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Court to Rudy: #FAFO Former Trump Attorney and once a star DA Giuliani now sits at the defendant's table and the judge is not happy with his behavior. Rudy knows the law and the courts. He knows better than to earn the consequences he just earned. Yet he took that path. What is so important to...

Maybe Not I was thinking a bipartisan solution was the way out of the House Speaker mess, but maybe not. "Despite all the chaos in their ranks, conservative Republicans say they have no concern that some in their party may heed the calls by Democrats to join them and elect a bipartisan...

DeSantis Calling Out Trump for "Confused Moments" DeSantis is now questioning Trump's mental acuity. See this video. "This is a different Donald Trump." The DeSantis "War Room" Twitter feed highlights these Trump "confused moments." Per DeSantis: Trump slammed the Israeli prime minister...

Breaking News .... "Breaking news," CNN says, "House Republicans have nominated Jim Jordan for House Speaker, but, guess what? He doesn't have the votes." Washington Post: "On a second ballot, Republicans were asked if they would support Jordan on the House floor. Only 152 said yes — well...

Yep. The prosecutors, judges and juries are blessed to have such people to tell them the way it is.

You said it well. One would think .... But they don't seem to be thinking much beyond their uncompromising stands. Elected public officials should know better. But it does no good to tell them that. They have their own ideas about what should and should not be, and about what you should be...

Merger Off: Truth Social Entity Suffers Major Financial Setback Trump has said he would keep Truth Social afloat, even if he has to fund it with his own money. It may well come to that. "In January 2023, the New York Times reported that, while Truth Social now carried advertising, it was...

House Republicans are in an Interesting Place At this point in the Republican caucus, it appears that any House Republican who runs for Speaker UNOPPOSED will lose. The Republicans got themselves into this mess when they adopted the rule that any one member can make a motion to vacate the...

The hoped-for 2022 red wave did not materialize. Republicans are losing far more state legislature special elections than they are winning. Republicans have lost every statewide referendum on abortion rights since Dodd became the law of the land. Voters reinstate the two Tennessee legislators...

Wisconsin Republicans Yield to Public Pressure Two major political issues are in play in Wisconsin; gerrymandering and abortion rights. The two are intimately related, as explained below. There was significant movement on both yesterday when Republican legislators said they were walking back...

That's why we have the courts, isn't it? They are orderly places where legal and constitutional experts can present their cases and rulings can be made. Questions like these are not decided by the volume of links and memes people post. They are decided in court.

They already tried Jordan and he got less Republican votes than Scalise in their closed-door meetings.

Trump to Attend NY Fraud Trial Again When Cohen Takes Stand I imagine Michael Cohen jumped for joy when he heard the report that Trump plans to be in the courtroom when prosecutors put Cohen on the stand and under oath to testify in Trump's fraud trial. Cohen is very proud that his testimony...

Just like he had solid arguments in his other cases (about 140 since Election Day, 2020). The arguments seem solid to MAGA minds, but they almost always fail in real courts where real judges follow the real law, and real juries have their say. Trump's current loss rate is 93.9%. . Just...

They already tried Jordan and he got less Republican votes than Scalise in their closed-door meetings.

And then there were none. https://news.yahoo.com/steve-scalise-withdraws-speaker-election-000600294.html

Those House Republicans Are Doing a Find Job, Aren't They? "On Thursday, several members of the House suggested a solution is unlikely until early next week. What exactly that looks like remains an open question." (Source) House Republicans can't govern.

Movement in this direction. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/10/12/high-ranking-house-republican-wants-democrats-help-electing-a-speaker/?sh=1b7a18335bb1

Meeting Over. House Republicans Produce Nothing The 3-hour, closed-door meeting of House Re;publicans is over. They produced nothing. The House remains closed for business, and will remain so until the Republican majority elects a Speaker, or until some Republicans join with Democrats to elect...

Republicans Still Can't Govern Various sources this morning are reporting Scalise does not have and cannot get the votes needed to win the Speaker's chair. No other names are being floated at this point. House Republicans are meeting once again behind closed doors to determine the flavor of...