Why is it that politicians from Buffalo think they can get away with saying and doing stupid things? I lived within an hour of the town for almost 30 years, and the politicians in my home town of Rochester, for the most part, didn’t have that problem. Still, here we have Kathy Hochul, proud daughter …
LOL $350 Mil
The New York Trump fraud trial verdict is in: $350 million and Trump is banned from running businesses in New York for 3 years. Another win for NY AG Tish James and her staff. Update: The Post news alert (can’t link) says $354 million — a million here, a million there, it starts adding up… …
Sources Close to Jared and Ivanka Say Privately They Oppose Forced Birth for 14 Year-Olds Carrying Rape Pregnancies
This is not a New York Times link: Donald Trump likes the idea of a national ban on abortion past 16 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest and to save the life of the mother, the New York Times reported on Friday morning. Trump has veered away from taking a firm stance on abortion …
Watergirl Broke the Rule
Never say that it’s a “slow news day”: The parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ dynasty-cementing Super Bowl win ended in gunfire and chaos, with officials reporting that multiple people were struck near the site of the rally that followed the parade, and that one person has died. Police said they took two armed people into custody, and …
Simple Truths are the Best
Betty highlighted Josh Marshall’s piece pointing out that Trump is relatively popular. I agree with her observations (paraphrasing) that (a) it’s true and (b) Trump’s support is soft. The polls saying people might vote against Trump if he’s convicted, or that they’re unhappy with some Trump statement that the pollsters ask about, are pretty indicative …
Israel/Biden Update
There’s been a lot of discussion of Biden’s position on the Israel/Gaza conflict in the comments. This Post check-in on the current state of Biden and team’s thinking (gift link) is worth a read: For now, the White House has rejected calls to withhold military aid to Israel or impose conditions on it, saying that …
Just Absolutely Jizzing Themselves, Repeatedly
Looking over the unrestrained joy on display in the DC press’ reaction to the Hur Hur Hur report puts into focus the excitement they feel when they are given implicit permission to chew over some gossip. Hur opened the door to them speculating about Biden’s mental fitness, and they ran through screaming like a bunch …
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