Good Evening
Donald Trump has a trial date in New York: March 25, 2024.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is basically done with the Mar-a-Lago investigation. You can start holding your breath now.
And here’s today’s Lawfare Podcast conversation between Scott Shapiro and Jack Goldsmith about Shapiro’s new book:
I hear Ron Desantis is announcing his bid for the presidency tomorrow in a conversation on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk. Being kicked off of Twitter is looking better and better.
A reminder that Saturday is sunflower-planting day at the #GatesOfHell. Here’s the formal event announcement. So far, we have around 65 people who have expressed interest in coming. Remember to bring soil, sunflower seeds, gardening tools, and watering cans.
I will set up a livestream for those who cannot attend in person.
Ouch!
I love this new front in the Russia-Ukraine war, one in which Russians are actually fighting for their country—and for Ukraine. When you stop and think about it for a minute, it’s a beautiful thing.
Meanwhile, on the home front, the extortionists in the United States Congress seem to be increasingly unashamed of their racket. Today’s quotation of the day comes from hostage taker Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who today dropped the mask and described himself as such:
“My conservative colleagues for the most part support Limit, Save, Grow, and they don’t feel like we should negotiate with our hostage.”
I love a good Kinsley gaffe.
Today’s #BeastOfTheDay is a blissed-out capybara being groomed by ducks:
“Special Counsel Jack Smith is basically done with the Mar-a-Lago investigation. You can start holding your breath now.”
It must’ve hurt the Wall St Journal to report on that. I hope so anyway.
Wonderful beast and beast groomers.
Wait, DUCKS are groomers now, too?