John O'Neil

@AnnaBower @TylerMcBrien @lawfare Hi, great coverage, and a question for the whole gang, including @rparloff: Is there any reason not to bring Weisselberg in to take the 5th in front of the jury? Then the jury would know why he wasn't testifying. Thanks much.

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You didn't recall much when the special counsel's office asked you about the Access Hollywood tape in 2018? Cohen says that he was still trying to "protect" Trump then. He was being "deceptive" for that reason.

Dozens of federal judges failed to fully disclose free luxury travel to judicial conferences around the world, as required by internal judiciary rules and federal ethics law, an NPR investigation has found. npr.org/2024/05/01/124…

@AnnaBower @MSNBC @lawfare @hugolowell @kyledcheney And that's @TimOBrien, if I'm not mistaken! So you know you've chosen your lunch spot wisely.

@MSNBC @lawfare We’re back at Cafe Lafayette for lunch. Our first repeat lunch! I forgot to take a picture of my chicken caesar wrap. But here’s @hugolowell and @kyledcheney waiting to place their orders.

Good morning from Manhattan criminal court, where Trump’s trial is set to resume. It’s a big day: Michael Cohen—the former “fixer” at the center of the events underlying Trump’s charges—is set to testify. I’m here for @lawfare alongside @TylerMcBrien. Follow along 🧵⬇️

@BobOnMarkets @tylercowen @opinion Maybe something that rhymes with crass snuggle? ;) I sometimes wonder if the societal solidarity and drops in inequality brought by the events of 1914-1945 amounted to a one-off exception to age-old trends, rather than the norm I grew up thinking they were. Paging @adam_tooze!

Why has the labor share of the economy been shrinking for decades, not just in the US but worldwide? @tylercowen delves into the mystery bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion

RIGHT NOW! We just cut the ribbon at #AbolitionistPlace, #NYC’s greatest new public space — with @NYCEDC, @HargreavesJones, Councilmember @LincolnRestler, @CommishCumbo, and @BKCB02. 🌳 More: downtownbrooklyn.com/news/2024/abol…

@staphwriter @migold @BGrueskin Yes, and WRONG!

@migold @BGrueskin Pretty funny that even the MTA doesn’t use its own app (those are clearly Google maps directions)

as an erstwhile transit reporter covering the 2024 race, my moment has arrived

"How Far Trump Would Go." @EricCortellessa scores two interviews with Donald Trump for @TIME, asking him to explain what he'd do in a second term. Read here: time.com/6972021/donald… A synopsis:

If I said "That Republican vice-presidential frontrunner kills puppies", before today I would have been speaking metaphorically

I love that Kristi Noem's entire defense is just naming other animals she killed. In two days, she's going to be like "Listen, I invented the penguin-guillotine and I'm goddamn proud of it."

Amazon created a fake Japanese streetwear brand it sold on Shopify to get intel on competitors. Wild investigation from @WSJ sherwood.news/business/amazo…

@stevenmazie As I understand it, an immunity analysis is supposed to assume that the allegations are true. Since there are a limited number of allegations, couldn't scotus just go through them and say immune/not immune? Did Roberts indicate where he stood on something like that? @RickPildes

More reasons SCOTUS need not offer a comprehensive discourse on presidential immunity at this time

On Thursday Amy Coney Barrett signaled an awareness that the country needs a spare ruling to get the Jan. 6th trial going. The question, as @steve_vladeck writes, is whether John Roberts sees this, too, and follows his principle of deciding no more than what needs to be decided.

Authoritarianism is a virus spreading to every country in the world.

@AnnaBower Do you have any idea whether Howard might be called as a prosecution witness? Was he covered by the deal Pecker worked out for AMI? Thanks.

One of the text messages from Howard to the relative, for example, reads as follows: “At least if he wins I’ll be pardoned for electoral fraud.” Merchan says that for now he'll exclude the messages from being admitted into evidence. As far as he can tell, it's a private conversation, not a business record, and there's a confrontation clause issue bc neither person will be subject to cross examination.

Good morning from the press line in front of the courthouse in Manhattan, where Donald Trump’s trial on 34 felony counts is set to resume at 9:30 ET. I’ll be in Justice Merchan’s courtroom for @lawfare. Follow this thread for updates 🧵👇 ⬇️

Reminder! We will also run a live blog on @business starting just before $TSLA numbers drop. Will post the link to join here at about 3pmET

@christopherrufo @Maddie_Rowley_ Re the sleep story, I'm sure you noticed that the author reports the capitalist critique as a point of view that's well represented on the internet -- and then makes clear that he disagrees with it. Sort of mocks it, even.

@Maddie_Rowley_ 🤔

This NPR employee wants you to believe that NPR is a home for unbiased, factual news, but the first story on the homepage is: "Sleep training: A life preserver for parents or a 'symptom of capitalism'?" Everyone knows NPR is biased, except NPR employees who are paid to deny it.

The wool Loro Piana uses to make its $9,000 sweaters comes from the Andes. The Indigenous people who collect the luxurious material have almost nothing to show for it trib.al/9vMsG4w

tweet of the day

“The message from GOP senators: Suffer, little children.” Thank you @crampell for this warning: The child tax credit bill passed by the House could die because of Republican opposition in the Senate. Why kill a bill that’s pro-family, pro-life & paid for? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

.@matt_levine and I are launching the Money Stuff podcast tomorrow here’s the trailer!: link.chtbl.com/Money-Stuff-Th…