Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of Trump's Mar-a-Lago case is a self-ownwww.salon.com Judge Cannon’s dismissal of Trump’s documents case is likely to be overturned — and she’s likely to get the boot
Lucian K. Truscott IV
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As Republicans gather, Democrats cannot ditherluciantruscott.substack.com Last night, President Joe Biden had exactly the right reaction to the attempt on Donald Trump’s life on Saturday evening. “We stand for an America not of extremism and fury, but of decency and grace,"...
Guns and politics don't mix. Neither do guns and people.luciantruscott.substack.com Former president Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet at a rally in Butler, PA, earlier this evening. A spectator who was close to the rally stage was quoted saying that Trump had just turned his head ...
The bigger pictureluciantruscott.substack.com President Biden has two opponents in this race: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The two have been trying to destroy Joe Biden since he won the election in 2020. The big question on my mind as we head...
Where we stand nowluciantruscott.substack.com I have been reading the comments to my posts over the last few days – there are hundreds of them – and I detect if not a panic, at least some extremely heightened concern about this election and what ...
There was an orange elephant in the room tonightluciantruscott.substack.com The question is so, so obvious: Can you imagine Donald Trump giving that news conference? Okay, early on, President Biden had one of his patented slip-ups, calling Vice President Harris “Vice Presiden...
New York Times editorial on Trump is weak, lame, pathetic, and belatedluciantruscott.substack.com Everyone knows that the letters CYA stand for “cover your ass.” Everyone, that is, but the New York Times editorial board, which attempted to do just that with respect to Donald Trump and failed miser...
Who's the scandal?luciantruscott.substack.com Well, another day has passed in this in interminable waiting game we’re playing about President Joe Biden. It was fairly busy today, at least on the side that has been pushing rather than pulling. Som...
The abortion trap: Trump can't pivot away from Project 2025www.salon.com We can't forget what Donald Trump has been up to while Democrats have obsessed over President Biden
Get a grip, Democrats: We need to save the country from Donald Trump, not Joe Bidenluciantruscott.substack.com The tsunami of leaks continued today after Joe Biden’s interview last night on ABC News. The conventional wisdom in Washington D.C. has turned into a ticking clock counting down the days or even hours...
Was the ABC interview enough?luciantruscott.substack.com In a word, no. There he was, sitting alone getting peppered with uncomfortable often cringe-making questions by George Stephanopoulos, the gist of which was, because you whiffed in your debate with Tr...
4th of July reprise: You can't rewrite history that is staring you in the faceluciantruscott.substack.com The 4th of July has always been a special holiday in my family and my cousin Shannon’s family. My children Lucian and Violet and I spent the 4th at Monticello several years ago when Lucian was an inte...
For this Supreme Court, incoherence is the pointluciantruscott.substack.com Here we go with yet another of this Supreme Court’s nonsensical, nearly impenetrable and ignorant decisions. By now, reams have been written about this week’s ruling in Trump vs. United States, findin...
Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity: It could be worse, but not by muchluciantruscott.substack.com Well, at least they didn’t hold a ceremony at the Supreme Court to present Donald Trump with a crown and a scepter, but that about all they didn’t do. We’ll get to the effect of this massive expansion...
Grow a spine, Democrats.luciantruscott.substack.com The New York Times Editorial Board called for Joe Biden to “leave the race” this morning. You know who they didn’t call upon to leave the race? The convicted felon, serial liar, and adjudicated sexual...
Saturday reprise: Ruby, my dearluciantruscott.substack.com Dogs save us, every single day
Oooof...cruunch...thud...aarrgghh...one blow after anotherluciantruscott.substack.com As if Joe Biden’s faltering performance in last night’s debate wasn’t enough, this morning Donald Trump’s Supreme Court banged the gavel down on three cases that are part of the radical right’s assaul...
Debate rules: Who is going to do the pat-down on Donald Trump?luciantruscott.substack.com As everyone knows, rules for tonight’s debate will be different from those used in previous debates, most of which have been overseen by the Commission on Presidential Debates. There will be no audien...
What makes a MAGA?luciantruscott.substack.com The question has perplexed philosophers, scholars, pundits, strategists, and just plain dummies ever since Donald Trump descended the golden escalator in Trump Tower accompanied by his imported muse, ...
Daily Beast podcast interviewluciantruscott.substack.com Here’s a link to my interview on The New Abnormal podcast by the Daily Beast. They interviewed me about Sinclair Broadcasting and their disinformation campaign against Joe Biden. My interview starts a...
Sunday reprise: Naked, not yet clothed by experienceluciantruscott.substack.com This is one of my memory columns from two years ago. I hope you enjoy it, especially new subscribers, and if you’ve been reading for free, that you’ll consider becoming a paid subscriber. There’s a lo...
Guns and testosterone are not a good mixluciantruscott.substack.com An arch-conservative Republican state representative in Michigan was arrested early Friday morning on charges of sexual assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and simple assault. Police responded ...
Glory be! Justice Thomas takes one for the team!luciantruscott.substack.com Well, I guess somebody has to stand up for the rights of spousal killers, wife beaters, child abusers, and the Second Amendment, and I’ll just bet you can guess who it is. Today, Supreme Court Justice...
Louisiana mandates posting The Ten Speedbumps on classroom wallsluciantruscott.substack.com Let’s begin our descent into this black hole of legal religiosity with the story of the resignation on Tuesday of Pastor Robert Morris from his perch at the pulpit of the massive Gateway Church in the...
Who the hell wants to visit North Korea?luciantruscott.substack.com Let’s see…since the armistice ending the Korean War, the ruling Kim family has pretty much had to use hostage-taking to convince world leaders to visit their notoriously impoverished and grim country....