Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for ‘law and order,’ to show contrast with Biden Donald Trump attended Thursday’s wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s ... 03/28/2024 - 8:58 am | View Link
Joe Lieberman and the Center That Did Not Hold The longtime senator and Democratic vice-presidential candidate, who has died at 82, crossed party boundaries and left an uneven legacy. 03/28/2024 - 8:15 am | View Link
OFFICER JONATHAN DILLER MOURNED: NY to lower flags; Biden gives condolences; Trump, Adams to attend wake Thousands are expected on Long Island Thursday to mourn fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, who was fatally shot in Queens this week. Diller’s wake is being held in Nassau County, where he lived ... 03/28/2024 - 6:43 am | View Link
Trump attends wake of a slain New York police officer as he goes after Biden over crime MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made ... 03/28/2024 - 6:41 am | View Link
One Satellite Signal Rules Modern Life. What if Someone Knocks It Out? GPS has become essential for modern life, but its satellites and signals are vulnerable to attack. China is years ahead in developing alternatives. 03/28/2024 - 5:49 am | View Link
Even before most Americans woke up to the news of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, wild conspiracy theories about what supposedly had "really" happened were running rampant online. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports on some.
CNN's Katelyn Polantz breaks down the argument Donald Trump's lawyer made about the First Amendment to get the judge to dismiss Trump's election subversion case in Georgia.
Paul Ryan is warning Republicans of the negative effect that Trump will have on down-ballot Republican candidates. Not quite sure I understand why, unless it's to set himself up as a party leader after Trump crashes the party. Via MSN.com:
“I think we’re going to lose more seats than we otherwise would with Trump because there are just too many suburban swing voters that just don’t like him, that therefore vote against Republicans,” Ryan said in an interview with Southern Methodist University’s student-run Daily Campus on Tuesday.
Former GOP hopeful Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the Republican primary race after Super Tuesday, would have been a more unifying presidential candidate, he suggested.
Ryan said he didn’t subscribe to the nationalist populism of Trump, which is where “the bulk” of Republicans are right now, and also called the current GOP a cult of personality tied to Trump rather than based on a set of principles.
I'll give him credit for this: The granny-starver was one of the first Republican leaders to read the writing on the wall and get out of Congress.
A telling little clip from Mediate, where TV financial pundit Jim Cramer is basically urging Trump to cash in his chips, relinquish control or at least partial control and get a big fat payday. In theory, that sounds like sound advice. One small problem with that is what he's advocating is not technically legal.
driftglass: The revelation according to Chuck.
Lawyers, Guns and Money: No labels, no logic.
Blue Virginia: Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoes numerous bills that would have made Virginia safer.
Rewire: College students don't know their schools' abortion services.
Equal Justice Initiative: Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, which explores the legacy of slavery and the lives of enslaved people.
This installment by Batocchio.
Larry Fink, the billionaire CEO of the world's largest asset management firm, wrote in his annual letter to investors on Tuesday that it is "a bit crazy" that 65 is viewed as a sensible retirement age in the United States, drawing swift backlash from Social Security defenders and policy analysts.
Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, replied that the CEO of BlackRock apparently doesn't know the U.