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Morning Joe stopped talking about Stormy Daniels long enough to mention that Trump's classified documents trial has been postponed indefinitely. Imagine that! "The trial had been scheduled to start later this month but U. S. District Judge Cannon announced the delay and new order yesterday. The judge argues it would be imprudent to finalize a trial date when various pretrial issues and deadlines have yet to be resolved," Mika Brzezinski said. "Special counsel Jack Smith and his team have argued Trump's lawyers have had ample time to prepare for a trial and Joe, this is one of those situations where a lot of legal experts have been saying that this is the most clear-cut case.

House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming, and Americans need to understand more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris. Speaker Johnson's beliefs are far outside the mainstream, and he believes that a  "depraved" America deserves God's wrath. The Louisiana congressman's beliefs are radical, even by today's MAGA party standards.

Ukraine’s security services said yesterday they foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top military and political figures. They said two Ukrainian colonels have been arrested on suspicion of treason. Via The New York Times: The Ukrainian domestic intelligence agency, the S. B. U., said in a statement that the plot had involved a network of agents — including the two colonels — that was run by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or F.

Above, The Police perform, King of Pain. It's not a secret that the Republicans are at heart monarchists, you know, as long as they are the monarchs. Let's explore why that cannot happen! Mike The Mad Biologist says Democrats are no longer the party of low propensity voters. Left Jabs notes that the GOP's weaknesses are greater than its strengths. Can It Happen Here asserts there's no king here. Amanda Katz has the BlueSky post of the day. Bonus Track: The Psy of Life celebrates Autism Appreciation Month. Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem tried to say the buck stops with her after Newsmax's Eric Bolling suggested that perhaps her editor was "a liberal plant." Incredibly for real people, but not for Republicans, Bolling threw out that conspiracy over the scandal that Noem created by adding in her book that she shot and killed her 14-month-old puppy in a gravel pit.

It seems we've reached the Robespierre phase of the Republican Revolution, where one week you're a patriot, the next your head's on the chopping block. Say hi to the guillotine, Marge (just don't try to spell it). Republicans have nothing to run on, as even they've said. Their fearful leader is stuck in a courtroom raging, sleeping and farting.