Let Us Now Psychoanalyze Beards
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Over at Vox, Luke Winkie talks about facial hair: Clearly, there is something within men, particularly men who are often in front of cameras, that urges them to radically change the way their face looks during the epilogue of existential upheaval. The cultural instinct is to chalk this trend up to…
How Corporate Lawyers Made It Harder to Punish Companies That Destroy Electronic Evidence
A ProPublica analysis shows the rate at which judges issue penalties for destroying evidence has fallen by more than half.absolut_100/Getty This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica‘s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they…
“This Is Kavanaugh All Over Again,” Say Republicans. They’re Right.
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire The bombshell allegation that President Donald Trump explicitly told his national security adviser that he would withhold military aid to coerce Ukraine into investigating the Bidens has sent Republicans scrambling for a new set of talking points. They quickly found one. “This is Kavanaugh all over again,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) told…
Trump Lawyer Says Bolton Bombshell, Even If True, Isn’t an Impeachable Offense
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz speaks at the Senate impeachment trial.Senate Television via AP President Donald Trump’s lawyers spent most of Monday avoiding the topic of John Bolton’s leaked manuscript, which reportedly alleges Trump’s direct involvement in improperly holding up aid to Ukraine to pressure that country’s leaders into digging up dirt on Joe Biden. Alan…
Report: Bolton Raised Concerns About Trump Granting Favors to Authoritarian Leaders
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Former national security adviser John Bolton expressed concerns to Attorney General William Barr about President Donald Trump granting favors to the autocratic leaders of China and Turkey, according to an unpublished draft of Bolton’s forthcoming book, according to the New York Times. Barr reportedly told Bolton that he was worried that Trump…
Pick Which GOP Explanation for Why Bolton Shouldn’t Testify Is the Craziest
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019. Alex Wong /Getty Images President Donald Trump, GOP lawmakers, and White House lawyers presenting their case for Trump’s acquittal in the Senate spent Monday publicly workshopping a series of arguments for why the president’s ongoing impeachment trial should not include testimony from former national security adviser John…