THE ANTI-TRUMP DREAM COME TRUE. Barring some last-second surprise, on Monday a dream will come true for the Democrats, resistance warriors, Never Trumpers, and lawfare specialists who have hoped for years to put former President Donald Trump on trial. It finally happens Monday in a courtroom in Manhattan. Many legal experts, and not just those on the […]
Former President Donald Trump's niece, psychologist Mary Trump, shredded her uncle in a new email blast analyzing exactly why she believes the criminal hush money trial which began this week is such a problem for him — not just legally, but emotionally."No doubt Donald feels as though he’s being singled out for extraordinary punishment, but that’s because he has so rarely been in a situation in which he has no control over either the narrative or the proceedings," she wrote. "Because this is a...
The PBD Podcast recently shared some details about what Barron Trump is like in person. Not only does he have a big personality, but he pokes fun at his father.
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We’re being worn down by a politics of persistent comfort.I wrote last week about comfort and discomfort, and the pleasure that follows hardship. But I didn’t quite finish the thought, so here it is: Our dismal, empty, destructive political theater is the result of too much ease and affluence. We’re doing things that people do when life has been too easy.When do Americans lose patience for the endless march of idiocy, and what happens when they do? Americans seem to forget how much political...
Former President Donald Trump opened the fourth day of jury selection in his hush-money trial Friday by calling on the New York court to lift the gag order on speaking about witnesses.
Donald Trump’s interjections have featured in every one of his major legal cases, and they show no sign of abating. But a scene Tuesday indicates how the stakes are increasing.
It’s not exactly a secret that as the 2024 election season unfolds, Democrats would love to have a monthslong fight with Republicans over the future of the Affordable Care Act. With this in mind, it’s awfully generous of Donald Trump to help advance the Democrats’ strategy. The New York Times reported: Right off the bat, it’s worth emphasizing that President Joe Biden, his campaign team, and Democrats in general have been hammering the presumptive GOP nominee over his “Obamacare” rhetoric, and...
(Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog's Favourite Living Canadian)Oh, holy Mother of God.From the New York Times:The man, who had lingered outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse earlier this week, doused himself with accelerant at around 1:35 p.m. in Collect Pond Park, across the street from the building. Onlookers screamed and started to run, and soon, bright orange flames engulfed the man. He threw leaflets espousing anti-government conspiracy theories...
Courtrooms don’t lend themselves to keeping people awake. They are notoriously quiet places where people are required to remain seated almost all of the time. The air is often stagnant and the ever-so-distracting handheld devices that are our lifelines to (and barrier from) the world around us are strictly forbidden. That’s the kind of environment in which Donald Trump, a defendant in a criminal courtroom in Manhattan (who also happens to be the 45th President of the United States) appeared to...
Former President Donald Trump‘s fundraising efforts picked up steam in the first three months of 2024 as GOP megadonors assisted his third bid for the White House. Trump and the Republican National Committee had already announced they raised $65.6 million in March and ended the month with $93.1 million cash on hand. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW […]
Judge Juan Merchan's ruling banning Donald Trump from attending Supreme Court arguments next week in his presidential immunity case spurred sputters of outrage from the former president and laughter online. Trump told the media who gathered outside his hush money trial in Manhattan Monday that he was furious over Merchan's decision, which legal experts note is a common interpretation of criminal law. "Looks like the judge is not going to allow me to escape this scam," he told reporters. ...