When I first saw this image (above) of the Justice Department’s new special counsel to investigate Donald Trump I thought it was a joke. Why did Merrick Garland appoint Coach Beard from Ted Lasso to prosecute Trump? But it looks...
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Franklin Foer: Merrick Garland will bring charges against Trump
The Atlantic writer says “it’s just a matter of when.” Here is a taste of his piece, “The Inevitable Indictment of Donald Trump“: United States v. Donald Trump would be about more than punishing crimes—whether inciting an insurrection, scheming to undermine...
Merrick Garland and the FBI just woke up the court evangelicals
The FBI exercised a search warrant at Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago last night. The New York Times has some ongoing coverage here. Here is a taste of Trump’s message to followers: My “favorite” line in this statement is “especially based...
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump
The Washington Post broke the story tonight: The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors who...
National politicians respond to the Chauvin verdict. Do you see a pattern here?
In case you still don’t know, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Here is how Twitter is responding: As of 8:43pm on Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021 the following national politicians...
This is what patriotism looks like:
Here is Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland at yesterday’s Senate hearing:...