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A Bonus Lowittlowdown By BRUCE LOWITT (A Partial transcript of the 8 p.m. meeting of the House Oversight Committee meeting on Thursday evening, postponed from 11 a.m. due to too many of the Republican committee members attending former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York. The meeting, chaired by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., wasContinue reading “Bad Girls”

BRUCE LOWITT Robert F. Kennedy Jr., changing what’s left of his mind on immigration, as he has on almost everything, proposed Friday resolving what he called “the migrant crisis” by moving the United States’ southern border further north, part of his presidential campaign “to tighten North America.” Previously opposed to building a wall before losingContinue reading “CAM-A-LOT of brain worms”

By BRUCE LOWITT Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Mike Johnson, former Rep. George Santos, and – surprisingly – Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez attended Donald Trump’s trial Tuesday although none of them expressed actual support of the former president or even being his vice president. Cruz, R-Gargoyle, said he had “a few hours to kill” beforeContinue reading “The GOP: There, but not a reason why”

By BRUCE LOWITT Marjorie Taylor Greene, angrily blaming what she called “a Jewish cable [sic] in Congress” for refusing to support her motion to remove Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House of Representatives, threatened Monday to file a bill requiring future sessions to be held only during the High Holy Days. “This collection ofContinue reading “Greene gets gornisht”

By BRUCE LOWITT Judge Aileen Cannon admitted she postponed Donald Trump’s clasified-documents trial indefinitely after a plea from conservative Federalist Society Chairman Leonard Leo while she was spanking him with a copy of National Review magazine.“Lenny – we’ve been very good friends for a long time – invited me to stop by his suite lastContinue reading “Cannon’s latest shot”

By BRUCE LOWITT Donald Trump, calling Todd Blanche, “a pussy, and I mean that negatively as opposed to pussy I like to grab,” said he wants to dump the lawyer representing him in his hush-money trial and replace him with Judge Juan Merchan.The former president said Blanche “should be attacking the witnesses more forcefully andContinue reading “Trump: A bad judge of judges”

By BRUCE LOWITT Quick Quiz: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem … (a) has enhanced her chances of being named this year’s Republican vice presidential candidate with the publication of her forthcoming book: No Going Back. (b) has diminished her chances of being named this year’s Republican vice presidential candidate because of critical and often negativeContinue reading “Down … Heel … Blam!”

By BRUCE LOWITT Partial transcript, recorded by a U.S. Supreme Court clerk who provided it on condition of anonymity (okay, it was Crystal Clanton, Clarence Thomas’ law clerk), of a midnight meeting following Thursday’s hearing on former president Donald Trump’s immunity appeal: Chief Justice John Roberts: “… think we handled that pretty well, considering NeilContinue reading “Probably a bad outcome, hypothetically”

By BRUCE LOWITT The following are the questions that prospective New York jurors will be asked starting Monday in the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Each juror will be asked to answer the following 42 questions, with the following instructions: “Simply state the number of the question and answer each question, oneContinue reading “Do you solemnly swear…? So does he – a lot”

By BRUCE LOWITT Despite a vehement protest from GOP House Foreign Services Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, the Republican Party has formally changed its name to Единая с Россия.“We feel that ‘United With Russia’ more accurately describes our philosophy,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Vladivostok, who authored the name-change proposal. “I mean, Единая Россия is PresidentContinue reading “What’s in a name? Don’t ask”