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This is not gaslighting. Gaslighting is "1. the use of psychological manipulation to undermine a person’s faith in their own judgment, memory, or sanity. 2.the practice of deceiving people through the repetition of a constructed false narrative." (Dictionary.com) It was a surprising error made...

Trump Appeals Judge's Finding of Fraud To no one's surprise, Trump appealed Judge Engoron's ruling that Trump committed fraud. I'm glad Trump quickly filed this appeal. Now the higher court can move quickly to uphold the ruling and Trump can be held accountable. Yes, the higher court could find...

Disgorgement Attorney General James is seeking $250 million for the fraud Trump committed. But these are not damages, it is called disgorgement. There is a very important difference between the two. I'm not going to claim to understand the nuances. I'm only learning the word "disgorgement"...

Above, I said, "I don't believe for one second that a mistake was made on the paperwork ..." That was true when I said it. It is not true now. Additional info leads me to believe Trump did not have a choice of a jury trial. New York law does not allow jury trials in cases like this. Judge...

The presence or absence of victims does not make fraud fraud. Fraud is a crime in itself. A person can be arrested for it not because there were victims, but because fraud was committed. Someone can commit fraud by running an email scam. That act is fraud, even if no one fell for the scam and no...

Zero chance of that

"We wake up today to a Republican Party in disarray, bitterly divided, at war with itself, and seemingly shocked that nurturing and appeasing its lunatic fringe could end this badly." Charlie Sykes

Note that Gaetz has almost zero Republican support in ousting McCarthy. He exploited a dysfunctional rule (one person can move to vacate the chair) and joined with Democrats to do that. Florida Democrats will not be available to help Gaetz win the governor's office, and Gaetz has made a lot of...

If that's true, the Republican(s) who nominated him have learned nothing, and they're thinking less.

A lot of Republican House members agree.

Posted by a Republican on Twitter Today Since Trump, the GOP has gone from: 34 to 26 governorships 68 to 57 state legislative chambers 241 to 222 House seats 52 to 49 Senate seats 1 President to no President All we do is lose. Add to that 1 House Speaker to no Speaker (until the next one...

If You Were a Political Strategist ... If you were a political strategist hired to help the Democrats win the US House in 2024, is there anything you can suggest that would be more effective than what the Republicans are doing now? You gotta admit, they're doing an amazing job of seizing the...

Or it could be exactly as the form choice suggests. I won't quibble about this. We both agree it was not a mistake that Trump ended up with a bench trial.

Turned out differently. Gaetz is still a loudmouth and he brought McCarthy down.

On the form, pictured in my post above, what it the check box about if not a choice between a jury trial and a bench trial? I agree with you, Trump did not end up with a bench trial by mistake. But as far as i can tell from the form that was actually filed, they did have a choice.

I just saw a report from a reporter who was in the courtroom after the closed meeting and as the gag order was issued. He said Trump posted the offending post just before the Court broke for lunch. The closed meeting happened during lunch and led to a delay of the Court opening again to the...

Trump Dropped From Forbes 400 List of Wealthiest Americans "Trump is still a billionaire, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $2.6 billion. But that's down from the magazine's estimate a year earlier that the real estate tycoon was valued at $3.2 billion, which earned him a place on the...

Fantasy Scenario (or Not) Rational Republicans, maybe some from the 18 districts which Joe Biden won in 2020, decide they have had enough of the clown show the crazy-caucus Republicans have delivered. They tell the crazies "F You!" And they join in a power sharing arrangement in which Democrat...

I asked this question earlier today. Tonight, after certain House Republicans worked with Democrats to oust their Republican speaker, after it became evident no successor Speaker is immediately in view, and after the Republicans recessed (shut down) the House for a full week so they could go...

Judge Engoron Gags Trump Responding to a Truth Social post Trump made about Judge Engoron's law clerk today, the judge said, “'Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them under any circumstances.' "Justice Engoron said that his...