Comment on New East Timor government marred by corruption allegations

Ex-Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb details his prediction for the outcome of the historic Trump hush money criminal trial before the jury begins their deliberations.

“Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, the top electoral target for a far-right faction of Republicans intent on controlling the Legislature, emerged victorious Tuesday over a well-funded challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and his allies,” the Texas Tribune reports. New York Times: “The race, in a southeast Texas district that includes part of the city of Beaumont, was a bitter political showdown among some of the most powerful players in Texas politics, and was likely to have been one of the most expensive ever for a Texas House seat.”

“Jenna Ellis, who assisted Donald Trump after the 2020 election then pleaded guilty last year in the Georgia election subversion case, has had her law license suspended in Colorado,” CNN reports. “The suspension begins July 2, according to a signed order from a state judge in Colorado. Ellis has been an attorney licensed to practice law in Colorado for more than a decade, according to court records.”

Jenna Ellis, a Colorado native and former lawyer for then-President Donald Trump in 2020, will not be allowed to practice law in Colorado for at least three years under an agreement approved Tuesday by the Colorado Supreme Court. Ellis, who is from Longmont, had faced the possibility of total disbarment after pleading guilty in October to a felony in Georgia related to efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss there.

On Tuesday morning, Robert De Niro joined former J6 Officers Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone at the Trump hush money/election interference case courthouse on behalf of the Biden re-election campaign. Ha. More like this, please. De Niro held a press conference to express his disgust about the cowardly clown who says he wants to destroy US democracy and turn this country into his dictatorship. Taking a page from diminished Donald, the Academy Award-winning actor listed many of Trump's heinous actions throughout his lie-filled life -- to warn the American people what would happen if he wins this election. ROBERT DENIRO: That Donald Trump is just across the street because he doesn't belong in my city. I don't know where he belongs, but he surely doesn't belong here.

There are two times people make really bad mistakes: When they’re over-confident and when they’re desperate. The Biden administration is not over-confident.