He said at one point "I myself am a Democrat in the mold of JFK."

Donald Trump, at 78, becomes the oldest nominee in U.S. history if Kamala Harris or someone else younger than Trump succeeds Biden atop the Democratic ticket, Axios reports.

From CNN...

"I took on perpetrators of all kinds," Harris says as she previews her case against Trump.

"As a young prosecutor when I was in the Alameda County District Attorney's office in California, I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. Donald Trump was found liable by a jury for committing sexual abuse. As attorney general of California, I took on one of our country's largest for-profit colleges and put it out of business. Donald Trump ran a for-profit college, Trump University, that was forced to pay $25 million to the students it scammed," she said.

Justice Kagan Backs Outside Ethics Panel
July 25, 2024 at 5:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

"Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that she would support the creation of a committee of judges to examine potential violations of the Supreme Court's new ethics code, speaking out as President Biden and others are increasingly calling for reform at the high court," the Washington Post reports.

CNN: Kagan says Supreme Court's code of conduct should be enforced by other federal judges

Biden could make this the focus, or at least A focus, of his last few months.

Federal Judge Decries Efforts to Downplay January 6
July 26, 2024 at 3:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 58 Comments

"The longest-serving district judge on the federal bench in Washington, D.C., warned Thursday that false rhetoric about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol -- including the sorts of lies hurled by former President Donald Trump and some of his congressional allies -- poses an ongoing danger to the nation," Politico reports.

"Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee to the bench, said the `destructive' misinformation, spread by political leaders who have downplayed and misrepresented the attack, had become pervasive."

Said Lamberth, in a court filing: "In my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream."

If this were to come to pass (I'm sure it won't), here's my proposal. If parents have more stake in the country's future, then remove any tax deductions for children. You say more, you pay more. Add a tax credit for all childless people.

No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office: President Biden shares the Founders' belief that the President's power is limited--not absolute--and must ultimately reside with the people. He is calling for a constitutional amendment that makes clear no President is above the law or immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office. This No One Is Above the Law Amendment will state that the Constitution does not confer any immunity from federal criminal indictment, trial, conviction, or sentencing by virtue of previously serving as President.

Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices: Congress approved term limits for the Presidency over 75 years ago, and President Biden believes they should do the same for the Supreme Court. The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court Justices. Term limits would help ensure that the Court's membership changes with some regularity; make timing for Court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary; and reduce the chance that any single Presidency imposes undue influence for generations to come. President Biden supports a system in which the President would appoint a Justice every two years to spend eighteen years in active service on the Supreme Court.

Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court: President Biden believes that Congress should pass binding, enforceable conduct and ethics rules that require Justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. Supreme Court Justices should not be exempt from the enforceable code of conduct that applies to every other federal judge

I see this as a good sign of a) how desperate and pathetic the Right is and b)how willing they are to overreach to insult the intelligence of voters.

its really very straightforward

And it will be all over before Aug 7

Trump Is Still Attacking Biden
July 22, 2024 at 11:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

New York Times: "In his posts since Mr. Biden's announcement, Mr. Trump has so far not taken direct aim at Ms. Harris or other popular Democrats who have at various points been mentioned as possible options for the ticket."

"Instead, Mr. Trump has fallen back on attacks on Mr. Biden that largely echoed the ones he has been making for years."

Trump Freaks Out Over Biden Leaving Race
July 22, 2024 at 10:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 365 Comments

"Joe Biden's exit from the 2024 campaign and the rise of Vice President Kamala Harris as the leading contender for the Democratic ticket has provoked a nuclear-level meltdown from the right -- especially from Donald Trump," Rolling Stone reports.

"In a series of Truth Social posts, Trump also complained that he had been unfairly forced to spend money campaigning against Biden, and even suggested that `the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud' now that he wouldn't be running against the president."

"Trump even hinted that he may back out of the scheduled presidential debate in September, unless major changes are made in his favor."

"Trump's musings became more unhinged as the night went on. In another post, he suggested that Biden was faking a recent Covid-19 diagnosis. The rant extended into the early hours of Monday morning, when Trump accused Democrats of having stolen the nomination from Biden."

Nancy Pelosi Endorses Kamala Harris
July 22, 2024 at 1:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 170 Comments

"Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is officially backing Vice President Harris to be the Democratic Party's nominee, an endorsement that came one day after President Biden announced that he would no longer seek re-election," The Hill reports

Trump Campaign Warns of Harris Bump in the Polls
July 23, 2024 at 2:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

From a new memo from Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio:

"Given what has happened over the past couple of days and her impending VP choice, there is no question that Harris will get her bump earlier than the Democrat's Convention. And that bump is likely to start showing itself over the next few days and will last a while until the race settles back down."

He also said the Harris bump will "last a while."

He is (or was) co-chair of Biden's re-election campaign. He is not a current office holder. So no one loses an elected Democrat. I said midwesterner earlier, I think a southerner would fit the bill as well. And New Orleans southerner is not a MS or AL type southerner.

"There's this thing people are talking about, the 25 Project? I don't know anything about."

He says that even though a handful of his his colleagues were instrumental in putting it together.

but there's a long stretch there where it's really fun to put thought bubbles over her head while she is talking to them

"Welcome to the party pal"

"We always have to make an entrance don't we?"

``SECTION 1. No officer of the United States, including the President and the Vice President, or a Senator or Representative in Congress, shall be immune from criminal prosecution for any violation of otherwise valid Federal law, nor for any violation of State law unless the alleged criminal act was authorized by valid Federal law, on the sole ground that their alleged criminal act was within the conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority of their office or related to their official duties, except for Senators and Representatives acting pursuant to the first clause of the sixth section of the first article. ``SECTION 2. The President shall have no power to grant a reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States to himself or herself. ``SECTION 3. This amendment is self-executing, and Congress shall have the power to enact legislation to facilitate the implementation of this amendment.''.

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Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians... In four years, you don't have to vote again."

-- Donald Trump

It's not just `cat ladies': JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids

And the fact that so many people, especially in America's leadership class, just don't have that in their lives."

"You know, I worry that it makes people more sociopathic and ultimately our whole country a little bit less, less mentally stable,

"And I asked her that, I mean I wasn't there, I was on the ground--when the world started to, when you could talk to people and said, 'So what was your feeling,' and she was ah, she can't really even talk about it--"
"Which is OK, because that means she likes me or she loves me. Let's say if she could talk about it freely, that would be, I'm not so sure which is better but ah, she either likes or loves me, that's nice."
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Head  of Project 2025 Steps Down
July 30, 2024 at 2:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 126 Comments

"The Heritage Foundation official who leads Project 2025, the conservative roadmap for the next Republican administration, is stepping down after former President Donald Trump and his aides publicly criticized the group and Democrats decried its proposals as radical and dangerous," the Wall Street Journal reports.

"Paul Dans, the group's director, informed Heritage Foundation staff this week of his decision to step down."