Yes, the orange vulgarity is in a Manhattan courtroom today. Yes, he's multi-indicted, etc. However the science from NOAA goes on: March 2024 was the warmest March on record for the globe in NOAA's 175-year record. The March global surface temperature was 1.35°C (2.43°F) above the 20th-century average of 12.7°C (54.9°F). This is 0.01°C ( °F) warmer than the previous March record set in 2016, and the tenth consecutive month of record-high global temperatures. March 2024 marked the 48th consecutive March with global temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average. And: The Janua ..read more

TRUMP IS BEING READ HIS PARKER WARNING: MERCHAN: You have the right to be present during the trial and to assist your attorneys….do you understand? TRUMP: “Yes." MERCHAN: If you disrupt the proceedings, you can be excluded from the courtroom and committed to jail based on… — Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) April 15, 2024 We'll see ..read more

From Judge Marchan's case summary from his letter to counsel regarding jury selection: The allegations are, in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, it is alleged that Donald Trump made or caused false business records to hide the true nature of payments made to Michael Cohen, by characterizing them as payment for legal services rendered pursuant to a retainer agreement. The People allege that in fact, the payments were intended to reimburse Michael Cohen for money he pai ..read more

From The NYTimes: On Monday, Donald J. Trump will go on trial in Manhattan — the first former U.S. president to be criminally prosecuted. I'll just leave that there ..read more

Transcript: Because of Donald Trump, millions of women lost the fundamental freedom to control their own bodies and now women's lives are in danger because of that. The question is, if Donald Trump gets back in power, what freedom will you lose next? Your body and your decisions belong to you - not the government, not Donald Trump. I will fight like hell to get your freedom back.   ..read more

A few days or so ago, PA State Senator Doug Mastriano posted this on his Facebook Page: He's introducing legislation to establish a Vietnam War Veterans day in Pennsylvania. Before we get any further, let me state unequivocally that I agree with Doug Mastriano when he said, during the above speech, that: [Vietnam veterans] deserve our country's admiration, respect and appreciation as well as gratitude. However it's what Sen Mastriano (and PhD in, uh, History??) said just before that that's the problem. Here it is: Thank you Mr President. This morning as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affair ..read more

The NYTimes had an interesting piece yesterday about the rhetorical devices the former (and currently indicted and twice impeached) president uses to lie to the public. The bullet points: He grossly distorts his opponents’ records and proposals to make them sound unreasonable. He exaggerates and twists the facts to make his record sound better than it is. He relies on both well-worn and fresh claims of election rigging to suggest he can lose only if his opponents cheat. He has turned his criminal cases into a rallying cry, baselessly asserting that he is being persecuted by his successor. He ..read more

Take a look: Wow. The Oath Keepers. #PittsburghsBiggestEmbarrassment takes to Rumble from her house on Easter (holiest of all holy days…ya know) with sidekick Brick (in front of his giant Wendy poster) to reveal…she talks (by prison phone) to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. pic.twitter.com/BHxBKvT5bU — Wegner’s Groceries (@grocerieswegner) March 31, 2024 You can listen for yourselves (if you choose to) but Wendy tells the story of receiving a phone call from Federal inmage 81981-509 (a.k.a. Elmer Stewart Rhodes).   This is was found guilty by a jury of 12 of this: According to ..read more

Science, from NOAA: The February global surface temperature was 2.52°F (1.40°C) above the 20th-century average of 53.8°F (12.1°C), making it the warmest February on record and the ninth consecutive month of record-high global temperatures. According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook, there is a 45% chance that 2024 will rank as the warmest year on record and a 99% chance that it will rank in the top five. And the chart: Undeniable.   Has been for a while ..read more

From The New York Times: A judge in California recommended on Wednesday that the lawyer John Eastman be stripped of his law license, finding he had violated rules of professional ethics by persistently lying in his efforts to help former President Donald J. Trump maintain his grip on power after losing the 2020 election. In a 128-page ruling, the judge, Yvette Roland, said Mr. Eastman had willfully misrepresented facts in lawsuits he helped file challenging the election results and acted dishonestly in promoting a “wild theory” that Mr. Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, could unilaterally ..read more