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- Ronny Jackson Wants Trump to ‘Go After’ Biden’s Family
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 03:30 PMRep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) told Newsmax says he’s going to push for Donald Trump to “aggressively go after” Joe Biden and his entire family after Trump wins in November.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The GOP’s Divorce from the Rule of Law Is Complete
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:17 PMAaron Blake: “It’s been a slow boil over many years, but this week truly solidified the GOP’s long drift away from the rule of law — and embrace of Trump’s misleading claims about the legal process.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump’s Conviction Clarifies Things
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:56 PMNicholas Grossman: “That’s why his Manhattan conviction is such a big deal. Trump is running for president to put himself above the law, and if he wins, it will cause democratic backsliding in the United States like that in Turkey, Hungary, India, and elsewhere.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Instant Poll Finds Half Agree with Trump Verdict
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:40 PMA YouGov snap poll conducted after Donald Trump’s criminal conviction found 50% agree with the jury verdict, 30% disagree and 19% aren’t sure.
Independents are nearly twice as likely to think he’s guilty as to think he’s not.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Trump Verdict Came Quickly
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 09:00 AMPolitico: “The trial was over. And minutes later, the jury was gone… The most jarring aspect of the moment was its mundane efficiency.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against His Niece
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 09:30 AM“Donald Trump can proceed with a lawsuit against Mary Trump, his estranged niece, over her role as a source for a New York Times investigation into Mr. Trump’s finances, a New York State appeals court said on Thursday,” the New York Times reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Will Likely Be Allowed to Vote
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 11:28 AMWashington Post: “If the former president had been convicted in Republican-dominated Florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to vote this fall as he seeks to unseat President Biden.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How the Trump Verdict Will Play Politically
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 12:43 PMNo one really knows how much Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts will hurt him politically.
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A New York Times/Siena College poll late last year suggested it could have a significant effect, at least in the battleground states. - Ethics Panel Says Giuliani Should Be Disbarred
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 01:54 PMA Washington, D.C. disciplinary board recommended that Rudy Giuliani should be stripped of his law license for his work on a failed lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Pennsylvania, Reuters reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson Predicts Trump Will Win on Appeal of Verdict
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:19 AMSpeaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) blasted Donald Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money case, predicting Trump will successfully appeal the “absurd” verdict, The Hill reports.
Said Johnson: “Today is a shameful day in American history.”
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- Melania Was at Trump Tower When Verdict Was Read
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:13 PMMelania Trump and son Barron were at Trump Tower, in the wake of the guilty verdict against Donald Trump, the New York Post reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump’s Conviction Binds the GOP Even Closer to Him
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:50 PM“A day after Donald Trump’s conviction, it quickly became clear that Republicans across the country would not run away from his newfound status as a felon,” the New York Times reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Prepared GOP Allies For a Guilty Verdict
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:28 PMTime: “It was a strikingly cohesive message from virtually all corners of the conservative firmament, even among those who don’t subscribe to the America First doctrine. This didn’t happen by accident.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump Supporters Try to Doxx Jurors
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:48 PM“The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday against Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors who secured his conviction, the judge who oversaw the case and the ordinary jurors who unanimously agreed there was no reasonable doubt that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee falsified business records related to hush money payments to a porn star to benefit his 2016 campaign,”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Republicans Rally Around a Convicted Felon
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 09:18 AMAveri Harper: “The felony conviction of a former president would be extraordinary at any time but in the middle of a presidential election in which that former commander-in-chief is running, it is truly remarkable.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Joe Manchin Leaves the Democratic Party
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 10:30 AMSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent.
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It’s unclear whether Manchin will continue to caucus with Democrats in the Senate. - RFK Jr. Slams Trump Verdict
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 12:23 PMRobert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed the jury’s verdict in Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial, calling it “profoundly undemocratic” and warning it will “backfire” against Democrats in November, The Hill reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Moments Matter
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 01:33 PMDan Pfeiffer: “The divide in the election is obvious. Democrats are doing very well with voters who pay close attention to the news. We are struggling with voters who get their news from social media or don’t follow the news at all.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - McConnell Comes to Trump’s Defense
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:17 AMSenate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has steadfastly refused to comment about the presidential race or his long-running feud with Donald Trump, came to Trump’s defense Thursday night, The Hill reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - America’s Seething Right
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:28 AM“A profound sense of rage — and an insatiable thirst for revenge — is permeating virtually every corner of the Republican Party in the wake of former President Trump’s historic conviction,” Axios reports.
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- Netanyahu to Address Congress
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:12 PMIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially been invited to deliver an address to Congress, The Hill reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Voting Is Not a Fundamental Right in Kansas
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 04:52 PM“The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right protected by the Kansas Constitution,” the Kansas City Star reports.
“The decision on voting rights Friday is likely to weaken legal challenges to future voting restrictions in Kansas.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mysterious Tip Led to Conviction of Trump
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:25 PMWall Street Journal: “Trump has faced more scandals than any politician in modern U.S. history. He bragged about groping women in a leaked videotape. He was impeached twice. His supporters stormed the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump Will Try to Convert Guilty Verdict to Campaign Fuel
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 08:49 AM“Being convicted of a felony — let alone 34 of them – is the kind of blow that would normally tank any politician’s ambitions,” the AP reports.
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“Donald Trump will instead try to turn what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel.” - Trump’s ‘Team of Felons’
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 09:16 AMSteve Benen updates the list:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democracy Under Siege
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 11:24 AMThis post for members was written by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication and History at American University and a former political speechwriter.
Set aside for a moment that a convicted felon may well become president of the United States.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Tells Oil Donors He’ll Fast Track Their Merger Deals
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 12:22 PM“Donald Trump suggested to oil executive donors this month that he could ease the Federal Trade Commission’s scrutiny of their industry’s mergers and acquisitions if he returns to the White House,” the Washington Post reports.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Biden Slams Trump for ‘Irresponsible’ Comments
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 01:52 PMPresident Biden weighed in on Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his “hush money” trial, calling Trump’s contention that the trial was “rigged” is “irresponsible” and “reckless,” The Hill reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Johnson Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Trump Verdict
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 01:56 PMSpeaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for the Supreme Court to “step in” to overturn the guilty verdict against Donald Trump in his “hush money” criminal trial, Axios reports.
Said Johnson: “I think that the Justices on the court – I know many of them personally – I think they are deeply concerned about that, as we are.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Quote of the Day
Friday - 05/31/2024 - 05:30 AM“We’ve entered new political and legal territory as a nation. Donald Trump will now force every GOP candidate to trash our judicial system.”
— Presidential historian Tim Naftali, on X.
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