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Stormy Daniels testified in the Trump hush money trial. She is the central person in the criminal case against Donald Trump. During the prosecution's questioning, Daniels detailed her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and walked the jury through the $130,000 hush money payment from Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen shortly before the 2016 election. She was pressed by Trump's attorneys on her credibility in multiple tense exchanges. The heart of the charges deal with the hush money payment, and how it was reimbursed to Cohen. Trump pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records and has denied the affair. The judge denied a motion for a mistrial from the defense who argued that Daniels' explicit testimony went too far. Daniels is the prosecution's 13th witness. The further cross examination of Stormy Daniels will resume on Thursday.

Israel plans to shut down Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is a major news corporation in the Middle East. The Israeli police raid the Jerusalem office of Al-Jazeera. The Israeli cabinet vows to shut down its operations. This is totally against democratic rights like the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. Some can't claim to support democratic rights, and then advocate shutting down journalists. Many journalists have been killed in the conflict. The White House and Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not support a ground operation in Rafah. The invasion of Rafah is happening now by the Netanyahu regime. The truth is that the Israeli governing policy is going about beyond self-defense. Its response is calling a total famine in Gaza. Many Palestinian civilians are trying to leave Rafah after being displaced. Netanyahu lied and said that the Palestinians would go to southern Gaza to be safe during the start of the conflict. Now, Israeli forces are throughout southern Gaza. Hamas accepted the Egyptian and Qatar ceasefire proposal that would release 1 hostage for 33 Palestinian prisoners.

There are more developments in Donald Trump's hush money trial. There is research into the paper trail at the heart of the case. Prosecutors said that Michael Cohen was repaid by Trump's trust and personal accounts in 2017 after he paid hush money to Stormy Daniels. The judge Juan Merchan has threatened Donald Trump with jail if he continues to violate the gag order. There is testimony from two longtime Trump Organization employees who worked on the repayments to Cohen in 2017 allowed prosecutors to focus explicitly on the 34 counts of falsified business records. The jurors see the checks, invoices, and books at the heart of the charges. Former Trump Org. controller Jeffrey McConney testified to the $35,000 invoices he processed to Choen as a reimbursement for the $130,000 hush money payment. Month by month, McConney confirmed that he received an email that contained Cohen's invoice for $35,000, which the Trump Org. claimed were "legal expenses." McConney showed why Cohen was reimbursed $420,000 total.

Days ago, was the Birthday of Sister Renee Powell, and she is 78 years old. She is a professional golfer. She was born in Canton, Ohio. She is the head professional at her family's Clearview Club in East Canton, Ohio. She was the second African American woman ever to play on the LPGA Tour. She played golf at the age of three years old. Her father is Bill Powell, who is the first African American to create and build his own golf course in America. Her father allowed her to play miniature golf clubs to develop her golf skills. Her father was a great golf teacher to her. Renee Powell studied archery, ballet, and basketball growing up. She drove a tractor to maintain the Clearview golf course. She won her division at the age of 12. In 1960, she had 30 youth tournament trophies. In 1962, she was the first African American to enter the U.S. Girls' Junior. She was educated at Ohio State University (OSU). By 2017, she was inducted into the PGA America Hall of Fame. She won the 1973 Kelly-Springfield Tournament in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. I wish Sister Renee Powell more Blessings.

I'm not surprised at DJ Vlad's actions against a black woman Princeton professor. For years, I have mentioned that he is a culture vulture who tries to interview black people for profit and clout. This recent event documents this reality and his pettiness. The Professor from Princeton University Morgan Jenkins said that the Kendrick Lamar and Drake hip hop battle is a black folk affair. Then, DJ Vlad falsely claimed that Jenkins wanted no white person to voice their opinion on hip hop. This is not what Jenkins said. She said that black people have the right to express themselves in their own autonomous spaces like every other ethnic group does in America and worldwide. Jenkins said that the conversation is and should center black people, not DJ Vlad. Then, Vlad threatened to contact Princeton University to potentially punish or fire Jenkins. DJ Vlad used the coded racist remark that Professor Morgan Jenkins had a typical "victim mentality." Then, Vlad denied trying to file a complaint to Professor Morgan Jerkins. Morgan Jerkins called Vlad a liar, because she said that he tagged her employer multiple times with the motivation to professionally harm her. Then, Vlad called Marc Lamont Hill Marc LaFlop which is an ad hominem attack. Therefore, Vlad is showing his true colors once again.

By Timothy