Philadelphia Inquirer: “Pennsylvania has rejected 372,000 requests for mail ballots, straining election offices and bewildering voters in one of the most hotly contested battlegrounds in the presidential election.”
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What Democrats Need to Say Over and Over
When politicians are convicted of felonies, they’re almost always forced out of politics. They typically walk away in shame. We know that won’t happen with Donald Trump. Join now to…
Trump Is Guilty, But Voters Will Still Be the Judge
David Remnick: “Following the devastating judgment against Trump in Manhattan Criminal Court, voters will now decide to what extent they care.” “To return an unstable and malevolent authoritarian to the…
‘A Man of Conviction’
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Real Time Reaction to the Trump Verdict
I was on the Julie Mason Show when the guilty verdict came down in Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial. We’ll have more on in the morning for Political Wire…
Wrong Case, Right Verdict
David Frum: “Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election, but he is now a convicted felon…
Trump Loses a Battle in War Against Accountability
David Corn: “Donald Trump has been in a war with accountability his entire adult life, and accountability has usually lost. In a New York City courtroom on Thursday, accountability triumphed,…
Trump Will Do All He Can to Use Verdict to Win Election
Matt Lewis: “If being convicted of a crime results in Donald Trump winning the White House again, why should any law or norm stop him from doing whatever he wants…
A Convicted Felon Could Still Win
“The Biden campaign moved swiftly to seize on the guilty verdict of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to…
This Will Be Tough for Trump to Spin
New York Times: “One thing important to keep in mind: the Trump team often has a playbook for spinning news and what will happen, an approach that starts with the…
Quote of the Day
“Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.” — Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler, quoted by the New York Times. Save to Favorites
Trump Found Guilty of 34 Felonies
Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in connection with a “hush money” payment made to a porn star in the days before the 2016 election. Trump was…
Trump Jury Reaches a Verdict
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Biden Finalizes Plans for Border Clampdown
“The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by…
Tale of Two Electorates
Cook Political Report: “Increasingly, 2024 is a tale of two electorates: not just left versus right or white versus nonwhite, but high-engagement versus low-engagement. And, it’s a major reversal from…
John Roberts Declines to Meet with Senate Democrats
Chief Justice John Roberts declined a request to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about their push for Justice Samuel Alito to…
Democratic Senate Candidates Are Outperforming Biden
Cook Political Report: “A silver lining for Democrats in the recent Cook Political Report/GS Strategies/BSG Swing State Project polling is the strength of Senate Democrats in key swing states. Senate…
Menendez’s ‘Blame-My-Wife Strategy’ Has Risks
“Prosecutors had called their first witness, and Senator Robert Menendez’s blame-my-wife strategy in his federal bribery trial already appeared vulnerable,” the New York Times reports. “An FBI agent was testifying…
U.S. to Refer Some Migrants to Greece or Italy
“The Biden administration is planning to refer some migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece and Italy as part of another effort to discourage people in the region from…
Miriam Adelson to Fund Colossal Super PAC for Trump
“Republican mega-donor and casino billionaire Miriam Adelson plans to help bankroll a massive super PAC for Donald Trump as he seeks to close his financial gap with President Joe Biden,”…
Justices Say NRA Can Sue Over Blacklist
“A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it…