And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!

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    “At some point, you need to accept the court’s rulings,” Merchan said. “There’s nothing else to clarify. There’s nothing else to reargue. We’re going to have opening statements on Monday morning. This trial is starting.”

    I want to send this man a gift basket.

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    Tomorrow’s headlines: “Russian hackers have posted the full names, addresses and social security numbers of all 12 jurors and 6 alternates on X. Elon Musk replied, “interesting.””

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    You should read the reports of the reasons why they discharged some of the potential jurors. They dug deep into social media of everyone. Multiple potential jurors broke down crying.

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      I’d cry if I had to hear about what a gremlin I am online.

      I’d get dismissed immediately since I don’t need a trial to figure out if a lifelong fraud and con man did some frauds and cons. It would be fortunate that I can skip some public humiliation but unfortunate for the course of justice they might pick an idiot instead.