The Hall of Fire

Having read Cohen's book, it would not surprise me to find out that he was the one who threatened Daniels. Oh, he's definitely the type to threaten folks, but perhaps not physically. There was laughter in the courtroom yesterday when Keith Davidson, the attorney who represented Karen McDougal and S...

President Biden has announced "$6.1 billion in student debt cancellation for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institutes," which were a collection of somewhat shady for-profit universities across the that existed from 1969 to 2023.

Sen. Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, says: "I didn't eat my dog. I didn't shoot my dog. I loved my dog and my dog loved me."

Given Russia's past attempts at and continuing interest in assassinating President Zelenskyy, I'm not sure the AP's sources should have revealed this information in advance, but: " Ukraine’s Zelenskyy preparing to visit DC on Wednesday ." This would be President Zelenskyy's first travel o...

Haaretz reports's that Israel's Finance Ministers, Bezalel Smotrich, yesterday called for the "total annihilation" of Gaza.

[ Tweet by Manu Raju: "New margin in House: 217-213, meaning Johnson can only lose one GOP vote on any party-line vote for the time being."] As that article notes, the margin will shift back to Republicans following three upcoming special elections in red districts, including that of form...

:( [ Tweet from Rick Hasen: "Three-judge court, breaking along party lines, says Louisiana impermissibly created a second Black congressional district."] So the Republicans who control Louisiana's state legislature, faced with the likelihood that a court would force the creation of a seco...

As noted above, Donald Trump endorsed J.D. Vance and not Vance's Trumpier rival, Josh Mandel, to win the nomination to the next U.S. senator from Ohio. But tonight at a rally in Nebraska, as Trump mentioned the names of various candidates he's endorsed around the country, he said that in Ohio he ha...

Nearly 50% of voters don't know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s general opposition to vaccines. When voters are informed about RFK's views, Republican support for him goes up and Democratic support for him drops.

We heard about the "What have we done?" line in the prosecutors' opening statement last week, but the "Oh my god" is new. - - - - - - - - - - I see that the testimony today of attorney/tabloid go-between Keith Davidson mentioned the first time the story of Stormy Daniels's fling ...

NBC reports that Donald Trump again appears to have fallen asleep during his trial today.

Donald Trump was interviewed by Time and gave alarming answers on several topics, including abortion rights. On that subject: 1. He won't rule out a national abortion ban (which many Republicans promise to pass if they control Congress). 2.a. He says he has a "very strong" opinion about wh...

Tesla is laying off 10% of its workforce, including the "supercharger" department that just won a competition for the biggest share of installation of a national car charging network.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the House Democratic leadership have officially announced that if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to vacate the House Speaker position held by Republican Mike Johnson, Democrats will vote against it.

Typo. (or perhaps wishful thinking) Heh. Thanks for confirming. I wondered if maybe there was some other provision that hadn't been previously reported. So it's $9,000 total this time. Meanwhile, Lisa Rubin reports on how Donald Trump's legal strategy today is apparently to slow down the trial. Pro...

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:52 pm Justice Merchan has ruled that Trump violated the gag order on 9 of the 10 alleged occasions and fined him $10,000 for each, warning that further violations will potentially result in incarceration.

I thought the law limited the penalty to either jail time or just $1,000 per instance?

Contra this piece , saving democracy is in fact a responsibility of journalism, and the statement that "Journalism is about observing bad things happening, not trying to stop them" is wrong, unless journalists seriously think their job is to sign their own death warrants. (Most of them wil...

New York Post Rep. George Santos allegedly drag queen named ‘Kitara’ in Brazil Sure. Why not. Video shows drag-denier George Santos dressed in drag, boasting about drag shows After denying that he had ever performed in drag, Rep. George Santos today admitted that he had done so but only because he ...

This could be a glimmer of hope for the long-term situation in Israel and Palestine. Speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, which is the governing party in the West Bank, said that "Israel has the right to complete security, and Pal...

The Daily Mail today says that Israel fears that the International Criminal Court is going to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel's actions in Gaza. Believe me, I have no love for Netanyahu, but any such warrant that isn't issued simultaneously with warr...