So it looks like it's coming down to the folks who don't like Trump becoming pretty certain that crimes, perhaps of the impeachable variety, were committed…and the folks who do like Trump saying, "Everything's a lie but even if it isn't, we don't care." And from there on, it becomes a question of how many Republicans in the House and Senate think they'd be better off with President Pence. Right now, it's probably not many but that could change. Here come the links…
- Ezra Klein expands on the above theme. One of the maddening things about all this is that no one is outraged over principles or morals. It's all "When our side does it, it's fine. When their side does the same thing, it's a scandal and everyone should be removed from office and/or jailed."
- Andrew Prokop summarizes what Donald Trump Jr. did wrong, above and beyond the fact that he's Donald Trump Jr.
- And David Corn is one of the main journalists breaking stories about what's going on with Russia. If you're interested in the whole mess, keep your eye on his reporting.
- Ed Kilgore says that Trump's biggest asset is the number of his supporters who will forever insist that any negative news about him is "fake news." This comes from the same place as folks who refuse to listen to scientists about anything scientific. We don't like people who know more than us telling us we're wrong.
- Trump says he's working hard to get the Olympics for Los Angeles. As Kevin Drum notes, they'll get it because few other cities are stupid enough to want it.
- And if Trump in the White House feels like a disaster with no end, read Ronald Brownstein, who explains why one-party rule never lasts.