Friends,My first quote of the week comes from Trump on Air Force One, on his way back from Beijing on Friday — telling David Sanger of The New York Times:“I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You’re a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actual…
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They may call themselves the “Pro-Life Party,” but the GOP certainly doesn’t act like it. They claim to be “Pro-” a lot of other things as well: family, faith, women, and above all else, children. In the Upside Down of Trumpworld, “Pro-” actually means “Anti-” every time, because they’re ultimatel…
And now, he’s paving the way for you and me and all taxpayers to foot the bill for the enemies of democracy.You know how the “president” filed that lawsuit in January seeking $10 billion in damages from the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department for the purported damage inflicted by hi…
Friends,On Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his second impeachment, for instigating an attack on the U.S. Capitol.Cassidy thereby became the first GOP senator defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate in a Republican p…
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the conservative majority’s opinions in two of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in recent years: 1) Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—overruling Roe v. Wade; and 2) Louisiana v. Callais—neutering the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In both cases, Alito …
Donald Trump flew to Beijing last week and bent his wobbly knee to Xi Jinping, a man who runs a surveillance state, disappears dissidents, and has made no secret of his desire to absorb Taiwan by force. Trump came home with nothing. No agreements. No concessions. No trade framework. Not a single thi…