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A Genuine Surprise The recent decline for DeSantis in the polls is a genuine surprise to me. While I'm rooting for Trump to win the Republican nomination, I thought DeSantis would be above Trump in the polls at this point or at least closer than he is now. DeSantis has been more active doing...

Yes, it is perfectly fine to use the statute of limitations argument ... if the statute of limitations actually applies. But in this case, it does not yet apply. It could apply at a later date, but it does not apply now. And if charges are brought before the statute of limitations expires, the...

Your ability to twist logic is highly refined.

We'll find out for sure if charges are actually filed. If it is actually past the statute of limitations, you can count on the Trump team to raise that point with the court. And no court in the land would permit such a charge, if in fact it was outside the statute of limitations. So, for now...

Both of your points are correct. There are indeed people out there who consider Trump to be a great evil being. And southern border security is unacceptably lax.

Is This the Protest Trump Had in Mind? FOX News: "Former President Donald Trump's supporters are far outnumbered in New York City ahead of his potential arrest Wednesday, despite the Republican's call for his voters to "PROTEST, PROTEST, PROTEST." "Demonstrators cheering on the potential...

Yes, it does indeed seem that any hush money case Bragg brings against Trump will include Cohen as a key witness. And yes, Cohen's credibility will certainly be questioned by the Trump lawyers if that happens. But I'm not so sure about "that strategy may be blown up." Until the expected case is...

Falsifying business records is a crime; one that has been prosecuted many times in New York.

If that was true, would Trump himself not cry "statute of limitations?" Instead he said he'll be arrested on Tuesday.

As I said above, it's a bit early to decide what the legal merits of the expected hush money case are, since no one has yet seen the case (if one is brought) or the evidence on which it is based. That said, plenty of people are talking about the expected case. One of them is attorney Ryan...

Meanwhile, back in the real world .... https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/20/oath-keepers-january-6-00087904

A Fake Tweet That Communicates a Real Truth

An Interesting Item I don't know that it matters much in the greater scheme of things but it's interesting to note that Trump announced the upcoming arrest he expects to come. That news was not broken by the DA, it was made by Trump. The same held true with the Mar-a-Lago search. The DOJ did...

The critics may have valid points about the Manhattan DA and the indictment and case he is expected to produce. But the comments are a bit premature, are they not? NO ONE outside the grand jury and the DA's office has seen the evidence. No one actually knows what will be filed until it is...

What incentives are you talking about? In what way are the workers I mentioned above (restaurant workers, home health care, lawn care, factory laborers, etc.) incentivized to not do those jobs?

It's not like the four grand juries are working as a team. Assuming we'll see indictments from all four, one of them has to be first. I see nothing significant about which one of the four that would be.

If a house burns down and I show a picture of it before the fire, that's a much different view too. But the truth is, both photos are accurate. The house once stood and the house now does not. The picture you show and story you tell does not change the truth. When the full story is told, the...

I read the text as you requested. My comments are below. Strictly speaking, you are correct when you say, The legislation simply DOES NOT "criminalize any contact with undocumented people". On the other hand, it criminalizes a lot of what a lot of Floridians now do. See below. 444 ... If...

Correct. I agree. Some in the media are reading a lot into that simple, single word. They're recalling the Jan 6 insurrection and drawing parallels with the crowd Trump drew on that day, and the subsequent events at the Capitol. In their minds, they're manufacturing some sort of imaginary New...

To Perp Walk or Not? There is a standard procedure, shared below, defendants go through in Manhattan. They include the "perp walk." Trump and some of his supporters have said an indictment would help Trump because the public would be outraged and his candidacy would consequently grow stronger...