Here is Princeton historian Julian Zelizer at The Atlantic: As an academic historian, I never expected to find myself in a videoconference with Donald Trump. But one afternoon last summer—a day after C-SPAN released a poll of historians who ranked him just […]
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This is not Christianity
Preacher Rick Warzywak prayed before a Donald Trump rally this past weekend in Washington, Michigan. Watch: For those, for whatever reason, cannot see the video, here is what Warzywak prayed: Father in heaven, we firmly believe that Donald Trump is […]
Trump is keeping the court evangelicals close
The court evangelicals are back! Last Friday Trump called his evangelical disciples to Mar-a-Lago and they no doubt jumped on the first flight out of their home cities. The lunch was attended by Paula White-Cain (who organized the event), Jack […]
Even the devil can quote scripture
Shakespeare was right in the “The Merchant of Venice.” In a Hitler-like rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, the site of the 2018 World Cup final, Russian president Vladimir Putin told a gathered crowd of reportedly 200,000 (according to Moscow Police) […]
If Trump runs in 2024, he will do it without Pence
Here is David Drucker at the Washington Examiner: Former President Donald Trump is effectively ruling out tapping former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he mount a third White House bid in 2024 and win the Republican […]
Why all the effort to persuade evangelicals and conservatives of Trump’s corruption and unfitness may be a complete waste of time.
Bill Barr, who is promoting his tell-all book about his experience as Trump’s Attorney General, recently said he would vote for Trump again in 2024. Here is the UPI: Former Attorney General William Barr said Monday he would vote for […]
Former Attorney General Bill Barr says Trump was responsible for the January 6th insurrection
Watch Trump’s top law enforcement agent: The full interview with Lester Hold will be aired Sunday night.
George Will calls Trump “a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve”
Here is the conservative syndicated columnist: Floundering in his attempts to wield political power while lacking a political office, Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve. His residual power, which he […]
A question for Bill Barr and John Bolton: What took you so long?
Matt Lewis of The Daily Beast writes, “Bill Barr and John Bolton are spilling the tea on just how awful Trump was as president. What took them so long? Here is a taste of column: Donald Trump’s former attorney general, Bill Barr, […]
January 6 Committee: Trump was told multiple times by multiple sources that there was no voter fraud in 2020
But he kept saying it anyway. Here is The Washington Post: A data expert for former president Donald Trump’s campaign told him bluntly not long after polls closed in November 2020 that he was definitely going to lose his campaign […]
Let’s remember the “vile” things Trump did to Zelensky
As Greg Sargent notes at The Washington Post, Trump: Spread propaganda about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. Ousted the well-regarded U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Froze military assistance to Ukraine. Withheld a White House meeting from Zelensky until he agreed […]
Trump’s new social media site is a disaster
Here is Drew Harwell at The Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own. His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in […]
Anti-Trump Republicans will gather for the “Principles First” summit
They will meet this weekend at the National Press Club. Speakers include Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman, Geoff Duncan, Brad Raffensperger, Alexander Vindman, Joe Walsh, Barbara Comstock, Bill Kristol, Charlie Sykes, Tom Nichols, Peter Wehner, and Harry Dunn. Meanwhile, […]
Blowout counties
Over at Sabatos’ Crystal Ball, Rhodes Cook talks about “blowout presidential counties” with Jon Karl of ABC News and Rep. Rho Khanna (D-CA). Here are the takeaways: “More than 20% of the nation’s counties gave 80% or more of its […]
The American Historical Association condemns Trump’s violation of the Presidential Records Act
From the AHA website: The American Historical Association condemns in the strongest terms former President Donald J. Trump’s reported extensive and repeated violations of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978. The PRA requires that: Through the implementation of records […]
Could Trump be prosecuted for destroying documents?
Chris Truax, a lawyer and CEO of CertifiedVoter.com, believes it is possible. Here is a taste of his piece at The Bulwark: Funnily enough, the activity that puts Donald Trump in the greatest legal danger is also the most absurd: […]
The latest from Archivegate
It turns out that a box of stuff Trump took to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency contained classified material. Here is Reid J. Epstein and Michael S. Schmidt’s reporting at The New York Times: The National Archives and Records Administration discovered […]
Trump needs to face the facts. He lost.
Recently Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, a Trump supporter, said that the former president needs to stop wasting our time with claims that he won the 2020 election. But Trump won’t let it go. As Peter Wehner writes in The […]
Shifting power in the Republican Party
Prior to 2016, the following organizations and people held the power in the GOP: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce The NRA The Koch network Heritage Action The Drudge Report National Review Conservative movement groups such as Tea Party Express, FreedomWorks, […]
Why did Jonah Goldberg leave Fox News?
Goldberg recently talked to The New York Times about his departure from Fox News: The former Fox commentator Jonah Goldberg — who has been called a “Fox defector” — says that Tucker Carlson’s latest documentary series was “the anvil that […]