It's no surprise that Donald Trump's mistrial request in the E. Jean Carroll civil rape and defamation case was denied the day it was filed. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday seemingly rejected out of hand the argument from Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina that he was being unfair. A Trumpian complaint if there ever was one, and Kaplan didn't appear to think there was much to it.
Yet, one of the items on Tacopina's laundry list of unfairness stood out as especially absurd. It dealt with literature, a controversial subject in the book-banning GOP these days. And it provides a lesson about one work Republicans might want to keep on the shelves.
Tacopina pointed to an exchange with Carroll on cross-examination about a reference in her book to sending all men to Montana for retraining. When he pressed her, Carroll pointed out that it was satire, suggesting that Tacopina was an idiot if he didn't understand that. Then Kaplan interjected to note that Carroll's satire comes from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," a satirical essay from the 18th century that "proposed" poor Irish parents sell their children as food.
In his failed mistrial letter, Trump's lawyer argued that it was inappropriate for the Judge to chime in and provide this context. Tacopina's letter went further by actually going through the trouble of distinguishing between Carroll's and Swift's satires, observing that Carroll referred to men while Swift referred to children. The point, Tacopina wrote, is that it was inappropriate for the Judge to get involved because it showed favoritism.
Of course, Tacopina ran the risk of Kaplan's interjecting when he touched on such an obvious point. Indeed, Carroll's 2019 book is titled "What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal." The Swift reference is clear, and lawyers need to remember that the Judge is always the smartest person in the room.
Kaplan didn't need to weigh in on the literary point, but his doing so doesn't create a mistrial.
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Their Reasoning Motivated by Risk Aversion and Proportionality Bias, SCOTUS Will Let Trump Stay On The Ballot
The only mystery left in the impending 7-2, 8-1, 9-0 SCOTUS vote to allow Trump ballot access is what kind of twisted reasoning are they going to use. Here's the psychological explanation as to why even the liberal justices are going allow it.
SUMMARY: SCOTUS heard oral arguments in Trump v Colorado concerning disqualifying him as a presidential candidate in the state. There are three key psychological forces influencing the justices: proportionality bias, risk aversion, and motivated reasoning. The political alignments of the justices are considered in the analysis, but in the end, no matter how you slice it, the case is always…
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ZOMBEAVERS (2014) Reviews of comedy horror film
‘You’ll all be dammed!’
Zombeavers is a 2014 American comedy horror film directed by Jordan Rubin (The Drone; Critters: A New Binge) from a screenplay co-written with Al Kaplan and Jon Kaplan).
The movie stars Bill Burr, Cortney Palm, Rachel Melvin, Hutch Dano, Jake Weary, Rex Linn, Brent Briscoe, Robert R. Shafer (The Shadowman; Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves; PsychoCop), Peter Gilroy, Lexi…
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Essential Oils: Ancient Medicine (10 Remedies) by Dr. Josh Axe, Jordan Rubin, & Ty Bollinger ‐ [REVIEW]
Essential Oils: Ancient Medicine (10 Remedies) by Dr. Josh Axe, Jordan Rubin, & Ty Bollinger ‐ [REVIEW]
SYNOPSIS
Ancient Remedies for Your Everyday Life! In a world where medicine cabinets are packed full of prescription medications and synthetic drugs—with lists of dangerous side effects longer than benefits—it’s time to discover a superior alternative with thousands of years of historical backing and current scientific review.Three leading names in the natural health world have joined forces to…
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Darren Criss is Saint Peter
Jeremy Jordan is Lucifer Morningstar
Daphne Rubin-Vega is Carmilla Carmine
Patina Miller is Sera
and Jessica Vosk is Lute
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Just checked the official Hazbin Hotel Insta and??????
HELLO????
THIS CAST KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE WILD
Jessica Vosk????
Darren Criss???
JEREMY FUCKING JORDAN?????
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I'm waiting patiently for the Hazbin hotel fans to start making edits and animatics using songs from shows and musicals!!!
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"The Idea of You" Trailer, Poster and Images
Based on the acclaimed, contemporary love story of the same name, The Idea of You follows Solène, played by Anne Hathaway. She’s a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, played by Nicholas Galitzine. He’s the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet.
When Solène must step in to chaperone her teenage daughter’s trip to the…
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The Onion is the world’s leading news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking national, international, and local news events. Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history. In addition to maintaining a towering standard of excellence to which the rest of the industry aspires, The Onion supports more than 350,000 full- and parttime journalism jobs in its numerous news bureaus and manual labor camps stationed around the world, and members of its editorial board have served with distinction in an advisory capacity for such nations as China, Syria, Somalia, and the former Soviet Union.
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The Onion’s journalists have garnered a sterling reputation for accurately forecasting future events. One such coup was The Onion’s scoop revealing that a former president kept nuclear secrets strewn around his beach home’s basement three years before it even happened.
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This is the fifteenth page of a convoluted legal filing intended to deconstruct the societal implications of parody, so the reader’s attention is almost certainly wandering. That’s understandable. So here is a paragraph of gripping legal analysis to ensure that every jurist who reads this brief is appropriately impressed by the logic of its argument and the lucidity of its prose: Bona vacantia. De bonis asportatis. Writ of certiorari. De minimis. Jus accrescendi. Forum non conveniens. Corpus juris. Ad hominem tu quoque. Post hoc ergopropter hoc. Quod est demonstrandum. Actus reus. Scandalum magnatum. Pactum reservati dominii
I fucking love this. Also, did I miss the Free Speech Warriors/Absolutists talking about this? I can't find them. I even checked, and I can't find Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, or Steven Crowder talking about this or mentioning it at all.
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Jordan Peterson got suspended for being his normal pice of shit self. Then Dave Rubin got suspended for being his bootlicking pice of shit self.
“Paging Elon Musk”
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Podcast: Gay Parenting: Promise and Pitfalls | Dave Rubin & Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Dave Rubin is the creator and host of The Rubin Report. He is the author of Don’t Burn This Book and Don't Burn This Country, and the co-founder of the community building platform Locals.
In this episode, Dave Rubin and I discuss the evolution of his lifestyle, the recent Leftist push of transgender ideology, and much more.
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Exclusive: Get a look at the process behind David Rubin and Nick Cagnetti's covers for The Man from Maybe
Exclusive: Get a look at the process behind David Rubin and Nick Cagnetti's covers for The Man from Maybe #comics #comicbooks
Recently Oni Press announced The Man from Maybe #1 (of 3) – a 48-page, high potency dose of eye-searing, shoot-’em-up action on the high plains of our ruined planet from rising star Jordan Thomas and the infamous artistic savant known as Shaky Kane. Double-sized and double-barreled at 48 gratuitously gargantuan pages, The Man from Maybe #1 (of 3) features a downright demolishing line-up of…
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Rick Rubin Would Make A Stellar Commercial Director.
I’m inspired by legendary record producer Rick Ruben, who’s been on the pod circuit pimping his new book, “The Creative Act: A Way Of Being” He he says he’s hired to share his opinion and taste, which has proven to help artists. As a commercial directors, our job is to have a distinct point of view on the agency script, and serve that script the way RR serves the album. Ultimately, leadership…
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Hello, Deadline: Legal Blog readers! I had the chance on Thursday to interview retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig. As you may already know, Luttig has been at the center of the biggest legal and democracy issues of our time. He explained how Donald Trump is disqualified from retaking the White House under the 14th Amendment, why the former president is not immune from prosecution, and what a second Trump term would mean for the country (spoiler alert: it wouldn't be good).
The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Jordan Rubin: Judge, you’ve been thinking a lot lately about this 14th Amendment issue. Why is it so important to democracy, in your view?
J. Michael Luttig: Section 3 of the 14th Amendment ... disqualifies any person who, having taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, thereafter engages in an insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution of the United States, disqualifying that person from holding high public office in the future, including the presidency.
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Dream casting for VAT7K
Varian: Jeremy Jordan (duh)
Hugo: Chris McCarrell
Nuru: Madison Reyes
Yong: Art Parkingson
Donella: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Cyrus: Steven Rodriguez
Ulla: Stephanie Beatriz
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