Deadline reports: “This was a disgrace,” a solemn-looking Donald Trump said today outside the courtroom minutes after the guilty verdicts were read in the hush-money trial. “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt.” He added later, “We will fight for our Constitution — this is long from over.” “It was a rigged trial. A disgrace, …

“There is nothing normal about this. This is not Venezuela. This is not El Salvador at the peak of criminality. This is America. And there are so many blatant violations to this that every person sees this. “I’ve been talking to people all day that have been waiting for this decision, that are devout Trump haters and they are like, …

“I want to believe that Americans believe in justice. And I think that in their gut, they realize that there is something that is very wrong here. We have gone over a cliff in America. This verdict is a verdict of someone who was forced to fight a 1,000 pound gorilla with both hands tied behind his back. “This was …

Breaking just now live on all networks. POP YOUR CORKS, MY TENDER KITTENS! Now comes the year or years of appeals. BUT STILL. The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump was convicted on Thursday of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign, capping an extraordinary trial that tested the resilience …

CNN reports: The jury has reached a verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial. The verdict will be read in court shortly. Judge Juan Merchan said, “Please let there be no reactions, no outbursts of any kind,” when they read the verdict.Trump was leaning back in his chair when the judge took the bench. He kept a straight face …

“They are the Gestapo. We’re in Venezuela. We might as well be in China. We might as well be in Germany during the 30s and 40s. It is corrupt, is the Gestapo. They don’t follow any laws anymore. And no one can stop. No one can stop them. “And because of what happened to me, these other AG’s are afraid …

Reuters reports: TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version that operates independently of its Chinese parent and be more palatable to American lawmakers who want to ban it, according to sources with direct knowledge of the efforts. The work on splitting the source code ordered …

The Boston Globe reports: A local member of a New England-based neo-Nazi group known for disrupting children’s “drag queen story hours” has been charged with possessing child pornography. Stephen Thomas Farrea, 34, a member of the Nationalist Social Club-131, had been arrested two years ago while distributing white nationalism leaflets in East Providence. Then, last month, the Portsmouth police got …

The Daily Mail reports: A British woman and her partner scurried out of a New York City park after a group of Donald Trump supporters shouted to “get the fuck out.” Video shows how police were forced to step in after protesters at a park near Trump’s hush money trial apparently clashed with the couple. Furious protesters, sporting Trump apparel …

The Hill reports: More than two-thirds of voters believe a guilty verdict for former President Trump in his criminal hush money trial would not impact their vote, according to a survey published Thursday. The Marist poll found that 67 percent of respondents say a guilty verdict in the case would not affect their vote, while 17 percent of people said …

NBC News reports: False reports about the jury instructions in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial have been spreading across right-wing media, leading to threats against the judge overseeing the case. Several conservative news personalities, including some affiliated with Fox News, falsely claimed that Judge Juan Merchan, as one Fox News anchor put it in a viral post on …

“Are these progressive women, these feminists – are they saying we should have Handmaid’s Tale? Did they just say can’t you muzzle your own wife? I think that was the quote. What is going on? Are they that unhinged? Because Justice Alito’s wife, right, is now on my short list to be VP. She’s a hammer. She’s not Handmaid’s Tale. …

Colorado Politics reports: A federal judge on Monday threw out an attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to end an alleged criminal investigation of her for conduct related to election equipment tampering. Peters, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2022 and GOP party chair in 2023, is set to face criminal trial in state …

“Judge Merchan — Juan Merchan — has somehow made new rules for this case. And in a very odd twist, this judge, Merchan, has instructed the jurors that they, in fact, do not need to be unanimous. “Some can find Trump guilty of, say, one thing. Others may find him guilty of another charge. And somehow, they all just need …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Thursday to the National Rifle Association in its free speech dispute with a New York state official it accused of coercing banks and insurers to avoid doing business with the influential gun rights advocacy group. The justices, in a 9-0 decision authored by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, threw out a …

Bill Pruitt writes for Slate: I was one of four producers involved in the first two seasons. During that time, I signed an expansive nondisclosure agreement that promised a fine of $5 million and even jail time if I were to ever divulge what actually happened. It expired this year. “I think Kwame [Jackson] would be a great addition to …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: NBC News is the latest to stir the pot, insisting that they spoke to nine people close to the Trump campaign who warned that there’s a strategy afoot to stop conservatives from moving the party platform “too far to the right” on things like abortion and same-sex marriage. That’s sounding plenty of alarms …

“What if I told you there’s a magical place. where they can print money and you never have to pay your bills? A place where spending money you don’t have is good, term limits are bad and border security doesn’t matter? “It’s a place where they don’t care about crime or inflation. And where you can invent your own truth. …

NBC News reports: Court reconvenes at 9:30 this morning, and some of the first orders of business will be related to jury requests from yesterday. Jurors yesterday afternoon requested to rehear parts of witness testimony, including three portions of David Pecker’s testimony and a section of Michael Cohen’s testimony. Amid deliberations, the jury requested to rehear portions of witness testimony, …

“Nikki Haley is disgusting. She’s a disgusting human being to do that. That’s genocidal language and it’s the language that has the American people turning against our government. Why do we continue to support not just the consistent attacks in Gaza, but the forever wars? There are people in our country, their entire lives, me included, it seems like we’re …