“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejects calls within the Republican Caucus to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from party leadership over her vote to impeach President Trump,” Politico reports.
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Stormy Daniels Tells Melania to Dump Trump
“Stormy Daniels has some relationship advice for Melania Trump, and—spoiler alert—it’s not to go to couples counseling in an effort to repair her 19-year marriage to Donald Trump,” Vanity Fair…
Trump Raked in $141 Million in May
“Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $141 million in May, according to his campaign, a fundraising total boosted by a surge in contributions after a New York jury…
Jury Seated In Hunter Biden Trial
“The jury that will hear the gun case against Hunter Biden in Delaware has been selected,” CNN reports. “The panel includes twelve jurors along with four alternates. Opening statements are…
Trumpworld’s Post-Conviction Spin Cycle
Molly Jong-Fast: “If being a convicted felon is so great for Donald Trump, why are Republicans freaking out?” Save to Favorites
Appeal of Fani Willis Removal Decision Set for October
“The Georgia Court of Appeals has set a tentative date of October 4 to hear oral arguments in the effort to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis removed from…
Trump’s Many Dog Whistles About Unrest
Aaron Blake: “This is vintage Trump. He’s not explicitly advocating unrest. He’s not even explicitly mentioning unrest in this case. But he is suggestively pointing to something very bad around…
Township Supervisor Flies Inverted U.S. Flag
The Republican who serves as Homer Township supervisor is defending himself after ordering the U.S. flag outside the township offices to be flown upside down as a symbol of national…
Pro-Trump Bus Crashes on Staten Island
A man and woman who sold pro-Donald Trump merchandise out of a bus covered with pro-Trump flags and posters are homeless after the vehicle crashed into several street signs and…
Congress Is Bracing for a Fiscal Pileup
“Congress is headed for a perilous spending pileup in early 2025 — with crisis points on the debt ceiling, federal spending, tax cuts and budget caps all hitting in rapid…
Joe Manchin, In One Interview
“You never close any options. You don’t know what the political arena is going to have.” — Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), on Talkline, on running for office after leaving the…
Trump’s Lack of Remorse Could Hurt Him at Sentencing
Associated Press: “It’s a truism of the criminal justice system that defendants hoping for lenient treatment at their sentencing are expected to take responsibility for their actions, even express remorse….
Fear Is the Key to Trump’s Survival
Just as the presidential primaries were getting underway, there was a concerted push around the idea that Democrats should dump Joe Biden as their presidential nominee. The argument — summed…
Quote of the Day
“Bragg should have settled the case against Trump, as would have been the normal procedure. But he made a political decision. Bragg may have won the battle, for now, but…
Biden to Issue Executive Order on Southern Border
“President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that would ban migrants who cross the border illegally from claiming asylum, allowing them to be quickly deported back to…
Menendez Will File Independent Bid
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions with over 2,000 signatures in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term…
Nigel Farage Says He Will Run in U.K. Election
“Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and serial disrupter of British politics, on Monday announced plans to run as a candidate in Britain’s general election next month, dealing a new setback…
‘Totalitarian Unanimity’
In the days since Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies, Republicans have rallied around their presumptive nominee for president. And they’ve rallied hard. It’s not surprising since a…
Russia Co-Opts Far-Right Politicians in Europe
Washington Post: “For nearly a year… the Czech authorities secretly recorded hours of meetings between several far-right politicians from across Europe and the associate, Artem Marchevsky, who was running the…
How Trump Could Weaponize U.S. Surveillance
Wired: “If a president was interested in prosecuting their political opponents, crushing protests, targeting undocumented immigrants, and had the right people in place to help them carry out those plans,…
House Candidate Faced Domestic Violence Charges
Mohamed Khairullah (D), who is challenging Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) in a Democratic primary, “was arrested in 2002 on domestic violence charges after his then-wife accused him of assaulting her,…