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beSpacific<p>NYT I Helped Bury Stories About <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. I Regret It. As Mr. Pecker would testify in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hushmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hushmoney</span></a> trial in 2024, American Media, publisher of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>, bought these negative stories about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> buried them so that they did not embarrass or harm the campaign a strategy known as catch and kill that Mr. Pecker said he &amp; Trump discussed at the outset of his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> run. As <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/generalcounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalcounsel</span></a> at the time for American Media, I wrote both of those contracts <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/opinion/national-enquirer-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.UqQl.bfzma2sUr5hQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/08/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/national-enquirer-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.UqQl.bfzma2sUr5hQ</span></a></p>
Nikolas Kozloff<p>Sounds like <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> believes his own <a href="https://federated.press/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> headlines</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-joe-biden-executed-clones-conspiracy-theory_n_683c6fd4e4b08af1a43d0610" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-joe-biden-executed-clones-conspiracy-theory_n_683c6fd4e4b08af1a43d0610</span></a></p>
Canadian Crone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NationalPost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NationalPost</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@nationalpost/national-post-news-355gff6nz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>national-post-news-NationalPost</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPost</span></a>, a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostMedia</span></a> publication is the epitome of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FourthEstateFilth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstateFilth</span></a>. May as well read the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>. Neither have any legitimacy. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnMedia</span></a>.</p>
Canadian Crone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Jgmeadows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jgmeadows</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GlobeAndMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobeAndMail</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FourthEstateFilth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstateFilth</span></a>. It should be treated th3 same as the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>. Thank <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChairmanHarper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChairmanHarper</span></a> for importing this toxic influence onto Canadian soil.</p>
Gay Curmudgeon<p>I made postcards during the 1990s, by pasting headlines from tabloids on poster board, and mailing them to friends. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tabloids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tabloids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalenquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalenquirer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weeklyworldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeklyworldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newsoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsoftheworld</span></a></p>
Canadian Crone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gemelliz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@the5thColumnist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>the5thColumnist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AlisonCreekside</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@zenheathen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zenheathen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hostux.social/@mrcranky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mrcranky</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadianMediaFailsMiserably" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianMediaFailsMiserably</span></a> in its role. It has joined the ranks of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> and has about the same amount of legitimacy.</p>
Mark Taylor<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Apology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apology</span></a></p>
Canadian Crone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://disabled.social/@MikeImBack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MikeImBack</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gemelliz</span></a></span> Because <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadianMediaFailsMiserably" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianMediaFailsMiserably</span></a> to report on it. Our esteemed <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> has gone the way of the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> where clickbait takes precedence over citizen advocacy &amp; the positioning of political issues in an honest and straightforward way. And we have <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChairmanHarper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChairmanHarper</span></a> to thank for selling our cultural assets to foreign interests.</p>
Variety<p>‘When You Step Upon a Star’ Chronicles Former Tabloid Writer’s Run-Ins With Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Willis, the ‘Desperate Housewives’ Stars and Many More<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhenYouStepUponaStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhenYouStepUponaStar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilliamKeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamKeck</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/when-you-step-upon-a-star-tabloid-kelsey-grammer-bruce-willis-desperate-housewives-1236063194/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2024/tv/news/when-</span><span class="invisible">you-step-upon-a-star-tabloid-kelsey-grammer-bruce-willis-desperate-housewives-1236063194/</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Come on, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NBC</span></a>. This story has NOTHING TO DO with Justice Sonia Sotomayor!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NBC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JournalismFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JournalismFail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FakeHeadlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FakeHeadlines</span></a></p>
Creative! Queer!! Autistic!!!<p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> is still helping Dump.<br>The cover story on this week’s issue is “JUDGES GONE WILD! COURTS GONE CRAZY!”</p><p> …so shoppers seeing it will be a little more likely to dismiss 34 convictions.</p><p>🤬😞😳</p>
Nonilex<p>Prosecutors believe the readback should include the part of Pecker’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testimony</span></a> about directing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DylanHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DylanHoward</span></a> to notify other employees of The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> they should bring any stories about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to him. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> also testified that he told Howard that the Enquirer employees would have to speak to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> about the arrangement.</p><p>Justice Merchan notes that in the same section Pecker testified he told Howard to keep it secret — goes to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intent</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defraud</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>First request from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jurors</span></a>:</p><p>Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> says jury has a note w/ 4 requests. They just rang the courtroom.</p><p>3 of the requests relate to testimony from David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>, the former publisher of The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>, who prosecutors say was part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> to suppress negative news on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s behalf during the 2016 election. The other request relates to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>’s testimony.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CathAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CathAndKill</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a>:<br>“And then, on Nov 8, the defendant was elected president.”</p><p>He notes that some of the conspiracy’s characters were aware of their roles in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s election. “What have we done?” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a>’s atty texted the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> editor.</p><p>Steinglass: “we’ll never know if this effort to hoodwink the American voter” made the difference in 2016. But prosecutors don’t have to prove that it did — they just have to show that Trump was a part of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> to aid his victory.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> now goes into 4 Nov 2016, four days before the election, the day that The WSJ broke a story about The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>’s deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s behalf.</p><p>Steinglass reminds jurors that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HopeHicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HopeHicks</span></a> sent over a statement for the story on behalf of Trump, &amp; that Trump lied in the statement, saying he didn’t know anything about the Karen McDougal deal. Steinglass says Trump did know about it because he was on tape 2 months earlier talking about it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> notes that after closing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a>, the editor of The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> did not immediately call his boss. Instead he placed a call to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, underscoring, again, that The Enquirer was working on Trump's behalf.</p><p>We’re over hour 2, &amp; Steinglass has a way to go, this won’t be done today. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HushMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobTactics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> now talks# about the 2nd of 3 hush-money deals, which involved <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarenMcDougal</span></a> &amp; was arranged by The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>. He says that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DylanHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DylanHoward</span></a> of The Enquirer &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KeithDavidson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeithDavidson</span></a>, McDougal's lawyer, spoke in code. But you don’t have to be a codebreaker, he says, to understand what they were talking about</p><p>Steinglass also notes that the trio was communicating w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, who testified that he had been charged w/keeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> apprised of their progress</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> goes back over The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>’s Pecker’s testimony.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a> came off as a genteel &amp; soft-spoken person who still loves <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. And he offered some of the most damaging testimony of the trial.</p><p>FYI: criminalizing what Pecker &amp; parent co AMI were doing is not part of the charges.</p><p>Steinglass shows how their actions &amp; practices went far beyond what reporters actually do. The details of Pecker’s testimony demonstrate that the aim was to help Trump’s candidacy.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> addresses <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a>’s interest in the term <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a>, drawing a distinction between the phrase &amp; the practice.</p><p>Steinglass says while the phrase may not have been used much during the trial, the practice was exactly what had been agreed to, &amp; argues that suppressing those stories amounted to committing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> on American voters, pulling the wool over their eyes “in a coordinated fashion.”</p><p>He calls The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a> “a covert arm” of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s campaign.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a> outlines their theory of the Aug 2015 meeting between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, &amp; David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>, of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>, in which they agreed to a plot to suppress negative stories about Trump &amp; promote negative stories about his opponents.</p><p>Steinglass punctures one of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a>’s go-to arguments —that The Enquirer is like all publications &amp; Pecker's arrangement w/Trump wasn’t unusual. There is nothing normal or standard about what the tabloid was doing w/Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>