Nixon rallies. Did more people show up for Bernie vs. Hillary? What makes anyone think that those who attend rallies are representative of the electorate in general?

Probably. This could get interesting. As many of you know, I've been waiting for the testimony about Trump's penis. The judge seems to have just ruled that out. For now. If the defense starts asking questions about exactly what happens, that door can open ...

From the deleted Trump post: "no time for lawyers to prepare." What? No time to prepare for something they knew was coming for at least a year?

I vote for the first option. And I might add: a damn fool.

I respectfully decline to answer. But I will say that Ozempic is a human rights violation.