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February 16, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Via InstaPundit, re today’s absurd order from rogue judge Arthur Engoron: Between the United States and Russia, one country just arbitrarily seized the assets of an oligarch opposed to the regime, and is trying to jail him The other country is Russia — Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) February 16, 2024 There are obvious differences between our regime and Russia’s, starting with the fact that the Biden Administration has not yet actually
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February 15, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Today, in an Atlanta courtroom, a judge heard testimony on a motion by defendants to disqualify Fani Willis from her prosecution of Donald Trump and others. The hearing was live-streamed, but I didn’t watch it. From all accounts, though, the day went badly for Fani. The issue is being framed as whether Willis had a conflict of interest in her prosecution of Trump et al. The conflict would arise, I
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February 14, 2024 — John Hinderaker
In 2016, Salena Zito made the brilliant observation that “the press takes [Donald Trump] literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.” Trump’s recent comments about NATO are a perfect illustration. On Saturday, Trump riffed on the importance of NATO members meeting their treaty commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense: “‘You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent?’” Trump recounted saying. “‘No, I would not protect you.
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February 11, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s stock has been in steep decline ever since it came out that she hired her illicit boyfriend, Nathan Wade, to head the prosecution of Donald Trump on absurd “RICO” grounds, and paid him a lot of money. That revelation came out in Wade’s divorce proceeding, always an unfortunate venue. But it turns out that may not be the worst of it, as some of Willis’s
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February 11, 2024 — Steven Hayward
If you think the news about Biden’s senility is driving liberals to panic, wait till they see the latest NBC News story, which will drive them to the Kool Aid tubs: More voters are rating Trump’s presidency as ‘better than expected’ in hindsight Voters are delivering a poor assessment of President Joe Biden’s job performance as he and former President Donald Trump prepare for a 2024 rematch. They are also
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February 8, 2024 — Scott Johnson
I just finished listening to the oral argument held before the Supreme Court this morning in Trump v. Anderson. It went on for a little over two hours. The oral argument as a whole was conducted at an extremely high level. My take is that the Court will reverse the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court and that President Trump will not be disqualified from the ballot under section 3
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February 8, 2024 — Scott Johnson
The Supreme Court hears oral argument in the Colorado ballot case at 9:00 a.m. this morning — the case of Trump v. Anderson. Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment? Is this national question to be determined separately by each of the 50 states? Is section 3 applicable to the office of the
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February 7, 2024 — Scott Johnson
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected President Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from election-related criminal charges deriving from official acts taken as president. The panel’s ruling comes in a 57-page per curiam (i.e., unsigned and unanimous) opinion yesterday. The court’s opinion is posted online here. After a slog through precedent, the court holds: “Former President Trump lacked any lawful discretionary authority to defy federal criminal
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February 4, 2024 — Steven Hayward
Lots of chatter and criticism this morning for Nikki Haley going on Saturday Night Live for the cold open last night, as it is taken as an indicator that she’s part of the hated liberal establishment, since SNL does not have good wishes for Republicans. The riposte is that Trump hosted SNL back in 2015 after he had entered the race (even doing a great Oval Office sketch about Mexico
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January 26, 2024 — John Hinderaker
This morning I was on Chicago’s AM 560 The Answer during drive time, with hosts Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson. Dan and Amy have a great show, one of the best, and it is always fun to be on with them. Today we talked about the constitutional crisis brewing at the southern border, what remains of the 2024 Republican primary process, and the connection between the two. It’s a good
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January 26, 2024 — Lloyd Billingsley
To the many fine people of the Central Intelligence Agency who still produce, unseen by outsiders and quietly, apolitical intelligence in support of American national decision-makers. That is the dedication to Neutering the CIA: Why U.S. Intelligence Versus Trump Has Long-Term Consequences by John A. Gentry, something of a company man. He started as a CIA analyst in 1986, took “another job” with the CIA soon after, and left the
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January 24, 2024 — Scott Johnson
President Trump prevailed against Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary last night. The race was called for Trump within seconds of the polls closing. As I write, Haley is down by 11 points with 91 percent of the vote counted. Haley took the opportunity to concede relatively soon after the race was called, when the audience viewing the results on television might have been at a maximum. PBS video
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January 23, 2024 — John Hinderaker
It is no secret that the New York Times is an arm of the Democratic Party, but this piece–a news story in the paper’s U.S. Politics section, not an op-ed–illustrates how far over the edge the Times has gone. The theme of the article is that Donald Trump is a racist: Donald J. Trump first established his connection with the largely white Republican base more than a decade ago by
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January 21, 2024 — John Hinderaker
Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump. It is, I think, a bitter day for the Republican Party and for America. This election season started with high hopes. DeSantis was, I thought, an excellent candidate with an unparalleled record of success. He would have made a fine president and may still, one day. But for now, we are stuck with Trump. I have voted
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January 17, 2024 — Scott Johnson
According to Bill Ackman on Twitter, it is now abundantly clear that Donald Trump will crush Joe Biden. Ackman supports my cousin Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination. I agree with Ackman that the country would be better off with Dean as the Democratic nominee. I also understand why Ackman would say that President Trump will crush President Biden. Biden is historically unpopular. He has relentlessly pursued stupid and destructive
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January 16, 2024 — John Hinderaker
I was on television this morning in London with host Maddie Hale, talking about yesterday’s Iowa caucuses and the presidential race going forward. In lieu of writing out my thoughts, here is the video:
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January 14, 2024 — John Hinderaker
This ABC/Ipsos poll is troubling. It is a survey of 2,228 Americans who answered the phone, not likely voters. But what it finds is that 56% think that the Supreme Court should either bar Donald Trump from running for the presidency, or else let each state decide. Consistent with that finding, 49% support the decisions by Colorado and Maine to bar Trump from the ballot, while only 46% oppose those
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