By BRUCE LOWITT Milwaukee closed its doors for the summer to the Republican Party on Friday as Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers told the GOP in a joint statement to “stick their national convention where the sun don’t shine.” The decision to lock the doors of the Fiserv Forum during July 15-18Continue reading “Milwaukee to the GOP: Take a hike”
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Trump jumps the shark and the rails
By BRUCE LOWITT Budding theoretical ethicist and veteran moral degenerate Donald Trump, having resolved his electrocution-vs.-sharks conundrum, has turned his attention to kittens, pioneer schoolmarms, and parades in his quest to prove he would be the best presidential decision maker. Trump told a rally Wednesday at Utah’s Aspen Grove Behavioral Hospital, “Say there’s a Chicago-boundContinue reading “Trump jumps the shark and the rails”
DJT: 45 + 34 = 86
By BRUCE LOWITT Technically, it took the jury two days to announce in court that Donald Trump was guilty on all 34 felony counts of scheming to influence the 2016 presidential election by suppressing a story about an affair with a porn star – but interviews with jurors tell a different story. “Two minutes isContinue reading “DJT: 45 + 34 = 86”
And Justice for All (well, for some … maybe)
By BRUCE LOWITT (Excerpts from Tuesday’s defense and prosecution summations in former president and potential future cellblock leader Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. After six weeks of testimony from twenty witnesses in Judge Juan Merchan’s court, defense attorney Todd Blanche conducted his summation, followed by prosecutor Joshua Steinglass.) Blanche: “I hope you haven’t been paying closeContinue reading “And Justice for All (well, for some … maybe)”
Bad Girls
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”
CAM-A-LOT of brain worms
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”
The GOP: There, but not a reason why
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”
Greene gets gornisht
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”
Cannon’s latest shot
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”
Trump: A bad judge of judges
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”