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Rachel Maddow says 'implosion' of NRA would be 'biggest' political story if not for impeachment
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow claimed Tuesday night that the "implosion" of the National Rifle Association (NRA) would be the biggest political news story if it weren't for the impeachment of President Trump.
Maddow began by touting the NRA's "legendary" power and major influence over politicians -- and then highlighted the rather turbulent year for the prominent guns rights organization. This included the revelation of Russia agent Maria Butina's attempt to infiltrate the group during the 2016 election and reports of the nonprofit's suspicious spending, which sparked an avalanche of lawsuits and investigations.
"Over the last few months, over the course of this year, we have watched this conservative political behemoth with really no equal in conservative politics, we have watched it collapse at breathtaking speed," Maddow told her viewers.
The liberal cable news star then pointed to the exit of NRA President Lt. Col. Oliver North and how the "drama" that has unfolded unleashed a "cascade of terrible and increasingly damning and embarrassing revelations" on the NRA's spending of donations, including the $200,000 reportedly spent on NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's clothes and over $240,000 on lavish trips abroad.
"And the reason all of this is not just embarrassing but potentially is real troubling for the NRA is that the NRA is a nonprofit organization and there are rules, there are laws about how a non-profit can spend its members' money," Maddow explained. "Take all of Wayne LaPierre's spending habits with NRA members' money, add that to evidence that hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed from the NRA to its own board members, that's them paying themselves. Add in the red flags about the way the NRA has diverted money from what's supposed to be its charitable foundation. Put it all together and it's no wonder the NRA appears to now be very worried about an ever-widening investigation by the attorney general of the state of New York."
"If the NRA's behavior has been bad enough, New York could conceivably revoke its nonprofit status and shut it down which is what the state of New York just did with Donald Trump's charitable foundation this year."
Maddow claimed that the troubles at the NRA are not only a "huge deal" but a "show-stopping deal," pointing to its shutdown of NRATV.
"The once fearsome NRA, the most powerful entity in conservative politics... I mean, they're in free-fall," Maddow continued. "And I think it's fair to say that in any other time, in any other news environment, the implosion of one of the country's most fearsome conservative political machines... we would be watching that slow-motion car crash endlessly. That would be the biggest political news story in the country for a long time, but with this president in the middle of an impeachment, it's like ... just one more tree falling in the forest."
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Hunter Biden is 'linked to multiple criminal probes involving fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme'
Hunter Biden is reportedly linked to multiple criminal probes, according to court documents filed in Arkansas.
The papers alleged that the 49-year-old 'is the subject of more than one criminal investigation involving fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme'.
According to the New York Post, the allegations were filed by private-eye firm, D&A Investigations on Monday in relation to Hunter's paternity case involving his baby mama Lunden Roberts.
One of the claims involves Burisma, the Ukrainian oil company that's at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Trump came under fire for a phone call with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urging him to investigate Hunter's work with Burisma, while withholding some $400million in military aid.
The new allegations accuse Hunter and business associates of establishing 'bank and financial accounts with Morgan Stanley … for Burisma Holdings Limited … for the money laundering scheme'.
D&A claimed that the accounts showed a value of nearly $6.8million between March 2014 and December 2015, according to the Post.
In addition, the documents allege that Hunter and three associates attempted to con Sioux Native Americans out of $60million through the sale of tribal bonds.
It's unclear what agencies are allegedly investigating Hunter. But shortly after the allegations were filed, a judge struck them down because they were filed by an 'intervener,' according to the Post.
News of the alleged investigations comes just a day after the financial information for Roberts was released exclusively to DailyMail.com.
On Sunday, Roberts' financial information from the last five years was obtained by DailyMail.com. In the documents, the Lancaster & Lancaster Law Firm, which represents Roberts, reveals that the 28-year-old received money from a company owned by Hunter from May 2018 to November 2018.
'She never received a tax document for these payments,' her attorneys wrote, adding that the undisclosed amount of payments are reflected on her bank records.
According to the documents, Roberts also worked for Hunter and submitted pay stubs as proof of employment along with a health insurance card that he reportedly provided her.
Roberts continued to make the case for her paternity suit by outlining other sources of income that she's received, including $1,700 that her father paid in fees for her to graduate college and her annual Christmas bonus that she receives from her current employer.
'Occasionally, and without regular reoccurrence, the plaintiff has been provided insignificant amounts of money - what some may classify as "petty cash" - by her parents for her or her daughter's needs,' the document reads.
Roberts said that family and friends have given her and her child toys and other things, but 'these events are infrequent, and while cherished and very appreciated, are not gifts of monetary value'.
Hunter, who has been laying low in Los Angeles during his bitter paternity dispute with Roberts, was seen for the first time on Friday since DailyMail.com revealed that his new South African wife Melissa Cohen, 32, is pregnant and in her second trimester.
As Hunter lays low on the West Coast, Trump demanded that he be called as a witness in his impeachment trial since he is at the center of the trial based on his role with Burisma.
And apparently, his father Joe Biden has had enough of the focus on his son, lashing out during Thursday's presidential candidate debate, claiming Republicans are 'attacking' Hunter.
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Hunter Biden is 'linked to multiple criminal probes involving fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme'
Hunter Biden is reportedly linked to multiple criminal probes, according to court documents filed in Arkansas.
The papers alleged that the 49-year-old 'is the subject of more than one criminal investigation involving fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme'.
According to the New York Post, the allegations were filed by private-eye firm, D&A Investigations on Monday in relation to Hunter's paternity case involving his baby mama Lunden Roberts.
One of the claims involves Burisma, the Ukrainian oil company that's at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Trump came under fire for a phone call with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urging him to investigate Hunter's work with Burisma, while withholding some $400million in military aid.
The new allegations accuse Hunter and business associates of establishing 'bank and financial accounts with Morgan Stanley … for Burisma Holdings Limited … for the money laundering scheme'.
D&A claimed that the accounts showed a value of nearly $6.8million between March 2014 and December 2015, according to the Post.
In addition, the documents allege that Hunter and three associates attempted to con Sioux Native Americans out of $60million through the sale of tribal bonds.
It's unclear what agencies are allegedly investigating Hunter. But shortly after the allegations were filed, a judge struck them down because they were filed by an 'intervener,' according to the Post.
News of the alleged investigations comes just a day after the financial information for Roberts was released exclusively to DailyMail.com.
On Sunday, Roberts' financial information from the last five years was obtained by DailyMail.com. In the documents, the Lancaster & Lancaster Law Firm, which represents Roberts, reveals that the 28-year-old received money from a company owned by Hunter from May 2018 to November 2018.
'She never received a tax document for these payments,' her attorneys wrote, adding that the undisclosed amount of payments are reflected on her bank records.
According to the documents, Roberts also worked for Hunter and submitted pay stubs as proof of employment along with a health insurance card that he reportedly provided her.
Roberts continued to make the case for her paternity suit by outlining other sources of income that she's received, including $1,700 that her father paid in fees for her to graduate college and her annual Christmas bonus that she receives from her current employer.
'Occasionally, and without regular reoccurrence, the plaintiff has been provided insignificant amounts of money - what some may classify as "petty cash" - by her parents for her or her daughter's needs,' the document reads.
Roberts said that family and friends have given her and her child toys and other things, but 'these events are infrequent, and while cherished and very appreciated, are not gifts of monetary value'.
Hunter, who has been laying low in Los Angeles during his bitter paternity dispute with Roberts, was seen for the first time on Friday since DailyMail.com revealed that his new South African wife Melissa Cohen, 32, is pregnant and in her second trimester.
As Hunter lays low on the West Coast, Trump demanded that he be called as a witness in his impeachment trial since he is at the center of the trial based on his role with Burisma.
And apparently, his father Joe Biden has had enough of the focus on his son, lashing out during Thursday's presidential candidate debate, claiming Republicans are 'attacking' Hunter.
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Christianity Today sees surge in subscriptions after calling for Trump's removal
"A stereotypical response is 'thank you, thank you, thank you' with a string of a hundred exclamation points"
Mark Galli, the editor in chief of Christianity Today, the prominent evangelical magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, said Sunday that the magazine has seen a surge in new prescriptions since it published his blistering editorial calling for President Trump's removal from office.
"A stereotypical response is 'thank you, thank you, thank you' with a string of a hundred exclamation points — 'you've said what I've been thinking but haven't been able to articulate, I'm not crazy,'" Galli told MSNBC, adding, "We have lost subscribers, but we've had three times as many people start to subscribe."
Galli and his magazine were condemned by nearly 200 evangelical leaders following his editorial, which argued Trump's removal was "not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments."
The op-ed was published shortly after the House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. At the heart of the charges are accusations that Trump withheld nearly $400 million in military aid for Ukraine to pressure that nation to launch investigations into his potential rivals, including Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, ahead of the 2020 election.
In his editorial, Galli didn't just criticize Trump. He also called out the president's devout Christian base.
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"To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior," he wrote.
In an interview Sunday with CBS News, Galli defended his call to remove Trump from office and explained that he was not making a "political judgment" but rather a "moral" one.
"It strikes me as strange that people who take the teachings of Jesus Christ seriously, the teachings of the Ten Commandments seriously, that we can't at least say publicly and out loud in front of God and everybody, that this man's character is deeply, deeply concerning to us," he said.
Galli again acknowledged that the president has delivered many victories to the evangelical community with policy decisions on abortion and religious freedom, but added that he doesn't believe evangelicals can "in good conscience" continue the "trade-off" of accepting Trump because of his policy positions.
"He gives us what we need on pro-life, but he's got this bad character. The fundamental argument I'm making is: We crossed a line somewhere in the impeachment hearings, at least in my mind — that balance no longer works," Galli said.
Galli's editorial prompted outrage from Trump, who condemned Christianity Today as a "far-left magazine," as well as a statement from Rev. Franklin Graham, who claimed his father would have disagreed with Galli's position.
"It's obvious that Christianity Today has moved to the left and is representing the elitist wing of evangelicalism," Graham said. "Is President Trump guilty of sin? Of course he is, as were all past presidents and as each one of us are, including myself. Therefore, let's pray for the President as he continues to lead the affairs of our nation."
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Christianity Today sees surge in subscriptions after calling for Trump's removal
"A stereotypical response is 'thank you, thank you, thank you' with a string of a hundred exclamation points"
Mark Galli, the editor in chief of Christianity Today, the prominent evangelical magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham, said Sunday that the magazine has seen a surge in new prescriptions since it published his blistering editorial calling for President Trump's removal from office.
"A stereotypical response is 'thank you, thank you, thank you' with a string of a hundred exclamation points — 'you've said what I've been thinking but haven't been able to articulate, I'm not crazy,'" Galli told MSNBC, adding, "We have lost subscribers, but we've had three times as many people start to subscribe."
Galli and his magazine were condemned by nearly 200 evangelical leaders following his editorial, which argued Trump's removal was "not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments."
The op-ed was published shortly after the House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. At the heart of the charges are accusations that Trump withheld nearly $400 million in military aid for Ukraine to pressure that nation to launch investigations into his potential rivals, including Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, ahead of the 2020 election.
In his editorial, Galli didn't just criticize Trump. He also called out the president's devout Christian base.
00:00/00:00
"To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior," he wrote.
In an interview Sunday with CBS News, Galli defended his call to remove Trump from office and explained that he was not making a "political judgment" but rather a "moral" one.
"It strikes me as strange that people who take the teachings of Jesus Christ seriously, the teachings of the Ten Commandments seriously, that we can't at least say publicly and out loud in front of God and everybody, that this man's character is deeply, deeply concerning to us," he said.
Galli again acknowledged that the president has delivered many victories to the evangelical community with policy decisions on abortion and religious freedom, but added that he doesn't believe evangelicals can "in good conscience" continue the "trade-off" of accepting Trump because of his policy positions.
"He gives us what we need on pro-life, but he's got this bad character. The fundamental argument I'm making is: We crossed a line somewhere in the impeachment hearings, at least in my mind — that balance no longer works," Galli said.
Galli's editorial prompted outrage from Trump, who condemned Christianity Today as a "far-left magazine," as well as a statement from Rev. Franklin Graham, who claimed his father would have disagreed with Galli's position.
"It's obvious that Christianity Today has moved to the left and is representing the elitist wing of evangelicalism," Graham said. "Is President Trump guilty of sin? Of course he is, as were all past presidents and as each one of us are, including myself. Therefore, let's pray for the President as he continues to lead the affairs of our nation."
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Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump stand their ground over impeachment
So much for holiday cheer.
President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exchanged tweets on Monday over her holding up delivering articles of impeachment to the GOP-controlled Senate until a fair impeachment trial can be guaranteed.
Trump kicked off the exchange when he criticized the California Democrat for conducting an unfair impeachment investigation in the House.
"Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so," Trump posted on Twitter. "She lost Congress once, she will do it again!"
Pelosi then weighed in on Trump's tweet.
"The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct. President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the House process," the speaker wrote. "What is his excuse now?"
Pelosi is temporarily holding up the two articles of impeachment the House voted on last Wednesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was coordinating the Senate trial with White House lawyers and declared he wouldn't be an impartial juror.
"We would hope there would be a fair process just as I hope they would honor the Constitution," Pelosi said of Republicans in the Senate during her weekly news conference last Thursday.
McConnell, appearing Monday on "Fox & Friends," said he's in no rush to get the articles.
"She's apparently trying to tell us how to run the trial," the Kentucky Republican said. "You know, I'm not anxious to have this trial. So if she wants to hold onto the papers, go right ahead."
Until then, he said both sides remain deadlocked.
"Look, we're at an impasse. We can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over, so everybody enjoy the holidays," he said.
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Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump stand their ground over impeachment
So much for holiday cheer.
President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exchanged tweets on Monday over her holding up delivering articles of impeachment to the GOP-controlled Senate until a fair impeachment trial can be guaranteed.
Trump kicked off the exchange when he criticized the California Democrat for conducting an unfair impeachment investigation in the House.
"Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so," Trump posted on Twitter. "She lost Congress once, she will do it again!"
Pelosi then weighed in on Trump's tweet.
"The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct. President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the House, and from the American people, on phony complaints about the House process," the speaker wrote. "What is his excuse now?"
Pelosi is temporarily holding up the two articles of impeachment the House voted on last Wednesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was coordinating the Senate trial with White House lawyers and declared he wouldn't be an impartial juror.
"We would hope there would be a fair process just as I hope they would honor the Constitution," Pelosi said of Republicans in the Senate during her weekly news conference last Thursday.
McConnell, appearing Monday on "Fox & Friends," said he's in no rush to get the articles.
"She's apparently trying to tell us how to run the trial," the Kentucky Republican said. "You know, I'm not anxious to have this trial. So if she wants to hold onto the papers, go right ahead."
Until then, he said both sides remain deadlocked.
"Look, we're at an impasse. We can't do anything until the speaker sends the papers over, so everybody enjoy the holidays," he said.
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Doug Jones says impeachment must be above electoral politics
"Everyone wants to talk about this in the political terms and the political consequences term. This is a much more serious matter than that."
Doug Jones, the most vulnerable Democratic senator up for reelection, on Sunday dismissed concerns that a vote to remove President Donald Trump from office would cost him his Senate seat.
"Everyone wants to talk about this in the political terms and the political consequences term. This is a much more serious matter than that," the Alabama senator told Martha Raddatz, co-anchor of ABC's "This Week."
"This has to do with the future of the presidency and how we want our presidents to conduct themselves. It has all to do with the future of the Senate and how the Senate should handle impeachment and articles of impeachment that come over. That's how I'm looking at this," he added. "If I did everything based on a pure political argument, all you'd need is a computer to mash a button. That's just not what this country is about. It's not what the founders intended to do."
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Jones was asked if he might be one of the Democrats that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believes will defect from the party and vote to acquit the president. "I have no idea what Mitch McConnell's talking about these days," he said.
Jones said he needs a "full and complete picture," including documents and testimony the White House has blocked, to decide.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said he wants both sides to have a fair chance at making their case before a vote in an impeachment trial.
"We can obsess on this impeachment. We can obsess on the trial. But what I'm trying to do is — I'm trying to get the American people the truth of what all happened," the Wisconsin Republican said. " Something very strange has happened. You got 40, 45 percent of the American public that completely support the president. That support is strengthening. Forty, 45 percent that really don't — obviously, you know, he's not their cup of tea, let's put it that way. Ten to 20 percent of the American people in the middle are just asking what was going on. I'm trying to answer those questions."
Jones said he is still waiting to "see if the dots get connected" on Trump withholding military aid in Ukraine in exchange for investigations into his political rivals.
"If that is the case, then I think it's a serious matter and it's an impeachable matter. But if those dots aren't connected and there are other explanations that I think are consistent with innocence, I will go that way, too," he said.
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Doug Jones says impeachment must be above electoral politics
"Everyone wants to talk about this in the political terms and the political consequences term. This is a much more serious matter than that."
Doug Jones, the most vulnerable Democratic senator up for reelection, on Sunday dismissed concerns that a vote to remove President Donald Trump from office would cost him his Senate seat.
"Everyone wants to talk about this in the political terms and the political consequences term. This is a much more serious matter than that," the Alabama senator told Martha Raddatz, co-anchor of ABC's "This Week."
"This has to do with the future of the presidency and how we want our presidents to conduct themselves. It has all to do with the future of the Senate and how the Senate should handle impeachment and articles of impeachment that come over. That's how I'm looking at this," he added. "If I did everything based on a pure political argument, all you'd need is a computer to mash a button. That's just not what this country is about. It's not what the founders intended to do."
Story Continued Below
Jones was asked if he might be one of the Democrats that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believes will defect from the party and vote to acquit the president. "I have no idea what Mitch McConnell's talking about these days," he said.
Jones said he needs a "full and complete picture," including documents and testimony the White House has blocked, to decide.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said he wants both sides to have a fair chance at making their case before a vote in an impeachment trial.
"We can obsess on this impeachment. We can obsess on the trial. But what I'm trying to do is — I'm trying to get the American people the truth of what all happened," the Wisconsin Republican said. " Something very strange has happened. You got 40, 45 percent of the American public that completely support the president. That support is strengthening. Forty, 45 percent that really don't — obviously, you know, he's not their cup of tea, let's put it that way. Ten to 20 percent of the American people in the middle are just asking what was going on. I'm trying to answer those questions."
Jones said he is still waiting to "see if the dots get connected" on Trump withholding military aid in Ukraine in exchange for investigations into his political rivals.
"If that is the case, then I think it's a serious matter and it's an impeachable matter. But if those dots aren't connected and there are other explanations that I think are consistent with innocence, I will go that way, too," he said.
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McConnell All But Declares There'll Be No Movement On Impeachment Until After Holidays
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled on Monday there would be no movement on impeachment until after Congress returns to session in January.
Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, McConnell was tight-lipped about impeachment proceedings and how the Senate intends to handle the articles once they come over from the House, pointing local reporters instead to a "Fox and Friends" interview he gave on Monday morning.
"I think we'll find out when we come back in session where we are," he said, signaling that there'd be no decision on a Senate trial until after the holidays.
McConnell also jabbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for delaying the transmission of the articles. Pelosi has indicated she would send the articles over once she knows how the Senate plans to conduct its trial, so she'll have a better idea of how many impeachment managers to assign to the task. Republicans have seized on this delay as a sign of Democrats getting weak-kneed about their case.
"We can't take up a matter we don't have, so hopefully they'll be on the way over at some point," he said.
When asked about how impeachment proceedings might impact his next election, McConnell was honest: "Who knows," he said.
Last week the leader of the upper chamber told reporters that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were at an impasse over how to handle impeachment. Schumer sent a letter to colleagues on Monday, saying he wanted four witnesses to speak at a robust Senate trial and requested documents relevant to Ukraine be provided as well. McConnell has indicated he doesn't want Democrats or Republicans to call in witnesses, but he says his caucus has not quite reached a decision. That indication appears to be in contrast with what President Trump has publicly claimed he'd like to see.
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McConnell All But Declares There'll Be No Movement On Impeachment Until After Holidays
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled on Monday there would be no movement on impeachment until after Congress returns to session in January.
Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, McConnell was tight-lipped about impeachment proceedings and how the Senate intends to handle the articles once they come over from the House, pointing local reporters instead to a "Fox and Friends" interview he gave on Monday morning.
"I think we'll find out when we come back in session where we are," he said, signaling that there'd be no decision on a Senate trial until after the holidays.
McConnell also jabbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for delaying the transmission of the articles. Pelosi has indicated she would send the articles over once she knows how the Senate plans to conduct its trial, so she'll have a better idea of how many impeachment managers to assign to the task. Republicans have seized on this delay as a sign of Democrats getting weak-kneed about their case.
"We can't take up a matter we don't have, so hopefully they'll be on the way over at some point," he said.
When asked about how impeachment proceedings might impact his next election, McConnell was honest: "Who knows," he said.
Last week the leader of the upper chamber told reporters that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were at an impasse over how to handle impeachment. Schumer sent a letter to colleagues on Monday, saying he wanted four witnesses to speak at a robust Senate trial and requested documents relevant to Ukraine be provided as well. McConnell has indicated he doesn't want Democrats or Republicans to call in witnesses, but he says his caucus has not quite reached a decision. That indication appears to be in contrast with what President Trump has publicly claimed he'd like to see.
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How to hack the color of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge lightsabers
When you go to the Star Wars parks at Disneyland or Disney World, there's a place where you get to craft your own lightsaber for the not-low-at-all price of $200. You get to build the hilt and choose your kyber crystal, which Star Wars geeks know determines the color of your blade.
Officially, you're only allowed to pick from the four colors seen in the movies: blue, green, purple, and red. Unofficially, you can actually make it any color you want.
Gene Chorba, a developer at Riot Games, tweeted Friday that those kyber crystals actually house a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that determines the color of the blade. With the right technology, you can actually rewrite the RFID to get a different color.
Riot Gene :So the Disney build your own lightsaber system uses RFID codes to tell the lightsaber what color to display.
Which means if you have an RFID read/writer you can swap through all the colors without buying each crystal.
That's right, you can get colors that aren't even seen in the movies.
All you need is an RFID reader/writer, which can be found online for as low as $20. If you want to see how to do it yourself, this video is a helpful tutorial on how to use an RFID reader/writer and how to change the color of the blade.
While Chorba tweeted out codes for two extra colors, orange (3074) and teal (3077), YouTuber Kyle Bridges lists a few more codes to make your blade white (3072) or yellow (3075) as well as the standard colors red (3073), green (3076), blue (3086), and purple (3079).
I neither have one of these lightsabers nor an RFID reader/writer to test this out, but the video proves that it works and isn't too difficult to do at home.
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How to hack the color of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge lightsabers
When you go to the Star Wars parks at Disneyland or Disney World, there's a place where you get to craft your own lightsaber for the not-low-at-all price of $200. You get to build the hilt and choose your kyber crystal, which Star Wars geeks know determines the color of your blade.
Officially, you're only allowed to pick from the four colors seen in the movies: blue, green, purple, and red. Unofficially, you can actually make it any color you want.
Gene Chorba, a developer at Riot Games, tweeted Friday that those kyber crystals actually house a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that determines the color of the blade. With the right technology, you can actually rewrite the RFID to get a different color.
Riot Gene :So the Disney build your own lightsaber system uses RFID codes to tell the lightsaber what color to display.
Which means if you have an RFID read/writer you can swap through all the colors without buying each crystal.
That's right, you can get colors that aren't even seen in the movies.
All you need is an RFID reader/writer, which can be found online for as low as $20. If you want to see how to do it yourself, this video is a helpful tutorial on how to use an RFID reader/writer and how to change the color of the blade.
While Chorba tweeted out codes for two extra colors, orange (3074) and teal (3077), YouTuber Kyle Bridges lists a few more codes to make your blade white (3072) or yellow (3075) as well as the standard colors red (3073), green (3076), blue (3086), and purple (3079).
I neither have one of these lightsabers nor an RFID reader/writer to test this out, but the video proves that it works and isn't too difficult to do at home.
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