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11 Times CNN's Debate Host Jake Tapper Attacked Donald Trump with Nasty Claims

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 18th 2024 at 07:00

Jake Tapper is set to co-host a presidential debate on June 27, an event that is likely to produce fireworks between him and Donald Trump.

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Trump: Biden 'Has Made It Impossible' for Americans to Buy Cars, Homes

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 17th 2024 at 23:56

While speaking at the Minnesota Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday evening, former President Donald Trump blasted Bidenomics, rising inflation, and the high cost of groceries.

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Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks at Minnesota GOP Annual Dinner

By: Breitbart News · Breitbart News — May 17th 2024 at 20:13

Former President Donald Trump will deliver the keynote address at the Minnesota GOP annual dinner on Friday, May 17.

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Scaramucci: All of Trump's Relationships End in 'Darkness'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 17th 2024 at 18:30

Former Trump administration communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Friday on CNN's "The Lead" that "all" of former President Donald Trump's relationships end in "darkness."

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Biden Rejects More Trump Debates: 'No More Games'

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 17th 2024 at 18:05

President Joe Biden on Friday rejected participation in more debates, which former President Donald Trump said Biden agreed to attend. 

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Breitbart Business Digest: The Real Reason Americans Prefer Trump's Economy to Biden's

By: John Carney · John Carney — May 17th 2024 at 17:15

American progressives are in a state of high dudgeon, gnashing their teeth at the realization that the American people favor Donald Trump's economy over Joe Biden's.

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'Very Exciting!!!': Donald and Melania Trump Appear at Barron's High School Graduation

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 17th 2024 at 12:56

Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump appeared at their son Barron Trump's high school graduation on Friday.

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WATCH: JD Vance Takes Center Stage in Veepstakes as Interview with Don Jr. Goes Viral

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 17th 2024 at 14:56

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who is rumored to be in contention for former President Donald Trump's running mate, joined Donald Trump Jr. on his Triggered podcast for an interview Thursday.

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Donald Trump Heads to Blue Minnesota in Hopes of Flipping the State

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 17th 2024 at 14:03

Former President Donald Trump is appearing in blue Minnesota on Friday, delivering the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner as all eyes are on traditionally blue strongholds that the former president hopes to flip in November.

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Mockery, Wonder Ensue Following Video of Chris Christie Smooching 'the Mooch'

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 17th 2024 at 13:28

Mockery and wonder ensured after a viral video surfaced showing Chris Christie and Anthony Scaramucci sharing a smooch in front of cameras.

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Mitt Romney vs. Rand Paul Proxy War Ignites in North Dakota's Congressional Race

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 17th 2024 at 13:24

Dr. Rick Becker, the front-runner to win North Dakota’s at-large congressional seat, is in the middle of a proxy war between the Republican establishment and America First conservatives.

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Joy Behar: 'You Will Not Have a Country if Trump Gets In'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 17th 2024 at 13:18

Joy Behar told her co-hosts on Friday on ABC's "The View" that if former President Donald Trump is elected president again in November, we "will not have a country."

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Trump Suggests 'Soros-Backed' Alvin Bragg Should Drop Case Against Him

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 17th 2024 at 08:17

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday evening suggested that Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should drop his business records case against him.

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Biden Bureaucracy Prepares for Trump Win by Fast-Tracking Leftist Rules

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 17th 2024 at 11:28

The administrative state is preparing for former President Donald Trump to win reelection by implementing a surge of bureaucratic regulations before a deadline that renders them difficult to undue by a potential Trump administration.

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The End Is Near: Trump Trial Heads Toward Finish

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 17th 2024 at 11:26

Former President Donald Trump's business records trial is drawing to an end, with closing arguments possible on Tuesday.

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Alyssa Farah Griffin: 'My Jaw Hit the Floor' When Michael Cohen Lied During Testimony

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 16th 2024 at 19:00

Political commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin said Thursday on CNN's coverage of former President Donald Trump's business record trial that witness Michael Cohen after the defense lawyer Todd Blanche's cross-examination.

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CNN’s Elie Honig: Michael Cohen Had His ‘Knees Chopped Out’ by Trump’s Attorney

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 16th 2024 at 19:02

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said Thursday on CNN's coverage of former President Donald Trump's business record trial that witness Michael Cohen had his "knees chopped out" during defense lawyer Todd Blanche's cross-examination.

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CNN's Cooper: I Would 'Absolutely' Doubt Michael Cohen’s Testimony If I Was a Juror

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 16th 2024 at 18:58

CNN's Anderson Cooper said Thursday on the network's coverage of former President Donald Trump's business record trial that if he were a juror, he would doubt the credibility of witness Michael Cohen after the defense lawyer Todd Blanche's cross-examination.

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Trump Defense Gets Cohen to Backtrack on Alleged Key Call with Trump Green-lighting Hush Money Deal

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 16th 2024 at 18:05

Trump' s defense team continued its cross-examination of the prosecution's "star witness" Michael Cohen, during which even establishment media acknowledged Cohen's lack of credibility.

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Michael Cohen Testifies He Recorded More Than 40 Phone Conversations with Reporters, Clients

By: Paul Bois · Paul Bois — May 16th 2024 at 17:57

Michael Cohen, the star witness in the New York prosecution's case against Trump, testified that he recorded more than 40 phone conversations

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Prosecution in Trouble as Trump Defense Traps Michael Cohen on Witness Stand

By: Joel B. Pollak · Joel B. Pollak — May 16th 2024 at 17:55

Defense attorneys for former President Donald Trump stunned observers in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday with a devastating cross-examination of the prosecution's star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

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Cotton: 'There's Been No Evidence of Any Crime Whatsoever' in Trump's NYC Trial

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 16th 2024 at 13:01

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Thursday on CNN's "News Central" that "there's been no evidence of any crime whatsoever" in former President Donald Trump's New York business record case.

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Trump Says Prosecution, Judge Merchan Are 'Rushing' the Trial to Hurt Him Before the Election

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 16th 2024 at 18:12

Former President Donald Trump slammed the pace of the trial in Manhattan for his falsifying business records case, saying the prosecution and Judge Juan Merchan were trying to rush it in order to hurt him before the election.

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Pressure Builds on Johnson to Actually Do Something About Jack Smith

By: Bradley Jaye · Bradley Jaye — May 16th 2024 at 17:32

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has talked tough about defending Donald Trump from politically motivated "lawfare," but pressure is growing from Trump's allies, who are ready to see action.

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Anti-Trump Lawmakers Push Bill to Scrap Trump-Era Win for Veterans' Health Care

By: Sean Moran · Sean Moran — May 16th 2024 at 17:01

Jon Tester (D) and Matt Rosendale (R) are pushing a healthcare bill that could undermine one of Donald Trump's signature Veterans Affairs reforms.

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Reports: Trump's Defense Lawyer Accuses Cohen of Lying About 'Hush Money' Phone Call

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 16th 2024 at 15:33

Donald Trump's defense accused Michael Cohen of lying about a phone call he claimed was about a payment to Stormy Daniels, reports say.  

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'The Cavalry Has Arrived': Army of Lawmakers Accompany Trump to Court in Show of Support

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 16th 2024 at 15:30

Almost a dozen Republican lawmakers trekked up to New York City on Thursday to support former President Donald Trump as he faces charges of falsifying business records years ago, brought by a Democrat district attorney in the midst of the 2024 presidential election.

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Poll: Trump Has Slight Edge on Biden Nationally, as Voters Trust 45th President More on Immigration, Economy

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 16th 2024 at 13:15

Former President Donald Trump has a narrow advantage over President Joe Biden nationally in both a hypothetical two-way race and in a deeper field, according to a Fox News poll.

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Exclusive -- Sen. Ron Johnson Highlights RNC Convention Safety Concerns as Secret Service Sets Up Nearby Protest Zone

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 16th 2024 at 12:34

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is questioning the setup laid out by Secret Service for the upcoming Republican National Convention in his home state of Wisconsin, noting that the protest zone is a block away from the entire convention area, raising security concerns.

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Chris Wallace: 'Would Be Suicidal' for Trump to Be Too Aggressive in Debate

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 16th 2024 at 13:00

CNN host Chris Wallace said Wednesday "Newsnight" that it would be "suicidal" if former President Donald Trump doesn't change his aggressive "way too hot" behavior from the last time he debated President Joe Biden.

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Trump Campaign: Joe Biden Asserting Executive Privilege Represents Double Standard

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 16th 2024 at 11:22

President Joe Biden asserting executive privilege represents a double standard, Trump Campaign Spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement.

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RFK Jr. Could Qualify for CNN Debate with Trump and Biden, but Faces Uphill Battle

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 16th 2024 at 11:37

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could qualify for the June presidential debate if he meets requirements which Donald Trump and Joe Biden will easily satisfy.  

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Nolte: Knowing He’s Losing, Joe Biden Shakes Up Race with Rigged Early Debate

By: John Nolte · John Nolte — May 16th 2024 at 10:20

Joe Biden proved that he knows he’s losing by desperately trying to shake up the race with an early and rigged debate.

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Nolte: Corrupt Jake Tapper Is Better for Trump than the Corrupt Debate Commission

By: John Nolte · John Nolte — May 16th 2024 at 09:04

If Trump loses the June 27 debate, everyone will know it was rigged by a moderator so bitter, partisan, grasping, and dishonest that he’s obsessed with Trump’s penis.

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Rosie O’Donnell Sent Messages to Michael Cohen During Trump Trial Testimony: ‘Breathe, U Got This, I Love U’

By: Alana Mastrangelo · Alana Mastrangelo — May 15th 2024 at 10:24

Michael Cohen and Rosie O'Donnell have reportedly struck an unlikely friendship, with the comedian texting Cohen "I love you" as he appeared as a witness in the criminal case against his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump.

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Former Chief of Staff Ron Klain to Help Joe Biden with Debate Prep

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 16th 2024 at 08:10

Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain will take a hiatus from his position at Airbnb and help President Joe Biden prepare his upcoming debates with former President Donald Trump.

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'It's Their Super Bowl': Tuberville Calls NY Trial 'Witch Hunt,' 'Planned Since He Decided to Run for President'

By: Jeff Poor · Jeff Poor — May 16th 2024 at 06:00

Fresh off of his appearance in New York City alongside former President Donald Trump on Monday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) criticized New York prosecutors for what he deemed a "witch hunt" against the former president.

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China Dismisses Joe Biden’s Proposed Tariffs as a ‘Farce’

By: John Hayward · John Hayward — May 15th 2024 at 17:28

China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday dismissed tariffs that the Biden administration threatened as a “farce."

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Poll: More Say Economy Will 'Get Better' if Trump Elected, 'Worse' if Biden Reelected

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 15th 2024 at 12:50

More believe the economy will "get better" if former President Donald Trump is elected in November, and more believe it will get "worse" if President Joe Biden wins a second term, a recent survey from the Economist/YouGov found.

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Dem Sen. Warner: Biden and I Did Bash Trump's Tariffs, But China Doesn't Play Fair

By: Ian Hanchett · Ian Hanchett — May 15th 2024 at 19:52

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) responded to President Joe Biden’s prior criticism of the Trump China tariffs by stating that China doesn’t follow market rules and saying that “I’m sure I probably took a

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Trump Trial Becomes Prime Venue for Veep Contenders, Supporters

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 15th 2024 at 18:35

A dozen of former President Donald Trump's top supporters so far have shown up to Manhattan to support him, which not only likely engenders his gratitude, but also has become a high-profile speaking slot, with a crowd of reporters assigned to detail the trial's every development.

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Dem Rep. Moskowitz: 'Biden Has Been an Absolute Champion of Jewish People'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 15th 2024 at 18:08

Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "American Reports" that President Joe Biden has been "has been an absolute champion of Jewish people."

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Karl Rove: Biden's Numbers Are So 'Bad,' He Had to Debate

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 15th 2024 at 18:07

Former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove said Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "America Reports" that President Joe Biden had to agree to debate former President Donald Trump because his numbers were "bad."

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Romney on Trump: He Won't Have a 'Cheering Crowd' at the Debate

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 15th 2024 at 18:06

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Chris Jansing Reports" that former President Donald Trump can't rely on cheering crowds at the upcoming presidential debate with President Joe Biden.

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Joe Biden to Debate Donald Trump on CNN with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 15:56

CNN is President Joe Biden's preferred network to host at least one presidential debate, he said Wednesday. 

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Trump Campaign Challenges Biden to 'One Debate Per Month'

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 15th 2024 at 12:15

The Trump campaign challenged President Joe Biden to "one debate per month" for June-September, which it says will allow voters to "have maximum exposure to the records and future visions of each candidate."

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'Let’s Get Ready to Rumble': Donald Trump Readies to Confront Joe Biden on Debate Stage

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 10:36

Former President Donald Trump immediately accepted President Joe Biden's proposal to debate in June and September but requested more debates.

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Poll: Blue Minnesota in Play for Donald Trump

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 15th 2024 at 12:39

Minnesota is in play for former President Donald Trump, a KSTP/Survey USA poll revealed.

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Pelosi: I Would Never Recommend Biden Go on Stage with Trump

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 15th 2024 at 12:34

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN's "Inside Politics" that she would recommend against President Joe Biden debating former President Donald Trump.

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Biden Wants to Ban Presidential Debate Audiences

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 12:29

President Joe Biden's campaign demanded a ban on audiences during the proposed presidential debates with former President Donald Trump. 

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Carney on Kudlow: Biden Is Doing Tariffs Wrong

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 15th 2024 at 12:02

Breitbart economics editor John Carney said Wednesday on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow" that President Joe Biden was implementing tariffs incorrectly.

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Rep. Dan Goldman, Client of Judge Merchan's Daughter, Says He Prepped Michael Cohen Testimony

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 11:36

Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), client of Justice Juan Merchan's daughter's consulting firm, said Tuesday he prepared Michael Cohen for his testimony in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump.

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New York Fed: Credit Card Delinquency Spikes as Costs Soar Under Joe Biden

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 10:56

Families racked up credit card debt and went into delinquencies at an increased rate since the pandemic, the New York Fed found Tuesday.

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'Let’s Pick the Dates': Joe Biden Agrees to Debate Donald Trump in June and September

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 15th 2024 at 09:51

President Joe Biden agreed on Wednesday to debate former President Donald Trump in June and September.

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Stormy Daniels' Husband Barrett Blade: Likely We Will Leave the U.S. If Trump Acquitted 

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 14th 2024 at 21:31

Stormy Daniels' husband and adult film actor Barrett Blade said Tuesday on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" that if former President Donald Trump is found not guilty, they will likely leave the United States.

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Yellen on Calling Trump Tariffs 'Taxes on Consumers': Biden's Are 'Targeted'

By: Ian Hanchett · Ian Hanchett — May 14th 2024 at 20:01

On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicted that President Joe Biden’s tariffs won’t cause any meaningful price increases for typical families and responded to a question on her criticism of the Trump tariffs as “taxes on consumers” by

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Bookies Open Odds on Which Political Celebrities Will Join Trump at Courthouse

By: Elizabeth Weibel · Elizabeth Weibel — May 14th 2024 at 20:18

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Republican House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Dr. Ben Carson are among the prominent figures with the highest chances of making an appearance in court with former President Donald Trump.

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J.D. Vance: Trump's NYC Trial Is a 'Bogus' Sham, I Was There to Support a Friend

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 14th 2024 at 19:18

Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "The Story" that former President Donald Trump's New York City business record trial is "bogus," and he went Monday to "support a friend."

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Republicans Slam Biden Tariffs on China: 'Phony Attempt' to Cover Up 'Far-Left, Green Agenda'

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 14th 2024 at 18:24

Republican senators slammed the Biden administration's announcement Tuesday of increased tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as being more about President Joe Biden's attempt to bolster his green agenda at the expense of U.S. automakers.

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Trump's Big Gun Entourage Torches Merits of 'Sham' Business Records Trial Outside Courthouse

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 14th 2024 at 14:17

Former President Donald Trump's entourage of leading Republicans delivered a fiery press conference outside of his "sham" business records trial in Manhattan on Tuesday.

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Trump's Defense Lawyer Grills Michael Cohen over TikTok Streams to Open Heated Cross-Examination: 'You Called Me a Little Sh*t?'

By: Nick Gilbertson · Nick Gilbertson — May 14th 2024 at 15:47

Former President Donald Trump's defense wasted no time in questioning Michael Cohen about his TikTok page, where he has frequently held live streams that he fundraises from while talking about the case and disparaging Trump.

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'His Slogan Should Be 'F--- America': De Niro Says Trump, His Supporters Filled with 'Anger and Hate'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 14th 2024 at 13:52

Actor Robert De Niro said Tuesday on ABC's "The View" that former President Donald Trump and his supporters were filled with anger and hate.

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Exclusive – Trump Pollster: 'Political Persecution of Donald Trump Is Backfiring'

By: Hannah Knudsen · Hannah Knudsen — May 14th 2024 at 13:30

The political persecution of former President Donald Trump is "backfiring," Trump pollster John McLaughlin, CEO and partner of McLaughlin & Associates, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily. 

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NYT Poll: Donald Trump Gains 8 Points Among 2020 Joe Biden Voters

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 14th 2024 at 11:10

Donald Trump gained eight percentage points among 2020 swing state voters who cast ballots for Joe Biden, per a poll.

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Report: Joe Biden, Advisers Dismiss Negative Polling Despite Warnings

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 14th 2024 at 12:26

President Joe Biden and his advisers reportedly denied significant negative polling data, despite media allies repeatedly warning the administration to moderate its far-left policies.

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Donald Trump Slams Joe Biden: Need 'Much More' America First Tariffs on China

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 14th 2024 at 12:14

Former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday for partially adopting an America First tariff policy on Chinese goods and vowed to implement harsher tariffs on China upon returning to the White House.

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Court Rules Against Donald Trump's Gag Order Appeal

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 14th 2024 at 12:14

Former President Donald Trump will remain gagged during his criminal trial in Manhattan, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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Stephanopoulos: Senate Republicans Have Enabled Trump's 'Un-American' Lies

By: Pam Key · Pam Key — May 14th 2024 at 12:11

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos said Tuesday on "The View" that the Senate Republicans who voted not to impeach former President Donald Trump were enabling his un-American "lies about the election."

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New York Times Poll: No Chance Majority Would Vote for Joe Biden 

By: Wendell Husebø · Wendell Husebø — May 14th 2024 at 10:57

Among the 52 percent who said they would not vote for Joe Biden, nine percent voted for Biden in 2020, and seven percent are Democrats.

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After Democrats Save His Speakership, Mike Johnson Again Gloms onto Donald Trump

By: Bradley Jaye · Bradley Jaye — May 14th 2024 at 10:31

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) travelled to a New York courtroom today to appear by Donald Trump just days after ruling out using his power to aid Trump in the "politically motivated" battle to imprison the president.

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Exclusive — American PPE Manufacturer: Joe Biden's Tariffs on China Come 'Too Little, Too Late'

By: Kristina Wong · Kristina Wong — May 14th 2024 at 10:30

An American PPE manufacturer told Breitbart News that the Biden administration's tariffs on Chinese-made PPE are too little, too late.

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'Silence of the Lambs' Producer Tries to Mock Trump's Jokes About Hannibal Lecter

By: David Ng · David Ng — May 14th 2024 at 10:16

One of the producers of "The Silence of the Lambs" has come out swinging against former President Donald Trump following a rally in New Jersey on Saturday during which Trump spoke about the 1991 movie and praised the character Hannibal Lecter.

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After last night

By: Scott Johnson — March 6th 2024 at 06:31
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Digging deep into the Super Tuesday primary results, I foresee President Biden facing off for a rematch against President Trump. Can you feel the excitement? The two candidates represent juggernauts within their respective parties.

Let’s take the Democrats first, courtesy of RealClearPolitics. What we have here is one full boatload of results. They raise the question: who is Marianne Williamson and what is she doing here? She is the best-selling author of a variety of books including A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course In Miracles, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, The Healing of America, and Illuminated Prayers. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Williamson continues to inspire audiences on a global scale as she lectures internationally in the fields of spirituality and new thought.

I infer from the results that Democrats resist the light. They resist new thought. Also, we don’t have a prayer. We need a miracle.

Biden’s presents himself as a throwback to the old-fashioned Democratic Party, yet he has adopted the policies of party’s far left. Most prominent among these policies is the opening of our borders and the implicit rejection of the sovereignty of the United States. Over the past three-plus years these policies have wrought great damage. Biden wants to test the outer limits of Adam Smith’s proposition that “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” One can’t help but wonder if we can put ourselves back on track.

It’s not Joe Biden’s Democratic Party. It’s the woke left’s Democratic Party. It’s the party of those who say the things which are not.

Biden made an appearance during the narrow window of his waking hours yesterday. He appeared to have dropped in from outer space. He sounded like he had not been briefed since he blasted off from his homeworld. J.B., phone home.

FULL VIDEO:

REPORTER: "What's your message to Democrats who are concerned about your poll numbers?"

BIDEN: "My poll numbers? The last five polls you guys don't report. I'm winning — five! Five in a row!" pic.twitter.com/Mz5gWQMRSA

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 5, 2024

On the Republican side of Super Tuesday (also courtesy of RCP), President Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination. Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign later this morning.

This is Donald Trump’s Republican Party. If President Trump were to keel over and leave us with an open convention in Milwaukee next July, I assess the odds that the delegates would turn to Haley at zero. It would be a politician in the mold of Trump — probably Ron DeSantis, or perhaps J.D. Vance or Vivek the Mistake. Trump has transformed the Republican Party. By contrast with Biden and the Democrats, he has stamped the party in his image.

I am surprised by the not insubstantial fraction of votes that Haley pulled yesterday. Some portion of the Haley represents Democrats voting in open primaries. Haley won Vermont, but even if she were the nominee she would lose it in November. Vermont is a socialist state. I’m not talking about Vermont. Assuming Trump can survive the Democrats’ lawfare, he cannot win without a united Republican Party. He has some work to do to put the Republican house together. His choice for vice president could help.

It is difficult to project the state of play in the coming months. My crystal ball is cloudy. Much depends on the course of the Democrats’ lawfare against Trump and, to a lesser extent, the nature of the campaign Trump runs. I think he best serves his own interests at this point when he is out of the news and provides the alternative to Biden. If the election can be reduced to a binary choice, Biden should lose. The Democrats’ lawfare means to preclude that.

Yesterday brought more news of the illegal immigration that Biden has invited, inflicted, facilitated, fostered. Biden’s derelictions in office are historic in nature. The Daily Mail reports, for example, “Biden administration ADMITS flying 320,000 migrants secretly into the U.S. to reduce the number of crossings at the border has national security ‘vulnerabilities.'” The New York Post reports “Elon Musk says Biden flying 320K ‘unvetted’ migrants into the US sets stage ‘for something far worse than 9/11.’” Elon Musk — he’s no dummy.

The true numbers involved in the invasion that Biden invited are staggering, whatever they are, as are the secondary effects. As I say, we need a miracle, or something like it.

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Whole lotta lyin’ goin’ on, cont’d

By: Scott Johnson — March 5th 2024 at 07:11
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Attorney Terrence Bradley testified last week in the hearing on the possible disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Counsel Nathan Wade in the “conspiracy so immense” charges against President Trump et al. pending in Georgia state court. Bradley is Wade’s former law partner and lawyer in his divorce proceeding. He knows when the Willis/Wade romance began because Wade told him.

Indeed, Bradley had previously stated in text messages to Ashleigh Merchant (attorney for defendant Michael Roman) that: (1) the relationship between Willis and Wade started before he was appointed special prosecutor, (2) the relationship started while they were both magistrate judges, and (3) the motion to disqualify Willis, which alleged the start date of the relationship, was accurate.

However, that’s not the way it turned out on the witness stand. After long pauses, Bradley disavowed his previous statements. He couldn’t recall. He was speculating. As in the old Jack Benny joke, he was thinking about it. He knew nothing. It made for painful viewing. Everyone in the room knew that Bradley was lying. Which means that Willis and Wade had lied in their testimony, which was almost as obvious.

Judge Scott McAfee heard oral argument on the disqualification motion this past Friday. He announced that he would render a decision within two weeks. I think he left the bench knowing what he would do.

Now comes counsel for defendant David J. Shafer to add to the lyin’ record on the matter of disqualification. According to counsel in a three-page filing setting forth Notice of Proposed Testimony, Cobb County prosecutor Cindi Lee Yeager had “numerous, in-person and other conversations” with Bradley in which they discussed information about Willis and Wade. Bradley told Yeager that the two met during a 2019 judicial conference and that Wade “began his romantic relationship” with the future DA “at or around this time.”

The filing also describes a meeting around September 2023 when Bradley was visiting Yeager in her office and got a phone call. “Ms. Yeager could hear that the caller was District Attorney Willis. District Attorney Willis was calling Mr. Bradley in response to an article that was published about how much money Mr. Wade and his law partners had been paid in this case,” according to the filing. “Ms. Yeager heard District Attorney Willis tell Mr. Bradley: “They are coming after us. You don’t need to talk to them about anything about us.”

The Daily Mail runs it all down along with exhibits and videos in “Fani Willis warned Nathan Wade’s divorce lawyer to stay quiet about their affair, bombshell new court filing claims: Trump prosecutor case gets another twist with NEW witness that could deliver devastating testimony.” Jonathan Turley provides a link to the new filing in the tweet below.

My guess is that Judge McAfee has heard enough. He knows how he wants to decide the disqualification motion. Anyone with half a brain could see that Bradley was lying. Bradley could not have made it more obvious if he had wanted to, although (with apologies to the great Jeremiah Denton) he might have blinked out “I-M-L-Y-I-N-G” in Morse Code if he knew it.

There is a new filing in the Fani Willis case that contradicts the much maligned testimony of Nathan Wade’s former partner Terrence Bradley. A prosecutor has come forward to say that Bradley told him with clarity of the personal relationship began earlier. https://t.co/HWtlWhdmyK

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 4, 2024

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Today in NY Times Biden Doom-polling

By: Steven Hayward — March 4th 2024 at 13:01
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Today’s third NY Times installment about their most recent poll piles on the bad news for Biden: not only are you losing to Trump head-to-head, and are unpopular, but today we learn that more voters like Trump’s policies and record better than Biden’s.

Here’s the graphic depiction:

Some excerpts from the Times:

And despite holding intensely and similarly critical opinions both of President Biden and of his predecessor, Americans have much more positive views of Donald J. Trump’s policies than they do of Mr. Biden’s, according to New York Times/Siena College polls.

Overall, 40 percent of voters said Mr. Trump’s policies had helped them personally, compared with just 18 percent who say the same about Mr. Biden’s policies. . .

Women are 20 percentage points more likely to say that Mr. Trump’s policies have helped them than Mr. Biden’s have, despite the fact that Mr. Trump installed Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned the right to an abortion and that about two-thirds of women in America think that abortion should be legal in all or most instances.

In a separate Times story, the Biden message to doubting Democrats is—drop dead. Well that’s the headline the NY Daily News would have used. Instead the Times headline is:

For Democrats Pining for an Alternative, Biden Team Has a Message: Get Over It.”

. . . The Biden team views the very question as absurd. The president in their view has an impressive record of accomplishment to run on. There is no obvious alternative. It is far too late in the cycle to bow out without considerable disruption. . . Members of Mr. Biden’s team insist they feel little sense of concern.

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Supreme Court: Trump on ballot

By: Scott Johnson — March 4th 2024 at 09:49
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The Supreme Court has held 9-0 that the Colorado Supreme Court erred in blessing the disqualification of Donald Trump from the state’s primary election ballot under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court’s opinion is per curiam. Justice Barrett concurs in part and concurs in the judgment. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson concur in the judgment (i.e., the result). The Court’s opinions are posted online here.

The Court’s per curiam opinion commanded a majority and its reasoning represents the law. It rests substantially on the exclusive power of Congress to enforce section 3 against candidates for federal office, “especially the presidency.”

Does the opinion leave open the possibility that Congress might refuse to certify Trump as president if he were to be elected president on the ground that he is guilty of insurrection? If Congress has not prescribed any means other than conviction of the crime of insurrection to make the determination underlying application of section 3, I doubt it. See opinion at 10. However, I may be mistaken. Perhaps the opinion cannot be read that broadly.

The opinion concludes (emphasis in original, citations omitted):

All nine Members of the Court agree with that result. Our colleagues writing separately further agree with many of the reasons this opinion provides for reaching it. So far as we can tell, they object only to our taking into account the distinctive way Section 3 works and the fact that Section 5 vests in Congress the power to enforce it. These are not the only reasons the States lack power to enforce this particular constitutional provision with respect to federal offices. But they are important ones, and it is the combination of all the reasons set forth in this opinion—not, as some of our colleagues would have it, just one particular rationale—that resolves this case. In our view, each of these reasons is necessary to provide a complete explanation for the judgment the Court unanimously reaches.

Read the whole thing here.

UPDATE: Although he characterizes it as a 5-4 decision, Andrew McCarthy supports my reading of the per curiam opinion: “What that means is that if Donald Trump were to win the presidential election, congressional Democrats would not be able — in the next January 6 joint session of Congress — to refuse to ratify his victory on the grounds that he is an insurrectionist. Under the Court’s holding, it is now a prerequisite to enforcement of the Section 3 disqualification that a person must have been convicted under the insurrection statute.”

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Another Disastrous Poll for Biden

By: Steven Hayward — March 2nd 2024 at 14:30
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The New York Times is out with its latest poll today, and they can’t sugar coat the bad news for Biden (and good news for Trump) that it contains. The headline says it all:

The poll has Trump with a five-point lead.

Some internals from the article are even more devastating than these headline numbers:

The poll offers an array of warning signs for the president about weaknesses within the Democratic coalition, including among women, Black and Latino voters. So far, it is Mr. Trump who has better unified his party, even amid an ongoing primary contest. . .

Mr. Trump is winning 97 percent of those who say they voted for him four years ago, and virtually none of his past supporters said they are casting a ballot for Mr. Biden. In contrast, Mr. Biden is winning only 83 percent of his 2020 voters, with 10 percent saying they now back Mr. Trump. . .

One of the more ominous findings for Mr. Biden in the new poll is that the historical edge Democrats have held with working-class voters of color who did not attend college continues to erode.

Mr. Biden won 72 percent of those voters in 2020, according to exit polling, providing him with a nearly 50-point edge over Mr. Trump. Today, the Times/Siena poll showed Mr. Biden only narrowly leading among nonwhite voters who did not graduate from college: 47 percent to 41 percent. . .

Mr. Trump’s policies were generally viewed far more favorably by voters than Mr. Biden’s. A full 40 percent of voters said Mr. Trump’s policies had helped them personally, compared to only 18 percent who said the same of Mr. Biden’s.

The gender gap, for instance, is no longer benefiting Democrats. Women, who strongly favored Mr. Biden four years ago, are now equally split, while men gave Mr. Trump a nine-point edge. The poll showed Mr. Trump edging out Mr. Biden among Latinos, and Mr. Biden’s share of the Black vote is shrinking, too.

Memo to Trump: Don’t blow it.

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“A global laughingstock”

By: Scott Johnson — March 2nd 2024 at 06:03
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Atlanta attorney Harry MacDougald is our old Rathergate friend. He helped us get the ball rolling in “The 61st minute” on the morning of September 9, 2004. Writing under the screen name Buckhead, Harry observed in comment number 47 of Free Republic’s Rathergate thread: “I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old. This should be pursued aggressively.” Life has never been quite the same since we took his cue and followed up.

Harry is the managing partner of Atlanta’s Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach law firm. He represents defendant Jeffrey Clark in the “conspiracy so immense” case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. We have followed defendants’ motion to disqualify Willis from prosecuting the case. It turns out that Willis appointed her boyfriend Nathan Wade as special prosecutor in the case. Willis, Wade, and others have testified under oath on the facts underlying the conflict issues raised by defendants. I commented, most recently, in “Whole lotta lyin’ goin’ on.”

Yesterday Judge Scott McAfee held a three-hour hearing for oral argument by the attorneys on the disqualification motion. Harry was the star of the show. His thirteen-minute argument begins at 01:12:40 of the video of the hearing at the bottom. Students of ancient history may recall the role of CBS News in Rathergate. It has posted a decent account of the hearing.

I have my doubts that Judge McAfee will grant the disqualification motion, but I have no doubt that he should or that Harry accurately captured the essence of the evidence before the court. Referring to the Office of the Fulton County District Attorney and the Willis/Wade matter, Harry concluded: “This office is a global laughingstock because of their conduct.”

I reached out to Harry for a comment after the hearing yesterday. He declined to comment one way or the other on the hearing, although he did comment favorably on Power Line. My comment is that Harry was right about Rathergate and he is right about the disgrace to be resolved by the court on the pending motion.

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Don’t Buy the Never-Trump Comfort Blanket

By: Steven Hayward — February 28th 2024 at 13:48
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I keep seeing Trump skeptics and their media svengalis say that while Nikki Haley is not coming close to beating Trump in any primary battle, she is getting sufficient support to conclude that there is a critical mass of Republicans who don’t like Trump and may not turn out for him in November, and boy is he in big trouble because of this.

Don’t buy it.

I note that back in 1980, the Michigan primary was held May 20, and even though Ronald Reagan was well on his way to securing the Republican nomination, George H.W. Bush still pulled off an upset in that primary, beating Reagan by 150,000 votes. (Bush also beat Reagan in the Pennsylvania primary in April.) Michigan looks to be the kind of state that favors moderate Republicans.

When all the primaries were over, Reagan had received a cumulative 7.6 million votes, while Bush had received 3.1 million, with John Anderson a distant third with 1.5 million. But add Bush and Anderson’s totals together with the also-rans (Dole, Baker, Connally, Phil Crane, etc) and you conclude that Reagan’s majority was less than a landslide (7.6 million to 4.6 million for the rest of the field—certainly a much smaller margin than Trump’s margin in the current contest. Despite the massive doubts about Reagan—his age, his “controversial” opinions, etc—he walked away with a landslide.

But, you hear, Trump is essentially running as an incumbent, and should have incumbent-level margins. This is an unimpressive argument, especially when you allow for the circumstance, not seen since 1912, of a former president coming back to challenge for the nomination. To the contrary, Trump is running far ahead of his totals from the 2016 contest. He’s gotten stronger, not weaker, since 2016.

P.S. For trivia buffs, Harold Stassen got 25,000 votes in the 1980 GOP primaries.

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Whole lotta lyin’ goin’ on

By: Scott Johnson — February 28th 2024 at 07:47
(Scott Johnson)

Attorney Terrence Bradley testified yesterday in the hearing on the possible disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Counsel Nathan Wade in the “conspiracy so immense” charges against President Trump et al. pending in Georgia state court. Bradley is Wade’s former law partner and lawyer in his divorce proceeding. He knows when the Willis/Wade romance began because Wade told him.

Indeed, as Techno Fog notes, Bradley has previously stated in text messages to Ashleigh Merchant (attorney for defendant Michael Roman) that: (1) the relationship between Willis and Wade started before he was appointed special prosecutor, (2) the relationship started while they were both magistrate judges, and (3) the motion to disqualify Willis, which alleged the start date of the relationship, was accurate.

However, that’s not the way it turned out on the witness stand. After long pauses, Bradley disavowed his previous statements. He couldn’t recall. He was speculating. As in the old Jack Benny joke, he was thinking about it. He knew nothing.

Mr. Fog offers pierces the fog with this clear summary of Bradley’s testimony: “[Bradley] speculated about the start of the relationship, only had one meeting with Wade about the relationship, and has no personal knowledge as to when the relationship started. All of that, of course, was contradicted by his prior representations to Ms. Merchant.”

It made for painful viewing. Everyone in the room knew that Bradley was lying. Which means that Willis and Wade had lied in their testimony, which was almost as obvious. Below is an excerpt of Bradley’s testimony that ran in full over two hours. As I say, it makes for painful viewing.

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After last night

By: Scott Johnson — February 28th 2024 at 06:12
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The Michigan primary was held yesterday. President Biden defeated Uncommitted, Marianne Willison, and my cousin Dean Phillips on the Democrat side. Dean commented on Twitter for the benefit of his former friends in the party: “If you resent me for the audacity to challenge Joe Biden, at least you’ll appreciate how relatively strong I’m making him look among primary voters!”

President Trump handily defeated Nikki Haley on the Republican side. Here are the current results posted by RealClearPolitics. Note the differential in turnout.

One can infer that Biden and Trump will be their respective party’s presidential nominees, but the results seem slightly more surprising than expected. Axios managing editor/politics David Lindsey offers a brief take on the results that I found helpful:

There wasn’t much doubt that President Biden and former President Trump would romp to victories in the Michigan primaries Tuesday. But Biden’s win in particular revealed his vulnerability in a crucial swing state that could decide the presidency in November….Arab American and young voters — key to Biden winning Michigan in 2020 — turned out by the tens of thousands on Tuesday to vote … not for Biden, but for “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary.

• The protest vote, driven by anger over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, had drawn more than 77,000 supporters with 70% of the ballots counted — several times more than organizers expected.

• That took some of the glow from a victory in which Biden got more than 80% of the vote, and confirmed that Biden has some serious persuading to do between now and November.

• “We need more than just nice words and hope. We need a permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, Layla Elabed, campaign manager for Listen to Michigan, told CNN. The group was behind the “uncommitted” vote effort.

Other takeaways from Michigan:

1, Biden has other problems, too.

• Another jolt for the president’s campaign Tuesday: A jarring enthusiasm gap between the Democratic and Republican primaries.

• Nearly 40% more people voted in the Republican primary than in the Democratic contest — despite the protest campaign that aided turnout on the Democratic side.

• Trump, who once again defeated former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, got more votes on the GOP side than the total number of votes cast in the Democratic primary between Biden, “uncommitted” and two other candidates.

2. It wasn’t all good news for Trump.

• That surge in GOP voters was driven in part by about 27% of Republicans voting for Haley, whose support continues to be not nearly enough to win the Republican nomination — but enough to show that a sizable chunk of the GOP may never be on board with Trump.

• Haley’s campaign might not last beyond Super Tuesday next week, when Trump is expected to score hundreds of delegates and put a virtual lock on the GOP nomination as 16 states hold contests.

• But Haley’s level of support suggests that many of her backers may stay home in November — or even vote for Biden, if Trump is on the ballot.

Whole thing here.

We seek to read the tea leaves in the results. As some sage has famously observed, “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” George Eliot’s narrator in Middlemarch puts it this way: “Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.” To read the tea leaves we have to project ahead to next November. How will the candidates look at that time? Our crystal ball is cloudy. Both Biden and Trump are hobbled by weaknesses that will be magnified over the next eight months.

For Democrats this is the Weekend At Bernie’s election. It has become increasingly difficult to keep Biden upright during business hours. His brain is fried. His managers have to keep him under wraps. He is an embarrassment. Playing to his party’s activist base, he has left undone what should have been done and he has done that which should not have been done.

For Republicans this is the “In the Jailhouse Now” election. The electoral impact of the Democrat lawfare on Trump are particularly difficult to predict, but they can’t be good for him. They impose their own limitations on Trump in terms of time, money, and who knows what else. That’s what it’s all about. Anyone can see storm clouds ahead.

I absolutely hate the clichéd last resort of scoundrel pundits as the election approaches. You know, “it depends on turnout.” With respect to what should be the insuperable problems each candidate confronts, let’s just say “it depends on how it turns out.” They can’t both lose. One of them is going to prevail.

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The Daily Chart: Trump Gaining Strength?

By: Steven Hayward — February 27th 2024 at 13:53
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My pal Henry Olsen explains in his recent Telegraph column that Trump is underperforming his polls in recent contests, and appears to be stuck between a very solid floor and a rigid ceiling. Perhaps, but the Telegraph included this graphic, taken from recent Pew polls, that suggests a different picture:

To be fair, a generic Republican ought to be polling about 60 percent of the white vote, and that’s just where Trump is stuck. It would be a delicious irony if Trump wins in November through an increased share of minority votes. It will plunge Democrats into a crisis.

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Democrat Denialists

By: John Hinderaker — February 24th 2024 at 12:47
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In 2001, 2005 and 2017, some Democrat House members objected to the certification of electoral votes for the winning Republican presidential candidate. Those objections, while “denialist,” were only symbolic. But Democrat leaders in the House are now suggesting that if they control that body following November’s election–as they well might–they may refuse to allow a victorious Donald Trump to take office.

The Atlantic did the original reporting, behind a paywall. This is from the Election Law Blog:

Murray and other legal scholars say that, absent clear guidance from the Supreme Court, a Trump win could lead to a constitutional crisis in Congress. Democrats would have to choose between confirming a winner many of them believe is ineligible and defying the will of voters who elected him. …

In interviews, senior House Democrats would not commit to certifying a Trump win, saying they would do so only if the Supreme Court affirms his eligibility. But during oral arguments, liberal and conservative justices alike seemed inclined to dodge the question of his eligibility altogether and throw the decision to Congress.

“That would be a colossal disaster,” Representative Adam Schiff of California told me. “We already had one horrendous January 6. We don’t need another.” …

The choice that Democrats would face if Trump won without a definitive ruling on his eligibility was almost too fraught for Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland to contemplate. He told me he didn’t know how he’d vote in that scenario. As we spoke about what might happen, he recalled the brutality of January 6. “There was blood all over the Capitol in the hypothetical you posit,” Raskin, who served on the January 6 committee with Schiff, told me….

The Democrats have become so insane on the subject of Donald Trump that it is hard to know which of their mutterings to take seriously. But if Trump wins the election and a Democrat-controlled House refuses to certify his election on the ground that he is an “insurrectionist” under the 14th Amendment, we will be past the point of a constitutional crisis. If that happens, the only realistic path forward will be disunion, possibly accompanied by civil war, but preferably not.

This is one reason why the Supreme Court should put the 14th Amendment theory out of its misery, once and for all. It is obvious that the drafters of that amendment meant the just-concluded Civil War, in which 600,000 Americans lost their lives, when they referred to “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States. In contrast, the January 6 protest was not one of the 50 most destructive riots of the last few years, and the only person killed was Ashli Babbitt. Not a single participant in the protest was arrested in possession of a firearm. Some insurrection!

In the interest of preserving the Republic, the Supreme Court should rule definitively that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to Donald Trump.

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Even the Washington Post Isn’t Buying Biden Blaming Trump for Afghanistan Debacle

By: Robert Spencer — April 13th 2023 at 04:00
Even the Washington Post Isn’t Buying Biden Blaming Trump for Afghanistan Debacle
New in PJ Media: When you’re a Leftist politician and you’ve lost the Washington Post, what’s left? The Post editorial board chided Old Joe Biden and his henchmen on Tuesday for blaming their catastrophically botched withdrawal from Afghanistan on their all-purpose whipping boy, Donald Trump. “Instead of admitting errors,” the Post wrote about the White House assessment of the withdrawal, “the […]
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Conflict of Interest: Trump Judge Is Biden Donor, Daughter Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign

By: Robert Spencer — April 6th 2023 at 06:00
Conflict of Interest: Trump Judge Is Biden Donor, Daughter Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign
New in PJ Media: Back in the days when there was equal justice for all in the United States, there was this concept known as “conflict of interest”: if someone involved in, say, a legal case had shown clear evidence of favoring one side or another, that was considered to be a disqualifying factor. Now, […]
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Great Idea! Trump Calls for Defunding the FBI and DOJ

By: Robert Spencer — April 6th 2023 at 05:00
Great Idea! Trump Calls for Defunding the FBI and DOJ
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump said it in an all-caps message on Truth Social Wednesday morning: “REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTALLY WEAPONIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE VICIOUSLY USING THIS ABUSE OF POWER TO INTERFERE WITH OUR ALREADY UNDER SIEGE […]
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Laying It On Thick: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies

By: Robert Spencer — April 5th 2023 at 04:00
Laying It On Thick: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies
From PJ Media, a piece that was written before Trump’s court appearance Tuesday: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has apparently decided that as long as he is going to drive us into banana republic territory, he might as well put the pedal to the metal: he is reportedly planning to charge Donald Trump with not one, but […]
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Shut Up, Donald: Federal Judge to Place Gag Order on Trump Ahead of Arrest

By: Robert Spencer — April 4th 2023 at 04:00
Shut Up, Donald: Federal Judge to Place Gag Order on Trump Ahead of Arrest
New in PJ Media: Ever since the news broke about his indictment, Donald Trump has been rising in the polls and getting a big boost in campaign donations, demonstrating that the whole banana-republic endeavor is backfiring spectacularly on the Leftist establishment that is determined to find something, anything, it can use to destroy Trump. So […]
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This Is Alvin Bragg: Charges Man With Attempted Murder for Shooting Back at Thief Who Shot Him

By: Robert Spencer — April 3rd 2023 at 05:00
This Is Alvin Bragg: Charges Man With Attempted Murder for Shooting Back at Thief Who Shot Him
New in PJ Media: With his indictment of Donald Trump, Alvin Bragg has secured his place in history. He could end up being remembered as the rogue, rabidly partisan prosecutor who administered the coup de grace to America’s staggering republic by indicting the chief opponent of the ruling regime on the flimsiest of charges. Even if he […]
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Integrity: Notable Trump Critics Speak Out, Say Trump Indictment Is a Disgrace

By: Robert Spencer — April 3rd 2023 at 04:00
Integrity: Notable Trump Critics Speak Out, Say Trump Indictment Is a Disgrace
New in PJ Media: You couldn’t find two more solid and stolid figures of the Republican establishment than Jeb Bush and William Barr. Both have also been harsh critics of Donald Trump, who has given it right back in spades. And so it was striking that both have come out strongly against the indictment of […]
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Politico Admits Case Against Trump Is Weak, Watches Our Republic Circle the Drain, Says ‘So What?’

By: Robert Spencer — April 1st 2023 at 05:00
Politico Admits Case Against Trump Is Weak, Watches Our Republic Circle the Drain, Says ‘So What?’
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump was indicted Thursday and the sun came up as usual on Friday; all this business about the United States descending to banana-republic status is just right-wing hysteria, right? Wrong. The far-Left flagship Politico thumbed its nose at patriots on Thursday, cheerfully admitting that the case against Trump is a farrago of […]
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Trump Speaks Out on Indictment: The Democrats ‘Have Done the Unthinkable’

By: Robert Spencer — March 31st 2023 at 03:00
Trump Speaks Out on Indictment: The Democrats ‘Have Done the Unthinkable’
New in PJ Media: When he’s right, he’s right. Donald Trump issued a statement on Thursday evening after the United States of America completed its descent to banana-republic status, saying: “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.” He then recalled some of the Left’s earlier attempts to frame and destroy […]
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‘It’s Not Going to End Nicely’: Chris Christie Thinks He Will Be the One to Take Down Donald Trump In 2024

By: Robert Spencer — March 29th 2023 at 04:00
‘It’s Not Going to End Nicely’: Chris Christie Thinks He Will Be the One to Take Down Donald Trump In 2024
New in PJ Media: Remember Chris Christie? He thinks you do. He even thinks you want to. Christie spoke in New Hampshire on Monday, and you know what that means. The former New Jersey governor thinks he will be the one Republican presidential hopeful to take down Donald Trump in 2024 and ride to the […]
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You’ll Never Guess Who Is Ripping the Investigations Into Trump as ‘All Politics’

By: Robert Spencer — March 27th 2023 at 04:00
You’ll Never Guess Who Is Ripping the Investigations Into Trump as ‘All Politics’
New in PJ Media: When you’ve lost Andrew Cuomo, you really should take it as a sign that you’ve gone way too far. But there was the randy former New York governor on Saturday, as Democrat as Democrats can possibly be, charging that the ongoing prosecutions-in-search-of-a-crime directed against the America-First president were nothing less than […]
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Ron DeSantis Explains the Difference Between Himself and Trump, Hits Trump Where He’s Most Vulnerable

By: Robert Spencer — March 23rd 2023 at 05:00
Ron DeSantis Explains the Difference Between Himself and Trump, Hits Trump Where He’s Most Vulnerable
New in PJ Media: Ron DeSantis has until recently remained silent as Donald Trump has been flailing away at him, but it appears that his studied silence is over. First there was the sidelong crack in his remarks about Alvin Bragg’s looming banana-republic indictment of Trump: “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money […]
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Audio: Robert Spencer on CJN Speaks on the looming Trump arrest and more

By: Robert Spencer — March 23rd 2023 at 03:00
Audio: Robert Spencer on CJN Speaks on the looming Trump arrest and more
CutJibNewsletter Speaks: Season 3, Episode 9 Tuesday. Get The Sumter Gambit: How the Left Is Trying to Foment A Civil War here.
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Leftists Enraged at CNN’s Van Jones for Telling Alvin Bragg to Back Off of Trump

By: Robert Spencer — March 22nd 2023 at 05:00
Leftists Enraged at CNN’s Van Jones for Telling Alvin Bragg to Back Off of Trump
New in PJ Media: While most Leftists are hanging streamers, putting the champagne on ice, and handing out the party hats in anticipation of watching Donald Trump marched in handcuffs into the Manhattan district attorney’s office, CNN host Van Jones is not quite ready to join the festivities. And the Party of Groupthink is as enraged […]
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Surprise Grand Jury Witness May Have Destroyed the Whole Case Against Trump

By: Robert Spencer — March 22nd 2023 at 04:00
Surprise Grand Jury Witness May Have Destroyed the Whole Case Against Trump
New in PJ Media: As Matt Margolis noted on Sunday, “Rudy Giuliani lawyer Robert Costello, a former legal advisor to Michael Cohen,” was set to appear on Monday before the grand jury that is currently persecuting and railroading Donald Trump, “with the sole intention of undermining Cohen’s credibility.” That he did. Costello offered testimony that should explode […]
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It’s On: NYPD Is Putting Up Barricades, Expecting Riots When Trump Is Arrested

By: Robert Spencer — March 21st 2023 at 04:00
It’s On: NYPD Is Putting Up Barricades, Expecting Riots When Trump Is Arrested
New in PJ Media: America’s descent to banana republic status, with the ruling regime having its principal opponent arrested on bogus charges, may not happen on Tuesday, but it very much looks as if it is going to happen this week. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was busy on Monday setting up steel barriers outside the […]
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Hold Everything: Now Trump Will Likely NOT Be Arrested, at Least on Tuesday

By: Robert Spencer — March 20th 2023 at 06:00
Hold Everything: Now Trump Will Likely NOT Be Arrested, at Least on Tuesday
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump announced on Saturday morning that he would be arrested on Tuesday, and the nation has been agog at the prospect of the Leftist establishment crossing the rubicon of arresting its principal opponent on flimsy charges and demonstrating before the entire world that the American republic is now the American banana republic, […]
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Trump Calls for Protests Over His Arrest

By: Robert Spencer — March 19th 2023 at 06:00
Trump Calls for Protests Over His Arrest
New in PJ Media: On Saturday morning, Donald Trump acknowledged that he will indeed be arrested, saying that the fateful day will be this coming Tuesday. Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social: OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN [sic] OUR PRESIDENTIAL […]
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Mad Maxine Waters Says Trump Is ‘Attempting to Organize His Domestic Terrorists’

By: Robert Spencer — March 19th 2023 at 05:00
Mad Maxine Waters Says Trump Is ‘Attempting to Organize His Domestic Terrorists’
New in PJ Media: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Rage, Race-Hate, and Insanity) is enraged over the fact that Donald Trump has called upon his supporters to protest when he is arrested. According to Mad Maxine, Trump was employing one of those “dog whistles” that Leftists so often like to accuse patriots of using. She claimed that what the […]
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It Looks as if Trump Will Be Arrested Next Week, and That’s Not Even the Worst of It

By: Robert Spencer — March 18th 2023 at 02:00
It Looks as if Trump Will Be Arrested Next Week, and That’s Not Even the Worst of It
New in PJ Media: It has been a long time coming, and now the final act appears to be in view. Donald Trump is about to be arrested, and the corrupt and politicized authorities who have brought matters to this point are preparing for the worst: the NYPD, the Secret Service, and even the FBI’s […]
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