You're absolutely right, I believe he was trying to move incrementally in order not to be so blatant, find strong legal grounding, & build consensuses with people who weren't so radical to make decisions last.

With the court controlled by radicals, hes dropped all pretext & jumped on the bandwagon.

His lawyer would be incompetent if they didn't raise it as a defense.

I'd love to see Trump's reaction if a judge ruled that way.

Absolutely. All he needs to say is he was responding to Trump's call to protest the election. Very good chance the judge will dismiss the case.

Then Trump will attack the judge saying "my pardon only applied to maga terrorists" not anarchist terrorists."

Meanwhile federal employees are working for free. Instead of coming to work to fix the problem, the people responsible for employees working for free are sitting home and collecting a $200k paycheck and great health insurance and retirement benefits.

That's silly. Mamdani is a charismatic politician and very popular in NYC, but he would be toxic in many congresssional districts that Jefferies needs to win next year.

Especially with a war going on. These are not accidental violations during peace, they are deliberate provocations at a time of war.

The problem is it's difficult to respond to drones, they don't have the technology. Russia's is trying to demonstrate that they have the ability to strike them if they wish to deter them from ratcheting up aid to Ukraine. It is a dangerous game of escalation, but the Europeans shouldn't be detered.

It's lasted over 77 years in North Korea, a country led by a dictator who Trump has expressed deep admiration for and has even said he would like Americans to fall in line in support of him as the North Korean people appear to do for Kim.