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Inside Trump’s Hush Money Trial With The ElectionLine Podcast; JFK, RFK Jr & The State Of Mean + Fighting Iran’s Death Sentence Against Rapper Toomaj Salehi
Porn stars on the stand as an ex-President is on trial, Congressman mocking a President's murder & the attack on artists by the Islamic Republic
In an America watching one historic norm after another collapse in Donald Trump ’s ongoing hush money trial, and the greater debasing of political dialogue, Welch’s blistering words are perhaps needed more than ever – as you can hear on the Deadline ElectionLine podcast above. “It was interesting to hear Judge Merchan say to the prosecution team ‘I understand that your client is a little difficult to control,’” says Sean Piccoli of some of the fallout from Stormy Daniels ’ testimony this week at the Trump trial. Still, with shame no longer a force in public life, Collins’ tweet is indicative of a new state of mean, where crassness is mistaken for toughness, and where any pushback is met with complaint that free speech is under attack, and the suggestion of apology is viewed as a signal of weakness.
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