Last week House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) issued a “friendly” subpoena to Mazars USA, Donald Trump’s accounting firm, directing the firm to turn over the president’s financial records. Mazars had previously stated it would comply with the subpoena. Almost immediately, Trump’s shyster lawyers – hired to keep Trump’s finances secret – sent a … Read more
The Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this morning. First, the case background from the Washington Post, The Four Pinocchio claim at the center of the census citizenship question: [T]he justices could be weighing a Four-Pinocchio claim by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. … Read more
Ed Kilgore recently explained the Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched Nixon. Th key is his third point: 3. Trump is a lot more popular among today’s Republicans than Nixon was among yesterday’s. People remember that Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a huge landslide, but was forced to resign less … Read more
Deadline to register for free lunch is April 24. Carolyn’s note: I’ve attended the past 3 summits and they are well-attended and informative and inspiring.