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Just Take Responsibility
You Lose Again, Donald
Leave Her Alone, Moron
Of Course, You Did
The Trump Hush Money Criminal Trial Begins Tomorrow
If you want to read a concise explanation of Donald Trump’s hush money trial, which begins tomorrow in New York City, Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, has provided a free link to this article from the Wall Street Journal.
Watch the video embedded in the article.
Former president will spend weeks in a New York court fighting felony charges—and trying to limit the political damage as he runs for a second term
Attribution for the above cartoon: Ann Telnaes, Washington Post
Donald Trump will become the first former president to sit for a criminal trial when he appears in a New York court Monday, kicking off a highly unusual stretch in which the Republican will campaign for a new term while defending himself against accusations he directed an illegal scheme to pay off a porn star.
The case of People v. Trump itself is a mixed bag, with the lowest stakes of the four prosecutions he faces. Trump would have no mandatory prison term if convicted. Despite the salacious back story, the case at its core is about documents: whether Trump falsified the business and financial records that accounted for the hush money. Still, the case, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, may be the only one of Trump’s criminal cases to wrap before Election Day.
The political fallout of a conviction for Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, could be severe. Some Trump supporters have said in Wall Street Journal polling and surveys of GOP primary voters that they would change their votes if he were convicted of a felony. But it could also be met with a shrug: Trump cruised to victories in presidential primaries even as his legal problems mounted, relentlessly bemoaning the charges against him as politically motivated. The trial promises to bring a circuslike atmosphere to lower Manhattan for weeks. Barriers and a heavy law-enforcement presence are set to surround the courthouse, where, on the 15th floor, Secret Service agents will escort Trump in and out of the courtroom. Trump is required to attend the trial. That means he will spend four days a week seated at the defense table instead of campaigning. Trump’s political team has been trying to use his predicament as an unconventional springboard for rallying supporters.
Grifter to the End
The Trial Will Be Good for Something
UCLA law professor Rick Hasen writes in the Los Angeles Times that he can’t get too excited because the trial’s outcome—even if Trump is convicted—won’t necessarily change the dynamics of the 2024 Election.
If he is convicted, an article in NPR posits that Trump could lose the right to vote for himself.
As he always does, an article in the New York Times suggests that Trump will play the victim through the trial, signaling to his millions of supporters that he is being unjustly persecuted. That large portion of the electorate is his real jury.
A First for a President of the United States
They Did It!
For decades after the 1973 Roe v Wade SCOTUS decision, the Republican Party wanted to ban or severely restrict access to abortion services.
They got their wish in Arizona and are now in a political panic. Because of this very important issue, they could lose key battleground states.
President Joe Biden is doing everything possible to remind the GOP of their disastrous policy positions regarding the issue of choice.
Donald Trump on Friday urged Arizona lawmakers to act “as fast as possible” to adjust the state’s abortion policy after a state Supreme Court ruling upheld an 1864 law and made performing the procedure a felony, The Hill reports.
He Keeps Changing His Story
Just Being Helpful
Back to the Future
One Hell of An Offer
He Benefits Greatly from the Current Legal System
15 Questions
15 tough questions for Evangelical home schoolers starting Monday.
1. What's a "porn star"?
2. Why did you say "ask your dad"?
3. What's "hush money"?
4. Does Melania get "hush money"?
5. Is that the man who sold you our Bible?
6. Why is the TV gone?
7. Dad says "Stormy Daniels" is a weather girl on TV. Is that true?
8. What's a "prostitute"?
9. Isn't it a major sin to commit adultery?
10. Why does Mr.Trump have to pay ladies to touch him?
11. What's a harlot?
12. Is this like what happened when mom made you stop sending money to Jim Bakker?
13. Is this like what happened when we stopped sending money to Jimmy Swaggart?
14. Is this like what happened when dad stopped sending money to Jerry Falwell junior because of a pool boy?
15. When dad said Trump was like Jesus is this what he meant?
Role Reversal
More Questions
The State of Confusion
Make Up Your Mind
The Mistake They Made
The Road to Back Alleys
Coming Soon to Your State
Well… What’d You Expect?
As They Say in Texas Football Circles, “You Dance With What Brung Ya”
Implosion
Two of a Kind
No Kidding!
