I think this comment at Powerline is quite descriptive of the Michael Cohen plea situation: So the real trick here is pretty simple. Threaten a man with 8 counts that would cost him millions to defend and could send him … Continue reading →
Perhaps: Top Senate Republicans sent dueling signals on Thursday about whether it would be safe for President Donald Trump to fire the attorney general he can’t stand… The back-and-forth on the Hill came just as Sessions took the rare step … Continue reading →
McCarthy writes: The Justice Department has a history of treating serious campaign-finance transgressions as administrative violations, not felonies. A prominent example: The 2008 Obama campaign accepted nearly $2 million in illegal campaign contributions, but was permitted to settle the matter … Continue reading →
The first sentence of this article is telling, isn’t it?: President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday was found guilty of eight of the 18 charges brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller. It’s really quite simple: … Continue reading →
I’m so risk-averse I don’t even like to play the stock market. My aversion to risk is one of the many, many, many reasons I’m not Donald Trump. On the other hand, I do own some stocks, and I understand … Continue reading →
Josh Marshall on Trump and Russia: The greatest conceit in public life today is the notion that we don’t already know President Trump is guilty. Guilty of what? Conspiring, by whatever level of directness, with a foreign power to win … Continue reading →
Good. The only bad part about the news is that it gives Brennan the golden opportunity to be in the limelight again, and to fume against Trump—his favorite position and his favorite occupation. I really don’t question this decision of … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick has been mostly bullish Trump’s on foreign policy moves so far, although she’s not completely optimistic; she has some caveats. Here’s what she has to say about Trump’s offer to talk with Iranian leaders like Rouhani: In July, … Continue reading →
Just read it.
Continue reading →Commenter “Ariel” addresses these remarks by another commenter in this way: …”but [Trump’s] policies are overall working pretty well” How the hell can you know that? I say this from watching George Bush blamed for the housing crash when it … Continue reading →
Byron York has been one of the reporters who has repeatedly taken on the difficult task of delving into the details of the Russia-Trump-collusion investigation by the FBI. What he finds usually isn’t pretty. And this is no exception: Because … Continue reading →
It’s not the first time, but it’s the first time in a while (see this chart). For most of the year he’s been moving around in the high 40s, after many months in the low-to-mid 40s during much of the … Continue reading →