The Hall of Fire

I understand your skepticism about Hamas adhering to any kind of cease-fire; I share it. But Israel needs to stop responding to every action with a response 10-100 times worse than the action. That causes more harm to the Israeli people (not to mention Jews everywhere) then anything that Hamas, Hezb...

Exactly.

It's not "Biden's proposal." It is the plan that was approved by the Israeli War Cabinet.

Netanyahu is awful.

Most of Cohen's jail time was due to crimes unrelated to his work for Trump. And to the extent that it was related to the payment to Daniels it was a completely diffcharge in a completely different jurisdiction so it can't really provide any kind of comparison.

Yes, that is question I tried to answer.

Even better, I'll let someone who knows more than I do answer your question. https://twitter.com/Delavegalaw/status/1796712599263797739 https://twitter.com/Delavegalaw/status/1796714116330996119 One thing I'm not sure I agree with in her list is the gag order violations. My understanding is that sin...

I would say the short answer is maybe. Among the factors that the judge is supposed to consider is the level of remorse demonstrated by the defendant. Trump's railings certainly could be considered in assessing that factor. ETA: I hesitate to say this, but that is the primary reason why I have revis...

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I don't think it is a laughing matter, but of course your mileage may vary.

I would selfishly like it if this information was made public, but I understand why it would not be.

I have no idea who this person is or whether what they are saying is true, but I found it interesting enough to share here with the caveat that I have no idea who this person is or whether what they are saying is true.

Apparently, Bronwyn will not be a returning character in Season 2, even though her son Theo and her Elf lover Arondir will be. ‘The Rings Of Power’ Actress Nazanin Boniadi Not Returning For Season 2 Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power actress Nazanin Boniadi won’t be returning as her human healer char...

Meanwhile,

The scene here in Santa Cruz today.

To the best of my knowledge, they are not, and a significant percentage of donations made to a PAC supposedly supporting his election campaign is actually going to pay his legal bills.

No. In fact, legally Bragg and Colangelo can't discuss specifics about the case while it is still active (which it is). This is all a show.

I thought about putting this in the 2024 election thread, but ultimately decided it should go here. Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Thoughts on Donald Trump’s Conviction

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Deal, not detail (I edited it).