An anonymous Trump minion told the Washington Post on Tuesday that the twice-impeached former president’s 2024 campaign is “going to be very aggressive in attacking” the verdict finding Donald liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer EJ Carroll, adding “We’re going to lay out pieces of evidence and the story that the judge did not necessarily allow in the courtroom,” as if relitigating that shit on the campaign trail is something that’s going to play well with swing voters.

“My gut assessment is this won’t be that big of a deal” with Republican primary voters, the minion said, probably correctly. Still, the verdict left some Republicans in Congress uneasy, with North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer going on the record and saying “His first go-around, there were a lot of swing-type voters who were open to the opportunity and I think a lot of those voters abandoned him in the second go-around and this reminds them of why,” and Texas Senator John Cornhole telling CBS’s Scott MacFarlane “I don’t think [Trump] can get elected.”

Amid nation-wide clashes that left dozens injured and at least two dead over his surprise Tuesday arrest, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday appeared in a temporary court set up inside a police compound to answer new charges in the “Al-Qadir Trust” scandal, the AP reports.

Buddy Holly, a Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen from California, won Best in Show at the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, becoming the first in the breed to take the top prize.  The winner of the Hound group, Buddy beat out Rummie, a Pekingese, a breed which one commenter noted, “It’s hard, with a Pekingese, to see that it is an actual dog.  It looks like an animate toupee being propelled across the ground,” according to the New York Times.

I can’t believe the news today:  one of the iconic news organizations of the 1990s, MTV News, shut down operations Tuesday, marking the end of a division that brought the news of things as diverse as Kurt Cobain’s death, various presidential elections, and the drop of the latest Duran Duran album, per the LA Times.  The news division of the music video network started as The Week in Rock featuring then-Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder, later producing a number of award-winning documentaries.  MTV News was 36.

Lost in the milieu of drag billionaire Donald Trump’s historic lawsuit loss in which a jury declared him a sexual predator: actual billionaire sugar daddy Harlon Crow told the Senate Finance Committee he will not turn over a list of so-called “gifts” he’s provided to conservative Supreme Court Justice and guy who just happened to befriend his first billionaire after he got that title Clarence Thomas and his morally corrupt wife Ginni.

According to NBC News, Crow responded to the request from Democratic Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, with his lawyers saying in a letter, “We have serious concerns about the scope of and authority for this inquiry. As you are aware, the Committee’s powers to investigate are not unlimited.”

Crow may want to review his tax returns and corporate records before turning over any documents:  if Crow used corporate money to pay for gifts for Clarence Thomas, he could face similar charges as a former president who’s facing 34 counts of financial fraud.  And even if the money came from Crow’s personal accounts, Crow would be responsible for paying the appropriate taxes on the gifts.

Donald Trump has bragged about hiring the best people, people he typically later fires and then blames for all his problems.  That’s unlikely to happen to the comely-for-Trump Alina Habba, one of Trump’s attorneys in the recently decided E. Jean Carroll case who does not feel women should have the right to sue for a sexual assault from years ago and who would support revoking the law under which her client just lost $5 million.  Because if you’re for Trump, you’re for subjugating women.

“I just have to point out that the gentleman and many of the people who just led that moment of silence for the horrible shooting that just happened can’t find it within themselves to give a moment of action to make sure these shootings don’t happen in the first place,” says Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, a survivor of a public gun violence incident.

Almost certainly feeling like they had to move up the timetable after the one-two punches of the Trump-Carroll verdict and the George Santos indictment, Republicans scrapped their planned Wednesday launch of their brand-new ultra-hyped Biden “bribery” scandal and just went ahead with it on Tuesday night… and lol they claim he took bribes from fucking Romania.

“Appeal…and drain her bank accounts until she croaks” – The current top comment on the Breitbart article “Jury in New York Finds Trump Liable for Sexual Abuse, Not Rape; $5 Million Damages.”

“I am not afraid to say that I am not and never have been a fan of decades old allegations or allegations made when someone becomes famous. The only exception to that would be a child who has matured since the incident” – The current top comment on the Fox News article. Jesus Christ.

“Such BS can only be brought forth by dems and deep state” – Current top comment on OAN’s story.

At least McCarthy “answered” this question. On the one about his Orange Overlord being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation he just skipped it and acted like he knew nothing about it.

Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday indicted lying piece of shit Republican Long Island Congressman George Santos on unspecified charges, CNN’s Paul Leblanc reports, adding that the indictment will be unsealed in court on Wednesday.

White nationalist frozen food heir Tucker Carlson will return to “TV” by way of Twitter, and will forego the remaining $25 million on his Fox News contract to launch the show, Puck’s Dylan Byers reports.

Byers did not provide any details about the timing, but it might be safe to assume it’s soon if he’s going to jump out of the Fox contract, and it tracks with reports Tuck is working with Musk.

In an ominous warning to the citizens who simply did their civic duty, the judge in E. Jean Carroll’s victorious lawsuit against sexual predator Donald Trump thanked the jury for their service but warned them to protect their identities and themselves, CNN reports.

“My advice to you is not to identify yourselves. Not now and not for a long time,” Judge Lewis Kaplan said. “If you’re one who elects to speak to others and to identify yourselves to others, I direct you not to identify anyone else who sat on this jury. Each of you owes that to the other whatever you decided for yourself.”

Kaplan’s advice stems from threats–veiled and otherwise–members of the MAGA cult, including Donald Trump himself, have made against jurists, prosecutors, witnesses and others in the various legal troubles Trump has caused.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports long-lost Democratic California Senator Dianne Feinstein will arrive in Washington, DC Tuesday, returning after a months-long absence due to a bout with shingles.  Democrats have pointed to Feinstein’s extended absence as the cause for holding up legislation and the Senate’s approval of judicial nominees because her absence on the Judiciary Committee left the group deadlocked and unable to move candidates forward.

A federal jury in New York on Tuesday found mostly in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll in her rape and defamation lawsuit against disgraced former President Trump, ending a heated trial in which the twice-impeached loser declined to testify in his own defense, and in the eyes of the law confirming Donald’s predatory nature toward women – a nature he himself infamously bragged about.

The majority of the decision found Trump liable for sexually assaulting Carroll, but did not find sufficient evidence to conclude he raped her.  However, the jury found the evidence supported Carroll’s claims that he attacked her and proceeded to defame her with his statements labeling her claims as lies and her as a liar. Specific decisions on the ten counts:

• Did Carroll prove Trump raped her:  No
• Did Carroll prove Trump sexually abused her:  Yes
• Did Carroll prove Trump forcibly touched her:  Yes
• Award for sexual abuse and injury:  $2 million
• Was Trump willfully negligent:  Yes
• Award and Damages:   $20,000
• Did Trump defame Carroll:  Yes
• Was Trump’s statement false:  Yes
• Did Trump make statements with malice:  Yes
• Was Carroll injured by Trump’s false statements:  Yes
• Reputational repair payment:  $1 million
• $1.7 million additional reputation repair judgement
• Did Trump make statements with malice? Yes
• How much in punitive damages:  $280,000

The jury has reportedly reached a decision in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and battery civil lawsuit against Donald Trump, per ABC News.  Stay tuned for the verdict, to be read at 3 PM ET.

The Republican National Committee are considering allowing candidates polling as low as 1 percent to appear on stage at the primary debates, provided they have at least 40,000 individual donors, a switch from the 3 percent minimum polling average in 2015-2016, Time Magazine reports.

“Courageous conservative leadership is what America needs to stand against the insanity of woke corporations, corrupt Washington politicians, and continued attacks on our faith, families, and freedoms. Governor Ron DeSantis has shown through action as Florida’s chief executive that confronting hard challenges delivers effective results for every man, woman, and child. That strength in the face of adversity is needed more today than ever before, and it is why I am unequivocally endorsing and encouraging Governor DeSantis to run for president. The calls from the Never Back Down movement are growing stronger every day for his brand of fearless conservatism to get America back on track. If Governor DeSantis runs for president, he will win,” says far right asshole Virginia Congressman Bob Good in a statement endorsing Mickey Maoist.

Trump’s probably going to stomp this fucking weasel pretty badly over this considering that Trump endorsed Good in 2020 after Good successfully primaried incumbent Republican Denver Riggleman after Riggleman officiated two male staffers’ same-sex wedding. Yeah, that really happened.

Fuck yeah! The Kansas City Star reports a deputy the Franklin County, Kansas Sheriff’s Department cuffed a woke socialist wearing a Bud Light costume for DWI last week. Cry more libtards!