
Trump Claims Absolute Immunity
Trump just claimed Presidents have absolute immunity.

"Nefarious": Chuck Grassley Panics at Possibility that Gary Shapley's Allegations Might Be Scrutinized
Chuck Grassley seems to be panicked that a very carefully orchestrated effort to retroactively pitch Gary Shapley as a whistleblower using formal channels might face real scrutiny.

Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections
In 2016, far right trolls used Twitter's to hijack rational discussions about the election, contributing to Trump's win. In 2020, moderation and post-January 6 efforts thwarted a repeat performance, but only barely. Since then, Elon Musk attempted to restore the haven for far right trolls that Trump rode to the Presidency in 2016 and used to sow a coup in 2020.

Big Kev Belittled
Kevin McCarthy just suffered the humiliation of being fired by Matt Gaetz.

Why Reality TV Star Donald Trump Is More Trusted than Most News Outlets
Reality TV Show Actor Donald Trump showed up at his fraud trial today and manipulated the press to allow him to claim he "predicted" that he lost because The Corrupt Judge and The Black Woman Prosecutor ganged up on him. And in the process, Reality TV Actor Donald Trump will have once again led millions to believe in his fantasy self-worth.

Three Things: Fraud Trial Begins, Newsom's Pick, Contingent Aid
It's going to be a rather busy Monday. Let's get at it.

DOJ's Theory of Trump's Mob
In the government's reply motion on its request for a gag, DOJ neatly lays out how Trump's attacks on Pence were a key tool he used to direct the mob.

Trash Talk: The Trashiest Talk Ever Trashed
Uh, it's TRASH talk, which is talk about trash. Not all trash is exclusively about sports. This week's trash brought to you by the Taylor Swift effect.

The Timeline of the Hunter Biden Investigation Doesn't Support Attacks on Lesley Wolf
A timeline of the Hunter Biden investigation -- even as presented in documents provided by Gary Shapley and Joe Ziegler -- undermines many of their claims about the investigation generally and AUSA Lesley Wolf specifically.

One of Dianne Feinstein's Greatest Legacies: Documenting CIA's Torture
As we remember Dianne Feinstein, let's remember one of her most important legacies: documenting CIA's torture program.

Gary Shapley Didn't Tell Congress about Election Meddling Concerns
While Gary Shapley provided evidence that Richard Donoghue, not Lesley Wolf, was behind orders to delay any overt investigative steps into Hunter Biden until after the 2020 election, he didn't reveal discussions of election meddling drove some of those delays.

"Reasonable Persons:" Trump's Recusal Stunt Flops
In her opinion rejecting Trump's bid for her recusal, Judge Tanya Chutkan addresses the required standard: what reasonable people might conclude about the care she took in sentencing two January 6 defendants, a standard Trump's attorneys ignored.

Republicans Plan to Declare Trump's Entire Business Model a High Crime and Misdemeanor
As government workers face an imminent financial crisis, Kevin McCarthy is rushing forward with an impeachment based on the premise that Trump's entire business model is a High Crime and Misdemeanor.

Donald Trump's Fantasy Self Worth
Trump confessed, in a sworn deposition, that if he can't make objective reality match his own inflated self-worth, he's sure the Saudis will bail him out.

The Still Ongoing Investigation into Where that Robert Menendez Cash Came From
An NBC story published hours before SDNY indicted Robert Menendez suggests there are still gaps in the investigation into Robert Menendez. Damian Williams seems to be confident they'll soon be closed.

"They Were Trying to Boot the Machine:" John Paul Mac Isaac Claims the FBI Really WERE That Incompetent
If you can believe John Paul Mac Isaac's book, the FBI tried to boot up the laptop attributed to Hunter Biden before they even obtained a warrant for it.

Hunter Biden Threatens to Make Robert Costello's Dalliance with Rudy Giuliani Even More Costly
As he did with Garrett Ziegler, Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Gialiani and Robert Costello for hacking his data. These lawsuits provide basis to claim that DE USAO is pursuing Hunter for misdemeanor tax charges, while ignoring the way the President's son was and continues to be serially hacked by his father's opponents.

John Lauro's False Claims about Assaults "at the Behest" of Donald Trump
In a bid to defeat a gag order in the Federal January 6 case against Trump, John Lauro claims there's no evidence in the docket that Trump's statements led directly to violence. He's wrong. And it is his own fault he's wrong.

"Piker:" Donald Trump Rants as if Robert Menendez's 22 Ounces of Gold Were as Big as Jared's $2 Billion
In yet another rant projecting his own corruption on others last night, Trump called Robert Menendez a "piker." He's not wrong. After all, Menendez' alleged payoff for laundering the reputation of Egypt for its role in the Jamal Khashoggi was merely $40,000. Jared's pricetag for laundering the reputation of Mohammed bin Salman was $2 billion.

The Sordid Second Season of the Robert Menendez Bribery Series
The bribery indictment of Robert Menendez and others doesn't explain the bulk of the money that Fred Daibes allegedly gave to Menedez and his spouse.