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This day being the anniversary of Lincoln’s Lyceum address let’s ponder “The Perpetuation Of Our Political Institutions”:
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Trump orders security clearances without background checks for an undisclosed list of officials.
Hard to tell whether GOP senators are more afraid of Trump or Pete Hegseth’s boss, FOX NEWS.
“Though Sen. Ernst said at the start of her questioning that she was someone who would ‘pull no punches’ she did not challenge Mr. Hegseth — and at one point, even tried to rebut allegations…” — New York Times
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court REJECTED Donald Trump’s motion to block his criminal sentencing in New York.
Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business records with the intent to commit a second crime.
The office of Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, argued that Trump falsely recorded reimbursements he made to his former lawyer Michael Cohen for paying $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels, so she would keep quiet about an alleged sexual liaison with the then candidate. Trump marked these repayments to Cohen as “legal expenses” on financial documents.
State prosecutors contended at trial that these falsifications were intended to hide Trump’s violation of New York election law, which forbids promoting any person to office through unlawful means. They said that the unlawful means were the payoff to Daniels, as they cast it as an illegal campaign contribution.