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Dennis Aftergut

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Why Michael Cohen’s Testimony Will Be So High-Stakes

Tweet Share Share Comment With Stormy Daniels’ time on the witness stand soon to end, the suspense at Donald Trump’s...

08.05.2024 40

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

SCOTUS majority abandons conservative principles to mount bizarre defense of Trump’s immunity claim

Yesterday’s message from the rightwing justices of the Supreme Court, particularly the male justices, was shocking to any believer in true,...

26.04.2024 100

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Underestimating Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump is a historic mistake

Prosecutors are off to a strong start in the Manhattan trial of Donald Trump. Their evidence is aimed at proving that the former president...

25.04.2024 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Trump is on trial in that NYC courtroom — and so is Judge Juan Merchan

With jury selection now underway in People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump, the skill, wisdom, decisiveness and patience of the trial judge,...

15.04.2024 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Donald Trump faces justice: Criminal accountability is coming for him

In Manhattan on Monday, jury selection begins in a case whose historical significance is impossible to overstate — the first time a former president...

15.04.2024 10

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

Desperate for delay in New York criminal trial, Trump fires blanks to stop it

Last week, Donald Trump filed a new motion to delay his Manhattan prosecution for falsifying business records to cover up an election...

14.03.2024 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Suozzi beat Republicans at the GOP border game, key 2024 issue

Democrat Tom Suozzi scored a nationally significant victory in the special election in New York for the seat of expelled former Rep. George...

17.02.2024 10

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

The New Jan. 6 Testimony Against Trump Will Be Devastating at Trial

Tweet Share Share Comment On Sunday, ABC News reported on new evidence now in the hands of special counsel Jack Smith that...

09.01.2024 40

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

Lordy, there are more tapes: How Trump's Michigan arm-twisting may come back to haunt him

Lordy, there are tapes. Make that, MORE tapes! On Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reported that it had a recording from November 17,...

23.12.2023 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Shocking verdict against Rudy Giuliani serves as a warning shot for Donald Trump

On Friday, a DC jury spoke for fairness,  the rule of law, and for everyone who is ready to stand up to the cruelty and deception of the MAGA...

17.12.2023 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Texas Republicans drove Kate Cox out of her own state. What her abortion story means for America

It's impossible for any man, without the experience of pregnancy, to fully comprehend the unbearable trauma that Kate Cox just endured. At the same...

13.12.2023 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

A dictator on "day one": The time to push back on Trump is now

When Donald Trump acknowledged in a Fox News town hall on Tuesday his intent not to abuse power as retribution against anybody, “ except for Day...

07.12.2023 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Trump’s Attempt to Delay His Jan. 6 Trial Receives a Double Blow

Tweet Share Share Comment On Friday, two federal courts in Washington rejected parallel claims by former President Donald Trump...

04.12.2023 10

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

Building the mandate for MAGA: Why Trump is choosing a harm offensive over a charm offensive

On Friday, former President Donald Trump insisted in a court filing that he was being denied his due process rights. One day later, he ...

15.11.2023 20

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Jenna Ellis plea nails Rudy’s coffin

Tuesday’s guilty plea by Jenna Ellis in Georgia is a bigger deal than people may recognize.  It’s a death-knell for co-defendant Rudy...

26.10.2023 20

NY Daily News

Dennis Aftergut

James Comer brings the MAGA circus to town: What the House GOP witness list says about impeachment

Move over, Nero. Rome is burning, so why not fiddle around with some extremist, evidence-free attack on a president? Could House Oversight Chair...

28.09.2023 10

Salon

Dennis Aftergut

Joe Biden Is Right About Merrick Garland’s Job Performance

Tweet Share Share Comment On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that relations between President Joe Biden and...

19.09.2023 3

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

The New Judicial Trend That Bodes Terribly for Donald Trump

Tweet Share Share Comment This week, a full six courts showed the importance of the rule of law and accountability for former...

14.09.2023 5

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

Mark Meadows’ Latest Failure in Court Is Terrible News for Donald Trump

Tweet Share Share Comment On Friday, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows lost his bid to have his...

12.09.2023 2

Slate

Dennis Aftergut

Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy

MAGA Republicans in Wisconsin are gearing up to impeach newly elected state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, just five weeks after she took...

08.09.2023 5

Salon

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