Comment on John Kelly, Trump’s chief of staff whose son died in combat, defends president’s call to Gold Star widow

“The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case struck down a small but significant part of the indictment on Monday, ruling that the government must remove from its charges an episode in which Mr. Trump is said to have shown a highly sensitive military map to one of his close aides after he left office,” the New York Times reports. “The decision by the judge, Aileen Cannon, was more of a swipe at prosecutors working for the special counsel, Jack Smith, who brought the case against Mr.

“The U. N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U. S.-backed cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip after Russia opted not to block it, adding extra heft to a growing international push for an end to the fighting,” the New York Times reports,

Donald Trump may have lost in the Manhattan court where a jury recently convicted him of 34 felonies, but there’s one place he and his party appear to be winning: in the race to snag major cash from the richest families in America. For all of Trump’s supposed grassroots appeal, as of May 1, less than one-third of contributions to his campaign committee for the 2024 election cycle had come from grassroots donors—people giving less than $200.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is known for many things: talking about a “Jewish space laser“; white supremacy; political violence; having a lawyer who was rude to Mother Jones in court; and possessing a seemingly bottomless fealty to former President Donald Trump. She has continued the last of these with a particular tick in the last week: Comparing Trump to Jesus Christ. At a rally in Las Vegas yesterday, Taylor Greene condemned those who are accurately describing Trump as a now-convicted felon, saying: “The Democrats and the fake news media constantly want to talk about, ‘oh, President Trump is a convicted felon.’ Well you want to know something?

The trend is your friend.

Narcissism is defined by a core inner emptiness around which people build an amoral god complex. Gods don’t accept responsibility for their acts.