Elon Musk spent over $250 million to elect Trump in 2024. It’s an investment, not a donation. He’ll get that back many times over from tax breaks and government contracts. He’ll also get priceless influence over government policy, and an end to half a dozen investigations of his co[...]
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December 5th, 2024 - 6:20 pm § in Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans
Biden should pardon Trump’s “enemies”
A few days ago I argued (here) for pardoning Trump “because it would take the wind out of any efforts by him to seek retribution.” “How would it look,” I asked, “if he’s forgiven, but won’t forgive?” But let’s say Biden doesn’t pardon Trump, or doe[...]
Why Trump’s big plans could hit a brick wall in Congress
New presidents like to get off to a fast start; journalists speak of “the first hundred days.” President-elect Trump has big plans: For taxes, restructuring government, finishing his border wall, and rounding up immigrants, among other things. And, it increasingly appears, taking another[...]
America’s dumbest senator can’t pass 9th grade civics test
“Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is not known for his constitutional scholarship,” Huffington Post says (here). That’s an understatement. The former football coach (photo, left; note the deer-in-headlights look) knows less about how government works than is expected of middle-school[...]
Defense nominee’s weird military views
Pete Hegseth, co-host of the “Fox & Friends” talk show, is Trump’s pick to run the Defense Department. Hegseth (photo left, bio here), 44, a Princeton graduate, served in the Minnesota National Guard and saw combat duty in the Iraq war. But he has a ton of personal issues, incl[...]
Is Biden’s pardon of his son “pardonable”?
President Biden said he wouldn’t pardon Hunter. But things change, and he did just that on Sunday, December 1, 2024, a few days before his son’s sentencing for tax cheating and lying on a gun purchase form. Trump and Republicans in Congress are crying foul, but this reeks of hypocrisy a [...]
November 30th, 2024 - 4:42 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Is birthright citizenship at risk?
First came Dred Scott v. Sanford, the 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that African-Americans weren’t citizens and had no constitutional rights. After the Civil War, Congress enacted the 14th Amendment to supersede the Dred Scott ruling and make the newly-freed slaves citizens. It declared t[...]
Did Trump and JD Vance secretly get married?
I’m very skeptical. For one thing, I don’t believe Trump actually likes J. D. Vance. In any case, they’re already married, and bigamy is illegal, which would invalidate their marriage license. I think Vance depicting himself as Trump’s wife (read story here and see image belo[...]
Can a mayor throw a president in jail?
Actually, the question is whether a president can throw a mayor in jail; I pulled a bait-and-switch on readers. Tom Homan, Trump’s deportation czar, threatened to jail Denver’s mayor for threatening to use city police to stop migrant deportations. The mayor later retreated from that post[...]
Unprofessional spokesperson
When Trump takes office on January 20, 2024, Karoline Leavitt (photo, left), 27, will be the youngest-ever White House press secretary. She isn’t ready for the job. When Washington Post reporter Emmanuel Felton asked her to comment on a story, she flew off the handle. Felton’s question w[...]