sir1963:

The US army predicted MAGA 80 years ago...

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-29-2023 

https://occupydemocrats.com/2023/05/31/rift-why-trump-just-attacked-his-former-favorite-press-secretary/ >> cross Trump (or tell him what he doesn't want to hear) at your peril. Even if you were once a favourite.

The NY Times - House Approves a Measure to Suspend the Federal Debt Limit

breaking

House lawmakers overwhelmingly agreed on Wednesday to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling for two years, heading off an economically devastating default.

 

After a revolt by far-right Republicans threatened to scuttle consideration of the bill, a bipartisan coalition lined up in large numbers to support the compromise negotiated by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy and pull the nation back from the brink of economic catastrophe.

 

The 314-117 vote * came days before the nation was projected to exhaust its borrowing power, and after a marathon set of talks between White House negotiators and top House Republicans.

 

The bill, which now heads to the Senate, where leaders in both parties have expressed their support would defer the federal debt limit for two years - allowing the government to borrow unlimited sums as necessary to pay its obligations.

 

It would also impose two years of spending caps and a string of policy changes that Republicans demanded in exchange for allowing the country to avoid a disastrous default.

 

EDIT  *  71 Republicans and 46 Democrats opposed the bill.

The Senate vote will probably be a lot closer...  😕

The Washington Post -  Prosecutors have recording of Trump discussing sensitive Iran document

31 May 2023

Special counsel Jack Smith has obtained a 2021 recording in which Donald Trump appears to brag about having a classified document related to Iran, suggesting the former president understood both the legal and security concerns around his possession of such restricted information ...

 

The audio features Trump describing a multi-page document that he claims is about possibly attacking Iran, expressing a desire to share that information with others but also making some kind of acknowledgment that he shouldn’t do so ...

 

For the Justice Department, evidence that Trump knew he had classified material, and understood the restrictions on sharing it, would be an important part of any charging decision.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/01/desantis-strategy-trump-2024-00099475 >> could this work? (Maybe, maybe not)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-lashes-reporter-are-blind-rcna87246 >> De Santis takes a page out of Trump's playbook on dealing with the media. Mind you, Trump has been nasty towards the media for so many years, to most voters this will most likely be another "so what?" moment.

quickymart: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-lashes-reporter-are-blind-rcna87246

I hate saying this, but exactly that worked for Trump. Maybe De Santis thinks it can work for him too?

Gloves off, let the battles/in-fighting commence.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/trump-desantis-feud-gets-ugly-fast-00099830

kingdragonfly: "...'People are coming up to me, talking to me,' DeSantis said.

Political Cannabalism, they eat their own ?

Trump’s cruel attack on Kayleigh McEnany is the final straw in his false loyalty schtick
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-cruel-attack-on-kayleigh-mcenany-is-the-final-straw-in-his-false-loyalty-schtick/ar-AA1c0Jy0

'Unhinged'? Now Donald Trump is attacking former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/31/donald-trump-attacks-kayleigh-mcenany/70272269007/

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"The RINOS & Globalists can have her. FoxNews should only use REAL Stars!!!" Trump said late Tuesday on his Truth Social website, drawing criticism from conservatives who have normally been sympathetic to the uber-aggressive former president.
""

Republican leaders have mastered the art of manufacturing crises to divert the public’s attention from the real crisis of our era – the siphoning of income, wealth and power from most Americans by a small group at the top.

 

 

[...]

 

 

All five of these so-called crises have been manufactured by the Republican party. They’re entirely made up.

The NY Times - Senate Passes Debt Limit Bill

breaking

The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 63-36, ensuring the federal government will not run out of money to pay its bills on Monday.

It now goes to President Biden to be signed.

neb: Interesting article in the Guardian about the Retrumplicans' favourite manufactroversies ... They’re entirely made up.

The Washington Post - The 5-Minute Fix - Donald Trump could be indicted again this summer

today

This time in Georgia, where he’s been under investigation for trying to change election results.

 

That investigation could wrap up by August ... the prosecutor has expanded her investigation to include the Trump campaign’s activities in other states.

 

This is all pointing to the possibility that Trump or his allies get charged with a serious crime in Georgia known as racketeering.

 

Georgia statute* allows prosecutors to weave together several alleged crimes - conspiracy to commit election fraud, tampering with election equipment, false statements to investigators might be ones - into one big racketeering charge that calls for up to 20 years in prison.

 

*  Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute

(This sounds tailor-made for The Don  😉)