You may have noticed that so far I’ve ignored the Trump/Kanye/Fuentes/Yiannopoulos dinner story. My gut feeling was that it was probably designed to dupe Trump and set him up for the attacks that followed. Should he have seen through it … Continue reading →
Commenter “TR” has a question: Does anyone think that the rape lawsuit against, by Ms. E. Jean Carroll, will succeed?… …[S]he’s starting a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing him of- convincing her to go into a store, a store that … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”.] From Andrea Widburg: Today’s we-now-live-in-a-3rd-world-dictatorship news from the Biden administration is Merrick Garland’s breathtaking announcement that he has named a special counsel to conduct a criminal investigation into Donald Trump. Given the complete absence of evidence … Continue reading →
The WaPo says of the Mar-A-Lago raid: “never mind.” I guess post-election, Now It Can Be Told that there was no there there:
Continue reading →In a move surprising no one, but elating many and disappointing many others, Trump officially announces his 2024 candidacy. This will further divide the already-divided right, which in my opinion doesn’t bode well for the already-highly-challenged GOP in 2024. On … Continue reading →
Each day the election results have become more and more clear and more and more depressing. It looks to me as though it will take a great deal of luck and almost a miracle to get a Senate majority, or … Continue reading →
A lot of people are blaming Trump for Tuesday’s extremely disappointing results. I haven’t done a systematic study of his “picks” and I’m not planning to do so, but of course a couple of high-profile ones didn’t win – I’m … Continue reading →
Have you heard of Guy Reffitt, the person who received the longest sentence so far of all the Jan 6ers (at least, as of August 1, 2022, that article’s dateline)?: Guy Reffitt, a Texan who prosecutors said “lit the match” … Continue reading →
In line with Allen Dershowitz’s history as a defender of civil liberties, he’s going to represent the “My Pillow” guy Mike Lindell in his lawsuit: I disagree with My Pillow founder Mike Lindell about a lot of things, including his … Continue reading →
Trump lost in the 11th Circuit yesterday. Here’s Jonathan Turley describing the ruling: On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit narrowed the order of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon by allowing the Justice Department … Continue reading →
Dershowitz writes [emphasis mine]: The first move former President Donald Trump’s attorneys should do to fight back against New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil lawsuit against him and his family members is to push that she be recused and … Continue reading →
Judge Cannon isn’t buying the DOJ’s argument to oppose the appointment of a special master. See also this as well as this. From the latter: First, Cannon directed [newly-appointed Special Master] Dearie to “review all of the materials” seized during … Continue reading →