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First Republican presidential debate It was not Mr. Trump’s chief rival in the polls, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who emerged at the epicenter of the first Trump-free showdown on Wednesday, but instead the political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy, whose unlikely rise has revealed the remarkable degree to which the former president has remade the party.… Read more.
In Trump Republicans trust Trump voters are more likely to believe the former president is telling them the truth than their friends and family or religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll. (Axios, August 21, 2023) That, of course, is the very definition of cult worship. After all, nobody in their right mind is… Read more.
People in Donald Trump’s inner circle keep affirming Rick Wilson’s famous assertion that “Everything Trump Touches Dies.” Of course, the more accurate assertion is that everyone who associates with Trump either ruins their reputation or ends up in jail. Giuliani ‘America’s mayor’: fall from grace Everyone from former Cabinet secretaries like former AG Jeff Sessions to former lawyers like Michael… Read more.
Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friends Justice Clarence Thomas reacted with righteous indignation when news broke about the luxury trips that billionaire Harlan Crow lavished upon him. Except that Thomas compounded his brazen venality by betraying willful gullibility. Because he wanted us to believe that Crow was just an old friend doing what old friends do. But everyone knows Crow wouldn’t have given Thomas the time… Read more.
Republican projection Donald Trump always accuses others of what he himself is guilty of. That’s called projection. And it defines so much of Trump’s political rhetoric that even his defenders engage in it. A case in point is Congressional Republicans accusing the Biden family of all kinds of financial crimes and schemes. You’d be forgiven… Read more.
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to keep him in power. (The Washington Post, August 3, 2023) I’m following up on Tuesday’s post.… Read more.
Donald Trump made history in March when he became the first sitting or former president of the United States to be indicted. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him for paying off a porn star and covering it up. Special Counsel indicts Trump again But Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted him again in June for mishandling classified documents and obstructing justice. Yet,… Read more.
Trump-appointed judge balks at a plea deal Republicans can’t believe their luck. They’ve been hurling contempt at David Weiss, the Trump-appointed special prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden, for years. They wanted Weiss to prosecute Hunter on trumped-up charges and implicate his father, President Joe Biden. Instead, Weiss struck what Republicans denounced as “a sweetheart deal,” giving Hunter a get-out-of-jail-free card. But… Read more.
Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point. Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.
