Poppin’ Some Tabs
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, June 8, 2024
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- This was worth noting just for the headline (via The Daily Beast): Michael Cohen Worries Trump Will Spill Secrets in Prison ‘for a Bag of Tuna’. (Also, not an invalid concern).
- Via Axios: Schumer’s 2024 “show vote” strategy targets GOP.
- Along those lines, via NBC News: Senate Republicans block bill to protect access to contraception. On the one hand, yes, this was clearly a political maneuver. On the other, and contrary to what Senator Cornyn says in the article, there is a growing anti-contraception movement out there, so this is not just a symbolic issue.
- Via WaPo: Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts.
- Who could have seen this coming? Via Axios: Study: Same-sex marriage in 20 years had no negative effects.
- Via the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: ‘On the prowl’: Christian, Bridget Ziegler texts show couple’s search for sexual partners. On the one hand, I understand that hypocrisy tales are as old as time. But on the other, this one is pretty amazing.
- Via The Atlantic: A Bad Week for Backers of the Big Lie.
- Amanda Marcotte at Salon: Don’t let MAGA theatrics fool you: Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions are not helping him.
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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WRT the concerns about the Orange Emperor trading secrets for a bag of tuna.
1. I’m visualizing a nickel bag of tuna trading hands (snicker)
2. Even with Secret Service protection, he’d be in Protective Custody because otherwise he’s going to be someone’s beeotch.
All good news and I’m not surprised, but ebven if there had been negative effects the government shouldn’t be dictating who people can marry.
Tuna? Hell. no. A bag of Big Macs? Now you’re talkin’.
In relation to the lawmakers’ expenses and our apparent trajectory towards zero ethics whatsoever (seriously, are we trying to match the level of corruption seen in Russia and India?).
Supreme Court gifts in three charts … my takeaway: over the past twenty years, Clarence Thomas has received the most value in gifts, over $4 million. It’s hardly worth mentioning anybody else, since no other justice even reached 5% of that total. But yeah, Alito came in 2nd at $170k.
@Franklin:
That we know of. Is Thomas more corrupt than the rest of them, or just more careless? I suspect at some point the GOPs will throw Thomas under his bus and claim the whole problem is solved.
Well, uh, guys, I didn’t think I would be the one to break this news to you, but you’re politicians. And you have some unpopular preferences.