The Mahablog

Jack Smith restified to the Senate Judiciary Committee today and apparently the senators made fools of themselves.

Is Susan Collins going to survive the midterms?

First, the bad news.

Okay, I’m back, and the laptop seems fine.

Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, and has threatened to ban the Washington Post and the New York Times.

I guess you heard that Mitch is back.

As I was writing this the Supreme Court issued a decision that slaps down Trump’s scheme to take over mail-in voting to rig the midterms.

I thought you’d get a kick out of this headline on the CNBC site.

I didn’t watch the ceremonies, but it appears no anti-Mamdani protesters showed up in NYC to disrupt them.

Today’s big yuk was Trump’s offer to pay every American $5,000 if the voters keep the House and Senate in Republican hands.

Here’s a fun read — All the Places Trump Was on 9/11 by Marie-Rose Sheinerman at The Atlantic.

My biggest worry for the week is that some jerks will show up at the New York City September 11 observance to protest Mayor Mamdani.

This is just a quick note to let you know I haven’t evaporated and advise you to rest up tomorrow for the rest of the week.

I’m reading about the first-ever Republican midterm convention to be held in Dallas next week.

If anyone really wanted to start a war against the U.S., or a war involving a U.S. interest, now would be the time.

Many years ago I worked for a textbook company that was producing a middle-school social studies textbook on countries in the Western Hemisphere that are not the U.S.

So Trump blew up at Maggie Haberman of the New York Times.

I’m picking up more details about Trump’s trade war with Canada.

A pure soul.