"Convicted felon Donald Trump"
Yesterday, former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of felony falsification of business records. This trial was an absolute travesty. A hyperpartisan prosecutor abetted by a hyperpartisan judge violating so many obvious aspects of basic due process, to prosecute the Republican nominee for president for non-criminal behavior that did not impact the 2020 election because even if the so-called hush-money payments had been reported as campaign expenses they would not have been made public until after the election. And, impacting the election is fundamental to reaching a guilty verdict. This verdict should have been impossible. Democrats and their media collaborators will now say “convicted felon Donald Trump” every day until the election. I don’t like Donald Trump but this is a sad day for the nation.
The best analysis is probably this: Donald Trump Found Guilty Of Being Donald Trump | Babylon Bee
Less sarcastically, from the WSJ: A Guilty Verdict for Trump and Its Consequences for the Country - WSJ
And brutal intensity from Mark Steyn: A Republic? You Can Keep It. :: SteynOnline
I'm with Dersh: Alan Dershowitz says a conviction in the Trump 'hush money' trial will change justice system forever | louder.news | louder.news
Don't forget: Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC fined by FEC over Trump-Russia dossier research | CNN Politics
The NY Times wrote this earlier this morning: "The criminal justice system finally caught up to Donald Trump." I hate that line. I do think Trump has committed crimes...but not in this case. And just "getting" someone you don't like -- even if he's a bad guy -- is utterly corrosive to civil society.
And this from Dan Flynn at the American Spectator: “New York v. Donald Trump strikes as something less resembling a trial than masturbatory fodder for MSNBC viewers desensitized to all other known forms of pornography.”
Me, in response to fmr MD Gov Larry Hogan (running for Senate) saying we must respect what happened...and some betting action over the past day.
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One More Thing: School choice (finally) likely to become Texas law
It might surprise you to learn that Texas does not have school choice because Republicans have prevented it. Specifically rural Republicans. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is a big champion of what seems like a basic proposition: letting parents decide what’s best for their children’s educations. Teachers unions, the most evil force in America that isn’t illegal, always oppose this because they want power and money no matter who it hurts. Well, thanks in large part to the hard work of Corey DeAngelis (see tweet below), author of The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools, enough anti-school-choice Texas Republicans were beaten in elections this year and last to allow school choice to proceed in a state that prides itself on freedom. Abbott spent $8 million from his own campaign funds in these efforts. Congrats to the good guys…and to students and parents.
Great News on School Choice, Part I | International Liberty (wordpress.com)
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Today's Guests
Nellie Bowles, formerly known as "Nellie Bowles New York Times" (read the book!) is co-founder of The Free Press, author of a weekly Friday column there that I look forward to all week, and author of her new political-journalistic-journey memoir, "Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History"
Oh, you know I call my Friday blogs the "TGIF Blogcast." Well, now that Nellie's writing a weekly column, Fridays are even better than before, and hers is also called TGIF. Here's todays: TGIF: The Trial of the Century of the Week | The Free Press (thefp.com)
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Governor Jared Polis joins me in studio to talk about the recent legislative session, key bills that he signed and key bills that he vetoed, and the upcoming spike in Colorado gasoline prices in and near Denver and northern Colorado.
I believe he signed this terrible bill this morning: Family Affordability Tax Credit | Colorado General Assembly
Union bosses hate on the governor | Colorado Springs Gazette | Opinion | coloradopolitics.com
Governor Polis vetoes 6 bills from the legislative session | Governor | coloradopolitics.com
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Other Stuff
This is where the world is going and we all need to be extremely aware and vigilant heading into an election that will be consequential and likely close: OpenAI Says Russia and China Used Its A.I. in Covert Campaigns - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Disrupting deceptive uses of AI by covert influence operations | OpenAI
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Stepping away from politics for a moment, during this season of high school and college graduations, this lovely piece: Flipping Tassels: When it’s Time for Parents to Let Go | by Shaler McClure Wright | The Parenting Portal | May, 2024 | Medium
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I still think the economy is weaker, or soon to be weaker, than people think. I suspect that those who have felt highly comfortable that we've dodged a recession are going to be quite wrong: Consumers Fed Up With Food Costs Are Ditching Big Brands - WSJ
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This is pretty nuts: North Korea's trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here's what it means | AP News
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Following up on similar announcements from France and Germany, this is good news though I don't know why it needed to be "secret": Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons - POLITICO
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This is unfortunate but the right position: Israel won’t end war for deal to free all hostages, PM’s aide said to tell families | The Times of Israel
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When you're taking a trip, do you clean the house before you leave? US travelers' top cleaning habits revealed: poll (nypost.com)
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Spelling bee shenanigans: Bruhat Soma wins Scripps National Spelling Bee | AP News
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I'm soooo confused how much things will cost now: Dollar Tree acquires 170 store leases for 99 Cents Only locations in 4 Western states - UPI.com
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One of the best things I've seen in a while:
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Today's Videos
This is WAY more common than you think wherever there are monkeys. They're smart and great thieves.
Let's end our week with a smile