Donald Trump

Special Evangelical roundup: The Trump verdict

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Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felonies today. It’s only been a little more than an hour, but there are already plenty of early initial reactions from American evangelical Christians: Warren Throckmorton: Ryan Helfenbein of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom […]

The GOP is a Trump cult. Just ask Bob Good

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Lets talk about Bob Good, the congressman who represents Virginia’s 5th district: Good has a pretty impressive MAGA record. But that won’t get him very far in today’s GOP. Why? Because he would not bend the knee to Trump. Yes, […]

Vice-President Rubio?

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Will it be an all-Florida GOP ticket in November? Florida senator “Little Marco” Rubio wants to part of the ticket, but he doesn’t want to lobby for it. Here is Michael Bender and Patricia Mazzei at The New York Times: […]

Ken Burns at Brandeis

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Documentary film maker Ken Burns recently delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Brandeis University. Read it here. Or watch it here: Here is a taste of Karen Tumulty’s piece at The Washington Post: Burns offered some elegantly […]

On the narcissism of Trump’s Memorial Day remarks

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In case you missed it, yesterday Trump wished everyone a happy Memorial Day: Memorial Day is a day we remember those who fought and died for our country. It is a day for historical thinking–a day for connecting with those […]

Trump speaks to libertarians. It does not go well

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Here is Reuters: Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in a raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a marked change from the adulation he receives at rallies from his fervently loyal supporters. Libertarians, who […]

You can despise Trump, but you don’t need to send him vials of blood

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Here is the Associated Press: The Republican National Committee’s Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following the presumptive presidential nominee’s takeover of the national party apparatus. […]

Does this look like 25K to you?

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Here is some context for this aerial photo of Trump’s rally in the Bronx this week. The linked piece suggests that we shouldn’t assume everyone in this picture is a Trump supporter. Here is Trump court journalist David Brody on […]

Why did Nikki Haley cave?

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As we covered earlier this week, Nikki Haley is voting for Donald Trump. Get up to speed here. Over at The Washington Post, Ramesh Ponnuru explains why Haley fell in line: Here is a taste” …If Trump were headed for […]

What is going on with the Alitos?

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First, the Alito family flew an upside-down American flag at their Alexandria, Virginia home. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito said his wife Martha-Ann hung the flag in the context of an argument with a neighbor who had a vulgar anti-Trump […]

Nikki Haley falls in line

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Trump trashed her and her family, but today Nikki Haley announced that she will be voting for the former president in 2024. She did not say if she would campaign for Trump or do anything beyond casting a vote for […]

What if Biden and Trump tied?

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Joshua Zeitz asks us to remember the Election of 1824: In the case of a tie, which hasn’t happened in exactly 200 years, the House decides the election, per the 12th Amendment, with each state delegation allotted one vote. Republicans […]

Donald Trump and the Electoral College, circa 1999

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As most of you know, Donald Trump has never won a popular vote for President of the United States. In 2016, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly three million votes. In 2020, he lost the popular […]