The Hall of Fire

Ugh, Trump's defenders are (willfully?) misunderstanding what it means that the FBI was authorized to "engage" with the Secret Service as part of the search. It's clear from the context that the meaning is "work with," but Trump fans think it means "shoot at."

Speaking after today's proceedings, Donald Trump questioned Judge Merchan's integrity based on his national origins: "Take a look at him. Take a look at where he comes from." Judge Merchan, like Judge Cannon, was born in South America.

Mother Jones has obtained audio of Steve Bannon on Oct. 31, 2020 discussing election strategy with Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire on whose yacht Bannon had been arrested earlier that year. The article is titled "Bannon Bragged That He Used Porn to Help Smear Hunter Biden." Ban...

The Wall Street Journal editorial board is big mad about the commencement address that President Biden gave at Morehouse College (a historically Black institution in Atlanta), which presumably means they're afraid it was effective. There were a few complaints from the left that President Biden's re...

I guess Judge Cannon unsealed these filings to allow Donald Trump to say that the FBI was authorized to use deadly force during the Mar-a-Lago search.

(I urge forbearance in responding to that.)

Rep. Ronnie Jackson, the disgraceful doctor and demoted admiral, today said that Judge Merchan should "fear" Donald Trump's election.

" Judge threatens to mute Giuliani during arraignment in fake electors case " (ABC). The headline exaggerates a little: the judge cut off Giuliani as he meandered through an explanation about how he wasn't hiding from Arizona's process servers (never mind that he taunted them online less t...

Christina Bobb, too Christina Bobb leads the Republican National Committee's "election integrity program." This is her mug shot , taken during her arraignment today, for interfering in the 2020 election in Arizona. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOHdLnwXMAAevpL?format=jpg&name=small I fe...

Posted without comment (because I don't trust myself to comment). I saw that an Israeli opposition leader called on Netanyahu's government to reverse this decision, and now there's an update: " Israel cancels order to cut AP live feed, will return camera equipment it seized " (CNN). - - -...

For those who didn't want to bother with math... Truth Social stock continues to hold about the same value ($48.38 at the close of business today), but today the company released its financials for January-March 2024, which reveal "Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million." That ...

Donald Trump tonight posted images on his social media network seemingly implying that he will oversee a "Unified Reich" as president. Will this be the official flag of the Trumpreich? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOHGe6BWQAASXJB?format=jpg&name=small Edited to add that someone found t...

" Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump " (Associated Press). This move, announced by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, is not a campaign stunt meant to lower gas prices and improve President Biden's electoral chances (though ...

Maryland's former governor, Larry Hogan, a moderate Republican running for U.S. Senate, claims in a new pro-choice campaign ad that he will introduce federal legislation to codify the abortion rights in Roe vs. Wade . He probably genuinely means that, and it's gratifying that both major candidates i...

Matt Yglesias explains , again, why Donald Trump's presidency would increase inflation, particularly for the cost of food: Trump proposes to "tax imported fertilizer and deport 10-20 percent of the agricultural workforce," apparently on the theory that in "Trumptopia, native-born Amer...

A newly unsealed March 2023 opinion by Judge Beryl Howell, who at the time was the Chief Judge in the District of Columbia, reveals that even after the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, there were two further occasions of multiple classified documents being found there. That included four documents that Tru...

In a new interview, Donald Trump says he's considering limiting access to contraception: https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1792925742885372172 I guess after his Manhattan trial more widely disseminated the fact that he didn't use a condom when cheating on his wife, he's decided to go all in on that...

Asked why his father didn't testify in his own defense, Donald Trump Jr. today said this proceeding is a "kangaroo court," adding "You don't subject yourself to that." So why did Donald Trump repeatedly lie and claim that he would testify? Edited to add: If Trump is convicted, he...

It seems the International Criminal Court has yet to issue any warrants in the Ethiopian civil war , which has been raging since 2018 and resulted in 600,000 civilian deaths. Some people say this is because Ethopia never signed the Rome Statute that created the ICC. But while Israel signed, its leg...

Recent polls show Donald Trump's lead on President Biden growing: it's up to 1.4% in the 538.com average. - - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, Trump advisor Peter Navarro says , in an interview from prison , that Donald Trump as president would immediately fire Jerome Powell, the very successful Federal R...

Wasn't he supposed to be a witness for the defense? And not just for the email I quoted but for another one the prosecution in which Robert Costello, having yet to lock down Michael Cohen as a client, wrote to Jeff Cintron that Cohen "is playing us and the President. What should I say to this ...