“I wanted to protect my company, I wanted to protect myself & I wanted also to protect Donald Trump,” #Pecker said.

Pecker was asked whether he believed #Trump was concerned that his wife or family would find out. But Pecker suggested that Trump’s concerns were electoral, not personal.

Pecker testified to at least 2X when Trump asked after #KarenMcDougal, referring to her at a Trump Tower meeting as “our girl.” He also asked about her during a meeting at the #WhiteHouse.

#law #TrumpTrial

#Bove raises the Jan 6, 2017 meeting that took place in #Trump’s office at TrumpTower w/ #JamesComey, then the #FBI dir, #MikePompeo, soon to be the #CIA dir, #ReincePriebus, soon to be the #WhiteHouse chief of staff, & #SeanSpicer, soon to be the WH press sec.

Bove asks #Pecker about how #Comey & Trump later had a contentious relationship. Prosecutors object, & Bove asks for a sidebar. Justice #Merchan sustains the objection.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference #conspiracy

#Microsoft is a national #security threat, says ex-#WhiteHouse cyber policy director

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/

Microsoft has a shocking level of #control over IT within the US federal #government

#technology #CyberSecurity #economy #politics #software #problem #usa #news

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

If #Trump is allowed back in the #WhiteHouse, he and his team of pariahs and lunatics are planning to devalue the Dollar in some insane and misguided effort to boost American exports. But the move would send the US #inflation rate through the roof, and destabilize the #globalEconomy. It's a plan supported by #PeterNavarro, so you know it's the exact wrong thing to do. Please consider the damage a Trump presidency would do, and commit to #VoteBlue.

#TrumpInsanity

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dollar-devaluation-robert-lighthizer-b2529784.html

Trump advisers are plotting to deliberately devalue the dollar if he’s re-elected, report says

Top advisers said to be ‘actively debating’ move in order to bolster US exports

^{Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)}

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I wouldn't agree with that assessment.

Many #Europeans have woken up to the doctrine that the cozy #US #NuclearUmbrella might be all but gone nxt year if #Trump wins the #WhiteHouse again.

#Russia's wartime economy produces 4x more artillery shells than all of #NATO combined I read these past days.

Also, with the immense overweight of #US forces and technology in the Alliance and the #House being effectively neutralized by #MAGA on behest of #Trump,...

@Free_Press

Via #RawStory

#Conservative #RickWilson warned Tuesday a #NormalcyBias in the #media could have fatal consequences for #AmericanDemocracy should former President #DonaldTrump regain the #WhiteHouse.

Wilson published to substack Tuesday a new essay called "The Bothsides Argument Will Kill Us All" condemning Trump for his "winks at the alt-reich," the #MAGA base who support a candidate frequently compared to a #dictator, & media reporting that presents them as "normal."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-authoritarianism-2667732923/

'Berlin 1936 anyone?' Conservative shreds media's recent shrugs at Donald Trump

Conservative Rick Wilson warned Tuesday a normalcy bias in the media could have fatal consequences for American Democracy should former President Donald Trump regain the White House.

^{M.L. Nestel (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}