Holly Morris: A Trump Question During the Superkick Run II. What Do You Think? What Makes You Famous? What Have You Done? And What Does Your Favorite Music Say?
This week’s quiz has just one Trump question, from Holly Morris of NPR. If you survived the news that came after 5 p.m. on Thursday and the long weekend, you’ll score 11-11 this week.
The latest album by Vince has him reflecting on what being in the public eye means to him.
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TV: NPR’s TV critic Eric Deggans looks back on Star Trek: Discovery as a pioneering show that laid the groundwork for later additions to the Star Trek universe.
Sometimes your favorite music comes from the fictional bands that you see in a movie. Happy hour debates the best ones.
Source: Former President Trump found guilty on all 34 felony charges in hush money trial
The First Lady in Mexico: Trump vs. Sheinbaum, Gálvez: A Manhattan jury convicts Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniel
Mexico is set to elect its first woman president. The two leading candidates in this race are women: Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party’s candidate, and opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez. According to Eyder, the people on the streets are most skeptical about history being made. Some say they expect politicians to be corrupt, no matter their gender. Others, like 92-year-old feminist Elena Poniatowska, credits hard work and feminist intention, adding that Mexico’s “triumph” of a first woman president is no surprise.
This is Trump’s party. Full stop. He is going to be nominated by the party. It will take place, incredibly, just days after he’s scheduled to be sentenced in this case (July 11).
The charges carry a sentence of anywhere from probation to up to four years in prison, but legal experts told NPR that it’s unlikely Trump will face incarceration.
A Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records. The jurors said they unanimously agreed Trump falsified those business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. Here are the felony counts that have been listed.
Trump’s conviction: The last thing he wanted was a president or a felon, and now is a reset moment in the campaign
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The campaigns will be trying hard to turn out every last voter they think should vote for them to show up — and Trump’s conviction is likely to be a very large piece of the campaign going forward.
The attempts started fast and furious. Trump and his surrogates denounced the legitimacy of the verdict immediately afterward, and both campaigns were quickly out with statements and fundraising appeals.
That hasn’t stopped Trump and conservative media from saying exactly that, though — and worse. With this verdict, and the only trial that Trump will face before the election, expect Biden to lean into this.
Most voters won’t change their minds either way according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. It showed that some, including younger voters, might be moved at the margins, but this may be a reset moment in the campaign.
It is an important moment in American history. Americans will be tuning in now to learn about the conviction. And the bottom line is: The last thing Trump wanted was “Trump” and “convicted felon” in the same headline. And barring an overturn on appeal before the election, that’s what will be attached to him as voters weigh their choices.
Biden’s line has to be between being president and a candidate. The White House counsel’s office essentially said no comment, but Biden’s campaign has weighed in, noting that the New York case shows “no one is above the law.”
The One Way to Keep Donald Trump Out Of The Oval Office: At the Voting Box, not at the Election Box. The Case for the Biden Campaign
Trump is in charge of the Republican National Committee. He is in a strong position with the Republican Party because he has installed loyalists in state parties, as opposed to the 2016 attempt by Ted Cruz to take over the party.
That is not happening. Republicans are lining up behind Trump, from the speaker of the House to the cadre of Trump allies auditioning to be his vice presidential running mate.
“There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box,” Michael Tyler, a Biden campaign spokesman, said in a statement.
The election year in which the former president is running for his old job will undoubtedly have political consequences.