Trump’s very little big-money crowd

By BRUCE LOWITT Billionaire investor John Paulson admitted Monday he contributed all but $900,000 of the $50.5-million raised Saturday night at his Palm Beach, Florida, home for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.Of the remaining $900,000 from the event’s attendees, billionaire Russian oligarchs Yuri Kovalchuk, Gennady Timchenko and Alisher Usmanov gave $290,000 apiece while billionaire former GeorgiaContinue reading “Trump’s very little big-money crowd”

The Women’s Final, finally

By BRUCE LOWITT After discovering that one of the three-point lines at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was improperly measured, the NCAA suspended the entire Women’s Basketball Tournament after more discrepancies were discovered, including the fact that the games played in Portland, Oregon, were supposed to be played in Portland, Maine. “Or possibly Portland, Arkansas;Continue reading “The Women’s Final, finally”

Buy high, sell low, drop dead

By BRUCE LOWITT The staff of THELOWITTLOWDOWN.COM is pleased to announce that it is launching a a phony social-media and religiously suspect website with the unabashed goal of suckering supporters of impeached and indicted former presidents into buying worthless nonexistent stock that will enable TheLowittLowdown company’s chairman, president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer andContinue reading “Buy high, sell low, drop dead”

In polls, Trump gets poled

By BRUCE LOWITT With the presidential race now down to two candidates (plus a variety of independent and third-party entries), the latest Quinnipiac University poll of nationwide registered voters shows President Joe Biden leading former president Donald Trump by one-tenth of one percentage point, 50.05 to 49.95. Among registered Democrats, Biden leads Trump 66 percentContinue reading “In polls, Trump gets poled”

Help me, Ronna. On second thought, don’t.

By BRUCE LOWITTFormer Republican National Committee chair and evanescent NBC News analyst Ronna Romney McDaniel was struck by lightning Wednesday, just minutes after Donald Trump had said he planned to make her his chief Bible salesperson. McDaniel sustained only minor burns, mostly to her spine and ego, and issued a statement saying she had decidedContinue reading “Help me, Ronna. On second thought, don’t.”

MTG: Introducing a motion with teeth

By BRUCE LOWITT Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is expected to be released Monday from Floyd County Hospital near her Rome, Ga., home after treatment for a shattered jaw which she said she received “during a debate Friday with Mike Johnson.” Greene, R-Bloodbath, reportedly was injured when she rushed the Speaker of the House after introducingContinue reading “MTG: Introducing a motion with teeth”

Whatever L J wants, L J gets

By BRUCE LOWITT New York Attorney General Letitia James denied Thursday she is considering seizing Donald Trump’s assets if the former president is unable to secure the bond he needs to pay the $464-million in a fraud judgment against him by Monday. “What I announced and was obviously misunderstood,” James said, “is that I’m goingContinue reading “Whatever L J wants, L J gets”

Cannon’s balls

By BRUCE LOWITT After prosecutors and defense lawyers submitted their responses to her request for proposed jury instructions, Judge Aileen Cannon added several additional hypothetical questions Wednesday in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, including how much jurors would be willing to donate to the former president’s legal defense fund or pay toward the $454-million heContinue reading “Cannon’s balls”

Something’s rotten in Georgia

By BRUCE LOWITT Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis filed a motion Monday to have Judge Scott McAfee removed from her prosecution of former President Donald Trump for “failing to explain his comment about me and Nathan Wade.” Willis’ ethics were repeatedly questioned during a hearing regarding her relationship with Wade, who resigned Friday as specialContinue reading “Something’s rotten in Georgia”