## Pathetic Trump Already Trying to Weasel Out of Debating Biden

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“They have the ability to say the things that Donald Trump has been wanting to say but has basically been struck down 10 times for saying,” Dubke said on CNN Tuesday.

“So this is one way to get around the gag order.”.

Trump seemed to be careful not to say he was directing anyone to speak on his behalf, dodging a reporter’s direct question about it Tuesday.

However, it was plainly obvious to observers that something was going on when Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attempted to defend Trump by discrediting the legitimacy of the judicial branch and even attacking Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter.

Speaker Mike Johnson is outside Trump's trial offering a stream of lies pic.twitter.com/LpCpqturFI — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2024.

Trump’s gag order prohibits him not only from attacking court staff, jurors, prosecutors, witnesses, or their families but also from directing others to do so on his behalf.

The former president has already been fined $10,000 for violating the order and has been warned that new ones would send him to prison. »

### Saints Row Reboot Sales Have Exceeded 1.7M Copies, Less Than Half of Saints Row 3

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Sales of Deep Silver and Volition’s Saints Row reboot have now exceeded 1.7 million copies, which is less than half of the number of copies sold by Saints Row 3.

While 1.7 million copies is no small figure, sales of the Saints Row Reboot do not fare well in comparison to other titles in the series.

However, the franchise’s growth saw a dramatic decline with the release of the 2022 reboot, which likely sold less than the original Saints Row, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row 3. »

### Judge Merchan "visibly annoyed" by Trump's courthouse entourage of Republican politicians

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As Alternet notes, Trump's entourage may be pleasing to the former president, but it's now annoying Judge Juan Merchan.

CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported that Merchan was "visibly annoyed" by Trump's support group, which he appeared to view as disruptive to the proceedings.

"This judge does not give away much," she told Wolf Blitzer. »

### Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting

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### Slovakia’s prime minister is expected to survive assassination attempt, deputy says

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(AP Photo/Denes Erdos) Slovakia's Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok speaks during a joint press conference with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak, left, at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak pauses during a press conference at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

(AP Photo/Denes Erdos) Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Slovakia Robert Kalinak speaks during a joint press conference with Slovakia's Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok, right, at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and injured, is treated in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. »

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