[ad_1] The headline Trump news on Friday was that investors in Truth Social, his money-losing social media platform, voted to take it public at a valuation that could net the former president about $3 billion. There’s some press conjecture that the transaction will relieve Trump’s current cash crunch, which includes the necessity of his posting… Continue reading Hiltzik: Would you invest in Trump’s Truth Social?
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Trump’s Mug Shot Is His True Presidential Portrait
[ad_1] It’s not really a victory for anybody, this photograph, but lots of us will insist on reading it that way. Before it ever existed—when it was only a twinkle in the insistent eye of the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis—the mug shot of former President Donald Trump, released Thursday night, had already been… Continue reading Trump’s Mug Shot Is His True Presidential Portrait
Georgia mugshots and the GOP debate upstage Trump’s predictable interview with Carlson
[ad_1] “How do you get indicted every week and stay cheerful?” ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked former President Trump in an interview that was meant to steal the thunder from the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday. The pre-taped, 46-minute discussion, which was streamed on X (formerly Twitter), was more like a gentle softball… Continue reading Georgia mugshots and the GOP debate upstage Trump’s predictable interview with Carlson
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Trump’s Other Partners in Alleged Crime
[ad_1] If Georgia’s indictment of Donald Trump and his associates achieves nothing else, it has reminded us of just how extensive the plot to reverse the election in the Peach State was, and how many people were involved in it. In some ways, the ninety-eight-page charging document reads like a yearbook for the graduates of… Continue reading Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Trump’s Other Partners in Alleged Crime
The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment
[ad_1] We have long known that Donald Trump is a font of falsehoods. Embedded in the recounting of national horrors in the federal indictment that the special counsel Jack Smith brought against him last Tuesday is a stark indication of Trump’s own consciousness of that fact. Three words, “You’re too honest,” which, according to Mike… Continue reading The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment
Trump’s Subdued Courtroom Appearance | The New Yorker
[ad_1] On Thursday afternoon, the third arraignment of former President Donald Trump took place in the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, in Washington, D.C. This is the same courthouse in which the former Trump 2016 campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was arraigned in 2017, the former Trump associate Roger Stone was arraigned in 2019, and… Continue reading Trump’s Subdued Courtroom Appearance | The New Yorker
Trump’s Offense Against Democracy Itself
[ad_1] The events that culminated in the rollout of the Justice Department’s most recent indictment of Donald Trump, on Tuesday, had a familiar ring: a barrage of social-media broadsides and gratuitous insults from the putative defendant, and hours of breathless cable-TV vamping about news that had not yet happened. (“A micro-development, but that’s all we… Continue reading Trump’s Offense Against Democracy Itself
On the Run with Trump’s “Billion-Dollar Lawyer”
[ad_1] Drew Findling stepped out of his black Mercedes-Benz on a sticky recent morning in North Atlanta, wearing black shorts, a black shirt, black shoes, a black hat, and black shades. He was preparing to go for a run. “I can run any pace you want,” he said, “unless you’re trying to break the 10K… Continue reading On the Run with Trump’s “Billion-Dollar Lawyer”
Public Opinion About Trump’s Criminality Is Shifting—a Bit
[ad_1] In just three weeks, the first televised G.O.P. Presidential debate will mark the start of the 2024 campaign proper, plunging American politics further into uncharted waters. “It is most likely that, by the time we get on the debate stage on August 23rd, the front-runner will be out on bail in four different jurisdictions—Florida,… Continue reading Public Opinion About Trump’s Criminality Is Shifting—a Bit
On the Run with Trump’s “Billionaire Lawyer”
[ad_1] Drew Findling stepped out of his black Mercedes-Benz on a sticky recent morning in North Atlanta, wearing black shorts, a black shirt, black shoes, a black hat, and black shades. He was preparing to go for a run. “I can run any pace you want,” he said, “unless you’re trying to break the 10K… Continue reading On the Run with Trump’s “Billionaire Lawyer”