{"id":62808,"date":"2024-05-31T04:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/friday-briefing-11\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T04:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:23:03","slug":"friday-briefing-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/friday-briefing-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/30\/multimedia\/31ambriefing-europe-nl-trump\/31ambriefing-europe-nl-trump-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Friday Briefing\" title=\"Friday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2f811440\">Trump is guilty on all counts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Donald Trump has been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/nyregion\/trump-convicted-hush-money-trial.html\" title=\"\">convicted of all 34 felony counts in a criminal case<\/a> stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. He is the first American president to be declared a felon, a stain he will carry as he seeks to regain the presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The 12 New Yorkers who made up the jury heard weeks of tawdry testimony describing tabloid deal-making, a sexual encounter between Trump and the porn star Stormy Daniels, and the $130,000 payoff that kept her silent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors contended that Trump had engaged in a fraud against the American people, arguing that he had falsified records related to the reimbursement of his onetime fixer, Michael Cohen, who paid her out of his own pocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After hearing the verdict, Trump did not visibly respond, my colleague Jonah Bromwich reported from the courtroom. But once outside, he recited a now-familiar litany of complaints: that the judge was biased, that the prosecutors brought the case to keep him out of the White House, and that he should have been granted a venue change because of how liberal-leaning Manhattan is. \u201cThe real verdict is going to be Nov. 5, by the people,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The jury\u2019s decision is an indelible moment in America\u2019s history, concluding the only one of four criminal cases against Trump likely to go to trial before Election Day. Sentencing has been set for July 11, four days before the beginning of the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Details:<\/strong> The felony conviction calls for a sentence of up to four years behind bars, but Trump may never see the inside of a prison cell. He could receive probation, and he is certain to appeal the verdict. It may be years before the case is resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But no matter the sentence, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/nyregion\/trump-conviction-hush-money-trial.html\" title=\"\">nothing prevents a felon from running for president<\/a> or serving in the White House. And Trump is already leveraging the verdict for his campaign, painting himself as the victim of a Democratic cabal. Shortly after he was found guilty, Trump\u2019s campaign emailed out a fund-raising appeal calling him a \u201cpolitical prisoner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If the former president is sentenced to prison, the Secret Service \u2014 which is required by law to protect former presidents \u2014 would go with him. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/nyregion\/trump-prison-secret-service.html\" title=\"\">Here\u2019s what that could look like.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-588f3b55\">Biden will allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons in Russia<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration has decided to allow Ukraine to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/us\/politics\/biden-to-allow-ukraine-to-use-us-weapons-to-strike-inside-russia.html\" title=\"\">strike inside Russia with U.S.-made weapons<\/a> with the aim of blunting Russia\u2019s attacks in the Kharkiv area, senior American officials said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The decision follows weeks of discussion with the Ukrainians after Russia began a major assault on Kharkiv, the country\u2019s second-largest city. U.S. permission is intended solely for strikes on military sites in Russia being used to attack the Kharkiv area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian military has been hitting the area around the city with artillery and missiles fired or launched from inside Russian territory, and the Ukrainians have asked the Americans to give them greater leeway, an American official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The leaders of NATO, France and Germany had recently urged the U.S. to make that decision. In internal administration discussions, Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, also supported the move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Germany\u2019s east, the G.D.R. Museum Pirna hosts a May Day event where people can celebrate Communist-era cars. They\u2019re smaller and less powerful than their Western counterparts \u2014 the Trabant had a reinforced cardboard chassis \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/30\/world\/europe\/east-german-cars-pirna-germany.html\" title=\"\">but they are sources of both local pride and political discontent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-4393a9e5\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">SPORTS NEWS <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-156ce017\">What makes a museum?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">New York City\u2019s new Banksy Museum does not own or display any actual Banksys \u2014 just reproductions. It charges $30 for admission, just like the Met, but even in the loose sense of the word, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/nl.nytimes.com\/f\/newsletter\/ei6fEA-hjoJZILWRDyx10w~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRoO3yrP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8zMC9hcnRzL2Rlc2lnbi9iYW5rc3ktbXVzZXVtLXJldmlldy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjQwNTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDk3MCZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTY5NTg5ODQ4JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4Mjg4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD0zNjc4ZDA3ZjhjN2ViOTNjOGE0YTdiZjg5ZDFjZTVjMFcDbnl0QgpmVav3WGYbc1QFUhNqdXN0aW5wQG55dGltZXMuY29tWAQAAAAD\" title=\"\">it\u2019s not really a museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But it\u2019s an interesting thought experiment: Does street art still function when removed from the street? Can an artist be anti-establishment while still fetching millions of dollars at auction?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ultimately, the Banksy Museum is the kind of thing Banksy himself might produce to mock the market\u2019s fetishization of street art. In many ways this endeavor proves his point: Art has become inseparable from commerce.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/31\/briefing\/trump-guilty-verdict-ukraine-us-weapons.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is guilty on all counts Donald Trump has been convicted of all 34 felony counts in a criminal case stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. He is the first American president to be declared a felon, a stain he will carry as he seeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/30\/multimedia\/31ambriefing-europe-nl-trump\/31ambriefing-europe-nl-trump-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,10057],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62810,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62808\/revisions\/62810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}