Trump v. Trump
Even after his criminal conviction, the Trump faithful will stick with him. But his trial "strategy" showed why he can be beaten in November.
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The intifada, globalized
If institutions associated with any other minority group were being targeted in this fashion, it would probably be the dominant Canadian news story and the subject of an emergency debate in the House of Commons.
It’s open to all readers. And, unfortunately, someone in Vancouver gave more some more material to work with yesterday evening.
Pardon my language, but what the fuck is happening to my country?
I feel bad for all the true-crime podcasters covering the Chad and Lori Daybell murder cases. Cult leader Chad was convicted of murdering his wife and his girlfriend’s two children yesterday, and outside of Idaho, it wasn’t even the day’s highest-profile guilty verdict.
Yep, they got him. Like everyone else, I assumed this set of charges were the weakest ones, though as the trial went on it became clear that a conviction was possible and even likely. (Because of my long history of jinxing everything I touch, I didn’t dare say so.)
But it wasn’t the prosecutor or the judge or the witnesses who sealed the deal. No, Donald J. Trump’s greatest adversary in court was one Donald J. Trump.
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