For Iowa Democrats, The Caucuses Come Down To Trump

“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.