May I have a word about… John Bolton and a ham sandwich The former US statesman came out with a phrase to get everyone licking their lips The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
It’s the Donald J Trump Show … and the world’s tyrants are its biggest fans High farce in a Manhattan courtroom has left America’s friends and foes wondering if the US has lost the plot The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
More buses from Texas? Philly ready to welcome immigrants as pandemic ban drops PHILADELPHIA — From shortly before Thanksgiving until after the New Year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent nearly a thousand immigrants to Philadelphia aboard unscheduled, unannounced buses. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 9, 2023
Trump’s indictment and the return of his biggest concern: ‘the women’ The former president made hush-money payments to a porn star and a Playboy model and faces looming trials over a rape allegation The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2023
Is Donald Trump going to jail? The ex-president appeared for a historic arraingment in New York on 4 April The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023
The team prosecuting Donald Trump in the historic ‘hush money’ case NEW YORK — The Manhattan district attorney’s office made history last week by bringing the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president. Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023
Here’s the advice Obama just gave Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson The advice the former president had for the city’s new mayor-elect wasn’t about politics or policy. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2023
House GOP dysfunction fuels Democrats' hardball budget tactics Democrats stick to strategy of not negotiating until GOP has a budget plan. Axios · Apr 8, 2023
Justice Clarence Thomas’s megadonor friend collects Hitler memorabilia – report Harlan Crow, closely linked to judge, has a signed copy of Mein Kampf and dictator’s paintings The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023
Matthew Kacsmaryk: Who is the Trump-appointed judge trying to ban abortion pills? Texas judge presiding over several cases with far-reaching national implications The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023
Chicago man who recorded himself inside Nancy Pelosi’s office convicted in Jan. 6 riot Kevin James Lyons, of Gladstone Park, was convicted of six federal charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He could face more than 20 years in prison. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2023
Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023
McCarthy faces GOP blowback after N.Y. Times leak “The members I've spoken with are just stunned," one Republican told Axios. Axios · Apr 8, 2023
Three trans girls playing sports is an emergency for Kansas Republicans When it comes to trans people playing sports, the people pushing anti-trans legislation dress up their bigotry in the language of women’s rights The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023 Biden took jobless rate to 3.5%, but for how much longer? President Joe Biden keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023 Progressives tout string of wins across US as template for Democrats Victories in Chicago and St Louis, plus a key judicial race in Wisconsin, argue against tacking to center, leftwingers say
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023 Same world, different planet: Trump’s arrest lays bare US polarization Reactions to the former president’s court appearance on hush money charges were diametrically opposite depending on political persuasion
Salon · Apr 8, 2023 Watchdog: Leo profits from non-profit Campaign for Accountability complaint calls for IRS investigation into tax-exempt groups linked to Leonard Leo
WEKU · Apr 8, 2023 Trump wasn't put under a gag order, but he was told to watch his words Gag orders ride a fine line between balancing the right to free speech and to a fair trial. They restrict what trial participants can and cannot say outside of court.
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023 Vow of silence: why Biden is saying nothing about Trump’s indictment Trump made history by becoming the first former US president to be criminally charged but his successor has studiously avoided the subject
Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023 Editorial: Don’t be fooled. NC Republicans aren’t solving anything with trans sports ban Diving headfirst into the anti-LGBTQ+ culture war, North Carolina Republicans have filed legislation intended to prevent transgender female athletes from playing on women’s high school sports teams.
Miami Herald · Apr 8, 2023 Fabiola Santiago: Lawmakers with no pride in their immigrant heritage help DeSantis crush our communities Immigrant-hate-stoking Florida Gov. DeSantis should be persona non grata in South Florida. But gullible voters eagerly follow charlatans.
Chicago Tribune · Apr 8, 2023 Commentary: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election should never have happened On Tuesday, Janet Protasiewicz defeated Dan Kelly for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. At $42 million, it was the most expensive state Supreme Court race in our nation’s history. The outcome swings the Wisconsin court’s majority away from a textualism and originalist orientation and toward more purpose-driven or evolving…
The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023 The case(s) against Trump: New York charges only beginning of legal woes Experts suggest the quantity and gravity of upcoming investigations could ultimately bury his electoral chances
Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023 Editorial: Public proceedings, private profit: The Donald Trump court transcripts must be freely available to all Voila: Tuesday night, posted on the website of ABC News, there was the full 32-page transcript from Donald Trump’s arraignment, allowing the world to read precisely what transpired in the most closely watched hearing of the decade. And then, poof, it disappeared the next day, the casualty of an asinine…