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The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowly denied President-elect Donald Trump’s last ditch effort to delay his sentencing in the New York hush money case in which he was convicted of 34 felony counts in May. That sentencing will now proceed tomorrow, January 10. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

The ongoing Los Angeles wildfires have reportedly killed at least 5 people and destroyed thousands of structures, leaving entire neighborhoods in heaps of ashes. With stately homes burned to the ground, or too damaged to imminently return to, wealthy Angelenos reportedly fled to hotels or other cities: Those who could afford the nightly rate of more than $1,000 stayed at the posh Beverly Hills Hotel, according to a Wednesday night dispatch from the LA Times.

By COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — As cataclysmic wildfires rage across Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been offering much sympathy. Instead, he’s claiming he could do a better job managing the crisis, spewing falsehoods and casting blame on the state’s Democratic governor. Related Articles National Politics | Watchdog groups seeks investigation into RFK Jr.

By MICHAEL HILL ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — New York election officials are being urged to investigate whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed voter fraud by casting his November ballot from a discredited address, as the former independent presidential candidate seeks Senate confirmation for a top public health role in the Trump administration. Related Articles National Politics | As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy.

As of this writing, Joni Askola's tweet that so perturbed Elon Musk now has 154,000 likes. Source: YLE A Finnish man's critique of the billionaire Elon Musk seems to have gotten under the skin of the businessman-turned-political interloper. On Sunday morning the Finnish man, Joni Askola, posted his criticism on the social media platform X, which was formerly known as Twitter before Musk bought the company. "Elon Musk is rapidly becoming the largest spreader of disinformation in human history, hijacking political debates in the process.

Is a mugging of this magnitude sufficient to turn woke to MAGA?