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Dominant issue going forward. how is he going to comport himself, and will prsosecutors o to court and try and limit his speech? the more that they do so i think the more it strengthens his hand among those who believe that it's a political prosecution because heretofore we've seen that he's benefited with republicans, not a general election strategy, mind you, for the indictments. he's going to keep at it. i think as comments via truth social and what we play from his statement after being arrested and photographed indicate. so that's a tough call for prosecutors. you know, do they want to re...

A Progressive Perspective: Resurrection, Resiliency and Revisionism: Rev. Al Sharpton, Christine Todd Whitman and William Barr

An important budget memo was issued this week celebrating just how far the deficit had fallen over the last five years. But in one of the incongruities that define the political moment, the memo was issued by a Democrat, Senator Patty Murray of Washington, chairwoman of the Budget Committee, not a Republican. The steep decline…

The instant the Supreme Court demolished overall donation limits in April, the money burst forth from the dam. As The Washington Post reported this morning, more than 300 donors immediately wrote checks beyond the old limit of $123,200, adding $11.6 million to the political system that would not have been allowed earlier. And unsurprisingly, twice…

The United States Senate has built up many formal and informal procedures over the past 234 years. A number of them now face withering criticism, especially the filibuster, by which 40 senators can keep any bill from coming up for a vote.