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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1470278
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McCARTHY v. GAETZ?
I’m rooting for their mutually assured destruction.
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More likely Gates tossed the pin and held on to the grenade. Bad is the plan that does not exist.
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Nothing happened inside the courtroom on the first day of the New York state civil fraud trial of Donald Trump that was as important as…
Alina Habba’s gamer laptop!
Today is the first day of former president Donald Trump’s $250 million fraud trial in New York. A case brought by the state’s attorney general accuses the Republican primary frontrunner of lying about his net worth by billions of dollars to try to secure more favorable loan terms. One of his attorneys, Alina Habba, showed up with what appears to be an Asus ROG gaming laptop. Its RGB logo changed colors during the hearing.
gamer lawyer brought the 2070ti asus laptop with the blue underglow to the court hearing pic.twitter.com/0wDoSJKz3P
— Ryan K. Rigney (@RKRigney) October 2, 2023
Alright, Alina Habba has a ROG Gamer laptop. What video games you think she is rockin' at the trial, and what games does she play to unwind?
— Thanimal (@ThanJones) October 2, 2023
PS: I don't think she knows how to make the LEDs stop cycling through all the colors of the 🌈. 🤡😆😂🤣#TrumpForPrison2024 pic.twitter.com/GgFyQk31B5
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i iz in ur lab, dooin ur reeserch
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He cannot shut up. He’s never been one for self-control, and he’s getting worse.
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He’s Caponing himself
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In fairness to her, if she uses some video conferencing equipment or software, a gamer laptop would handle that graphics better.
In any case, I think that’s probably the best defense she’ll present. The colors might distract the judge.
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The FBI has interviewed several individuals who have alleged they were abused by members of the People of Praise (PoP), a secretive Christian sect that counts conservative supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett as a lifelong member, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The individuals were contacted following a years-long effort by a group called PoP Survivors, who have called for the South Bend-based sect to be investigated for leaders’ handling of sexual abuse allegations. The body, which has 54 members, has alleged that abuse claims were routinely mishandled or covered up for decades in order to protect the close-knit faith group.
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And that’s a bad thing?
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As others speculated yesterday, is Habba purposefully doing dumb sh*t to set up an appeal based on incompetent counsel? 11-dimensional galactic checkers in effect!
ETA: “oopsie, was little ol’ me supposed to check that ‘jury trial’ box? This lawyerin’ stuff sure is hard.”
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The most unexpected place I ever saw a gaming PC was on a tour of the county 911 dispatch center. There was one at each workstation.
The IT manager explained that the dispatchers’ systems needed to be able to drive at least three displays each, and the cheapest way of getting systems with the right video hardware at the time was to buy gaming rigs.
The cool colors were just a bonus.
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Yearning for the day when the Don is attacking the courthouse from inside the jailhouse…
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“He’s Caponing himself”
Yes…He’s a Capon now fer shur.
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I’m not at all sure that Mr. Trump understands how the whole civil trial process is going to work here. I mean, appealing based on a bunch of insults you, yourself, flung at the judge doesn’t seem like a winning strategy. I’m curious to see how this works out.
It also doesn’t seem to me to matter how angry and violent his “supporters” get… the judge has already ordered his companies into receivership… there’s not going to be any good way to fix that.
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Is that Capone-ing, as in making himself into a (post-indictment) Al Capone, or Capon as in making himself into a capon (a castrated rooster) fed a rich diet and intended for roasting?
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Best bet is to go with the chicken analogy.
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How about cabron-ing himself?
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Love that he had his hamberders delivered to court by the bagful yesterday.
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