A leftwing New York judge assigned to Trump's "fraud" case -- is there any other kind of judge assigned to Trump cases in NY? the system is rigged -- has imposed another gag order on Trump, forbidding him from pointing out that the judge's daughter works with a political group dedicated to defeating Trump and to supporting anti-Trump lunatics and liars like Adam Schiff.
The judge refuses to recuse himself. To make the issue go away, he declares that Trump just isn't allowed to talk about it.
The judge in Donald Trump's upcoming Manhattan trial harbors a contempt for the rule of law that is sadly typical these days of liberal jurists.
Inflamed by Trump's public salvos about the unfairness of the case against him, Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order preventing the former president from criticizing court staff and members of their families, including his honor's adult daughter.
Let's begin with the basics. Gag orders are almost always a prior restraint on speech and presumptively unconstitutional. Silencing a defendant violates his or her First Amendment rights....
Anyone accused of a crime has a constitutionally-protected right to defend himself in a court of law, as well as the court of public opinion. That includes justified criticism of the trial judge who has a noted history of liberal bias. Merchan donated to Trump's opponent, Joe Biden, and also gave money to an anti-Trump cause, although the amount was small.
But the judge's daughter is also fair game for criticism. Loren Merchan is a public figure who runs a prominent progressive political consulting firm that handles outspoken Trump opponents like Adam Schiff, who was infamously censured by his own colleagues in Congress for peddling endless lies about Trump and the notorious Russia Hoax.
Significantly, Merchan's daughter has a financial or economic interest in her father's case. She and her clients raised some $93 million in campaign donations by citing the Trump prosecution in their solicitation mailings, according to reporting by The New York Post.
On this basis alone, Judge Merchan was obligated to recuse himself because a member of his family --which is identified a child under strict ethical guidelines-- has a private, vested interest in the outcome of the case. Yet, he refuses to step aside despite the glaring conflict of interest. Meaning, the fix is in.
There's no exemption under the First Amendment protecting the family members of judges. Merchan's gag order is as wrongful as his decision not to disqualify himself in favor of a different judge who has no such conflict and might actually be objective and neutral. The appearance of impropriety, by itself, is sufficient for recusal under Section 100.2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct in New York.
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Is it any wonder that many Americans have lost confidence in courts of law?
More than 60 Americans have been evacuated from Haiti in a private operation led by former New York Giant Jack Brewer as the Caribbean nation plunges into chaos and gang violence.
The Brewer Foundation collaborated with several organizations to help track down and evacuate Americans through what were often extremely dangerous conditions.
This effort involved more than half a dozen helicopter transfers costing between $15,000 and $80,000, and numerous volunteers working on co-ordination as well as ground efforts.
"As I was busy evacuating others, the area where my family and I reside was attacked by gangs. My partner and his neighbor's house were overrun," one rescued American who was granted anonymity for safety reasons, recounted to The Post.
"There were at least five children, all of whom were US citizens holed up in both that individual's and their neighbor's homes. Ultimately they were evacuated in the rescue effort."
The Texas native and his foundation have worked to support three orphanages in Haiti for well over a decade, and Brewer knows many of the people his team has helped bring to safety.
The ex-safety formally began shipping people out of Haiti late last month and is aiming to rescue up to 300 people.
Don't call it a shithole country, though. That might hurt "Barbecue's" feelings. Please refer to it as "the quaint island paradise of diverse and vibrant cultures from which people must be rescued by a helicopter flotilla."
The markings from Biden's CPAP mask were again visible on his face.
Now, these fade after, what, ten to fifteen minutes? Let's say it takes the marks a half hour to fade for Biden, owing to his thinner skin.
So every time you see this marks on Biden's face, you know they just roused him out of bed less than a half hour ago.
What time did he get up?
CPAP machine strap lines were visible on President Biden's face Wednesday during an afternoon health care event with Sen. Bernie Sanders at the White House Wednesday.
Biden has been utilizing a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea, a potentially serious ailment in which one's breathing restarts during sleep, the White House confirmed last year.
That confirmation came after the president was seen with mysterious marks on his face during a stroll across the White House lawn, which sparked an internet frenzy, during the event that was slated to begin at 11 a.m. but didn't get underway until the president arrived around noon.
CPAP machines deploy higher levels of airwave pressure to ensure a patient attains sufficient airflow and oxygen during sleep.
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The White House previously explained that "Since 2008, the president has disclosed his history with sleep apnea in thorough medical reports."
Representative Lauren Bobert has just had emergency surgery for a blood clot in her leg.
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent emergency surgery to remove a blood clot and was diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome, she announced Tuesday evening.
The Republican congresswoman, 37, was admitted to UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland after she experienced swelling in her upper left leg.
"After undergoing a CT Scan, doctors found an acute blood clot and diagnosed her with May-Thurner Syndrome, which is a rare condition that disrupts blood flow," a statement on Facebook from her campaign read.
Doctors scheduled and performed surgery on Boebert on Tuesday morning to remove the blood clot and add a stent to address her symptoms.
May-Thurner syndrome is a rare vascular condition in which an artery compresses the left iliac vein in the pelvis, blocking off blood flow from the leg back to the heart, according to UPMC.
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"We successfully performed surgery on the Congresswoman this morning and expect her to make a full recovery," said Bade, a hospitalist at UCHealth.
Trump has declared that November 5th will be a "Christian visibility day."
I mean, it's only fair -- Easter Sunday has historically been a Christian Visibility Day but Biden proclaimed that day to be one of Trans Visibility.
It's really important to give gay and trans people more visibility. They have so little visibility right now.
The Rainbow People, the Invisible-and-yet-Omnipresent Minority.
Twitchy reminds us that Joe Scarborough has declared that Year 2024 Biden is the sharpest, most intellectually advanced version of Biden ever.
Biden disagrees, in words as powerful as they are incomprehensible.
Compare Biden's actual gibberish with the translation provided to us by Turnip Whisperer Karine Jean-Pierre.
I'm serious about this: We need a major investigation into the Democrat Party's bizarre patronage of the terror state of Iran.