April 25, 2024
"New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges.""
The NYT reports. Free access link.
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the trial judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein’s case had made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.
Citing that decision and others it identified as errors, the appeals court determined that Mr. Weinstein... had not received a fair trial....
Now it will be up to the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg — already in the midst of a trial against former President Donald J. Trump — to decide whether to seek a retrial of Mr. Weinstein....
If he is not retried, he still faces a 16-year sentence in California, where he was convicted of rape.
Here's the opinion. Excerpt:
"[T]ensions between the White House and the [New York] Times... had been bubbling beneath the surface for at least the last five years."
Writes Eli Stokols, in "Inside the NYT-White House Feud" (Politico).
"Please don’t speculate on who any of the real-life people could be. That’s not the point of our show."
"I hate that my tattoos are such a defining factor for me getting a job or not. Just because I have tattoos doesn’t mean I’m not going to be a good worker."
Said Ash Putnam, quoted in "Tattooed applicant claims she was denied TJ Maxx job over her ink, confronts store employees: ‘It’s so annoying’" (NY Post).
There's a big satanic tattoo on her throat and so much more."Out of control New York University protesters swarmed and berated an NYPD chief and his officers – calling them 'f–king fascists'..."
From "NYPD chief swarmed by anti-Israel protesters and berated while seeking shelter in NYU building" (NY Post)(video at link).
NYPD Assistant Chief James Mccarthy and a few officers are chased by protestors after making an arrest at NYU last night.
— Peter H (@peterhvideo) April 24, 2024
Mccarthy is seen attempting to get inside the NYU Catholic Center, but couldn't open the door. He eventually finds an unlocked door around the corner.… pic.twitter.com/WVVriOBbMP
"We think it may be to reduce competition and intimidation in the kinds of close-cooperation, within and between sexes, that’s required to make our complex, highly cooperative societies function."
April 24, 2024
"Biden and his supporters are intent on making Trump the Nelson Mandela of America."
Wow, that caught my eye, and not just because "I’m catching up on my fucking sleep ’cause I’m bored" is hilarious. Just this morning — and before reading that — I was saying, in conversation, that if Trump goes to jail the Trump movement will gain energy and "He'll become Nelson Mandela."
"We heard from employees who, because of noncompetes, were stuck in abusive workplaces."
Said FTC Chair Lina Khan, quoted in "U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs" (NPR).
The vote was 3 to 2 along party lines.... [The U.S. Chamber of Commerce] has vigorously opposed the ban, saying that noncompetes are vital to companies, by allowing them to better guard trade secrets, and employees, by giving employers greater incentive to invest in workforce training and development.
"I said: 'This is a terrible, toxic relationship, you and Trump. And you’ve got to break up.'"
"National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says."
The paper had published a photo allegedly showing Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, with Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963, not long before Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy....
"What I do know is that even the most peaceful of protests would be treated as outrages if they were interpreted as, say, anti-Black..."
April 23, 2024
"This hearing, ostensibly about violations of a gag order, doubled as a complete onslaught on the Trump ethos. "
Writes Jonah Bromwich, covering the Trump trial at the NYT.