Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
‘You’re the reason I am president’: Biden embraces Black voters in S.C. (www.politico.com)
Rudy Giuliani targets Trump for ‘unpaid legal fees’ in new filing (www.independent.co.uk)
Mr Giuliani filed for bankruptcy last month after he was ordered to pay $148m to Georgia election workers he defamed...
Trump’s ‘achilles heel’? Haley’s refusal to drop out infuriates ex-president (www.theguardian.com)
GOP Governors Invoke the Confederate Theory of Secession to Justify Border Violations (slate.com)
This week, Republican governors across the country escalated their conflict with the Biden administration over the southern border by invoking the same legal theory that slave states wielded to justify secession before the Civil War....
Judge warns Trump jurors in E Jean Carroll trial to never reveal themselves (www.independent.co.uk)
Judge Lewis Kaplan purposefully did not disclose why he advised jurors to keep their identities secret in the high profile case...
'Oath-breaking insurrectionist' Trump is ineligible for office, Colorado voters tell the Supreme Court (www.nbcnews.com)
The justices hear arguments next month on whether Trump can be barred from office for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack....
Conservatives wanted “mental acuity” to be a top 2024 election issue. It’s blowing up in their face (www.lgbtqnation.com)
In what’s looking like one of the most bizarre choices of the 2024 election season, Republicans decided to make “mental acuity” a key issue in the presidential race – despite their likely candidate’s inability to form coherent thoughts anymore....
Trump Privately Pressuring GOP Senators To ‘Kill’ Border Deal To Deny Biden A Win (www.huffpost.com)
The former president is telling Republicans he “doesn’t want Biden to have a victory” in 2024, said a source familiar with the bipartisan negotiations....
Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard (www.newsweek.com)
Trump added $8.4 trillion to the national debt: Analysis (thehill.com)
Tax cuts and pandemic relief measures enacted during the Trump administration added $8.4 trillion to the national debt over the 10-year budget window, according to a study released Wednesday by a top budget watchdog group....
Biden campaign speech on abortion rights disrupted 14 times by pro-Palestinian protesters (abcnews.go.com)
United Auto Workers union expected to endorse Biden (www.nbcnews.com)
Letter: Trump seems more like the false prophet in the Bible than the “Anointed One” (www.sltrib.com)
Trump Brags He 'Aced' Cognitive Test, Correctly Identified a Whale (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump has a big problem ahead (www.politico.com)
A whole swath of GOP voters appears firmly committed to not voting for Trump in November....
Ron DeSantis Ends 2024 Campaign Using Fake Winston Churchill Quote (people.com)
Newsweek reports that one early instance of the quote being misattributed to Churchill comes, ironically, from a 1939 ad for Budweiser — a company DeSantis has criticized in the recent past.
Nikki Haley Marks “Roe’s” 51st Anniversary by Saying She’d Sign Nationwide Abortion Ban (truthout.org)
Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky (www.vice.com)
In Kentucky, politicians are preparing to vote on a law that would authorize the use of force against unhoused people who are found to be camping on private property....
Donald Trump slurring words at rally raises questions (www.newsweek.com)
Biden Stands To Gain Double-Digit Political Support If Marijuana Is Rescheduled, Poll Of Likely Voters Shows (www.marijuanamoment.net)
We Are Witnessing the Biggest Judicial Power Grab Since 1803 (www.thenation.com)
During a major hearing this week, the conservative justices made clear they’re about to gut the federal government’s power to regulate—and take that power for themselves....
Roger Stone Should 'Absolutely' Be Prosecuted For Assassination Scheming: Rep. Eric Swalwell (themessenger.com)
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., declared in an interview that long-time Donald Trump confidante and adviser Roger Stone should “absolutely” be prosecuted after he was apparently caught on tape discussing the assassination of Swalwell and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y....
Mitt Romney: Some Trump Supporters Are 'Out Of Touch With Reality' (www.huffpost.com)
The senator said he has “a hard time understanding” why Trump’s legal issues don’t “seem to be moving the needle” with more voters....
Project 2025 will cement America as a rightwing authoritarian state (michiganadvance.com)
The language of the linked article by Mr Barrington Salmon may seem to veer into conspiracy territory at times…if it wasn’t so well-documented. At the risk of “yelling into a echo chamber”…...
