Robert De Niro shows up

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Calarogus shark media from New York,
where, yeah, I'm talking to you.

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This is ballot today. Robert De
Niro is protesting for some reason,

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and Trump sold his plaine. Let's
hit this well. Well, well,

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looks like Team Biden finally decided to
get their hands a little dirtier in the

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Trump legal drama by dispatching the one
and only Robert De Niro to dogpile on

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the former president outside his Manhattan trial. They sent a clear message, no

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more mister nice president when it comes
to the Donald. In a delightfully off

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script moment, the legendary actor didn't
mince words, declaring Trump guilty and deserving

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of jail time despite the jury still
being out. Literally, you could practically

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hear the Game of Thrones esque zinger, writing itself a Bronx Tail Star says

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the King of comedy should be headed
for the slammer. It was a stark

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departure from Sleepy Joe's usual hands off
I didn't do the thing approach to Trump's

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escalating legal woes, but hey,
when you need to cut through the noise

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and land some punches, there's no
better hired muscle than a seasoned Hollywood tough

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guy like de Niro. Of course, the Trump camp wasted no time firing

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back at what they dismissively called Biden's
desperate, washed up actor stunt. Can't

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say I'm surprised they tried to undermine
DeNiro's every man appeal by labeling him an

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out of touch elitist, because obviously
real Americans only respect seless celebrity endorsers.

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Right. But my favorite part had
to be de Niro losing his cool and

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calling the heckling magacrowd gangsters in that
signature raspy growl. It was like watching

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his iconic you talking to me seen
from taxi driver coming to life. Just

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replace mirror with Trump supporters yelling insults. In that combative moment, you could

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easily envision de Niro slipping into one
of his classic unhinged tough guy roles.

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Maybe Biden can get him to cameo
as an avenging angel in the next campaign.

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Ad all kidding aside, The Biden
teams strategic deployment of a bumpy,

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blastic celebrity voice at this pivotal legal
juncture speaks volumes. They seemingly calculating that

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the potential upside of energizing Democrats outweighs
any risk backlash over politicizing Trump's trial.

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Whether it's a savvy gambit or catastrophic
overreach remains to be seen, but one

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thing's for sure. By letting Robert
de Niro take center stage and throw a

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few metaphorical punches, Team Biden officially
put aside the etiquette gloves when it comes

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to Trump's mounting legal issues. It's
getting dramatic out there, folks. It

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seems Donald Trump was given an offer
he couldn't refuse, and the don has

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decided to part ways with one of
his prized private jets, likely to help

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cover the massive legal fees and fines
piling up against him. Selling off a

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cessna citation X for an estimated eight
to ten million dollars to a major Republican

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donor is a prudent financial move,
albeit a symbolic one for the billionaire businessman.

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For a businessman who has prided himself
on mastering the art of the deal,

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being forced to liquidate assets to stay
afloat legal must sting the symbolic weight

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of bidding a jew to a luxurious
private jet exemplifies how Trump's legal turmoil has

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very real financial consequences beyond just mounting
court fees. But every million matters when

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you're staring down over five hundred million
dollars in potential fines and legal costs.

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Meanwhile, speaking to a room full
of wealthy donors that he affectionately referred to

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as ninety eight percent of my Jewish
friends, Trump promised to crack down on

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those pesky pro Palestinian student protesters in
a way only he can. His genius

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solution, I throw them out of
the country if they dare raise their voices

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on college campuses. Because nothing says
leading the free world quite like threatening to

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deport foreign students for exercising free speech. Am I right, make campuses compliant

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again. But Trump didn't stop there
with his hardline pro Israel rhetoric behind closed

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doors. No, he went full
You're either with us or against us,

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by vowing to set back the so
called radical revolution on campuses by twenty five

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or thirty years if re elected.
The Democratic National Committee just announced they'll be

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holding a virtual role call to officially
nominate old Joe Biden for president ahead of

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their planned convention festivities. Why the
early digital consummation, you ask, turns

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out the state of Ohio is playing
some serious hardball with their ballot access rules.

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Their Republican Secretary of State basically told
the DNC that unless they get Biden

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nominated before August seventh, he won't
be appearing on Ohio's ballot come November.

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While the virtual nomination may not have
quite the pizaz of a raucous in person

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roll call at the convention, the
DNC clearly isn't messing around when it comes

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to checking those all important ballot access
boxes. So get ready for an incredibly

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on brand virtual avail where party diehards
will digitally cast their votes for Diamond Joe

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one by one from their basement zoom
rooms. Sure it may lack the thrill

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of a sweaty convention floor, but
hey, at least Biden's nomination will be

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legitimately legit come November. No word
yet on whether he'll actually phone it in

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from his famously churlish no malarkey tour
bus, but you can bet there will

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be some top notch virtual hoopla and
zoom gaffs galore as the Dems check this

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all important box. Your move,
Ohio Republicans. Portions of today's program were

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