Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

It started with intolerance and hate speech.

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember.

On June 1, 2020, he hid in an underground bunker like Adolf Hitler, then emerged briefly to gas his own people & clear a path for a photo op in front of a church he never attended with an upside down Bible he never read. — Don’t normalize him. Donald Trump is a wannabe dictator.

Justice Merchan to Trump:

'Defendant is hereby put on notice that if appropriate and warranted, future violations of its lawful orders will be punishable by incarceration.'

Read the latest contempt order here nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/pre…

Good morning from New York.

Another week of Trump's criminal trial kicks off this morning, with no public indication of what witnesses are up next.

Over the weekend — for reasons that may be entirely unrelated — one of the case's notable figures shared #reflections . 🧵

On June 1, 2020, he hid in an underground bunker like Adolf Hitler, then emerged briefly to gas his own people & clear a path for a photo op in front of a church he never attended with an upside down Bible he never read. — Don’t normalize him. Donald Trump is a wannabe dictator.

I took one selfie on January 6th. It took me hours to move up to between the scaffolding. I was by myself. I was getting harassed by people. Look at this picture and tell me how this is possible. That we have allowed this travesty to be normalized.

“If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall. Social Security can fall. Medicare can fall. Voting rights can fall. And God help us all, but democracy itself can fall,” says Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

We had a very good feeling about this.

May the 4th be with you, America.

Voting for Biden means you have the freedom to vote for another president in 4 years.

Voting for Trump means you lose that very freedom.

Agnifilo: Hicks said after Trump was President, they had a conversation about the payment to Stormy Daniels and what he said was it’s a good thing the story didn’t come out before the election… at that moment she started to cry. She just basically gave the prosecution what they…

A fitting honor for the greatest Speaker of all time.

Congratulations, Madam Speaker!

Trump Wall: FAILED
Trump Water: FAILED
Trump Media: FAILED
Trump Vodka: FAILED
Trump Steaks: FAILED
Trump Airlines: FAILED
Trump Casinos: FAILED
Trump Marriages: FAILED
Trump University: FAILED
Trump Presidency: FAILED
Trump Organization: FAILED

Republicans: “OUR GOD-KING!”

NEW: Truth Social’s accounting firm has just been shut down and fined $14M by the SEC for “massive fraud”. cnn.com/2024/05/03/bus…

Early start again today. I’ll deliver my full Friday trial report tonight ⁦The Last Word⁩ 10pm.

I can’t stop laughing

If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done during the Holocaust, slavery, or civil rights movement: You are doing it right now.

Good morning from New York.

Trump's criminal trial resumes this morning, but before the jury comes in, the judge will hear arguments over the next batch of alleged gag order violations after writing days ago: 'jail may be a necessary punishment.'

Live coverage ahead 🧵

It’s a foggy, misty morning at 100 Centre St, where I’m waiting to enter the courtroom for Day 10 of Trump’s NY criminal trial.

I’ll be reporting it all today, alongside Anna Bower and Ben Wittes, for Lawfare. Join me! 🧵⚖️

I don’t care if poor Barron has to endure Trump at his graduation, as long as he grows up happy, and gay, and marries a beautiful Mexican man.