Tagged as: con game

It was all a con. Matt Wuerker (Politico) extracts the most damning revelation from yesterday’s Jan 6 Committee Hearing: Trump knew he’d lost, he knew there was no chance of an effective appeal, but he pulled the old pigeon drop on his True Believers, conning them with the promise that he’d use their money to […]

Some headline writer at the New York Times has won the Captain Obvious award for that one, though I prefer Ann Telnaes (WaPo)‘s graphic take on things, which, in turn, is partially inspired by a ghastly, hilarious, horrifying Bulwark piece by Charlie Sykes, headlined “Lordy, There Were Hula Hoops.” And, lordy, there were. That NYTimes […]