Trump Under Investigation Thread

I'm moving this from the open thread: I watched a little bit of Fox News last night to get a flavor for what kind of nonsense they were spoon feeding the moronic dipshits known as Fox News viewers.  The major themes seemed to be:
  1. But, but , but Hilary Clinton's email server.
  2. But, but, but Hunter Biden is crimes and gangstering.
  3. Banana Republic!
  4. We can't enforce laws because fascist might get mad.
Be prepared to hear "Banana Republic" a lot. Alan Dershowitz, who Fox News considers to be smart, was exclaiming "Banana Republic!" last night, and that seemed to be picked up pretty quickly by the braying Fox News mutton heads. There might be more, but I couldn't stomach watching more than about 10 minutes.

DL Open Thread Tuesday August 9 2022

I met some DL commenters and chatted with some of our best legislators last night at the York fundraiser. FWIW, here is my take on York's chances. The convicted Auditor is popular in Sussex. She is the kind of person who shows up at everything. Knows everyone's name asks about the kids by name and people love that shit. She is a Karen's Karen. If it was a general election York would have a heavy lift, but this is a primary. Primary voters aren't normal voters. They pay more attention and know the increased value of their vote. Primary voters aren't as easily swayed by the glad-handing things the convicted auditor excels at. That said the wild card is the unions. I have't tracked endorsements, but I watched the union vote swamp much better candidates in primaries because the numbers they can turn out in a primary are significant.

Carper and Coons, Craven to the Core

Ever since SCOTUS pulled its gangland-style execution of Roe, Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo has been stumping for Democrats to make the issue the centerpiece of the midterm…