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It Looks as if Trump Will Be Arrested Next Week, and That’s Not Even the Worst of It

It Looks as if Trump Will Be Arrested Next Week, and That’s Not Even the Worst of It
New in PJ Media: It has been a long time coming, and now the final act appears to be in view. Donald Trump is about to be arrested, and the corrupt and politicized authorities who have brought matters to this point are preparing for the worst: the NYPD, the Secret Service, and even the FBI’s […]

Mad Maxine Waters Says Trump Is ‘Attempting to Organize His Domestic Terrorists’

Mad Maxine Waters Says Trump Is ‘Attempting to Organize His Domestic Terrorists’
New in PJ Media: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Rage, Race-Hate, and Insanity) is enraged over the fact that Donald Trump has called upon his supporters to protest when he is arrested. According to Mad Maxine, Trump was employing one of those “dog whistles” that Leftists so often like to accuse patriots of using. She claimed that what the […]

Trump Calls for Protests Over His Arrest

Trump Calls for Protests Over His Arrest
New in PJ Media: On Saturday morning, Donald Trump acknowledged that he will indeed be arrested, saying that the fateful day will be this coming Tuesday. Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social: OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN [sic] OUR PRESIDENTIAL […]

Hold Everything: Now Trump Will Likely NOT Be Arrested, at Least on Tuesday

Hold Everything: Now Trump Will Likely NOT Be Arrested, at Least on Tuesday
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump announced on Saturday morning that he would be arrested on Tuesday, and the nation has been agog at the prospect of the Leftist establishment crossing the rubicon of arresting its principal opponent on flimsy charges and demonstrating before the entire world that the American republic is now the American banana republic, […]

It’s On: NYPD Is Putting Up Barricades, Expecting Riots When Trump Is Arrested

It’s On: NYPD Is Putting Up Barricades, Expecting Riots When Trump Is Arrested
New in PJ Media: America’s descent to banana republic status, with the ruling regime having its principal opponent arrested on bogus charges, may not happen on Tuesday, but it very much looks as if it is going to happen this week. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was busy on Monday setting up steel barriers outside the […]

Surprise Grand Jury Witness May Have Destroyed the Whole Case Against Trump

Surprise Grand Jury Witness May Have Destroyed the Whole Case Against Trump
New in PJ Media: As Matt Margolis noted on Sunday, “Rudy Giuliani lawyer Robert Costello, a former legal advisor to Michael Cohen,” was set to appear on Monday before the grand jury that is currently persecuting and railroading Donald Trump, “with the sole intention of undermining Cohen’s credibility.” That he did. Costello offered testimony that should explode […]

Leftists Enraged at CNN’s Van Jones for Telling Alvin Bragg to Back Off of Trump

Leftists Enraged at CNN’s Van Jones for Telling Alvin Bragg to Back Off of Trump
New in PJ Media: While most Leftists are hanging streamers, putting the champagne on ice, and handing out the party hats in anticipation of watching Donald Trump marched in handcuffs into the Manhattan district attorney’s office, CNN host Van Jones is not quite ready to join the festivities. And the Party of Groupthink is as enraged […]

Audio: Robert Spencer on CJN Speaks on the looming Trump arrest and more

Audio: Robert Spencer on CJN Speaks on the looming Trump arrest and more
CutJibNewsletter Speaks: Season 3, Episode 9 Tuesday. Get The Sumter Gambit: How the Left Is Trying to Foment A Civil War here.

Ron DeSantis Explains the Difference Between Himself and Trump, Hits Trump Where He’s Most Vulnerable

Ron DeSantis Explains the Difference Between Himself and Trump, Hits Trump Where He’s Most Vulnerable
New in PJ Media: Ron DeSantis has until recently remained silent as Donald Trump has been flailing away at him, but it appears that his studied silence is over. First there was the sidelong crack in his remarks about Alvin Bragg’s looming banana-republic indictment of Trump: “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money […]

You’ll Never Guess Who Is Ripping the Investigations Into Trump as ‘All Politics’

You’ll Never Guess Who Is Ripping the Investigations Into Trump as ‘All Politics’
New in PJ Media: When you’ve lost Andrew Cuomo, you really should take it as a sign that you’ve gone way too far. But there was the randy former New York governor on Saturday, as Democrat as Democrats can possibly be, charging that the ongoing prosecutions-in-search-of-a-crime directed against the America-First president were nothing less than […]

‘It’s Not Going to End Nicely’: Chris Christie Thinks He Will Be the One to Take Down Donald Trump In 2024

‘It’s Not Going to End Nicely’: Chris Christie Thinks He Will Be the One to Take Down Donald Trump In 2024
New in PJ Media: Remember Chris Christie? He thinks you do. He even thinks you want to. Christie spoke in New Hampshire on Monday, and you know what that means. The former New Jersey governor thinks he will be the one Republican presidential hopeful to take down Donald Trump in 2024 and ride to the […]

Trump Speaks Out on Indictment: The Democrats ‘Have Done the Unthinkable’

Trump Speaks Out on Indictment: The Democrats ‘Have Done the Unthinkable’
New in PJ Media: When he’s right, he’s right. Donald Trump issued a statement on Thursday evening after the United States of America completed its descent to banana-republic status, saying: “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.” He then recalled some of the Left’s earlier attempts to frame and destroy […]

Politico Admits Case Against Trump Is Weak, Watches Our Republic Circle the Drain, Says ‘So What?’

Politico Admits Case Against Trump Is Weak, Watches Our Republic Circle the Drain, Says ‘So What?’
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump was indicted Thursday and the sun came up as usual on Friday; all this business about the United States descending to banana-republic status is just right-wing hysteria, right? Wrong. The far-Left flagship Politico thumbed its nose at patriots on Thursday, cheerfully admitting that the case against Trump is a farrago of […]

Integrity: Notable Trump Critics Speak Out, Say Trump Indictment Is a Disgrace

Integrity: Notable Trump Critics Speak Out, Say Trump Indictment Is a Disgrace
New in PJ Media: You couldn’t find two more solid and stolid figures of the Republican establishment than Jeb Bush and William Barr. Both have also been harsh critics of Donald Trump, who has given it right back in spades. And so it was striking that both have come out strongly against the indictment of […]

This Is Alvin Bragg: Charges Man With Attempted Murder for Shooting Back at Thief Who Shot Him

This Is Alvin Bragg: Charges Man With Attempted Murder for Shooting Back at Thief Who Shot Him
New in PJ Media: With his indictment of Donald Trump, Alvin Bragg has secured his place in history. He could end up being remembered as the rogue, rabidly partisan prosecutor who administered the coup de grace to America’s staggering republic by indicting the chief opponent of the ruling regime on the flimsiest of charges. Even if he […]

Shut Up, Donald: Federal Judge to Place Gag Order on Trump Ahead of Arrest

Shut Up, Donald: Federal Judge to Place Gag Order on Trump Ahead of Arrest
New in PJ Media: Ever since the news broke about his indictment, Donald Trump has been rising in the polls and getting a big boost in campaign donations, demonstrating that the whole banana-republic endeavor is backfiring spectacularly on the Leftist establishment that is determined to find something, anything, it can use to destroy Trump. So […]

Laying It On Thick: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies

Laying It On Thick: Trump Charged With 34 Felonies
From PJ Media, a piece that was written before Trump’s court appearance Tuesday: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has apparently decided that as long as he is going to drive us into banana republic territory, he might as well put the pedal to the metal: he is reportedly planning to charge Donald Trump with not one, but […]

Great Idea! Trump Calls for Defunding the FBI and DOJ

Great Idea! Trump Calls for Defunding the FBI and DOJ
New in PJ Media: Donald Trump said it in an all-caps message on Truth Social Wednesday morning: “REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTALLY WEAPONIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE VICIOUSLY USING THIS ABUSE OF POWER TO INTERFERE WITH OUR ALREADY UNDER SIEGE […]

Conflict of Interest: Trump Judge Is Biden Donor, Daughter Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign

Conflict of Interest: Trump Judge Is Biden Donor, Daughter Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign
New in PJ Media: Back in the days when there was equal justice for all in the United States, there was this concept known as “conflict of interest”: if someone involved in, say, a legal case had shown clear evidence of favoring one side or another, that was considered to be a disqualifying factor. Now, […]

Even the Washington Post Isn’t Buying Biden Blaming Trump for Afghanistan Debacle

Even the Washington Post Isn’t Buying Biden Blaming Trump for Afghanistan Debacle
New in PJ Media: When you’re a Leftist politician and you’ve lost the Washington Post, what’s left? The Post editorial board chided Old Joe Biden and his henchmen on Tuesday for blaming their catastrophically botched withdrawal from Afghanistan on their all-purpose whipping boy, Donald Trump. “Instead of admitting errors,” the Post wrote about the White House assessment of the withdrawal, “the […]

Democrat Denialists

(John Hinderaker)

In 2001, 2005 and 2017, some Democrat House members objected to the certification of electoral votes for the winning Republican presidential candidate. Those objections, while “denialist,” were only symbolic. But Democrat leaders in the House are now suggesting that if they control that body following November’s election–as they well might–they may refuse to allow a victorious Donald Trump to take office.

The Atlantic did the original reporting, behind a paywall. This is from the Election Law Blog:

Murray and other legal scholars say that, absent clear guidance from the Supreme Court, a Trump win could lead to a constitutional crisis in Congress. Democrats would have to choose between confirming a winner many of them believe is ineligible and defying the will of voters who elected him. …

In interviews, senior House Democrats would not commit to certifying a Trump win, saying they would do so only if the Supreme Court affirms his eligibility. But during oral arguments, liberal and conservative justices alike seemed inclined to dodge the question of his eligibility altogether and throw the decision to Congress.

“That would be a colossal disaster,” Representative Adam Schiff of California told me. “We already had one horrendous January 6. We don’t need another.” …

The choice that Democrats would face if Trump won without a definitive ruling on his eligibility was almost too fraught for Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland to contemplate. He told me he didn’t know how he’d vote in that scenario. As we spoke about what might happen, he recalled the brutality of January 6. “There was blood all over the Capitol in the hypothetical you posit,” Raskin, who served on the January 6 committee with Schiff, told me….

The Democrats have become so insane on the subject of Donald Trump that it is hard to know which of their mutterings to take seriously. But if Trump wins the election and a Democrat-controlled House refuses to certify his election on the ground that he is an “insurrectionist” under the 14th Amendment, we will be past the point of a constitutional crisis. If that happens, the only realistic path forward will be disunion, possibly accompanied by civil war, but preferably not.

This is one reason why the Supreme Court should put the 14th Amendment theory out of its misery, once and for all. It is obvious that the drafters of that amendment meant the just-concluded Civil War, in which 600,000 Americans lost their lives, when they referred to “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States. In contrast, the January 6 protest was not one of the 50 most destructive riots of the last few years, and the only person killed was Ashli Babbitt. Not a single participant in the protest was arrested in possession of a firearm. Some insurrection!

In the interest of preserving the Republic, the Supreme Court should rule definitively that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not apply to Donald Trump.

The Daily Chart: Trump Gaining Strength?

(Steven Hayward)

My pal Henry Olsen explains in his recent Telegraph column that Trump is underperforming his polls in recent contests, and appears to be stuck between a very solid floor and a rigid ceiling. Perhaps, but the Telegraph included this graphic, taken from recent Pew polls, that suggests a different picture:

To be fair, a generic Republican ought to be polling about 60 percent of the white vote, and that’s just where Trump is stuck. It would be a delicious irony if Trump wins in November through an increased share of minority votes. It will plunge Democrats into a crisis.

After last night

(Scott Johnson)

The Michigan primary was held yesterday. President Biden defeated Uncommitted, Marianne Willison, and my cousin Dean Phillips on the Democrat side. Dean commented on Twitter for the benefit of his former friends in the party: “If you resent me for the audacity to challenge Joe Biden, at least you’ll appreciate how relatively strong I’m making him look among primary voters!”

President Trump handily defeated Nikki Haley on the Republican side. Here are the current results posted by RealClearPolitics. Note the differential in turnout.

One can infer that Biden and Trump will be their respective party’s presidential nominees, but the results seem slightly more surprising than expected. Axios managing editor/politics David Lindsey offers a brief take on the results that I found helpful:

There wasn’t much doubt that President Biden and former President Trump would romp to victories in the Michigan primaries Tuesday. But Biden’s win in particular revealed his vulnerability in a crucial swing state that could decide the presidency in November….Arab American and young voters — key to Biden winning Michigan in 2020 — turned out by the tens of thousands on Tuesday to vote … not for Biden, but for “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary.

• The protest vote, driven by anger over Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, had drawn more than 77,000 supporters with 70% of the ballots counted — several times more than organizers expected.

• That took some of the glow from a victory in which Biden got more than 80% of the vote, and confirmed that Biden has some serious persuading to do between now and November.

• “We need more than just nice words and hope. We need a permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, Layla Elabed, campaign manager for Listen to Michigan, told CNN. The group was behind the “uncommitted” vote effort.

Other takeaways from Michigan:

1, Biden has other problems, too.

• Another jolt for the president’s campaign Tuesday: A jarring enthusiasm gap between the Democratic and Republican primaries.

• Nearly 40% more people voted in the Republican primary than in the Democratic contest — despite the protest campaign that aided turnout on the Democratic side.

• Trump, who once again defeated former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, got more votes on the GOP side than the total number of votes cast in the Democratic primary between Biden, “uncommitted” and two other candidates.

2. It wasn’t all good news for Trump.

• That surge in GOP voters was driven in part by about 27% of Republicans voting for Haley, whose support continues to be not nearly enough to win the Republican nomination — but enough to show that a sizable chunk of the GOP may never be on board with Trump.

• Haley’s campaign might not last beyond Super Tuesday next week, when Trump is expected to score hundreds of delegates and put a virtual lock on the GOP nomination as 16 states hold contests.

• But Haley’s level of support suggests that many of her backers may stay home in November — or even vote for Biden, if Trump is on the ballot.

Whole thing here.

We seek to read the tea leaves in the results. As some sage has famously observed, “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” George Eliot’s narrator in Middlemarch puts it this way: “Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.” To read the tea leaves we have to project ahead to next November. How will the candidates look at that time? Our crystal ball is cloudy. Both Biden and Trump are hobbled by weaknesses that will be magnified over the next eight months.

For Democrats this is the Weekend At Bernie’s election. It has become increasingly difficult to keep Biden upright during business hours. His brain is fried. His managers have to keep him under wraps. He is an embarrassment. Playing to his party’s activist base, he has left undone what should have been done and he has done that which should not have been done.

For Republicans this is the “In the Jailhouse Now” election. The electoral impact of the Democrat lawfare on Trump are particularly difficult to predict, but they can’t be good for him. They impose their own limitations on Trump in terms of time, money, and who knows what else. That’s what it’s all about. Anyone can see storm clouds ahead.

I absolutely hate the clichéd last resort of scoundrel pundits as the election approaches. You know, “it depends on turnout.” With respect to what should be the insuperable problems each candidate confronts, let’s just say “it depends on how it turns out.” They can’t both lose. One of them is going to prevail.

Don’t Buy the Never-Trump Comfort Blanket

(Steven Hayward)

I keep seeing Trump skeptics and their media svengalis say that while Nikki Haley is not coming close to beating Trump in any primary battle, she is getting sufficient support to conclude that there is a critical mass of Republicans who don’t like Trump and may not turn out for him in November, and boy is he in big trouble because of this.

Don’t buy it.

I note that back in 1980, the Michigan primary was held May 20, and even though Ronald Reagan was well on his way to securing the Republican nomination, George H.W. Bush still pulled off an upset in that primary, beating Reagan by 150,000 votes. (Bush also beat Reagan in the Pennsylvania primary in April.) Michigan looks to be the kind of state that favors moderate Republicans.

When all the primaries were over, Reagan had received a cumulative 7.6 million votes, while Bush had received 3.1 million, with John Anderson a distant third with 1.5 million. But add Bush and Anderson’s totals together with the also-rans (Dole, Baker, Connally, Phil Crane, etc) and you conclude that Reagan’s majority was less than a landslide (7.6 million to 4.6 million for the rest of the field—certainly a much smaller margin than Trump’s margin in the current contest. Despite the massive doubts about Reagan—his age, his “controversial” opinions, etc—he walked away with a landslide.

But, you hear, Trump is essentially running as an incumbent, and should have incumbent-level margins. This is an unimpressive argument, especially when you allow for the circumstance, not seen since 1912, of a former president coming back to challenge for the nomination. To the contrary, Trump is running far ahead of his totals from the 2016 contest. He’s gotten stronger, not weaker, since 2016.

P.S. For trivia buffs, Harold Stassen got 25,000 votes in the 1980 GOP primaries.

Another Disastrous Poll for Biden

(Steven Hayward)

The New York Times is out with its latest poll today, and they can’t sugar coat the bad news for Biden (and good news for Trump) that it contains. The headline says it all:

The poll has Trump with a five-point lead.

Some internals from the article are even more devastating than these headline numbers:

The poll offers an array of warning signs for the president about weaknesses within the Democratic coalition, including among women, Black and Latino voters. So far, it is Mr. Trump who has better unified his party, even amid an ongoing primary contest. . .

Mr. Trump is winning 97 percent of those who say they voted for him four years ago, and virtually none of his past supporters said they are casting a ballot for Mr. Biden. In contrast, Mr. Biden is winning only 83 percent of his 2020 voters, with 10 percent saying they now back Mr. Trump. . .

One of the more ominous findings for Mr. Biden in the new poll is that the historical edge Democrats have held with working-class voters of color who did not attend college continues to erode.

Mr. Biden won 72 percent of those voters in 2020, according to exit polling, providing him with a nearly 50-point edge over Mr. Trump. Today, the Times/Siena poll showed Mr. Biden only narrowly leading among nonwhite voters who did not graduate from college: 47 percent to 41 percent. . .

Mr. Trump’s policies were generally viewed far more favorably by voters than Mr. Biden’s. A full 40 percent of voters said Mr. Trump’s policies had helped them personally, compared to only 18 percent who said the same of Mr. Biden’s.

The gender gap, for instance, is no longer benefiting Democrats. Women, who strongly favored Mr. Biden four years ago, are now equally split, while men gave Mr. Trump a nine-point edge. The poll showed Mr. Trump edging out Mr. Biden among Latinos, and Mr. Biden’s share of the Black vote is shrinking, too.

Memo to Trump: Don’t blow it.

Supreme Court: Trump on ballot

(Scott Johnson)

The Supreme Court has held 9-0 that the Colorado Supreme Court erred in blessing the disqualification of Donald Trump from the state’s primary election ballot under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court’s opinion is per curiam. Justice Barrett concurs in part and concurs in the judgment. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson concur in the judgment (i.e., the result). The Court’s opinions are posted online here.

The Court’s per curiam opinion commanded a majority and its reasoning represents the law. It rests substantially on the exclusive power of Congress to enforce section 3 against candidates for federal office, “especially the presidency.”

Does the opinion leave open the possibility that Congress might refuse to certify Trump as president if he were to be elected president on the ground that he is guilty of insurrection? If Congress has not prescribed any means other than conviction of the crime of insurrection to make the determination underlying application of section 3, I doubt it. See opinion at 10. However, I may be mistaken. Perhaps the opinion cannot be read that broadly.

The opinion concludes (emphasis in original, citations omitted):

All nine Members of the Court agree with that result. Our colleagues writing separately further agree with many of the reasons this opinion provides for reaching it. So far as we can tell, they object only to our taking into account the distinctive way Section 3 works and the fact that Section 5 vests in Congress the power to enforce it. These are not the only reasons the States lack power to enforce this particular constitutional provision with respect to federal offices. But they are important ones, and it is the combination of all the reasons set forth in this opinion—not, as some of our colleagues would have it, just one particular rationale—that resolves this case. In our view, each of these reasons is necessary to provide a complete explanation for the judgment the Court unanimously reaches.

Read the whole thing here.

UPDATE: Although he characterizes it as a 5-4 decision, Andrew McCarthy supports my reading of the per curiam opinion: “What that means is that if Donald Trump were to win the presidential election, congressional Democrats would not be able — in the next January 6 joint session of Congress — to refuse to ratify his victory on the grounds that he is an insurrectionist. Under the Court’s holding, it is now a prerequisite to enforcement of the Section 3 disqualification that a person must have been convicted under the insurrection statute.”

Today in NY Times Biden Doom-polling

(Steven Hayward)

Today’s third NY Times installment about their most recent poll piles on the bad news for Biden: not only are you losing to Trump head-to-head, and are unpopular, but today we learn that more voters like Trump’s policies and record better than Biden’s.

Here’s the graphic depiction:

Some excerpts from the Times:

And despite holding intensely and similarly critical opinions both of President Biden and of his predecessor, Americans have much more positive views of Donald J. Trump’s policies than they do of Mr. Biden’s, according to New York Times/Siena College polls.

Overall, 40 percent of voters said Mr. Trump’s policies had helped them personally, compared with just 18 percent who say the same about Mr. Biden’s policies. . .

Women are 20 percentage points more likely to say that Mr. Trump’s policies have helped them than Mr. Biden’s have, despite the fact that Mr. Trump installed Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned the right to an abortion and that about two-thirds of women in America think that abortion should be legal in all or most instances.

In a separate Times story, the Biden message to doubting Democrats is—drop dead. Well that’s the headline the NY Daily News would have used. Instead the Times headline is:

For Democrats Pining for an Alternative, Biden Team Has a Message: Get Over It.”

. . . The Biden team views the very question as absurd. The president in their view has an impressive record of accomplishment to run on. There is no obvious alternative. It is far too late in the cycle to bow out without considerable disruption. . . Members of Mr. Biden’s team insist they feel little sense of concern.

After last night

(Scott Johnson)

Digging deep into the Super Tuesday primary results, I foresee President Biden facing off for a rematch against President Trump. Can you feel the excitement? The two candidates represent juggernauts within their respective parties.

Let’s take the Democrats first, courtesy of RealClearPolitics. What we have here is one full boatload of results. They raise the question: who is Marianne Williamson and what is she doing here? She is the best-selling author of a variety of books including A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course In Miracles, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, The Healing of America, and Illuminated Prayers. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Williamson continues to inspire audiences on a global scale as she lectures internationally in the fields of spirituality and new thought.

I infer from the results that Democrats resist the light. They resist new thought. Also, we don’t have a prayer. We need a miracle.

Biden’s presents himself as a throwback to the old-fashioned Democratic Party, yet he has adopted the policies of party’s far left. Most prominent among these policies is the opening of our borders and the implicit rejection of the sovereignty of the United States. Over the past three-plus years these policies have wrought great damage. Biden wants to test the outer limits of Adam Smith’s proposition that “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” One can’t help but wonder if we can put ourselves back on track.

It’s not Joe Biden’s Democratic Party. It’s the woke left’s Democratic Party. It’s the party of those who say the things which are not.

Biden made an appearance during the narrow window of his waking hours yesterday. He appeared to have dropped in from outer space. He sounded like he had not been briefed since he blasted off from his homeworld. J.B., phone home.

FULL VIDEO:

REPORTER: "What's your message to Democrats who are concerned about your poll numbers?"

BIDEN: "My poll numbers? The last five polls you guys don't report. I'm winning — five! Five in a row!" pic.twitter.com/Mz5gWQMRSA

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 5, 2024

On the Republican side of Super Tuesday (also courtesy of RCP), President Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination. Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign later this morning.

This is Donald Trump’s Republican Party. If President Trump were to keel over and leave us with an open convention in Milwaukee next July, I assess the odds that the delegates would turn to Haley at zero. It would be a politician in the mold of Trump — probably Ron DeSantis, or perhaps J.D. Vance or Vivek the Mistake. Trump has transformed the Republican Party. By contrast with Biden and the Democrats, he has stamped the party in his image.

I am surprised by the not insubstantial fraction of votes that Haley pulled yesterday. Some portion of the Haley represents Democrats voting in open primaries. Haley won Vermont, but even if she were the nominee she would lose it in November. Vermont is a socialist state. I’m not talking about Vermont. Assuming Trump can survive the Democrats’ lawfare, he cannot win without a united Republican Party. He has some work to do to put the Republican house together. His choice for vice president could help.

It is difficult to project the state of play in the coming months. My crystal ball is cloudy. Much depends on the course of the Democrats’ lawfare against Trump and, to a lesser extent, the nature of the campaign Trump runs. I think he best serves his own interests at this point when he is out of the news and provides the alternative to Biden. If the election can be reduced to a binary choice, Biden should lose. The Democrats’ lawfare means to preclude that.

Yesterday brought more news of the illegal immigration that Biden has invited, inflicted, facilitated, fostered. Biden’s derelictions in office are historic in nature. The Daily Mail reports, for example, “Biden administration ADMITS flying 320,000 migrants secretly into the U.S. to reduce the number of crossings at the border has national security ‘vulnerabilities.'” The New York Post reports “Elon Musk says Biden flying 320K ‘unvetted’ migrants into the US sets stage ‘for something far worse than 9/11.’” Elon Musk — he’s no dummy.

The true numbers involved in the invasion that Biden invited are staggering, whatever they are, as are the secondary effects. As I say, we need a miracle, or something like it.

Trump Trial: At Least 50 Potential Jurors Excused from First Pool

Thirty-four of the 96 potential jurors remain from the first pool in the juror selection process for President Donald Trump's criminal trial, court room journalists reported. 

The post Trump Trial: At Least 50 Potential Jurors Excused from First Pool appeared first on Breitbart.

John Legend: Trump Is the Beneficiary of Two-Tiered Justice System

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Singer and activist John Legend said Monday on MSNBC's "Inside" that former President Donald Trump is not the victim of a two-tiered justice system because of his wealth.

The post John Legend: Trump Is the Beneficiary of Two-Tiered Justice System appeared first on Breitbart.

Poll: Only 1 in 3 U.S. Adults Think Trump Acted Illegally in Hush Money Case

The hush money trial involving ex-President Donald Trump now underway in New York, the first time a former U.S. president has been called before a court to face criminal charges, is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed any crime, a poll released Tuesday reveals.

The post Poll: Only 1 in 3 U.S. Adults Think Trump Acted Illegally in Hush Money Case appeared first on Breitbart.

Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 518: Trump Attorney Jesse Binnall on the Trump Trials

Trump attorney Jesse Binnall gives an insider’s take on the state of play in former President Donald Trump’s court cases, including the so-called “hush money” trial underway this week in New York City.

The post Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 518: Trump Attorney Jesse Binnall on the Trump Trials appeared first on Breitbart.

'Truth and Democracy Are on Trial': Meacham Calls Trump a Tyrant

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Historian Jon Meacham said Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he believed former President Donald Trump was a "tyrant who rose among us."

The post ‘Truth and Democracy Are on Trial’: Meacham Calls Trump a Tyrant appeared first on Breitbart.

Lara Trump: Donald Trump Raised $1.5M After Day One of Trial

The massive single-day haul supports Donald Trump's belief that his legal challenges might come back and haunt Democrats.

The post Lara Trump: Donald Trump Raised $1.5M After Day One of Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

NYT Poll: Views of Trump's Presidency Improves After Three Years of Joe Biden 

Voters' view of former President Donald Trump's presidency improved nine points after President Joe Biden assumed office, a New York Times/Siena poll found Saturday.

The post NYT Poll: Views of Trump’s Presidency Improves After Three Years of Joe Biden  appeared first on Breitbart.

Haberman: Trump 'Made a Pretty Specific Stare' After Report he Dozed Off During Trial

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said Monday on CNN's "The Source" that former President Donald Trump gave her a "pretty specific stare" in court after she reported that the former president fell asleep during his New York trial.

The post Haberman: Trump ‘Made a Pretty Specific Stare’ After Report he Dozed Off During Trial appeared first on Breitbart.

Katie Couric: Many Trump Voters Motivated by 'Anti-Intellectualism'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Former CBS ”Evening News" anchor Katie Couric said Sunday on comedian Bill Maher’s podcast "Club Random" that many of former President Donald Trump’s voters were driven by anti-intellectualism.

The post Katie Couric: Many Trump Voters Motivated by ‘Anti-Intellectualism’ appeared first on Breitbart.

MSNBC's Scarborough: Trump, Fox News 'Are Obsessed with Trashing America'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday on his show "Morning Joe" that Fox News and former President Donald Trump were "obsessed with trashing America."

The post MSNBC’s Scarborough: Trump, Fox News ‘Are Obsessed with Trashing America’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Trump Nemesis Brian Kemp Endorses Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA), best known for his animosity toward Donald Trump, came out in defense of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as his speakership appears headed for the rocks.

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First 6 Jurors Selected in Trump Hush Money Trial After Questioning of Anti-Trump Social Media Posts

The first six jurors were selected in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday afternoon, after a two-day process, whittled down from a potential 96 potential candidates.

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Watch Live: Donald Trump Speaks in New York Following Second Day in Court

Former President Donald Trump speaks in New York City following the second day of his trial by District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday, April 16.

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Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden Admin in January 6 Case with Implications for Trump

The U.S. Supreme Court sounded skeptical of the Biden Justice Department during oral arguments Tuesday regarding whether a man involved in events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, can be charged under a law that severely punishes obstructing an official proceeding.

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Potential Juror Dismissed After Trump's Legal Team Finds 'Lock Him Up' Posts on Social Media

As day two of former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial continued, attorneys for the former president had a potential juror dismissed after they found posts calling for Trump to be jailed.

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Donald Trump Visits NYC Bodega Where Worker Was Wrongfully Prosecuted by Alvin Bragg

Former President Donald Trump visited a bodega in New York City where a worker was attacked, robbed, and wrongfully prosecuted for murder by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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Dem Sen. Bennet: Iran Has More Power Than Before, But There's Blame on Trump, Obama Too

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) stated that “there should be criticism of administrations on both sides of the aisle” over how they handled Iran, and Iran has

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Eddie Glaude: 'If Trump Wins, I Think Democracy Is a Wrap'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. said Tuesday on MSNBC's "Deadline" that if former President Donald Trump wins the November election, it will end "democracy."

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Trump Greeted with Cheers at Harlem Bodega Where Clerk Defended Himself Against Violent Customer

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday after day two of his hush-money trial visited the Harlem bodega where store clerk Jose Alba, 61, defended himself after being attacked by a violent customer in July 2022.

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Meet 7 of Trump's Jurors: Nurse, Foreman, Lawyers, Teacher, Engineer, Consultant

The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's criminal trial swore in 7 jurors Tuesday, 4 men and 3 women from different backgrounds.

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Barr: I'll Vote for Trump Because Continuing Biden Is 'National Suicide'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Wednesday on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" that he will support Donald Trump in November.

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Pelosi: Trump Is 'Palsy-Walsy' with Putin

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s "Andrea Mitchell Reports" that former President Donald Trump was "palsy-walsy" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Biden Calls for Increase in Taxes on the Rich

As President Joe Biden visited Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, he called for an increase in taxes on the rich.

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NBC's Ruhle: Gas Prices Are Rising Partially Because Russia, Saudis Are Trying to Help Trump by Cutting Production

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” host and NBC Senior Business Analyst Stephanie Ruhle stated that one reason for rising gas prices is because of production cuts from Russia and Saudi Arabia, “who would sure like to help” 2024

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Donald Trump Praises Poland's President Andrzej Duda After NYC Meeting: 'Great Friends'

Former President Donald Trump praised Polish President Andrzej Duda after meeting together in New York City to discuss raising NATO's spending to three percent, and issues centering around Ukraine and Israel.

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Report: January 6 Committee Democrats Say They Fear Trump Will Put Them in Jail

House Democrats who led an investigation into former President Donald Trump's role in the January 6 Capitol riot say they are worried about their safety and being arrested if the former president wins reelection.

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MSNBC’s Wallace to George Conway: Your Tweets Drove Trump 'Batsh*t Crazy'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace told lawyer George Conway Wednesday on her show "Deadline" that his tweets drove former President Donald Trump "batshit crazy."

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Toobin: Trump Violated Gag Order, He Is Attempting to 'Intimidate Jurors'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Former CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Wednesday on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" that former President Donald Trump has likely violated a gag order with a social media post.

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48 More Potential Trump Case Jurors Dismissed After Saying They Couldn't Be Impartial

Half of the second round of potential jurors in the Trump hush money case -- 48 people -- on Thursday were immediately excused after they said they could not be fair and impartial.

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Report: Joe Biden's Aides Call Donald Trump 'Hitler Pig' in Private

White House aides have reportedly been referring to former President Donald Trump as "Hitler Pig" in their private discussions.

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Poll: Donald Trump Leads Biden Nationally, as 3 in 4 Say Cost of Living Rising

Former President Donald Trump has grown his lead against President Joe Biden nationally, as three in four voters say the cost of living is on the rise, according to an Emerson College poll.

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Nolte: Donald Trump Enjoys Double Digit Gains with Voters Aged 18-29

Among this age group, Joe Biden’s job approval rating sits at just 31 percent. Her Vice Fraudulency Kamala Harris has a job approval rating of just 32 percent.

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Prospective Juror Who Said She Could Remain Unbiased Admits 'Not a Fan' of Trump

A prospective juror who reportedly told the court she could remain unbiased in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial admitted in an interview this week that she is "not a fan" of him, listing various reasons including his comments on China, which she claimed made her "angry."

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Poll: Trump and Biden Virtually Tied in Key Swing State of Wisconsin

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are virtually tied in the key swing state of Wisconsin, the latest League of American Workers/North Star Opinion Research survey found.

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Trump: Political Opponents Trying to Get Me Off the Campaign Trail

Former President Donald Trump said his political opponents are trying to get him off the campaign trail and suggested it does not seem to be working.

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All 12 Jurors Seated for Donald Trump Hush Money Trial

All 12 jurors were seated on Thursday, the third day of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan.

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Potential Trump Case Juror Has Son Who Works for a House Democrat, Claims 'No Feelings' About Trump

A woman whose son works for a House Democrat told the court that it would not affect her ability to serve as a juror on the Trump hush money case and be fair and impartial.

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Dismissed Trump Juror: Trump Looked 'Bored,' 'Less Orange'

One of two jurors who have been dismissed from former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York said the former president looked "bored" and "less orange."

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Donald Trump Campaigning in Blue New Jersey

Former President Donald Trump is campaigning in blue New Jersey amid his criminal trial in New York, making a play for these blue areas, exactly as he said he would do.

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Marlow on 'Kudlow': NYC Trump Trial Is Insane 'Third World Stuff'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and New York Times bestselling Breaking Biden author Alex Marlow said Thursday on Fox Business Network's "Kudlow" that the New York business records trial of former President Donald Trump is "third world stuff."

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Pence: 'New Republican Isolationism' Is Because of Biden's Failures

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

On Thursday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," former Vice President Mike Pence blamed "this new Republican isolationism" on President Joe Biden's foreign policy failures.

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Who Are the 12 Jurors Seated in the Trump Hush Money Trial?

Here is a breakdown of the 12 jurors seated in the trial of former President Donald Trump. The trial is taking place in solidly-Democrat Manhattan, making it challenging for Trump's defense to find fair and impartial jurors.

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Reporter: Potential Trump Jurors Are 'More Left-of-Center Than Not'

Court reporter Maggie Haberman's statement confirms a widely held belief among Republicans that former President Donald Trump will not receive a fair criminal trial.

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Watch: Man Sets Self on Fire in Front of Trump Courthouse Live on CNN

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

A man set himself on fire in front of the Manhattan courtroom on Friday as a CNN live broadcast reported on the jury being seating in former President Donald Trump's trial.

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Jesse Ventura: I Could Beat Both Biden and Trump

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Former Minnesota Reform Party Gov. Jesse Ventura said Thursday on CNN's "OutFront" that he could beat bothident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical match-up.

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McCaskill: Trump Doesn't Know What FISA or Obamacare Are

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Friday on "Morning Joe" that former President Donald Trump does not know what the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) or the Affordable Care Act dubbed Obamacare were.

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Joe Biden Faces Enthusiasm Gap on Campaign Trail

Enthusiasm for President Joe Biden on the 2024 campaign trail appears to pale in comparison to the enthusiasm for former President Donald Trump.

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Michael Avenatti: Trump's Legal Team 'Contacted' Him, 'More than Happy to Testify'

The former attorney for adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, claims that former President Donald Trump's legal team has "contacted" him, and says he would be willing to testify.

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Donald Trump Cancels North Carolina Rally Due to Severe Weather

Former President Donald Trump made a last minute cancelation to a planned rally in North Carolina on Saturday night citing severe weather - his first major public appearance since the New York hush money trial began.

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Pritzker: Not Sure if Biden Should Debate Trump Who 'Lies and Lies and Lies'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that he was concerned about a presidential debate because former President Donald Trump "lies and lies and lies."

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Donald Trump Hush Money Trial to Begin with All Jurors Seated

Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in Manhattan is set to hear opening arguments on Monday, after a full jury of 12 jurors and six alternates were seated on Friday.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Plans for You to Not See Donald Trump on Platforms Before Election

In a significant shift from its previous approach to elections, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is distancing itself from politics, which could have a profound impact on the 2024 U.S. presidential election. An analysis of posts by the Trump and Biden campaigns show both have faced a 60 percent drop in engagement between 2020 and 2024 on Facebook.

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Nolte: Bidenomics Drives House Prices to Another Record High

The already insane cost of purchasing a home has hit a new high, thanks to the ongoing horror show that is Bidenomics.

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Civil Fraud Case: Donald Trump Wins Against Letitia James on Fight over $175M Bond

Former President Donald Trump won against New York Attorney General Letitia James in court on Monday regarding a question surrounding the $175 million bond Trump posted in the civil fraud case.

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Stephen A. Smith Blasted by Sportswriter for Saying Black People Relate to Trump: 'It's F*cking Insane!'

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman has had enough of Stephen A. Smith giving his "opinion about everything." Specifically, Pearlman is upset at Smith for saying black people relate to Donald Trump, and he'd like the ESPN hot-taker to "stop f*cking talking" about Trump like he knows who he really is.

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Donald Trump Defends 'America Loving Protesters': 'Go Out and Peacefully Protest'

Former President Donald Trump on Monday remarked on the treatment of left-wing protesters and rioters compared to the treatment of right-wing MAGA protesters, expressing that the latter "should be allowed to protest at the front steps of Courthouses" and all over the country, just as it is allowed for those "destroying our Country on the Radical Left."

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Hillary Clinton Believes Second Trump Term 'Will Be Like Having a Dictator'

Former President Donald Trump's so-called "threats" should "scare every American," twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said, asserting that a second Trump term would be like "having a dictator" in the Oval Office.

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MSNBC's Maddow: Trump 'Seemed Old and Tired and Mad' in Court

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said Monday on "Chris Jansing Reports" that it was striking to see former President Donald Trump seemed "old and tired and mad" in the "dingy" Manhattan courtroom.

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CNN's Tapper: Trump's Supreme Court Immunity Argument Is 'Crazy'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

CNN host Jake Tapper said Monday on his show "The Lead" that former President Donald Trump’s immunity argument was "crazy" because it would allow him to "do anything."

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Turley: Trump Is Right — New York Case Is an 'Embarrassment'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said Monday on Fox News Channel's "America Reports" that former President Donald Trump's New York trial for allegedly falsifying business records is an "embarrassment."

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Democrat Adviser: Two Reasons Biden Faces 'Tougher' Electoral College Path to 270

President Joe Biden faces a much "tougher" path than his opponent to obtain the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidential election, longtime Democrat adviser Doug Sosnik wrote in the New York Times.

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Donald Trump Gagged as Witness Michael Cohen Calls Him 'Von ShitzInPantz'

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, a witness in the Donald Trump New York trial, has been attacking his former boss publicly, calling him "Von ShitzInPants" as recently as Monday as Trump faces a hearing on Tuesday on whether he has violated gag orders on attacking witnesses like Cohen.

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Gag Order Hearing: Judge Merchan Could Send Trump to Jail for up to 30 Days

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday could fine and send former President Donald Trump to jail for up to 30 days for allegedly violating his gag order.

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These 2 States Are Poised to Scrap Fractured Electoral College System—in Different Ways

The only two states that apportion Electoral College votes in presidential races by congressional district are poised to scrap what makes them unique. 

In these systems, presidential candidates get one electoral vote for each congressional district they win in the state. Unlike in other states, the Democratic, Republican, and other party candidates could end up splitting a state’s electoral votes among them.

The usually blue Maine and generally red Nebraska each had one battleground congressional district that would sometimes draw presidential candidates.

But the Maine Legislature moved to give its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote—regardless of who carries the state. 

Nebraska lawmakers are considering becoming like 48 other states with winner-take-all elections, meaning the candidate who captures the majority of the state’s popular vote takes all of the state’s electoral votes. Nebraska’s change—if adopted—would affect the 2024 presidential election, while the Maine change likely wouldn’t.

Last week, Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced she would let a bill making Maine the 18th state to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact become law without her signature after it narrowly passed the state Legislature. 

Maine Joins National Popular Vote Compact https://t.co/e6tvfYRH6H via @democracynow

— NationalPopularVote (@NatlPopularVote) April 21, 2024

Under the multistate compact, Maine agrees to give its four electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the national popular vote. The states that make up the compact thus far represent a combined 209 electoral votes. Those votes will only activate when the compact reaches the required 270 electoral votes needed to elect a president. 

Meanwhile, Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen is considering calling a special session of the state Legislature, which already adjourned on April 18, to adopt a winner-take-all system for the state’s five electoral votes. 

Pillen said he would only call a special session “when there is sufficient support in the Legislature to pass it.”

Prominent conservative commentators such as Charlie Kirk and Mark Levin have supported the change in Nebraska.

JUST IN—The Great One, Mark Levin, gets behind turning Nebraska into a winner-take-all electoral college state.

The coalition is growing. Listen to @marklevinshow break down why this is critical ahead of November? pic.twitter.com/97PbsKAp3P

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 9, 2024

Maine enacted its rule to divide its electoral votes by congressional district ahead of the 1972 election. It took another 20 years for Nebraska to follow suit, which it did ahead of the 1992 election. 

However, split votes have been rare.

The first time Nebraska had a split came when Democrat Barack Obama won the swing Nebraska district in the Omaha area in the 2008 election, the first time since 1964 that a Democrat won an electoral vote in the state. 

In 2016, Republican Donald Trump won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes most of the state outside of Portland or Augusta, netting one electoral vote from the state. He was the first Republican since 1988 to win a Maine electoral vote. 

In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden captured Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District and its electoral vote.

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PAC Using Music, Culture to Target New Voters for Trump

A hybrid political action committee (PAC), focused on messaging through music and culture, is launching to target groups of Americans previously chilly to the Republican Party and get them to vote for Donald Trump for president.

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Gag Order Hearing: D.A. Alvin Bragg Backs Down from Wanting Trump in Jail

District Attorney Alvin Bragg reportedly backed down from asking New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to jail former President Donald Trump for allegedly violating a gag order.

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NBC News Poll: Trump More 'Competent' than Biden, Lifts 21 Points Since 2020 

Former President Donald Trump is more "competent" and "effective" than President Joe Biden, up about 21 points since 2020, an NBC News poll reveals.

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Jim Jordan: Trump Is 'Going to Win' — 'People See Through' Prosecutions

During an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" on Monday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued Americans were seeing through these prosecutions that he deemed to be efforts to undermine Trump's reelection bid.

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Media Research Center: Facebook Has Interfered in U.S. Elections 39 Times Since 2008

A recent study conducted by the Media Research Center (MRC) has uncovered 39 instances of Facebook interfering with U.S. elections since 2008, raising concerns about the platform's influence on the democratic process.

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Judge Juan Merchan’s ‘Manifestly Unfair’ Gag Order on Trump Comes Under Serious Legal Scrutiny

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan could fine former President Donald Trump up to $11,000 for violating a gag order that his legal team argues prevents him from defending himself publicly in a case where a Democrat district attorney is seeking to put him in jail.

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Romney on Trump's Character: 'You Don’t Pay Someone $130,000 Not to Have Sex with You'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Tuesday on CNN's "News Central" that his assessment of former President Donald Trump's character is you don’t pay someone to not to have sex with you.

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Mitt Romney Renders Verdict Already as Trial Begins: Donald Trump Is Guilty

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) believes that former President Donald Trump is guilty, something he stated clearly publicly, even before Trump's trial is really underway.

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