Legal experts were left reeling on Monday after a judge approved ex-President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago as Trump insists the materials are covered by executive privilege (actual sitting President Joe Biden has not claimed executive privilege over them).
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I don’t think we should be too concerned about President Trump convincing a judge to appoint a special master to evaluate the documents seized from his villa in Florida. Mostly this is simply a delay — a boon for the former President but not a huge one. The special master will review the materials for attorney-client privilege documents which the DOJ has already done. There’s no reason to believe the results will be any different.
Continue reading “The Special Master Thing”Judge Approves Trump’s Request For ‘Special Master’ To Sort Through Seized MAL Docs
A federal judge on Monday granted ex-President Donald Trump’s request for a third-party special master to review the documents the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort that Trump has claimed are shielded by attorney-client and executive privilege.
Continue reading “Judge Approves Trump’s Request For ‘Special Master’ To Sort Through Seized MAL Docs”Trump Rally Speaker Laments Plight Of Alleged Neo-Nazi Convicted Over J6 Role
A speaker at ex-President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally on Saturday painted her nephew, an alleged Nazi sympathizer named Timothy Hale-Cusanelli who was convicted over his participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, as a victim of political oppression.
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In honor of Labor Day weekend I wanted to make sure you saw this Gallup report which shows public support for unions to be at a 57 year high.
As recently as 1999 and 2003 the number was 66% and 65%. Today it is at 71%, comparable to the 72% in 1936 and 71% in 1965. You can see there’s a nadir in 2009. I assume that was driven in part by the political battles over the auto bailout in which the UAW was routinely portrayed as the reason why U.S. automakers were uncompetitive. The upward trend doesn’t seem to be a blip.
2022 Has Been A Pivotal Year For Unions In America
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was first published at The Conversation.
Labor Day 2022 comes smack bang in the middle of what is increasingly looking like a pivotal year in the history of American unions.
Continue reading “2022 Has Been A Pivotal Year For Unions In America”A Cover Up? Or Just Astounding Negligence? Experts Are Divided On What To Make of Those Missing Texts
The various investigations into Jan. 6th’s right-wing attack on the Capitol keeps churning up surprising revelations about how federal agencies were being run at the time.
Continue reading “A Cover Up? Or Just Astounding Negligence? Experts Are Divided On What To Make of Those Missing Texts”CNN to the GOP: Please Love Us
CNN’s low energy purge of its news staff continues apace. John Harwood apparently got the news this morning that he was out. The clearest explanation of what’s happening is that the company is now under Republican management, specifically top shareholder and Trump donor John Malone. Many at CNN believe his understanding of and exposure to CNN is essentially what he sees of it through Fox News. They’re probably right. But there’s a deeper structural issue at play that is also important to keep in mind.
News networks like CNN are not designed, purchased or run to be niche operations or only to serve a portion of the public. Their potential market is supposed to be everyone. One might say this is impossible in an era of polarization. There’s some truth in that too. But that’s not exactly it either.
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Arizona Republic: Billionaires have helped define him, but Blake Masters needs money (sub req.)
WaPo: Truth Social faces financial peril as worry about Trump’s future grows
Arizona Republic: Candidates for attorney general and governor call for Saudi Arabian water leases to be investigated and canceled
BridgeMichigan: Romance author Nora Roberts helps save MI library defunded over LGBTQ books
No You’re The Fascist: Right-Wingers Claim To Be Appalled At Biden’s Speech Warning Of Political Violence
President Joe Biden delivered a landmark speech Thursday night, warning of the perils of political violence and squarely identifying the threat “MAGA Republicans” pose to the Republic.
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