Avoid hot takes on Trump’s supposed trial of the century.
(Walter Shapiro)
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Can I question the Times news judgment? Was a Trumped up House hearing really the most important thing that happened Wednesday inn the world? How would the Times have covered the story if it were the president of Fordham (and not Columbia) on the hot seat?

This could be Mayorkas week in the Senate and anticipation is building toward the high drama of an impeachment trial about ... nothing. Or, Walter Shapiro writes, for the high crime of recognizing that Biden, not Trump, is in charge of border policy. rollcall.com/2024/04/09/may…

Terrific column by Jill Lawrence seeing the affinities between Paul Gosar and RFK Jr. The parallelism had never occurred to me. But it works. Spoiler alert: Both families hate their relative for wallowing in the fever swamps of conspiracy theories: thebulwark.com/p/crank-politi…

Ukraine is the issue that's currently upending the media's well-worn stereotypes. The Republicans, led by Trump, are the feckless appeasers, while the Democrats under Biden are the party of Reaganite strength writes Walter Shapiro. trib.al/rXysyaX

A personal pledge: I will not write a word, nor read a word, about Trump's VP choice until June 15. Trump's passion to create sycophants combined with his indecisiveness means that dozens of names will be floated from Mar-a-Lago. And none of the leaks will predict the final VP.

Me in The New Republic: 'Fingering Mike Johnson for Congress’s failure to provide bullets for Kyiv is like blaming the Russian Embassy in Washington for the invasion of Ukraine. Like everything else in the GOP, appeasement begins and ends with Donald Trump.' newrepublic.com/article/180529…

.@mrwaltershapiro channeling my worst fears: 'Trump, in short, has always been Neville Chamberlain on steroids... May the day never come when Democrats have to ask accusingly, 'Who lost Kyiv?'” newrepublic.com/article/180529…

For all the importance of the Arizona abortion decision, April 9 will always be remembered as the day the Orioles called up Jackson Holliday.

Just thinking about all the Republicans who were convinced that fury over repealing Roe v Wade would die down in a few months.

Ukraine is the issue that's currently upending the media's well-worn stereotypes. The Republicans, led by Trump, are the feckless appeasers, while the Democrats under Biden are the party of Reaganite strength writes Walter Shapiro. trib.al/Sil9Rsm

What if the sun isn't there in the morning?

I don't think it makes much of a difference politically because swing voters in the Milwaukee suburbs are unlikely to be Times readers. But if you read the Times headlines, Trump's new abortion position is based on conviction while Biden's student loan relief is pure politics.

The eclipse was neat. What do you got planned for tomorrow, guys?

I bet somebody will sell me eclipse glasses....tomorrow.

My Spidey sense tells me: Dark days are ahead.

My book for tomorrow: 'Darkness at Noon.'

I just started laughing when I got to the part about a global competition of architects. That's the way to bring lasting peace to the Middle East.

Terrific Jill Lawrence column complete with a great letter from the producers of 'Rhoda' in the 1970s.

What I fear is that No Labels will end up with an ill-prepared unknown self-funder from Silicon Valley. But I devoutly hope that this insidiously-working-for-Trump group will soon be renamed as 'No Candidate.'