Eight Republican Senators, including J.D. Vance, Mike Lee, and Tommy Tuberville, vowed not to cooperate with Democrats on anything not related to national security or safety. Here is the statement from the senators: Strongly worded statements are not enough. Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable. We are […]

Trump looked rough as a picture from Trump Tower captured what he really looked like during his post-conviction press conference. This is a picture that was sent to Molly Jong Fast by someone she described as a friend who was at the event: A friend sent me this from the presser. pic.twitter.com/CASpjZ1wxI — Molly Jong-Fast […]

The gaslighting continues because Donald J. Trump is not handling the aftermath of his 34 felony convictions very well. In the atrium of Trump Tower, the ex-president ranted and raved and blamed and whined in Vintage Trump style, to the point that CNN cut him off. He wove in his usual hits of false claims […]

Trump was so guilty that even the one juror who got all of his news from Truth Social voted to convict him. Here is the juror questionnaire: One of the 12 jurors in the New York case said his only sources of news were Trump’s social network, Truth Social, and X. And he still found […]

CNN anchors referred to Trump’s press conference as rant without a teleprompter and referred to its “disjointed” presentation. Video: CNN cuts off its live coverage of Trump’s press conference and calls it a “rant.” CNN also pointed out that without his teleprompter Trump’s presentation was “disjointed.” pic.twitter.com/QjfixM103u — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 31, 2024 […]

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) reacted to Trump’s conviction by calling on red state district attorneys to indict President Joe Biden. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) posted: Time for Red State AGs and DAs to get busy. — Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) May 30, 2024 The problem that Republicans need a crime that President Biden committed in […]

The Trump campaign is trying to raise money by suggesting that the ex-president’s conviction is the darkest day in American history. Aaron Rupar posted this alert from the Trump campaign: move over Pearl Harbor and 9/11 … pic.twitter.com/rUdvy2Op0J — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 31, 2024 Move over 9/11. Step aside Pearl Harbor. The real darkest […]

Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, said that the ex-president was involved in all of the decisions about his defense and wanted to be the litigator. Jesse Watters asked on Fox News how involved Trump was in his own defense. Blanche answered: What do you think? Very involved. He’s a smart guy, he knows what he’s doing. […]

Rachel Maddow suggested on MSNBC that Republicans still have time to dump Donald Trump and choose and different nominee. Maddow said: He’s been convicted of 34 felonies, and he is not just a former president, he is the Republican party’s nominee for president. I will go back to the point I made earlier, which is […]

After Thursday’s surprise late afternoon GUILTY on all counts verdict for ex-president and current front-runner for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, the Biden campaign warned that the threat Trump poses to our democracy has never been greater, and the ballot box is the only way to way to keep Trump out of the Oval […]

Well, this isn’t going to go over well with the Trump crowd. The cover of next week’s The New Yorker will show an illustration of Donald J. Trump with tiny hands ready to be handcuffed, done by John Cuneo. Next week’s cover of “The New Yorker” by John Cuneo. pic.twitter.com/yQgbibxF9a — Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May […]

Trump is both filled with rage and appears to be breaking as he posts on social media while awaiting the verdict at his criminal trial. Trump has been posting on Truth Social: Very unfair that I am not being allowed to Campaign. Crooked Joe Biden Witch Hunt. Third World Country!!! …. Does anybody ask why […]

The mainstream press is ignoring the part of the new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll that shows that a guilty verdict would make 17% of voters less likely to vote for Trump. NPR reported on the new poll: Overall, two-thirds (67%) said a guilty verdict would make no difference to their vote; three-quarters (76%) said the same […]

A former producer on The Apprentice has confirmed that there were tapes of Trump making racist and sexist comments on the NBC show. Bill Pruitt a former producer on The Apprentice wrote in Slate: Without a doubt, the hardest decisions we faced in postproduction were how to edit together sequences involving Trump. We needed him […]

Twenty-three Senate Democrats have written to Attorney General Merrick Garland to request that the DOJ investigate the oil industry for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Oil Industry Accused Of Price Fixing Majority Leader Schumer and 22 other Senate Democrats wrote to AG Garland: We write regarding our serious concerns about alleged collusion and price fixing […]

Trump was bordering on incoherent as he angrily spoke outside of the courthouse after jury deliberations ended for the day. Trump said: It’s a Biden and witch hunt, it’s weaponization. So it seems that there are a lot of witnesses, a lot of people that they could have called that they didn’t call now they […]

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has rejected a request from top Senate Democrats to recuse himself from upcoming cases related to the 1/6 attack. Alito wrote in part to Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not. My wife was solely responsible for having flagpoles […]

House Democrats sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts demanding that he answer questions about whether the Supreme Court will enforce their ethics rules on Alito. House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) wrote to Roberts: The Supreme Court Code of Conduct was adopted on November 13, 2023 “to set out succinctly and […]