Trump doesn’t want Americans to know what Republicans stand for
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/07/rnc-platform-2024-gop-trump/
U.S. Supreme Court justices take lavish gifts — then raise the bar for bribery prosecutions
U.S. Supreme Court justices haven't been shy about taking fancy freebies from rich people — many of them with an interest in the actions of the court. In 2016, those same justices unanimously voted to make it a lot harder to prosecute public officials for accepting bribes.
You won't find this on the NY Times homepage, but "If Trump Wins" is very much the kind of journalism we need from the most important news organization in America.
If the Times -- and the rest of our news media -- did this kind of thing relentlessly, they'd be doing their jobs.
It's now or never, journalists. You -- and democracy, which makes what you do possible -- are a prime target of the fascists.
(Paywall-free link)
JUST OUT: George Cloony wants us to STOP with the Joe Biden Complaints. Americans want everything NOW
“There's a lot of things that have to be repaired (after Trump). There's a lot of healing that has to happen and it's going to take time.”
Echo and like if you agree.
Scoop: Trump Media's co-founders — big former Trump boosters from "The Apprentice" days — are suing the company, claiming Trump and his allies are trying to cut them out of their shares, now worth ~$300M
Lawsuit could imperil Truth Social merger — one of Trump's few financial lifelines after ~$500M NY fraud fine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/29/truth-social-lawsuit-trump-media-founders/
The person who leaked information about Trump’s tax returns got more time than Trump did for fraud
He got more time than almost all insurrectionists received
He got more time than Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner for tax evasion and for funneling Russian money to politicians
…Tell me how the system isn’t set up to protect the rich and powerful again?
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>>"John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will leave the administration later this winter, and plans to help President Biden's campaign.
Kerry thinks Biden's reelection is the "single biggest" difference that can be made this year for climate progress at home and globally..."
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/13/john-kerry-biden-campaign-climate-2024