Comment on Daily Kos Elections ad roundup: Democrats may be smelling blood in South Dakota's Senate race

The first official day of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York is officially over - early, due to Passover and an alternate juror having a dental emergency. Although a short day, they covered a lot of ground. First, the Sandoval Hearing. This is what the judge has determined is fair game if the defendant takes the stand in his or her own defense.

Amid new reporting that former U. S. President Donald Trump's economic advisers are urging him to cut the federal payroll tax, a key revenue source for Social Security and Medicare, advocates on Thursday urged voters to remember that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has long threatened to do just that. "Don't be fooled," said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, which lobbies to strengthen the social safety net for retired Americans.

Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt jumped through hurdles trying to defend former President Donald Trump over his hush money payments to numerous women, including adult film star Stormy Daniels. It's mind-boggling that evangelists circled their wagons around this guy, but they did. However, he did come through for them.

Trump's Mar-A-Lago dinner party guest and Neo-Nazi Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes ranted about how the conservative moment is now dominated by women who aren't in fear of their lives any longer. NICK FUENTES: Even these toughest guys or those that pretend to be the most tough or the most masculine?

Professor Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian and an expert on Ukraine, calmly schooled controversial Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor. Marge can't seem to stop spewing Kremlin propaganda, but Snyder took a minute to straighten her out over her "Nazis in Ukraine" lie. Props to Snyder for being so polite about it!

“Todd Blanche is a surprisingly competent lawyer. And he’s on track to keep his client out of jail until the election,” New York Magazine reports.