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Hanse MinaNews of money previously given to #House Speaker Mike #Johnson's congressional campaign by #Russian nationals has re-emerged after the #Republican rejected a $95 billion foreign aid bill passed in the Senate.
In 2018, a group of Russians were able to donate to Johnson's bid for the Louisiana seat he eventually won as the money was funneled through the #Texas-based American Ethane company.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) on X
Trump facing a criminal trial on March 25 is significant. To understand, review the bidding. First, before Trump was President, he hid his payments (the hush money) to avoid a criminal indictment then. Second, he then became President, and said he couldn’t be indicted for his…
Steven BeschlossThe longer it takes the courts to hold Trump accountable for inciting violence against court staff and refusing to respond to a gag order, the more damage it does to the justice system and undermine the public’s belief in justice and the rule of law.
Trump is getting worse, more dangerous, more bent on inciting violence. This is not a presidential candidate; this is a criminal defendant seeking to save his own skin no matter how much damage it causes. The media must stop pretending this is in any way a normal presidential horse race.
Three of 21 examples from a sane world:
1. "No elected official, including an ex-president, would use his position to incite violence and increase the ongoing danger of stochastic terrorism."
2. "Citizens who believe in performing their public duty would not have reason to worry about their safety in serving as election workers, jurors or librarians."
3. "Nazism and fascism would not be fashionable in any circle seeking power."
Jay RosenNote to repliers. I"m not trying to suss out what McCarthy is up to. It's pretty obvious.
My concern is with the journalists at CNN, and what they do in response to this kind of maneuver.
Do they make a strategy story from it? Is that the right frame?
Or is the news the outlandish idea of impeachment in the abstract, with evidence to come later in the process?
First the action, then the cause of action, is pretty Alice in Wonderland of them. To me that's the news.
If the sweaty guy careens further toward narcissistic collapse—refusing to stop putting witnesses, prospective jurors and prosecutors in danger—it’s hard to see how Judge Chutkan will not be forced into imposing a gag order or even consider taking him into custody.
Jack Smith has sent Trump a target letter concerning J6. Trump called him “deranged.” I’d call him a prosecutor committed to serving justice without fear or favor. A good day for America.
Brendan NyhanWhat would you say if you saw it in another country? The leading contender for the 2024 Republican nomination is openly taking millions from autocratic Gulf petrostates
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/trump-real-estate-deal-oman.html
