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[Note: This commentary was originally scheduled for publication early on Friday, October 2. But then interposed the “breaking news” that President Trump and first lady Melania had tested positive for Covid-19, and all hell broke loose. Still, talk about picking your poison. Ha!] ********** Donald J. Trump set the whole world atwitter in 2015, when… Read more.
And no, this is not just wishful thinking. Here’s why: Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s accountants must release his tax returns to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. I joined the whole world in hailing its landmark ruling in “Supreme Court Rules NY Prosecutor Can Get Trump’s Tax Returns, but Congress… Read more.
Frankly, these rulings smack too much of Chief Justice John Roberts being hell-bent on his Supreme Court having its cake (of judicial independence) and eating it too (by pandering to both sides of America’s coarsening political divide). In any case, I am not surprised. I’m just dismayed because it took nearly four years to establish… Read more.
No doubt you saw promos for The Trump Family Business that ran last week. CNN finally aired it on Friday night. But I hope you had better things to do. Because another report on shady dealings in the Trump Organization could be no more informative than another one on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.… Read more.
No. But, if they can, they should … in the public interest. One of the constants of modern elections is that presidential candidates have released their recent tax returns… But Donald Trump has told the Associated Press that he does not expect to release his tax returns before the election… If he’s Honest Donald, he’ll… Read more.
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulled a “full Ginsburg” on Friday by appearing on all of the major TV networks in a futile attempt to counter the pummeling he was taking from the Obama campaign about his business practices at his investment firm, Bain Capital. Specifically, Team Obama was flooding the media with stories about… Read more.
