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that s coming up. also, i have a break you how, with everything we have been through and everything we ve learned should deal with a proven liar and now someone liable for defamation and sexual abuse, donald trump. how do we deal with him? how do we cover interviews and town halls? we re not against interviews. i have a breakdown on that later. what donald trump said on his live and lengthy appearance on cnn last night is our top story. we ll get to that later. the top story tonight is the tapes. george santos back in washington voting on an unemployment fraud bill, which is wild considering that is part of what he s been indicted for. santos arraigned on 13 separate federal charges wire fraud, money laundering, abusing public funds. doj claiming santos spent money he claimed was for his campaign but he basically grifted, pocketing it according to the filing for personal expenses, luxury designer clothing, credit card payments for his own personal use. these charges ....
we should be wondering why it was so fast. i mean, look, most times and charles can agree or disagree with me. as a former prosecutor, when you get a verdict this fast, it s usually a verdict of guilty. this jury has salt through multiple weeks of testimony. this trial started with jury selection january 23rd, i want to say. it s been going more than 61 witnesses presented by the prosecutor. we heard from experts witnesses, we had cell phone evidence, blood spatter evidence. at the end of the day, i think what really moved the needle for the jury was the rebuttal closing from the prosecution. when the prosecutor got up and said, alex murdaugh kicked the person he loved the most, and it wasn t his wife. it wasn t his son. it was himself. and in order to preserve his lifestyle, his addiction, his financial fraud, he picked himself. and if that s what the jury heard last before they went into the jury room, i would not be surprised to see if the verdict is guilty. elli ....
Billie Holiday s recording of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article in the Journal of African American History, titled "Professional Mourning: Billie Holiday s Strange Fruit and the Remaking of Black Consciousness," presents a detailed history of the song and argues that Holiday s rendition, released in the 1930s, brought the Black community together at a moment of unique social and political struggle. ....