Eight Senate Republicans upset over former President Donald Trump's felony conviction are threatening to grind the Senate to a halt -- or at least make it more difficult for Democrats to get anything done.
The decision by a Manhattan jury to convict Donald Trump on 34 felony charges concocted by a partisan prosecutor has only underscored the importance of who will join the Republican ticket as the vice presidential nominee. The Thursday verdict has raised the specter that Trump may be imprisoned before Election Day and, at the very […]
Many Republicans call the actions of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, prosecuting on flimsy grounds the chief rival to the sitting president of Bragg’s own party, unprecedented, but a simple perusal of stores from around the third world shows this accusation against Bragg is false. At the website of Amnesty International, you’ll find this writeup […]
The Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli famously mused in The Prince that although it is preferable to have both, it is better for a political leader to be feared rather than loved. A leader who is loved but not feared is easily taken advantage of, Machiavelli writes. But the fear of punishment is far stronger […]
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Despite having to admit he’d never seen the movie Slap Shot, the cult classic starring Paul Newman about a down-on-its-luck minor league hockey team in a dying factory town, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) literally was standing at the center of the rink where it was made as he pronounced himself bullish about this […]
Democrats are declaring war on the Supreme Court in anticipation of former President Donald Trump’s cases being ruled on and, potentially, Trump winning in November. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was made the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee after Democrats pushed aside then Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for not being ruthless enough for their […]
Former President Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, weighed in on Friday on her uncle’s recent conviction in his New York hush money case. "I think we need to factor in the idea that Donald, never in a million years, thought that this could happen to him," Mary Trump said in an appearance on CNN's "The Situation...
President Biden on Friday brushed off claims from former President Trump that he is responsible for Trump's legal troubles after Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in New York. "I didn't know I was that powerful," Biden said when asked by Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy about Trump's assertions. Biden told Doocy he...
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