The Biden administration’s latest sanctions and criminal charges against Russia for election interference are déjà vu all over again. Since 2016, the US has been slapping Russia with sanctions like a drunk at a piñata party — wildly swinging, hoping to hit something. Yet, the Russians are still at it, manipulating US public opinion to… Read more.
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UAW Sues Musk and Trump for Worker (and Voter) Intimidation
Elon Musk’s interview with Donald Trump on X last week turned out to be as ill-fated as it was overhyped. It was marred by the same technical glitches that dogged their first interview. And that’s because Musk took foolish pride in gutting his platform of many engineers. But this time, the United Auto Workers union… Read more.
Supreme Court Grants Trump Absolute Immunity’ for Official Acts
Trump is immune Former presidents are immune from prosecution for official actions taken while in the White House, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, but do not have immunity for unofficial acts. The 6-3 ruling along ideological lines appears to mean that parts of Donald Trump’s federal election-interference trial could proceed in D.C., but only… Read more.
Trump: I’m the Best Defense Lawyer Any Court Has Ever Seen
Trump, for the defense Donald Trump is on trial for paying porn star Stormy Daniels hush money to keep their booty call under wraps before the 2016 presidential election. So, understandably, Trump thinks he knows more about the facts of this case than anyone else. The issue is that he behaves in Court as if he knows more about… Read more.
For Putin, Trump Proving more Poisoned Chalice than Political Puppet
Most commentators hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as a disruptive genius for cyberattacking the 2016 US presidential election. This, because Putin made clear that he did so to get Donald Trump elected – presumably to do his bidding. But I warned that Putin was in for a rude awakening. Case in point is the following… Read more.