* History will provide the ultimate verdict on Trump. MAGA minions and Felon followers won’t matter.
* “Biden’s DOJ was authorized to shoot me (during the Mar-a-Lago raid).”–D. Trump. Not true, however tempting.
* The wild card: When Nikki Haley and her “zombie campaign” pulled in more than 20% of the primary vote in Maryland and Indiana, it should have been a signal to Trump that he could still face more opposition with the Republican Party. Avoiding global humiliation and supporting true country-first priorities could still, seemingly, be a motivator for some GOPsters. Yeah. And now Haley supports Trump. So much for the zombie vote.
* “There’s no backbone in her decision.”–Former Trump White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, on Haley’s support for another Trump presidency.
* Trump says Biden should take a drug test before the debates. Maybe Biden should say Trump ought to take a polygraph test during the debates.
* Veepstakes: Spineless toadies who prioritize their MAGA connection as a Trump prop.
* The Reich Stuff: Political opponents are “vermin,” his enemies should “rot in hell,” and he embraces being a “day one” dictator. So, why would anyone be surprised that Trump worked a “unified Reich” in America reference into a video posted to his social media?
* “You all know I stand by the truth, and if I put my name on something, I truly believe in it.” That was bankruptcy-hammered Rudy Giuliani, who still stands by the avatar of prevarication, in rolling out ads for his personally-branded “Rudy Coffee.” What’s next? “Rudy Steaks?” “Rudy Bibles?” “Rudy Hair Dye?”
* RFK Jr. said that if president, he would appoint a special counsel to examine whether Trump allies were unfairly singled out for prosecution.” Whatever.
* Low-caliber update: The NRA endorses Trump.
* “I violated my moral compass, and I suffered the penalty, as has my family.” Forever frowning Michael Cohen, on his Faustian-deal as Trump’s “fixer.”
* Candid Cohen on Trump: A “boorish cartoon misogynist” and a “Cheeto-dusted” villain who belongs in a “cage.”
* A Trump gag order: Isn’t that an oxyMORON?
* “This ridiculous (hush-money) prosecution is not about justice. It’s all about politics.” That was 2020 election challenger House Speaker Mike Johnson, when he became the highest-ranking GOPster to show up at Court with Donald Trump. He also called the trial a “sham.” But nothing about all the America-diminishing, inherent sleaze that not even the felon’s wife could show up for.
* In a recent USF poll, 17% of respondents said that “the candidate’s personal character and integrity” will be a key determinant of how they vote. Beyond sobering and worrisome when a certain candidate is unethical, immoral, unhinged, misogynistic and a proven pathological liar and fraudster—and for 83% of respondents that’s not a big vote factor.