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Charlie Kirk.

Turning the mic off is to keep Trump from constantly interrupting, which he did last time and is not really a debate either when that is allowed.

The disclaimer: "(NSFW) lyrics" is redundant given the song title.

For those who don't want to read the entire thread here's a summary of why the OP thinks Butker is a "geek club hero"

I thought The Charlatans were a great band.

The opinion of just one climate scientist. Yes, that is really persuasive.

So you NAGA as legitimate an organization as BLM?

“The Native American Guardian’s Association (NAGA) is a non-profit group in North Dakota." A non-profit in North Dakota? Has anyone here ever heard of them before this?

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790479005839204633 The jury is dismissed now to return at Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790477703017009433 BLANCHE: How much money have you made from REVENGE? COHEN: $400,000 BLANCHE: Combined the two books? How much more did Disloyal make, so you have made $3.4 million for the two books? COHEN: over the four year period? Yes sir. BLANCHE: after you published Revenge, and btw you talked about frustration about trump not being prosecuted COHEN: I said that yes BLANCHE: you don't understand why noone will hold Pres Trump responsible? COHEN: Sounds correct, yes BLANCHE: you talked about your efforts cooperating with DA COHEN: Talked about my cooperation with them, yes BLANCHE: January of 2023, at the end of the month you turned over your phones? COHEN: I’m sorry, I’m confused by your question. BLANCHE: you gave them the password and signed consent form and invesitgator rosenberg took your phones? COHEN: I did, yes sir

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790477388184203393 BLANCHE: You wanted the DA’s office to publicly acknowledge that you were cooperating, correct? COHEN: I would say so, yes BLANCHE: i’m not trying to put words in your mouth - do you have any doubt? COHEN: no BLANCHE: And here you're still serving your sentence at home? COHEN: I’m still on supervised release. BLANCHE: Your sentence is over… COHEN: November of 2024. BLANCHE: have you met in person with DA Bragg? COHEN: No, sir

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790476686011543720 BLANCHE: As of Aug 2021, your podcast had topped 10 million downloads? COHEN: Think it was more, but yes BLANCHE: Downloaded 300,000 a week? COHEN: Something like that yes. BLANCHE: You make money off the podcast? COHEN: Yes sir BLANCHE: “Is it fair to say you are motivated by fame?” COHEN: No i don't think that's fair BLANCHE: “Is it fair to say you’re motivated by publicity?” COHEN: I don't know if that's fair to say BLANCHE: fair to say in first few months after Disloyal was released, you made about 2 million dollars? COHEN: yes, it went into a bank account

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790472122449687004 BLANCHE: You referred to President Trump as a boorish cartoon misogynist? COHEN: “Sounds like something I would say” BLANCHE: “you referred to President Trump as a Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain?” COHEN: sounds like something i would say BLANCHE: Do you recall around that same time you started talking about President Trump would be convicted of a crime? You said “ I truly hope this man ends up in prison?” COHEN: Sounds right

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790471758266396969 BLANCHE: Then your lawyer made a motion for a Rule 35 (sentence reduction)? COHEN: Correct BLANCHE: This was for your cooperation? COHEN: As well as the earlier cooperation, yes BLANCHE: This was for Cooperation with SCO office (Mueller’s team), Manhattan DA office, Cooperation with SDNY prosecutors… BLANCHE: that motion was not granted COHEN: it was not BLANCHE: judge denied reduction in sentence COHEN: correct BLANCHE: your first book called Disloyal came out on Sept 8, 2020 COHEN: yes sir BLANCHE: you launched Mea Culpa podcast sept 14, 2020 COHEN: Correct

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790470238561030325 Cross resumes: BLANCHE: We were talking about the first time you met with prosecutors at Otisville in aug 2019. Do you recall the first thing or one of the first things you wanted to talk to the prosecutors about in Otisville was what the benefits of meeting with them would be? COHEN: I did ask that. BLANCHE: You said you had been screwed over by the system? COHEN: I don’t know if that’s the language i used but sounds correct

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790465711384523181Brief afternoon recess until 3:45 pm Brief afternoon recess until 3:45 pm

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790464793310113941 Blanche moves to ask Cohen about his cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller: BLANCHE: They also asked you about Trump Moscow Project and you lied to them, right? COHEN: Yes the information i gave was not accurate. BLANCHE: Was it a lie? COHEN: “I don’t know if i would characterize it as a lie. It was inaccurate.” BLANCHE: Was it a lie? COHEN: It wasn’t a lie, it wasn't truthful, if you want to call it a lie we can call it a lie, I believe the info i gave them is inaccurate BLANCHE: But you are not testifying it’s a lie? COHEN: “Sure, I’ll say it’s a lie” BLANCHE: Your lies had only to do with the Moscow project? COHEN: correct BLANCHE: You had been talking for years about your views of Pres Trump and you were committed to him but once you testified in Feb 2019, you changed that to Pres Trump was a con man and you were ashamed? COHEN: I said that yes. BLANCHE: prior to going to prison in may, you’d never met with DA’s office? COHEN: correct BLANCHE: Between Aug 2019 and Oct 2019, you met with prosecutors on 3 occasions in Otisville [prison]? COHEN: Yes sir

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790463103412629832 BLANCHE: When did you change your views about president trump from the views that you had your entire life, to what it is now? COHEN: August 2018

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790460692434133153 Blanche asking Cohen a series of questions about Cohen's refusal to stop talking to the press/media, despite the DA's Office and his attys asking him to do so. BLANCHE: You also talked on Mea Culpa your desire to see Trump get convicted in this case? COHEN: Sounds like something I’d say BLANCHE: Have you regularly commented on your podcasts that you want president trump convicted in this case? COHEN: Yes probably. BLANCHE: Do you have any doubt? COHEN: “I would like to see accountability.” But “It’s not for me, it’s for the jury and this case.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790449778918035687 Here’s how the cross-exam of Michael Cohen began: BLANCHE: Mr. Cohen, my name is Todd Blanche and you and I have never met. BLANCHE: You went on TikTok and called me a “crying little ” COHEN: “that sounds like something I would say” OBJECTION: SUSTAINED BLANCHE: “You referred to Trump as a ‘Dictator Douche Bag’? COHEN: “Sounds like something I said” BLANCHE: You said he should go back to “Where he belongs, in a cage, like a animal.” You recall saying that? COHEN: I recall saying that. Blanche asks a series of questions to which the prosecution objects as they violate the attorney-client privilege between Cohen and his now-former lawyer, Lanny Davis.

https://twitter.com/KatiePhang/status/1790425739382386832 Direct Examination of Michael Cohen is now completed.