Judge postpones Trump's sentencing until after Election Day, a significant victory for the former president that means voters will be kept in the dark about whether he will eventually spend time behind bars. ben protess Kate Christobek William K. Rashbaum nytimes.com/2024/09/06/nyr…

"No matter how outdated the Red-baiting playbook is more than three decades after the Soviet Union broke up, Trump has retained his conviction in the potency of the political slurs of his youth," Susan Glasser writes. newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the Republican stalwart who spent a lifetime building his party and speaking out for conservative causes, will vote for Harris, his daughter Liz Cheney tells Mark Leibovich (Annie Karni) nytimes.com/2024/09/06/us/…

In "Making the Presidency," her excellent new book on John Adams, Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky "deftly probes the way the second American president wielded power in the final four years of the 18th century," writes Ted Widmer nytimes.com/2024/09/05/boo…

Looking forward to interviewing Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky on her book at Politics and Prose on Sunday at 5 pm. Come join us. politics-prose.com/lindsay-chervi…

Dick Cheney: "In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power.... He can never be trusted with power again."

It was an honor to speak on a panel on China at Texas Tribune #TribFest24 with the insightful Seth Moulton Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Garrett Graff. The room was packed, and I signed copies of my new book #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire afterwards. BookPeople📚 in Austin has more signed copies.

Headline, Tuesday: "Investors' Attitude on Stocks Get Extra Bullish" Headline, Saturday: "Stocks Close Out Year's Worst Week"

Trump, the only president ever impeached twice for high crimes and misdemeanors, seems to think the 25th Amendment has something to do with impeachment. The 25th Amendment is about presidential disability. A VP can already be impeached if Congress wants. politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

Trump, who has promised pardons for the rioters who ransacked the Capitol to stop the transfer of power, threatens "long prison sentences" for election officials and anyone else he deems unscrupulous. ⁦Jillian Frankel⁩ nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

Carter "had a pretty long low period" after Rosalynn died but now as his 100th birthday approaches is again paying attention to politics and watched all of the DNC. "He is big-time interested in this campaign." ⁦Mary Jordan⁩ ⁦Kevin Sullivan⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

"With Biden on the sidelines, there will be renewed focus on Trump's acuity," writes ⁦Dan Balz⁩. "To some strategists, Trump seems not up to the levels of 2016 or for that matter 2020." washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

New The New York Times SienaResearch poll showing Trump with 48% and Harris with 47% nationally reminds us that statistically this is a dead-even race heading into the first and possibly only debate between these two candidates. nytimes.com/2024/09/08/us/…

"Despite an offseason overhaul to try to erase any memory of the recent past, the Commanders are still the Commanders," writes ⁦Nicki Jhabvala⁩ after yet another loss to open what seems likely to be yet another disappointing season. washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09…

So sad to learn that Tom Squitieri has left us. Such a brave and amazing correspondent. And such a person of eclectic interests and passions. He charged into life the same way he charged into war zones. He will be missed. obituaries.carewellcremations.com/thomas-squitie…

"Before traveling to a war zone Tom would engage in the ritual of watching the movie Casablanca and smoking half of a cigar. He would leave the rest of the cigar in an ashtray on his porch, then finish upon his safe return."

With Biden out of the race, the politics of age have been turned on their head. After last week's rambling child care answer and other incoherent comments, Trump will be the one tested in tomorrow's debate to demonstrate that he is still up to the job. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/…

RIP James Earl Jones, one of the greatest actors of this or any generation. From Vader to Lear to Mufasa to Big Daddy, he brought villainy and humanity to life. No surprise that he gets the Robert McFadden obit. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/art…

Democrats were starting to worry about Virginia when Biden was still running. But new ⁦The Washington Post⁩ ⁦Schar School⁩ poll shows Harris with a comfortable 8-point lead. ⁦Greg Schneider⁩ ⁦Laura Vozzella⁩ ⁦Scott Clement⁩ ⁦Emily Guskin⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

In his new coffee table book, Trump includes 10 pages of photos with Kim Jong-un, suggests Canada's Trudeau is Castro's secret love child and says Zuckerberg will "spend the rest of his life in prison" if he "does anything illegal." ⁦Shawn McCreesh⁩ nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/…