No News Or Know News?

Is no news good news? In the common usage of the term, yes. But to some, no news means not wanting to know the news, you know? And I believe that’s not good, particularly as we lead up to the Presidential Election.

A gag order has been slapped on Trump by Judge Menchan ahead of one of his criminal trials, at the request of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.

Thanks to Mary Trump, the niece of the former president, I learned why NY decided to lower Trump’s penalty. Yesterday here, I pleaded my need to understand why they did this, so I thought I would share what I learned. If you don’t already, follow Mary Trump on Substack.

“It’s true that paying a lesser amount is a victory for Donald. Had it been all or nothing at $464 million, AG Letitia James would have started to seize his property immediately. But there are plenty of reasons for the AG’s office to feel encouraged:

As George Conway explained: “the State of New York is guaranteed the ability to collect at least” $175 million “without having to send lawyers around the country chasing Trump’s assets down, which would be a time-consuming, costly, and difficult process … Put more simply, the State of NY is better off…