Friday’s Mini-Report, 5.3.24
Today’s edition of quick hits.
House Democrat indicted by DOJ, undermining GOP talking points
As a Democratic member of Congress is indicted on corruption allegations, the idea of a "weaponized" Justice Department has been thoroughly discredited.
Trump responds to falling crime rates in a decidedly Trumpian way
Donald Trump doesn’t want to believe that crime rates went down, which is why he said all evidence reflecting reality must be dismissed as “fake."
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.3.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
DeSantis makes ‘cultivated’ lab-grown meats illegal in Florida
“Cultivated” lab-based meats have apparently become part of the GOP's culture war. Take Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new ban on the products, for example.
Why the Biden administration plan to reclassify marijuana matters
For decades, the United States’ “war on drugs” moved in one punitive direction. As the Biden administration’s dramatic moves help prove, it’s a new day.
In a second term, Trump intends to address ‘a bias against white’
As his team prepares to protect white people from discrimination, Donald Trump says he’s concerned about the “problem” related to the “bias against white.”
Unemployment rate remains below 4% for the 27th consecutive month
Though job growth cooled a bit in April, the jobless rate has now been below 4% for 27 consecutive months — a streak unseen in the U.S. since the 1960s.
Under conservative media pressure, Jim Jordan launches new probe
Conservative media told Jim Jordan to care about a conspiracy theory involving a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office. He’s complying.
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban
For reproductive rights advocates, the good news is a bill to repeal Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban passed. The bad news is, the larger fight isn't over.
As jobs soar under Biden, Trump claims ‘the job numbers are fake’
Donald Trump can’t decide whether to condemn Biden-era economic data or to take credit for it. So the Republican is trying to do both simultaneously.
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Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 5.2.24
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
GOP's Troy Nehls insists Congress should put Trump’s needs first
Is Troy Nehls of Texas a great congressman? No. Has he become the King of Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud? Yes.
Why Trump’s hardline position on U.S. policy in Gaza matters
Donald Trump has a message for voters who disapprove of President Joe Biden’s Israel/Gaza policy from the left: The Republican intends to be vastly worse.
GOP’s JD Vance is ‘skeptical’ Mike Pence was in danger on Jan. 6
Hoping to impress Donald Trump, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance said he's “skeptical” that former Vice President Mike Pence’s life was in danger on Jan. 6.
Marjorie Taylor Greene will force vote on Speaker Johnson’s fate
As Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene advances her plot to bring down Speaker Mike Johnson, Democrats are the only winners of the Republicans' intraparty fight.
Trump sheds fresh light on what he intended to do on Jan. 6
More than three years later, Donald Trump now admits that he told the Secret Service to let him join Jan. 6 rioters as they went to the U.S. Capitol.
Did Eric Trump’s presence in court actually help his dad’s case?
The former president keeps seeming to change his courtroom conduct to mute media criticism, but the younger Trump was the one who just seemed like a genuine family man.
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