Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The survey finds that Donald J. Trump is retaining his support and that, on the eve of the debate, voters are unsure they know enough about where Kamala Harris stands.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump …

September 7, 2024  —  By rights, tonight's post should be a picture, but Trump's behavior today merits a marker because it feels like a dramatic escalation of the themes we've seen for years.  Please feel free to ignore—as I often say, I am trying to leave notes for a graduate student in 150 years …

Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels “never seen before”  —  The Republican candidate promised to imprison those whom he falsely claimed stole the 2020 election from him  —  Former President Donald Trump is promising to carry out what he described …

Variety Asked Elton John About Donald Trump and the TDS Afflicted Will NOT Like His Answer  —  Those on the Left afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome might not be fully satisfied by Elton John's response to a question from a Variety reporter at the Toronto Film Festival …

Cheney says Trump is an ‘unrecoverable catastrophe’ in call for GOP to vote for Harris  —  The former congresswoman says not voting for Trump is not enough.  —  Rep. Liz Cheney Vice Chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol …

‘This Week’ Transcript 9-8-24: Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders  —  Former Wyoming Congressman Liz Cheney announces her father's support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on the second day of panels at the 14th annual Texas Tribune Festival in downtown Austin, Texas.

Putin and Rasputin  —  Old conventional wisdom: “When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving the cross.”  —  New conventional wisdom: “Fascism has already arrived, but its flag is Russian, and its cross is X-shaped.”  —  This week, as the DOJ exposed the tip …

Anti-Abortion Extremists Call the Shots in Trump's GOP  —  Trump's epic flip flop abortion is why Democratic fears about Project 2025 and a Federal abortion ban are well-founded.  —  The generally accepted — and oft-repeated — narrative about Trump is that he is a cult-leader who can bend the Republican base to his will.

Trump cashes in during final weeks of his presidential campaign  —  No presidential candidate has ever so closely linked his election with personal for-profit enterprises, selling items from shoes to books to pieces of his suit.  —  With less than 10 weeks before the presidential election …

Fake news, social media, and “The Death of Truth”  —  We live in an age of alternate facts.  More and more Americans are getting their information almost entirely from outlets that echo their own political point of view.  And then, of course, there's social media, where there are few …

Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’  —  The mother of the suspected Apalachee High School gunman said that she called the school on the morning of the shooting and warned a counselor about an “extreme emergency.”