Trump’s Been Indicted. What Now?

We’re in uncharted waters.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Black History Month reception, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Black History Month reception, Monday, February 27, 2023, in the East Room of the White House.

Biden the Adult in the Room

There’s been a load of compromising.

Montana Bans TikTok

Who knew they got cell reception?

Trump’s Three Trials

The former president faces multiple criminal prosecutions.

Trump, Hamilton, and the Electoral College

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

Fox News Finally Finds A Bridge (Or Three) Too Far

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

Biggest Leaker in Decade Should Never Have Had Access to Secrets

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

Trump and Waco

Some disturbing symbolism.

The Experts Were Wrong on COVID

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Can Bloggers Be Replaced by AI?

You be the judge.

Lackadaisical Handling of Secrets by Top Officials

It’s becoming a sad joke.

Biden Document Probe Gets Serious

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

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Biden’s Classified Documents!

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

The Chaos is the Point

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

Richard Shelby and the Old Senate

“You can’t be against everything.”

Election Reform Through the Back Door

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

Crisis of Confidence

Why have Americans lost trust in their institutions?

Laptop News

One of these laptops is more important than the other.

Trump Announces 2024 Run

Covering the coverage.

Democratic Ratfucking Worked

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

Trump Special Counsel Likely

The Justice Department is looking to inoculate itself against charges of partisanship.

Biden Warns Democracy at Stake

Is the President governing like he means it?

The ‘Crime of the Century’ Didn’t Happen

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

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[Updated] – DOJ Appeals To 11th Circuit

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

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District Judge Grants Trump’s Request For Special Master

I warned you all, my predictions are notoriously wrong.

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The Latest on the Mar-A-Lago Document Case

Both sides have had their say and now we wait for a ruling.

Biden: MAGA Republicans Threaten Republic

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

[Updated unexpectedly] Three Questions Brought Up By The DOJ Filing & Trump’s Reaction

Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in again… [update: x2]

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Initial Analysis Of Yesterday’s DOJ Filing In Trump Document Investigation

It appears that the DOJ has enough evidence to indict someone.

Trump Tipping Point?

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

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[Update] Analysis of NARA’s Letter to Former President Trump

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

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Commentary On Presidential (De)Classification Powers

“Declassification, even by the President, must follow established procedures.” (Trump Administration 2018)

Myths of Presidential Impunity

While enormous, the commander-in-chief’s control over state secrets is not absolute.

[Updated x 2] The Latest On The Trump Document Investigation

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

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Politics, Law, and the Mar-a-Lago Search

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

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Justice Department Calls Trump’s Bluff

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

Prosecuting Trump for Mishandling Classified Materials

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.

Stupid Takes From “Smart” People: Trump/FBI Edition

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

Is Biden Hiring 87,000 New IRS Agents? Not Exactly.

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

FBI’s Sham Kavanaugh Investigation

Some 4500 tip line reports were simply turned over to the White House and not investigated further.

First Capitol Rioter to Go to Trial Gets 7 Years

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

US and UK Intelligence Leaders Warn of Increasing Chinese Threat

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Unity My Ass

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

John Allen, Illegal Lobbying, and Foreign Influence

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Kavanaugh Stalker Charged with Attempted Murder

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Clinton Lawyer Acquitted in RussiaGate Case

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Mass Shootings, Ideology, and Mental Illness

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.