Donald Trump

Rubio Heaps More Praise Onto Trump Before Midterms: ‘He’s Floridian, So I Need His Vote’
Where Things Stand: House Panel Urges Fed Agency To End Trump DC Hotel Lease Before He Can Sell It
This is your TPM evening briefing.

If we’ve learned anything about the former president, we know that accountability for his various wrongdoings are often a far-off pipe dream. He tends to find various loopholes to endlessly delay legal proceedings or politically squirm his way out of repercussions.

But today there were two bits of news that suggest he might soon have to answer for at least a fraction of his alleged financial misconduct over the years.

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Trump Must Testify In NY State’s Investigation Into His Business Practices, Judge Rules
Trump Mushes Inaccurate Durham Reporting Together With Big Lie Conspiracy Theories To Spawn Horrible Mess
Biden Shoots Down Trump’s Privilege Claim Over WH Visitor Logs
Where Things Stand: ‘Hoser-Extremism’ And The Rob Ford –> Canadian Anti-Vax Trucker Protest Trajectory
This is your TPM evening briefing.

TIL what a “hoser” is.

In Canadian pop-culture, it’s a term used to describe the type of personality that former president Trump tends to embody — the brand of bombastic extremism that makes up the personality of people who currently occupy the center of the Canadian populism movement: think loud, uncouth and skeptical of facts, precedent and the government in general.

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Graham Laughs Off Trump’s ‘RINO’ Jab At Him: ‘He’s The Most Dominant Figure In GOP’
Threat By National Archives To Go To DOJ, Congress May Have Led To Trump Turning Over Mar-a-Lago Records
Listen to This: Legitimate Political Discourse

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss the RNC’s latest missive and some glimmers of hope for the Biden administration in the economy and pandemic.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

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