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Shrinking Majority

While it takes time, they're getting closer and closer to doing that.

This One's Big Almost every week, there are court rulings of various types regarding Donald Trump. Many are of minor consequence or about procedures. One that was announced today by the DC US Court of Appeals is "enormously consequential," as one legal expert put it (Honig). It's about the...

New York Appeals Court Reinstates Trump Gag Order Now that the appeals court has upheld the gag order (unanimous decision), Judge Engoron's hand and confidence are strengthened in enforcing it. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/appeals-court-reinstates-gag-order-160547763.html

Like when Jim Jordan refused to comply with his subpoena?

Has Hunter Biden Turned the Tables on Comer & Oversight Committee? This is the first time I have posted anything in this Hunter Biden thread and the first time I have even opened it. The topic has been of zero interest to me, but it is becoming interesting now that it seems the story is closer...

At the time, it is quite possible he believed them to be true. There is a lot about COVID-19 that many people believed to be true that they do not believe any more. And there are things they did not believe to be true that they believe now. Everyone, including politicians, gets to change their...

Is DeSantis Done? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-trump-koch-endorses-nikki-haley-desantis-rcna126605

Koch Network Writes Off DeSantis, Backs Haley, Commits Millions $$$ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-trump-koch-endorses-nikki-haley-desantis-rcna126605 This development prompted me to look closer at the Republican Party rules for selecting a presidential nominee, and I need...

Both Should be Expelled It is expected that Republican George Santos will be expelled from the US House this week. I see no good reason why Democratic Senator Robert Menendez should not be similarly expelled from the US Senate. There is one notable difference. It's a difference in timing, not...

Role Model Trump? "The number 1 hurdle for Donald Trump is that I’ve never met a mom, or a dad— a grandpa, or a grandma that have told me they want their son, daughter, or grandchild to grow up to be like him” Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa evangelical leader

I don't think you are accurately characterizing Roy's request. Can you answer Chip Roy's request? Can you give him at least one thing House Republicans did that he (or any Republican for that matter) can go back home and proudly present to the voters? Can you name even one thing that the House...

He is talking about the fact that the House Republicans can't govern. "Give me one thing ..."

You don't have to believe me or the sources you cite. GOP House member Chip Roy nicely sums things up: "One thing. I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing. One. That I can go campaign on and say we did. Anybody sitting in the complex, if you want to come down to the floor and come...

Two notable differences. Numerous Democrats immediately called for Menendez's resignation when his troubles broke into the open. Few Republicans called for Santos to resign. The other is House Democrats are able to govern. Republican House members, with the same thin majority the Democrats had...

Santo's use of the word "colleagues" may indeed refer to Dems and Republicans. But the practical effect is his lies and crimes stain Republicans. Democrats will try to paint Republicans with as much Santos paint as they can. Republicans do not have that can or brush because Santos is a...

No Democrat fought to get Santos into office or to keep him there. The Republicans who did are now tainted with a Santos stain. Santos' NY Republican House freshmen colleagues advocated for his ouster long ago. They saw Santos for who he was, and they saw the Santos-stain risk he posed to them...

More Republican Dysfunction; Santos Goes Off on His House Colleagues "I have colleagues who are more worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyist that they're gonna screw and pretend like none of us know what's going on, and sell off the American people, not show up to vote...

I think this Wall Street Journal piece sums things up nicely. Haley, a former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, has made progress in consolidating the anti-Trump vote. But that won’t be enough to win the nomination, surveys suggest, if she can’t figure out how to peel off...