Mike's Blog Round-up

CNN's Erin Burnett talks to Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney and a key witness in Trump's hush money trial, about the guilty verdict in the criminal case.

“Look at me, I’m MTG. Lousy with stupidity,” he sings. “Trashy as hell, I can’t math, read or spell, oh well! I’m MTG!” Source: The Wrap After going eight months between parody songs, Randy Rainbow is back just 10 days after his last one with a new tune, this time targeting Marjorie Taylor Greene. Instead of starting his video as an anchor for “Fake News Channel,” Rainbow instead appears as an anchor for “60 MAGATS,” joking that Greene was told he’s actually Leslie Stahl in order to get the “interview.” “It’s rare for a member of the House of Representatives to become nationally well-known,” he says seriously.

There is speculation that the UK Conservative Party will be wiped out in Wales after the upcoming general election, losing all their seats. That would be a good thing. Source: Wales Online The general election is happening on July 4, 2024, and after all the results are counted, Wales will have 32 MPs.

On Friday evening, dozens of student activists at Columbia University started another tent encampment on the campus, in an effort to disrupt the university’s upcoming alumni weekend. As Israel’s ground invasion of Rafah continues, the protesters say a new tent village—like the one that garnered national headlines before police brutally cleared it away—is necessary to call attention to the role of the United States in Israel’s war on Gaza and what the students see as the university’s complicity in Israeli abuses.

Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail board on Friday decided to delay their pursuit of billions in funding from voters for two years, acknowledging they haven’t completed plans for train service linking cities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Board members voted 13-0 to continue planning instead of bringing a ballot measure this year. Train frequency, speed, and whether to add “secondary stations” hasn’t been determined. Related Articles Colorado News | Part of RTD A Line to be replaced by shuttle buses Saturday for maintenance Colorado News | Major RTD construction work in downtown Denver starts this weekend Colorado News | Polis signs bills to pump millions of dollars into public transit Colorado News | Part of RTD A Line to be replaced by shuttle buses Tuesday for maintenance Colorado News | Trains, drivers stuck in traffic are likely winners as Colorado lawmakers reach finish “We’re going to be taking a breather,” Front Range Passenger Rail District manager Andy Karsian said ahead of the vote.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction yesterday, far-right influencers have taken to Twitter to express their dismay—and desire for revenge. While some have simply urged Trump supporters to show their support at the ballot box in November, others have gone full apocalypse, urging retribution through thinly disguised calls for violence.