Trump's Mob Understands "Skeezy" Better than the Corruption Beat Journalists - emptywheel

'Bolder than Nixon': Conservative flags secret behind success of Trump's 'corruption'

If "Democracy dies in darkness," as The Washington Post declares, so, too, does authoritarianism, according to conservative columnist Bill Kristol in The Bulwark.In his latest column, Kristol cited House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) justification for why President Donald Trump can't possibly be ac...

Trump's Mob Understands "Skeezy" Better than the Corruption Beat Journalists - emptywheel

Four days before old man Joe Biden dropped out of the race last summer, I argued that the endless discussion of Joe Biden Old was swamping three far more important stories, starting with whether Donald Trump was a partner, agent, or employee of Saudi Arabia. [W]e are two days into Trump’s nomination party, and no one has asked — much less answered — whether Donald Trump is a business partner, paid foreign agent, or merely an employee of Saudi Ar…