‼️'Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction' - Judge Merchan to Donald Trump, Monday, May 6, 2024

BREAKING: Judge is finding Trump in contempt for 10th time. This time fine BUT says

'Fines not serving as deterrent, going forward will consider jail sanction'

Called it 👇cnn.com/2024/04/30/opi…

When Trump threatens to use military for deportations and demonizes migrants as criminals, he's trying to radicalize his supporters, says MARIA TERESA KUMAR 🌻.

On the pod, we dig into his darker aim: Acclimating voters to dehumanizing, authoritarian language:
newrepublic.com/article/181303…

Long before Trump, millions of white Americans were already comfortable with authoritarianism and dehumanization. If they weren't, Trump wouldn't have won in 2016, garnered 74 million votes in a losing effort in 2020, or be the presumptive Republican nominee in 2024.

In the interview, the NYT editor actually says that the paper went 'too far' in 2020 against Trump, and that they're now trying to 'reestablish our norms.'

Agree 100%.

People likening today's protests to nationwide convulsions of 1968 are mainly showing they haven't learned about 1968.

Similar to likening today's US 'civil war' to 1861-1865.

The executive editor of NYT says his job is to take the issue that Fox News has elevated with sensational reporting, and make that centerpiece of the his paper's reporting as well. Not what is most important, but what Fox News has elevated to the top of the polls.

Rep. Ruben Gallego has rejected an offer from Kari Lake to debate on abortion. A Gallego campaign spokesperson:

'There's nothing to debate. Kari Lake's record is clear: she supports the 1864 ban with no exceptions for rape or incest and called on sheriffs to enforce it.'

Jay Rosen Ben Smith 'Should we stop covering [immigration, the economy and inflation] because they're favorable to Trump?'

A false (yet telling) assertion by Kahn - that Trump has a strong, preferable stance & track record on those issues.

x.com/jayrosen_nyu/s…

Trump complains in leaked audio that Democrats have an advantage in elections because they defend programs like Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, which he calls “welfare”

The party of death.

Republicans voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Trump endorsed the puppy-killer's book.

'You've got to read it!'

This is a mental illness. She’s totally gone.

Counterpoint: if more people ignored Peggy Noonan, there would be less to protest.

the man doesn't vote, but he loves to endorse a peggy noonan column (this is objectivity)