I defer to those analysts on what New York state legal precedent suggests. But I would defy anyone to summarize the underlying situation, in which a presidential candidate could be sent to prison for a misdemeanor offense elevated by a second crime for which he isn’t even being charged, without the description coming across as somewhat Kafkaesque.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Too late, they realized their mistake
Friday, May 17, 2024
I can't make sense of this stupid article
Trump’s indictments are historic and should be covered vigorously by the media. But minuscule details of the trial threaten to obscure developments out of the executive branch that affect the lives of millions of Americans.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
When you've lost CNN
"I think it's devastating,” Cooper added later. "I mean, for Michael Cohen's credibility on this, I mean, on this one particular topic."He added, "Yes, I think, if I was a juror in this case, watching that, I would think this guy's making this up as he's going along or he's making this particular story up."
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
This robot gets paid $19/hour
Saw this fry flipper robot in action today in Chicago at the National Restaurant Association show.
— Joe Kinsey (@JoeKinseyexp) May 22, 2023
Didn’t hear a single complaint to management out of the robot. pic.twitter.com/X34cULsdPy
Biden won't debate
Know how I know? His debate announcement video: "Biden mocked over number of jump cuts in Trump debate challenge video: ‘Like a Claymation film’."
I've seen quite a few articles online questioning why Trump agreed to Dementia Joe's terms for the debates including picking left-loving CNN to moderate. My feeling is that Trump is calculating - correctly - that Biden can't speak extemporaneously anymore. Every public appearance by Dementia Joe is assisted with teleprompters and note cards and occasionally the Easter Bunny. Whenever Biden is deprived of his crutches, it's a disaster and the only thing that saves him is that journalists are too deferential to call him a liar.
Donald Trump won't be so deferential. Biden won't debate.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Biden won't debate
Another possibility is that Biden misremembers the inflation rate when he took office, said so publicly, and no one around the president has told him, “Mr. President, when you took office, the inflation rate was just 1.4 percent, you can’t go around claiming that it was 9 percent.” Meaning we have a president who operates in a fog of half-truths and illusory claims that reflect the way he wishes things had happened, and no one around the president sees any point in correcting him.
Monday, May 13, 2024
He should have done the opposite
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Look who's ox is being gored now
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Architects of their own destruction
Do we really want the dingbats and dingleberries that Kahn described as the people who decide what is news and what the facts are? When I was a youngun, a wise newspaperman explained to me that the power of the press belongs to the man who owns the presses. NYT and the rest abused that power. We will not give it back to them.Thus the answer to Taibbi’s question “Is Journalism Back?” is no. Journalists abandoned objectivity. Readers have decided that they do not want the journalists back.
Friday, May 10, 2024
You can probably guess which half
However, different kinds of degrees were more likely to have a negative ROI than others. For example, 77 percent of bachelor's degrees and doctoral and professional degrees have a positive ROI. In contrast, just 57 percent of master's and associate degree programs have a positive ROI.
The paper of record
Biden Strikes Deal Where Hamas Gets To Keep American Hostages In Exchange For Fifteen Votes In Michigan https://t.co/bCkU6m09IL pic.twitter.com/SRxE58SW6l
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) May 9, 2024
Thursday, May 09, 2024
That CNN interview was...something
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
A hard rain is gonna fall
Forrest Gump Biden does it again
The president has a long record of embellishing stories in an attempt to establish a personal connection with his audiences.
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Spreading joy wherever he goes
In mid-April, Joe Biden spent an entire week campaigning in Pennsylvania, visiting Scranton, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.
You can see the fruits of efforts in the Real Clear Politics composite poll.
Tomorrow he'll be in Wisconsin so watch the polls there next.
Monday, May 06, 2024
KJP is an idiot
Rewarding the mob
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Back to the basement
Saturday, May 04, 2024
That unbearable airhead KJP
Q Thanks, Karine. So, the President says that he wants to let the tax cuts — the Trump tax cuts expire. If that law expires, it does raise taxes on almost every American. So, does he still support that expiring without anything else in place?MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, the — as you said, the President is going to allow — is going to — is — is going to let the Trump tax cut expire. And he was very clear. But he will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year. That is — that is part of the budget that you saw come out. And it’s going to expire for the wealthy. So, been very clear about that.You know, look, this is a president that’s going to make sure that we protect and not raise taxes for — for people making $400,000 and less a year.And — and Republicans want to do the opposite. They want to give tax breaks to corporations and billionaires. They’ve said that. They want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Who does that hurt? That hurts everyday Americans.And so, the President has been really clear about that. He wants to expand Affordable Care Act, as you see him doing that, for Americans — making sure that they have good healthcare. And so, that’s what the President is — is going to focus on.Q But still, the President can’t pick and choose which part of the law sunsets. The entire law will sunset. And the — the Tax Foundation says that someone who’s married, two kids, making $85,000 would pay $1,700 more in taxes. That’s somebody under $400,000 who would —MS. JEAN-PIERRE: The President has been very clear. He’s going to protect working- — working- and middle-class Americans making less than $400,000 a year. He’s been very clear on th- — about that.