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Where Things Stand: Groundswell Of Prosecutors Are Refusing To Prosecute
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06.29.22 | 6:30 pm

Planning ahead for the eventual demise of Roe, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) filed a lawsuit earlier this year against 13 county prosecutors in her state to preemptively challenge the 1930s-era abortion ban on the books in Michigan. Her logic was simple — once Roe was ultimately overturned the century-old law would immediately go into effect, giving those 13 county prosecutors — who oversee the 13 counties in the state that house abortion clinics — the authority to charge people who violate the old-school ban.

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How Hutchinson Converted Skeptics To Thinking Trump Might Be Prosecuted After All
Some legal commentators who once said Trump couldn't be prosecuted for his actions on Jan. 6 are changing their minds.
06.29.22 | 4:01 pm
Warnock Opens Lead Over Walker
06.29.22 | 2:31 pm

We talk a lot about potential Democratic Senate pick ups. But Democrats also need to hold on to endangered seats in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. I was frankly stunned to see this new Quinnipiac poll showing Warnock opening up a 10 point lead over Herschel Walker, 54%-44%. The results seem mostly driven by Georgians thinking Warnock is a good guy who cares about ordinary people and many fewer thinking the same about Walker.

The Other Cancel Culture: How a Public University Is Bowing to a Conservative Crusade
With a rising national profile and donor base and relatively little state funding, Boise State University should be able to resist pressure by the Idaho Legislature. Instead the university, led by a liberal transplant, has repeatedly capitulated.
06.29.22 | 12:35 pm
Talk (On Background) Is Cheap Prime Badge
06.29.22 | 8:43 am

Earlier this month, Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, made a big show of her willingness and desire to march right up to Capitol Hill and clear her good name before the Jan. 6th investigation committee. Yesterday, her lawyer said the committee just turns out to be too biased. So she won’t be testifying after all.

Two White House security officials who allegedly scuffled with the President in the presidential limousine are now denying through intermediaries what Cassidy Hutchinson said under oath in yesterday’s hearing. But Ginni Thomas’s switcheroo is a good reminder that talk — or rather claims through intermediaries — is cheap. People who claim they are just champing at the bit to testify usually end up refusing to testify.

The Coup That Almost Succeeded
INSIDE: Marjorie Taylor Greene ... Tina Peters ... Andrew Giuliani
06.29.22 | 8:26 am
Hate To See It
06.29.22 | 6:56 am

Tina Peters goes down in flames in Colorado.