Good morning. It's Thursday, May. 2, and we're covering dismantling UCLA encampment, Turley on Cohen testifying, an unpredictable and electric April, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here. | | American Fact of the Day! | There's a Lighthouse in Nebraska Without an Ocean! This is one of the weirdest fun facts about Nebraska. Nebraska is a landlocked state with no coastlines. Yet, you'll find a lighthouse, Lake Minatare Lighthouse, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, near a 2,158-acre lake. The lighthouse is 55 feet tall and was constructed in 1939. Previously, it served as both an observation tower and shelter house during the Great Depression. |
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| | Breaking Updates | | LAPD Issues Tactical Alert As Hundred of Officers Prep to Dismantle UCLA Encampment | Major unrest has taken place in the last 48 hours at the University of California Los Angeles in Westwood. Officials have been rightly criticized for their lack of response, but it looks like they're going to be moving in on the encampment shortly.
Since Monday several people were injured, including a Jewish woman carrying the Israeli flag who was bludgeoned by five people. She had to be rushed to the emergency room. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department issued a declaration over loudspeaker: The gathering is an unlawful assembly and everyone must leave the area or be subject to arrest.
The Los Angeles Police Department issued a dispersal order Wednesday for the pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the University of California Los Angeles campus.
A heavy law enforcement presence remains at the University of California Los Angeles Wednesday following a chaotic night between pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israeli counterdemonstrators that included fights, firecrackers and different chemicals sprayed during the confrontation.
On Wednesday, the anti-Israel crowd apparently is prepping for night #2, sending out their troops to big box stores to resupply various items that sound like they're preparing for battle, not for peaceful protests. The pro-Palestinian protestors are demanding divestment and blaming the UC system for its links to both foreign wars and domestic police brutality. The spokesperson demanded that both issues be addressed.
According to Fox 11 L.A., units from LAPD, LA Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, and Beverly Hills Police Department are on the scene and are forming skirmish lines in riot gear in preparation for the dispersal of the crowds. So, the pro-Palestinian protestors may end up facilitating more police brutality, which may be their wish. | Read more updates here |
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| | 'If Lightning Doesn't Strike the Courthouse, I Will Be Very Surprised': Turley on Cohen Testifying | Readers will recall this is the case brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg in New York state court alleging that Trump falsified business records reflecting payments made to his former attorney, Michael Cohen.
One problem with that: Michael Cohen. The disgraced former personal attorney for Trump has convictions for fraud and perjury on his resume — bona fides most attorneys look to avoid like the plague in any witnesses they intend to call to the stand. Given his history, attempting to weigh the credibility of Cohen's testimony under oath will approximate nailing Jell-O to the wall.
Let's start with the least likely advocate: Michael Avenatti. Creepy Porn Lawyer, currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island in California, and scheduled for release in August of 2035 for his own struggles with truth and law-abiding behavior, isn't normally the person I'd run to for legal assessments.
In either case, here's what Avenatti has to say about Cohen's adventures in TikToking and spouting off regarding the trial: Michael Avenatti, the one-time "most dangerous enemy" of Donald Trump who liberals hoped would bring down his presidency, believes Cohen might botch the whole case.
"Michael Cohen through his narcissism and his ego may have just torpedoed the case against Trump," Avenatti told Fox News Digital from federal prison.
"Never underestimate this guy's ability to screw something up due to his ignorance and arrogance. He's dumber than a box of rocks. The state can't win the case without him and because of his conduct in reviewing trial testimony in violation of the court's order, which just admitted to when speaking with ABC, the court must strike him as a witness, declare a mistrial, or both," Avenatti continued. "He had no business commenting on other witnesses' testimony."
Even if we take Avenatti's observations with less than a grain of salt, other respected legal experts have weighed in on Cohen's antics. The trial has been moving along fairly quickly — jury selection took just the first week, and the prosecution is on its sixth witness. So Cohen's number is likely to be called sometime soon. | Read more updates here |
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