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Joyce,

First, thank you for sharing the joyful pictures of your 'menagerie'. They always brighten my day.

I want to add an observation on your comments about wanting a televised trial for the election-interference case against trump in Manhattan. I offer this from the perspective of a 'retired' lawyer and a citizen of this country.

I am delighted that there will be no broadcasting from the courtroom. In light of trump's on-going intimidation of any jurors, and the media's obsession with focusing on their personal details in such a manner that can give rise to identifying them. we have already seen one juror be dismissed because of her her justifiable fear of violence as too many people were able to identify her from the media's publication about employment. Even if the cameras were not allowed to show the jurors' faces, there would, inevitably be a slip up and something would be shown.

With the danger that this man poses to those he views as against him, we do well to mitigate the possibilities of having any of his violence-prone followers learn who is sitting on the jury; and possibly this helps protect those who work in the courtroom through no choice of their own.

As it is now, I have concerns that each week that this trial goes on will give more opportunity to harass, intimidate and ultimately imperil the trial.

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Totally agree. And WHY DOES THE MEDIA KEEP SHOWING HIM OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM! Yes I know I am yelling, but every time they show him spewing his crap I can't hit the mute fast enough.

Totally different subject if you haven't seen that idiot comer and his team of clowns on you tube you really should. Moskowitz is hilarious and so is Raskin. He can truly put that GA pit in her place. I love it for a good laugh.

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Why do they allow him to have His Tv

bs time in the courthouse? No other defendants get THAT. Did John Gotti and Al Capone get that leeway?

It’s a government building and don’t they control the “territory”?

He can wait til he gets to the lobby of His Tower- then lie away.

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And, imperil his cult follower(s) to the literal point of self-immolation.

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OMG! When you see all this in one place - what a scumbag! LOCK HIM UP!

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Is there some way to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene after all the outlandish, dare I say, stupid ammendments to the the military procurement packages ?

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Sharing this update as I haven't seen much coverage and it deserves a lot, a shame they did it with a confidentiality provision, please Smartmatic do not do this for FOX, Powell, Lindell or Guiliani cases, while I am glad you were compensated, America deserves to see these cases in Court.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-voting-machines-settlement-smartmatic-oann_n_661f8e6ae4b0256906b6e995

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Agreed !! I have been disappointed in MSNBC; it seems to be tfg all the time. I would like to read some other news. And now Ari is trying to turn his show into and entertainment gig.

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I am in total agreement with you!! I feel we got screwed again by not witnessing a trial. 😡

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This might be part of why they did settle, FOX filed a counter claim to the $2B defamation claim Smartmatic case, both were given green lights in Jan '24 to move forward so it's costing them more to pursue and FOX has deep pockets as insurance likely picked up a lot of the Dominion settlement.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fox-news-smartmatic-handed-wins-dueling-claims-election-falsehoods-1235806574/

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Oh CRAP. Damn It.

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Joyce

I can’t thank you enough for your posts as we live through a historical time in America’s history. I look forward to reading your comments with my morning coffee- you help me understand and process these terrifying times.

And of course- to prove that all is not over- your garden, chickens, dog, cat and drawings add some balance to a world gone crazy.

Thank you again!

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Joyce You and your fur/feather babies rock!!

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Joyce, don’t you ever sleep?

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Joyce, sharing the details of the Sandoval motion is an amazing bird’s eye view of DJTs persistent behaviors that have already been brought to and adjudicated by the court system as well as a few that remain outstanding. To me it’s a powerful reminder of how our current culture is focused on the bright shine object of the day (the NY case) and as a consequence we usually fail to integrate the accumulation of events that have led today. And even more problematic some media platforms have and are using their attention economies to distort and/or hide this information from their follower while others may mention it but use short cuts so as to focus on the craziness of the moment versus emphasizing what Bragg has done to get us to see the big picture. Furthermore individuals caught up in the “post truth culture” actively embodied by DJT will actively dismiss this information because to them whatever they think is true allows them to discredit everything else. No wonder the autocrats now aligned in their “axle of resistance” find the US to be easy pickings for disrupting our sense of solidarity as a nation in both domestic and foreign affairs.

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My guess is that Trump does not stand with respect is because he still considers himself President when everyone stood up for him.

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Got it! Thank you Professor.

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WOW! Personal files from Joyce Vance. Priceless!!

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One word. Wow. Thanks for the constant objective clarity.

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Amazing how low the bar is for running for President.

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Pulling no punches. Good!

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Thank you. I think of you while watching Vaughn Hilliard reel off minute-to-minute accounts about what’s happening in the NY courtroom, in contrast to the streaming audio in the federal courts, and especially the live broadcast from the Georgia RICO. The public deserves to see and hear all of the cases involving Trump.

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Thank you Carol for the shout-out to Vaughn Hillard; he is scrupulously accurate.

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God bless you Joyce Vance.❤

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Thank you Joyce for posting this. Very fascinating.

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