The Daily Populous

Friday May 3rd, 2024 morning edition

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The lawyer who negotiated a hush money deal to prevent a Playboy model's alleged affair with Donald Trump from going public reacted with shock to the former president's victory in 2016, according to text messages revealed Thursday.

Keith Davidson, a former attorney for Karen McDougal, was testifying in Trump's Manhattan criminal trial when prosecutors introduced as evidence text messages he sent to Dylan Howard, then the editor in chief of the National Enquirer.

The tabloid had agreed to pay $150,000 for the rights to McDougal's story, which it buried as part of an effort to assist Trump's campaign, according to testimony from former publisher David Pecker.

Immediately following Trump's shock victory in 2016, Davidson picked up his phone and sent a 3 a.m. text to Howard.

he wrote as it became clear that Trump was going to win enough electoral votes to become president.

Testifying Thursday, Davidson, who also represented adult film star Stormy Daniels, explained that the texts were a form of "gallows humor," NBC News reported. »

Hasbro Invests $1 Billion in Video Game Development, Including “Something Like Baldur’s Gate 3”

Authored by rpgs.co
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Hasbro has committed over $1 billion to video game development, aiming to expand its digital footprint by leveraging both established franchises and new intellectual properties.

Currently, Hasbro operates four video game studios: Atomic Arcade, Invoke Studios, Archetype, and Skeleton Key, each working on various projects.

Ayoub detailed the breadth of Hasbro’s investment: “Over $1 billion is in video game development right now. »

Violence at UCLA will only produce more violence. A remarkable Palestinian peace activist showed me an alternate way

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She had become involved with a group called Tomorrow’s Women, founded in 2003 to help train and support female leaders among Israelis and Palestinians.

Sakkejha joins the LA Standing Together group at protests and at an informational table the group sets up once a week at UCLA.

“It sounds touchy feely,” she said of the difficult conversations she has participated in — and witnessed — between Israelis and Palestinians. »

Donald 'Von ShitzInPantz' has now formally been entered into the public record at Trump's hush-money trial

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That's when President Joe Biden and Donald "Von ShitzInPants" made their bizarre cameo appearances on the official trial record.

"President Trump can't respond to that" by criticizing Daniels, Blanche said Thursday to the judge, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.

A courtroom sketch showing Donald Trump seated as his attorney presents to the court unfavorable tweets from Michael Cohen during Trump's hush-money trial. »