Democrats play a dangerous game with dire warnings about Trump  —  Democrats would have you believe that our very democracy is at risk in the 2024 election.  They may be right, but not for the reason they say.  —  That's because in the past, the low-level demagoguery of American politics was never really existential.

Trump says he was never on Epstein's plane or ‘stupid island’  —  President Trump denounced reports of his association with Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday, arguing he had never been on the convicted sex trafficker's plane or “stupid island” after images of the two made by artificial intelligence (AI) surfaced online.

Playbook: The vibes have not improved  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE GENERATION GAP — “'You're not the boss of me': Former White House aides slam current staffers' tendency to protest,” by Eugene: “Protest letters, like those over Israel, were rare in past administrations.

Trump's Bad Day in Court  —  The first of many to come  —  Following Tuesday morning's oral argument in the District of Columbia, Donald Trump made some predictable comments to the press from a Washington, D.C., hotel.  As he finished, a reporter shouted out a request that he use the moment to tell his followers, “No violence.”