The Hall of Fire

In fact, those are rare bright spots in a long, bleak history . The only years that saw a decrease in the number of fatal drug overdoses in the past five decades (1974-2023) were 1976 (the last year of Gerald Ford's presidency), 1977-1980 (all four years of Jimmy Carter's presidency), 1987 (the seve...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased every year from 2019 through 2022, i.e., for the last two years of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency, but ABC reports that they fell in 2023, and while that's only a 3% decrease from the 111,000 deaths in 2...

I think so. The deal seems to have been that in exchange for Johnson allowing a vote on the foreign aid package, Democrats would block Greene's attempt to oust him. Democrats kept their word. But disagreements and criticism are otherwise to be expected.

This morning, President Biden informed the Commission on Presidential Debates that he would not be participating in any events they scheduled this year, and his letter made a decent case as to why the Commission's format doesn't serve the Amercian people -- I appreciate the reminder that the famous ...

" Secret Hamas Files Show It Spied on Everyday Palestinians . Hamas leaders do not tolerate even a whiff of dissent. Security officials trailed journalists and those suspected of immoral behavior. Political protests were viewed as threats to be undermined" ( New York Times ). - - - - - - -...

I have no doubt that the recent New York, Times swing state polls are reasonably accurate and show that President Biden is trailing and has a lot of work to do (although they were slightly better for him among "likely" voters than among registered voters). And there were some bad swing sta...

President Biden today announced new or increased tariffs on Chinese electric cars, "solar cells, batteries, battery materials, cranes used at ports, and certain medical supplies, as well as steel and aluminum". It's the kind of move that tends to appeal in swing states, but is this good or...

Would it be illegal for someone who had never communicated with Hunter Biden and acting of their own volition to mail a postcard to every home in Delaware which says that Hunter Biden was only charged after Congressional Republicans got their supporters to make threats against prosecutors in order t...

Donald Trump's two weeks are up . Donald Trump was interviewed by Time and gave alarming answers on several topics, including abortion rights. On that subject: 1. He won't rule out a national abortion ban (which many Republicans promise to pass if they control Congress). 2.a. He says he has a "...

I can't remember seeing this particular footage before:



It was because of incidents like this that the Capitol police in some cases did let the rioters pass unobstructed: they were outnumbered!

Michael Cohen today confirmed David Pecker's earlier testimony that he, Cohen, told Pecker that Pecker would face no trouble from the Federal Election Commision because then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions would take care of that. Cohen added that that assurance came from then-President Donald Trump.

Today Michael Cohen testified today that in February 2018, with Donald Trump's approval, he provided New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman with a deliberately deceptive statement about the payments made to Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors showed a text from Cohen to Haberman reading, "Big boss jus...

Michael Cohen's direct examination by prosecutors having concluded, it's time for cross-examination by Donald Trump's team: [ Tweet from Erica Orden: "Blanche opens his cross-examination by asking Cohen..."[/url]] Erica Orden says that question was then stricken from the record. But it ap...

This is still happening: https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1790458274308899224 I've been very reluctant to make much of the "Donald Trump is in decline" narrative, because while I think he has some undisclosed health issues, they were never enough to keep people from supporting him, but f...

Michael Cohen's direct examination by prosecutors having concluded, it's time for cross-examination by Donald Trump's team:



Erica Orden says that question was then stricken from the record. But it appears their goal is to rattle Cohen.

I completely forgot this prescient testimony from Michael Cohen in 2019:

Or it might not be that hard to prove after all?

Donald Trump seems to be using members of Congress to violate the gag order in this case. He's been joined in court by various senators and representatives, who then go outside the courtroom to attack the credibility of the witnesses. I think it's reasonable to assume -- but hard to prove -- that he...

Imprison these men:

The Republican legislature in Louisiana is working on a bill that would designate the abortion drug mifepristone as a "dangerous controlled substance."