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The sad thing is that, while many of us think it's disgraceful that the VP can't even pronounce the names of countries in an absolutely critical part of the world, there are also many people who think, "Hey, that's pretty cool!"

Also--even if the information would have qualified to toll the statute of limitations, the 10 year period would have expired on October 4 of this year, not October 5.

Notably, other than not certifying the election, the complaint doesn't spell out a remedy which would result in a certifiable election. It only says that an "investigation" needs to then be made. But the balloting is anonymous so there's no way to either investigate or determine a different result.

The lawsuit is frivolous. Even if the DOJ had the right to interfere, there's no way they could determine that any of the votes for the "lesser" Sullivan were mistaken, and no legal basis for justify the reversal of "mistaken" votes. Votes are anonymous.

The eternal question with Trump: When is he lying and when is he delusional? Did his staff tell him that Denmark gave us Greenland & that the deal says this, just sign here, sir? Or does he know what the deal says but just thinks the rubes won't know any better?

Sarah Palin didn't understand it either. Says something about the intellectual ability of both.

"Epic"-seriously? Attacking her for changing back to her maiden name to take advantage of her relationship to her late brother isn't going to change a single vote. It was a lame response. There were better responses available to the charge of "socialist".

Also--the mother wouldn't have any first-hand knowledge as to whether abuse took place or not; she would only have her husband's denials. So there's no reason to take her word for it that her 12-year old daughter was lying.

I see a lot of sniping on this site at the NYT because commenters think that the headlines to political stories aren't aggressive enough. But reporting like this reminds us that the NYT remains an essential reporter on the the disgraceful actions of Trump and his Administration.

"Fair game" about a child sex abuse victim--that's not going to sit weil.

One more attempted bribery. If there's not an article of impeachment based on these bribes, then I would hope that there's a criminal charge brought by the next Administration's DOJ that would avoid the SC immunity decision.

I can't (or don't want to) picture Trump actually in a swimming pool. This sounds like just another project/hobby to keep him from dwelling on the fact that he's historically unpopular and doesn't know how to solve the problems he's created.

Mamdani and El-Sayed are smart, well-educated, culturally aware people. Trump on the other hand is stupid & profoundly ignoran. It's possible that he didn't understand the significance of the term the 1st time he used it. But has no one since explained it to him? I refuse to believe that.

"compared to what they could be doing". Sure, that's the standard by which we should be judging Russia's assistance to Iran. And Hitler wasn't such a bad guy; after all, he could have done much worse.

Even if Vivek wasn't aware of Acton's history of abuse, he & his team should have been extremely skeptical of using an estranged parent in ads to attack Acton--there's a high probability of unreliability inherent in that situation.

Who is she kidding? It was obvious at the time that Kavanaugh, like the other Trump/Republicans nominees, was vetted & recommended by the Federalist Society & selected precisely because he would overturn Roe.

All of these clips from his rally--he's obviously mentally ill, and still Republicans in Congress won't say or do anything.

But for Vance, this may simply be about getting better known in NC in advance of the 2028 Republican Presidential primary.

Where are the resignations from the Administration over Trump's Exec Order about Russia? Why isn't Rubio, formerly a strong supporter of Ukraine, resigning? Is anyone in this Administration, at long last, going to take a public stand for integrity and principle? Now would be the moment for this.

The WH will defend this and similar statements as jokes. Doubtful. But even if, they're not funny, insulting, childish and suggest a possible mental problem and certainly a refusal--and maybe inability--to address real world problems.

2 Questions: (1) Was Gaiser's communication to Trump protected legal advice or a non-legal (and therefore ot protected by privilege) reporting of the facts of the election? (2) Would he be as reluctant to answer if he had told Trump that the election was stolen?

Less important but more intriguing--Habba complained that her new husband's payment was diverted, but my guess is that he never made the payment. Does that mean that the honeymoon is over?

This requires some context. Does a plaintiff still need to show discriminatory intent as well as disparate impact? Does it have to show both in order to prevail? I assume that disparate impact alone isn't sufficient, nor that it is evidence of intent, but this post requires some fleshing out.

A Presidential pardon can't protect him from disbarment.

It's unconscionable. Innocent people died as a result of this action. Hard to imagine that this didn't come from Trump himsel or at least was approved by him. And, of course, he lied and tried to blame it on Musk.

Are we starting to see fractures in Trumpworld? Habba feuding with Grenell over a missing contribution to the Kennedy Center, Trump & Musk blaming each other over Starlink. Things fall apart...

I realize that this is South Carolina & a Democratic candidate has to take moderate positions, but a balanced budget law is a terrible idea & it's disappointing that Andrews is pushing it.

Trump's post about this said the diesel oil was being sold to the US and the global marketplace. So we don't know how much of this, if any, is coming here

To be judged by three Trump political appointees Sounds like a kangaroo court.

Hillary Clinton also: Wellesley and Yale

He's starting to get up there in "everyone must wear their underwear on the outsid" territory.

One problem with this is that there's no doubt a not insignificant part of the public who will find a public execution to be great entertainment. Videos will go viral, the MAGA crowd will push for more of these, and eventually, they will turn into a TV reality show.

Aside from the gross corruption of this, what really strikes me is that she had run up $100k of unpaid credit card charges to American Express. And she was about to take a job that paid just under $200k/year.

But calling for an investigation is committing himself to a position. His problem is he thinks there's a good chance that Trump will instead call it fake news & there won't be any investigation. Then Vance will be caught out in contradiction with Trump once again.

Voters elect officials to establish boards of education to hire professional education administrators & qualified teachers. Parents don't know what to teach or how to teach .

She might want to take some of that $5k (if it's ever paid) and use it to buy a book that explains what socialism is.

"Litle things": This is a mark of desperation, from party leaders who know they can't defend the abysmal record of this Administration. What's their plan to reduce prices, to end the Iran war? They never talk about that because they have no plans, no policies.

Hillary Clinton did not hold government office while Trump was President, so in fact he couldn't have tried to impeach her.

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The argument is misplaced. Educated, urban affluent voters generally don't need institutional day care; they have nannies. But lots of young voters--both urban & non-urban--are two income families out of necessity, and free day care would be important.

That strikes me as desparate--does Ellison need an investor that badly? Musk as a significant equity owner--and he'll want a seat on the board--will alienate a lot of creatives in film and TV.

Worth noting that he pullout out of the agreement against the advice of Secretaries of State and Defense and his National Security Advisor.

The Administration which constantly lies calls media which tell the truth "far-left propaganda".

This is how many Republicans criticize Trump. They are afraid to criticize him directly, so they blame his advisers. But ultimately, Trump is responsible.

This doesn's seem like a statement designed to win votes of Minnesota residents.

But Trump has a tendency to overstate the terms of the deals he supposedly makes. We should be skeptical of his description and, perhaps, wait to see the agreement or get input from Denmark.