In a 2020 Trump town hall in Miami, scheduled after Trump refused to commit to a virtual presidential debate: NBC host Savannah Guthrie asked if he would denounce the theory and “just say it’s crazy and not true”, Trump responded: “I don’t know about QAnon.” Guthrie suggested to Trump that he did actually know about the … Read more
Dana Milbank writes at the Washington Post, Take it from the ad buys: The GOP ‘nihilistic negation’ agenda is nigh: The midterm elections are just 57 days away — time for Republicans to bring out the big words. Tech billionaire and GOP megadonor Peter Thiel posed a question to the nattering nabobs of the Republican … Read more
For 49 years after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized abortion rights for women in Roe v. Wade, Republicans have waved the segregationists’ flag of “states’ rights!” – let each state decide for itself on abortion. Here’s the thing: a fundamental federal constitutional right is not subject to nullification by any state – that was until Dobbs, … Read more
On Monday, the Washington Post reported, Americans are finally feeling better about the economy: After months of gloom, Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy and more resigned to inflation. Consumer sentiment, which hit rock bottom in June, has begun inching up in recent weeks. Gas prices are down. Decades-high inflation appears … Read more
A “biblical” mumber of 40 subpoenas have been issued by the DOJ to persons around Donald Trump’s Coup Plot – “tell us what you observed and what you heard.” They are not Trump lawyers, so no dilatory tactic of claiming attorney-client privilege (which is eviscerated by the crime-fraud exception in any event), and most were … Read more