Go along with Trump’s most corrupt schemes, like the settlement slush fund, or become attorney general. Republican U.S. senators, finally showing some spine, are unlikely to let him do both.
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Posted inPolitics
Trump and Blanche’s Orwellian Language and How Much of Washington Echoes It
Ask James Comey how they’ve managed to hype his seashells while downplaying real killing. Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
James Comey Is Insufferable. The Trump Charges Against Him Are Absurd
The former FBI director has been indicted for a threat spelled with seashells. Why this lawfare will falter.
Posted inPolitics
Hannah Arendt Understood the Forces Behind Donald Trump
The late scholar of mass movements, charismatic leaders, and government violence foreshadowed the president’s rise and the MAGA movement in The Origins of Totalitarianism. Recent polling proves her prescience.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Threat to Justice: Comey and the Politics of Prosecution
As Justice Department attorneys reportedly race to indict the former FBI director, a former federal prosecutor reflects on DOJ’s madness.
Posted inJuly/August 2023
Why Did Mike Pompeo Write This Book?
“Never Give an Inch” had been perceived as a precursor to a presidential bid. Now, it looks like a vice presidential job application submitted to Donald Trump.
Posted inLaw and Justice
John Durham’s Big Flameout
The runaway special counsel was sent to unearth a plot to get Trump. He wound up getting buried in court and blowing millions of taxpayer dollars.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Barr Conspiracy Theory Is Rebuked by the Inspector General
There was nothing nefarious about the meeting in which Comey briefed Trump on the Steele dossier.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Mueller Brought a Peashooter to a Knife Fight
The Special Counsel suggested that Congress should investigate Trump’s crimes but refused to help.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Is Unable to Discharge the Powers and Duties of His Office
The president is too compromised by foreign powers to act consistently in the nation’s interests.
