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Paul Eric Scannell

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December 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM

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Anton Hur

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5th person to be cured of HIV

“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”

5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV

Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.

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December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

The NY Attorney General has REJECTED Trump's bid to dismiss his $500M civil fraud judgment post-election. The AG stated that Trump's presidency doesn't shield him from civil litigation over non-official conduct, per the Constitution and multiple court precedents.

Dear Mr. Sauer:
I am writing in response to your letter dated November 26, 2024, regarding the above-referenced action. This Office will not stipulate to vacate the final judgment already entered by Supreme Court, New York County, in this action or otherwise seek to dismiss the action.
As you know, this is a civil enforcement action under Executive Law § 63(12) against the Trump Organization, a business headquartered in New York, and its top executives concerning those defendants' fraudulent and unlawful actions to misleadingly inflate defendant Donald J. Trump's personal net worth in business transactions for the purpose of obtaining more favorable terms on loans and insurance policies than they otherwise would have received. This civil enforcement action was filed following a multiyear investigation by the Office, and multiple courts have rejected claims that the investigation or action were brought in anything other than good faith. See People v. Trump Org., Inc., 205 A.D.3d 625,
626-27 (1st Dep't 2022); Trump v. James, No. 1:21-1352, 2022 WL 1718951, at *12-14 (N.D.N.Y. May 27, 2022). Following summary judgment and an eleven-week bench trial, Supreme Court concluded that Mr. Trump and the other entity and individual defendants violated § 63(12). The court also entered final judgment ordering various forms of equitable relief. Defendants appealed from Supreme Court's post-trial final judgment. That appeal has been fully briefed and argued in the Appellate Division, First Department, and the parties are now awaiting a decision from the First Department.
Your letter presents no basis for this Office to seek to vacate the final judgment or to dismiss this action.
First, Mr. Trump's upcoming inauguration as the next President of the United States has no bearing on the pendency of defendants' appeal in this action. This civil enforcement

action is not a criminal action, and Supreme Court did not impose any criminal sanction on Mr. Trump or any other defendant. Accordingly, the various actions taken by the Special Counsel's office or the District Attorney's Office of New York County in the respective criminal cases brought by those offices against Mr. Trump are irrelevant here.
Contrary to your suggestion, the pendency of defendants' appeal during Mr. Trump's term as President fully comports with the U.S. Constitution. The final judgment concerns only business conduct undertaken by entities that are part of the Trump Organization and individual defendants who were acting on behalf of the Trump Organization. The judgment thus does not concern any conduct related to Mr. Trump's first term as President. Nor does it implicate any conduct that Mr. Trump might undertake after his upcoming inauguration.
Presidents do not have immunity from civil lawsuits arising from unofficial conduct, and such lawsuits may proceed while the President is in office. See Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 694
(1997); Zervos v. Trump, 171 A.D.3d 110, 128 (1st Dep't 2019); see also Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593, 615-16 (2024). Regardless, Mr. Trump's upcoming inauguration is irrelevant to the judgment rendered against the fourteen other defendants found liable by Supreme Court in this action.
There is also no merit to your claim that the pendency of defendants' own appeal will impede Mr. Trump's official duties as President. The ordinary burdens of civil litigation do not impede the President's official duties in a way that violates the U.S. Constitution. See Clinton,
520 U.S. at 705-06; Zervos, 171 A.D.3d at 125-26. In any event, Mr. Trump does not face any such litigation burdens here. The trial is over, final judgment has been rendered, and defendants' appeal to the First Department has been fully submitted and argued. Mr. Trump's official duties will not be impeded while awaiting the First Department's decision. Nor wi…

December 10, 2024 at 5:20 PM

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CALL TO ACTIVISM

@calltoactivism.bsky.social

Donald Trump will hate Jimmy Kimmel even more after this.

December 10, 2024 at 5:56 PM

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Mark Cuban

@mcuban.bsky.social

If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?

December 10, 2024 at 2:11 PM

Happy Nika

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Bob Seger & Jason Aldean - Against The Wind (Live)

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December 10, 2024 at 9:32 PM

Happy Nika

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John Lennon - Imagine (1971) HD 0815007

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December 10, 2024 at 5:05 AM

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December 9, 2024 at 11:07 PM

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Secret Agent Number Six

@designationsix.bsky.social

Propaganda supporting advertisers who I found on Fox News⬇️

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December 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Happy Nika

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Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (BBC Television Theatre, London - June 5, 1965)

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December 9, 2024 at 8:17 PM

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Scott Dworkin

@dworkin.bsky.social

Even after Donald’s two impeachments, his disastrous handling of Covid, and his Jan 6 insurrection, the Press never owned up to their failings. Then they spent the last four years attacking Biden and Harris, helping tilt last month’s election for maga.

We’re looking at you, CNN.

Corporate Media Doesn’t Deserve Us

What they’re doing is wrong, I knew that at age eleven

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December 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM

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CALL TO ACTIVISM

@calltoactivism.bsky.social

So when we remove birthright citizenship can we go by the mother? Because:

Don Jr was born in 1977
Ivanka was born in 1981
Eric was born in 1984

Ivana became a US citizen in 1988.

Barron was born in March 2006

Melania became a US citizen in July 2006.

Trump’s entire family would be deported.

December 9, 2024 at 4:27 PM

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Glasnost Gone

@glasnostgone.bsky.social

Docile Russian People Update: Majority of Russians admitted they have virtually no idea what the government (Putin) spends their taxes on. According to a new poll, 86% admitted they “know nothing” about the federal budget for 2025-27. www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/12/03/p...