Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is at the forefront of the battle over the state Senate GOP’s bogus 2020 election results “audit,” launched a bid for governor on Wednesday.
Continue reading “Arizona’s Dem Pivots From Fighting ‘Election Audit’ To Run For Guv”
If you were involved in the Trump-aligned efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Phoenix’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum is the hottest place to be.
Yesterday we held an Inside Briefing with Paul Krugman in which we discussed pretty much all the economic policy questions (and the political debates growing out of them) of the early Biden presidency. We talk about the Biden infrastructure plan, inflation, chronic under-investment, Larry Summers, whether deficits matter and more.
If you’re a member, you can watch our discussion after the jump. I think you’ll enjoy it.
By now you’ve likely seen new reporting from the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman: Former President Trump is telling people that he expects he will be “reinstated” to the presidency in August.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Trump Is Only Now Catching Up To The MyPillow Guy”
On Tuesday, the Federal Election Commission unveiled a $187,500 fine it was levying against National Enquirer’s parent company, as part of a settlement with the media company for the 2016 hush money scheme to silence a woman claiming an affair with Donald Trump.
Well, that was short-lived.
Former President Trump’s blog — where Trump sought refuge to post statements after social media giants banned him from their platforms for violating anti-violence policies — shut down for good on Wednesday after a mere 29 days. Continue reading “The Trump Blog Lasted 29 Days”
A lawyer’s assertion to TPM last month that many defendants in Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection case were “fucking short-bus people” is still making waves in federal court, with a federal prosecutor arguing Monday that the comments ought not be grounds for splitting up a case involving multiple defendants.
Continue reading “Lawyer’s Controversial Comments To TPM Pop Up Again In Jan. 6 Case”
Remarkable. Ex-President Trump appears to have had a tantrum and shut down his blog. This appears to come after news reports that it was receiving only a tiny amount of traffic. It ran for about 30 days. Sad.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel renewed former President Donald Trump’s grievances about the Commission on Presidential Debates, threatening in a letter to the commission Tuesday to discourage future Republican nominees against participating in presidential debates unless significant changes are made to the commission.
Continue reading “RNC Threatens Debate Boycott If Trump’s Grievances With Format Aren’t Addressed”
Democratic state Rep. Melanie Stansbury won the New Mexico House special election on Tuesday, securing the seat left vacant when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined the Biden administration this year.
Continue reading “Dems Retain Haaland’s House Seat With Stansbury Win In New Mexico”
