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April 28, 2024
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Saturday Night
I’m up in Washington, D.C., and taking tonight off from Civil Discourse for the White House Correspondent’s dinner. The mood in D.C. this weekend is…
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Five Questions with Dara Kass, Emergency Room Physician and Women's Rights Activist
Wednesday night, I promised you we would go deeper into the Idaho abortion case, which I was concerned would get less attention than it deserved in this…
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Presidential Immunity
Today, we focus on Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court after Judge Chutkan denied his motion to dismiss the Special Counsel’s election interference…
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Wednesday When The News Kept Happening
Today has been one of those blockbuster days where you don't know quite where to look. For starters, we’re catching up with a decision by the Federal…
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Opening Statements: Catch-and-Kill to Elect Trump
For starters, some important news: The state of New York will make daily transcripts of the trial available. They announced each day’s transcript would…
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The Results of the Sandoval Hearing: Cross-Examining Trump?
Quick Programming Note: To avoid another monster post like last night’s, I’ll try to break it up and address discrete issues, like the Judge’s ruling…
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The Week Ahead
This will not be short; my apologies. It’s one of those weeks! As we head into the first “real” day of Donald Trump’s first criminal trial tomorrow…
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Courted
We’ve been talking a lot about New York state courts lately for the obvious reason that Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, from among his four…
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Five Questions with Reporter Adam Klasfeld: Insights From Inside the Trump Trial Courtroom
Adam Klasfeld is an experienced legal journalist who has provided straightforward reporting on many of the most important cases and matters of our…
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A Better Link
Apologies—the link I used last night for you to read the District Attorney’s Sandoval filing didn’t work, because it was the copy I’d saved to my…
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Trump: Will He or Won't He?
Will he or won’t he? In every criminal trial, the smart money says no. Absolutely, absolutely not. Very few defendants take the witness stand in their…
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