Is It Morning In America, Or Has Hope Given Way To Malaise?

A USA Today/Suffolk University poll of Black voters in Michigan found 79% flatly disagree that Trump’s criminal indictments have increased their support for him “because they see him as a fellow victim of discrimination and persecution in the justice system.” Only 15% agreed, and 6% had no opinion. Also interesting: 55% of those asked said the statement was offensive, compared to 41% who did not.

“President Biden is expected to announce a new immigration program Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants married to U. S. citizens,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “Biden is planning to make the announcement at the White House alongside members of Congress, immigration advocates and U.

“George Norcross, New Jersey’s once-powerful Democratic kingmaker, was charged on Monday with racketeering along with five other defendants,“ the New York Times reports. “The 13-count indictment unsealed by the attorney general accused the group of unlawfully obtaining property and property rights on the waterfront in Camden, N. J., collecting millions of dollars in government-issued tax credits, and controlling and influencing government officials.” “The charges reinforce New Jersey’s already tarnished reputation for political corruption.

Matthew Yglesias: “On the economy, Trumpstalgics say that what matters is that the results were fine, even if the ideas espoused (like funding the entire government with tariffs) were often unsound. But on Covid, Trumpstalgics say that what matters is that he espoused the right ideas (in this case, being less cautious), even if he was completely inefficacious in delivering results.” “Biden gets no credit for rapid job growth, because that was just the natural unwinding of Covid-era unemployment, but he is personally to blame for every cent of inflation, which is somehow totally unrelated to that unwinding.

Politico: “Just days after being endorsed by the former president, the Maryland Senate hopeful released a new spot Monday that doesn’t name Trump at all but instead stresses his independence from the GOP. He invokes his father, Larry Hogan Sr., the first GOP congressmember on the Judiciary Committee to call for President Richard Nixon’s impeachment, and Sen.

“Indiana GOP party chair Anne Hathaway is stepping down about 10 months after outgoing Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed her to the role,” the AP reports. “Her departure was announced shortly after delegates at the state party convention rejected party leadership and the endorsement of former President Donald Trump to nominate an ultra-conservative pastor for lieutenant governor to run alongside gubernatorial nominee U.