“Even if the arch isn’t stopped now, the fight against it can lay the groundwork for removing it as soon as possible after January 20, 2029. The day the arch is taken down will mark the restoration of fidelity to the nation’s founding principles.”
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A multi-barreled Morning Shots.
The 'Stop the Steal" lies in the LA mayor race are a dress rehearsal for all-out election subversion in Nov.
Trump's triumphal arch is repulsive, and fighting it is worthwhile.
And Trump's invited the screwworm back into the U.S.
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Bill Kristol
Republicans’ reactions to the Los Angeles mayoral race preview their reactions to the midterms.
"Few Americans, including just 21% of Republicans, think President Donald Trump's administration has helped deliver justice in cases connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found."
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One point very much worth noting: Todd Blanche was a central participant in the Epstein coverup. As Deputy Attorney general, he was acting in Trump's interest--not in the interest of the survivors, not in the interest of the law, not in the interest of the truth.
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"Pulte’s appointment also makes the abstract civil-liberties argument much more concrete: It’s not just a matter of possible future abuse of surveillance authorities, but of all but guaranteed present abuse."
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"In late March 2026 a confidential memo from Trump’s pollster, Tony Fabrizio, summarized responses from focus groups...The memo flagged the Epstein issue as 'a real negative with some of these voters.'”
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Republicans’ reactions to the Los Angeles mayoral race preview their reactions to the midterms.
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This May 26 memo surely wasn't intended for Cooper's subordinates during a ceasefire. Was the real audience Trump & Hegseth, who'd threatened attacks on bridges, the electric grid, etc.? Was Cooper warning them he wouldn't obey or transmit such an order?
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Just 10% of respondents in a Reuters/Ipsos poll said the Trump administration had helped efforts to hold people connected to Jeffrey Epstein accountable.
Trump and his apparatchiks are working to weaponize the entire federal government on behalf of election subversion.
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Blanche: “Not a Crime to Party with Mr. Epstein”
To defeat Todd Blanche, talk about Jeffrey Epstein. Or, if the Republican Senate muscles him through, make them pay a real and ongoing political price. Blanche is a chance to reopen Trump's Epstein wound.
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Trump and his apparatchiks are working to weaponize the entire federal government on behalf of election subversion.
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State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.
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To defeat Todd Blanche, talk about Jeffrey Epstein.
State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.