You know the news by now: Over the weekend, former President Trump told a crowd of supporters that if he runs/wins in 2024 he will pardon insurrectionists charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. It’s egregious enough on its own, but a report surfaced yesterday revealing that Trump’s been talking about this for a while: in the waning days of his presidency, just after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol trying to do a coup, Trump was obsessing over the idea of potentially offering a blanket pardon to his supporters who attacked the Capitol.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Keep Talking Trump, Schiff’s Collecting ‘Evidence’”Rumblings Grow Against Clyburn’s Favorite For The Supreme Court
Your briefing on developments in the Supreme Court confirmation battle.
Mutterings against Judge Michelle Childs, a member of President Joe Biden’s shortlist for the Supreme Court, have started bubbling up from the pro-labor world.
Continue reading “Rumblings Grow Against Clyburn’s Favorite For The Supreme Court”Eye-Popping
These numbers came out a week or ten days ago. I had seen them before. But seeing them mentioned again today just made me marvel. In December 2021 unvaccinated people in the United States were 97 times more likely to die of COVID than people who are vaccinated and boosted. 97 times more likely. Just think about that number.
The metric is ‘only’ 14 times more likely compared to people who are vaccinated but not boosted. That is a remarkable level of protective benefit by any standard. But I find the degree of benefit from the booster even more eye-popping. It’s not a marginal difference. And to think tens of millions of Americans simply refuse to take this simple, free step.
Lewandowski Claims That He’s On Mission From Trump To Take Out Sununu, Hassan
Corey Lewandowski, a relic of the Trump administration, said that he’s on a mission from the former President to field quality candidates against New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
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There’s a fascinating passage in these new Trump election lawyer memos from the pre-January 6th period. One particularly jumped out at me in which Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro casually runs down the relative difficulty of stealing the election in each of the key states.
“In conclusion, it appears that voting by an alternative slate of electors is unproblematic in Arizona and Wisconsin; slightly problematic in Michigan (requiring access to the senate chamber); somewhat dicey in Georgia and Pennsylvania in the event that one or more electors don’t attend (require gubernatorial ratification of alternates); and very problematic in Nevada (given the role accorded to the Secretary of State).”
Listen to This: Confirmation Bias
A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss news around the Supreme Court nomination, including the Republican reaction, and the push for legislative election reform.
You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.
Working For Trump Might Make You Un-hirable. But At Least You’ve Got Reality TV.
MAGAworld was founded by a man who flung himself into pop culture and political relevance via reality TV.
Plagued by the scarlet letter of ties to former President Trump, several of the TV president’s past allies and White House staffers have had trouble finding work post-presidency — some have even faced professional repercussions, like, I don’t know, losing their license to practice law.
Jobless and defeated, why not follow in The Apprentice star’s footsteps?
Continue reading “Working For Trump Might Make You Un-hirable. But At Least You’ve Got Reality TV.”Trumpers Wanted Conspiracy Theorist Help On Proposed NSA Effort To Steal Election
By the week after the 2020 election, former Trump national security official Rich Higgins had some ideas about what was going on.
Continue reading “Trumpers Wanted Conspiracy Theorist Help On Proposed NSA Effort To Steal Election”Pennsylvania Supreme Court Takes Over Redistricting Due To Deadlock Over GOP-Drawn Map
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will draw a new state congressional district map after Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-controlled Pennsylvania legislature got locked in a stalemate over the map drawn by Republicans.
Continue reading “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Takes Over Redistricting Due To Deadlock Over GOP-Drawn Map”Early Trump Memo On Bogus Alternate Electors Set Jan. 6 ‘Hard Deadline’
The New York Times on Wednesday published two memos from the 2020 Trump campaign legal team showing their early planning for using alternate electors and the Jan. 6 Electoral College certification date to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
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