Wednesday's Campaign Round-Up, 6.3.20
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
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Trump faces intensifying pushback over domestic use of military
Trump has already deployed military resources in DC and he's threatened to expand operations. The pushback has been "swift and furious."
The problem with Trump's proof that he's helped the black community
Maybe Trump doesn't realize that his Opportunity Zones policy has been exposed as a sham. Maybe he does realize it and hopes we won't know the difference.
Intelligence analysts 'unnerved' by latest trends in US
Some U.S. intel analysts are now feeling a sense of dread, not because of events unfolding abroad, but because of developments in their own country.
Abroad, Trump leaves the US isolated, ridiculed, and pitied
For all of Trump's obsessive focus on improving the United States' global reputation, it's staggering to see the extent to which he's done the opposite.
Republicans to drop North Carolina as host of party's convention
Finding a venue and throwing together an event in less than three months is probably going to be trickier than Team Trump realizes.
Why Steve King's Iowa constituents ended his toxic career
The question isn't why Steve King's toxic career is now over; the question is why it took so long.
Tuesday's Mini-Report, 6.2.20
Today's edition of quick hits.
Amidst crises, Trump sees religion as a political life-preserver
With increasing frequency, Mr. "Two Corinthians" sees matters of faith as a political life-preserver. As a strategic matter, it's likely to fail.
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With 'counterfeit ballots' theory, Barr starts to go over the edge
It's one thing when the chief law enforcement official looks like a political operative; it's vastly worse when he looks like a foolish political operative
Why Donald Trump will never be 'the president of law and order'
Once a president decides following the law is sometimes optional, he doesn't get to position himself as a "president of law and order."
With heavy-handed tactics, Trump's church photo-op backfires
It was quite possibly the most ridiculous presidential photo-op in the history of presidential photo-ops.
Monday's Mini-Report, 6.1.20
Today's edition of quick hits.
Hope is not a plan, but without a plan, there's little hope
The president doesn't have a plan - on the pandemic, the economy, or social unrest - but he has hopes that others will make his problems go away.
Monday's Campaign Round-Up, 6.1.20
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
A fresh look at Trump reversing Obama's police investigations policy
Obama's Justice Department played a constructive role in holding police departments accountable for abuses. Trump's DOJ changed direction.
Trump says a bit too much: 'MAGA loves the black people'
There are the president's people, and there are African Americans, but he doesn't see them as one and the same.
Secret Service publicly contradicts Trump claims (again)
If Team Trump would stop peddling nonsense regarding the Secret Service, the Secret Service probably wouldn't have to set the record straight so frequently
Floyd's brother: Trump didn't 'give me the opportunity to even speak'
Referring to himself in third person in 2015, Trump said empathy would be "one of the strongest things about Trump." The evidence to the contrary is plain.
Declassified Flynn docs do little to help the White House's cause
In his calls with the Russian ambassador, Flynn did the one thing the White House said he did not do: discuss the sanctions policy.
As crises rage, Donald Trump 'was not built for times like this'
Trump has repeatedly been asked how he can best bring Americans together. In each instance, he responded as if he didn't understand the question.
Friday's Mini-Report, 5.29.20
Today's edition of quick hits.
Trump imagines roving bands of child ballot thieves
Trump's question was probably rhetorical, but just in case, no, I don't think California has roving bands of ballot-stealing children.
On protestors, Trump adopts two very different standards
It's worth appreciating the degree to which the president appears to have wildly different standards for different kinds of protestors.
Lindsey Graham abandons the pretense of an independent judiciary
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee seems to scoff at the idea of an independent judiciary, and he's unusually brazen about it.
What Trump doesn't get about his new executive order: it'd backfire
Trump seems oblivious to the fact that his new executive order, if it were implemented, would almost certainly backfire on him personally.
Thursday's Mini-Report, 5.28.20
Today's edition of quick hits.
Trump promoted video: 'The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat'
A Cowboys for Trump leader was filmed saying, "The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat." The president thought it'd be a good idea to promote the clip.
Crises may change presidents, but Trump remains the same
As the crisis took hold, there were some who said Donald Trump would simply have no choice but to change. Their optimism was wildly misplaced.
Thursday's Campaign Round-Up, 5.28.20
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.