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Sabrina Haake is a columnist and 25 year litigator specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense. Her Substack, The Haake Take, has no paywall.
Unveiled amidst a daily grind of outrage and threats, Donald Trump’s latest swindle, $100,000 “Trump watches,” has been largely overlooked by voters and mainstream media. It shouldn’t be. Trump has made the watches available for purchase through virtually un-traceable Bitcoin; any foreign actor seeking favor with Trump can purchase one, two, or 50 of them.
I used to be a Republican. Right out of college, I worked for the legislature, then governor, of a conservative state. Governor Robert Orr (R-Ind.) was disciplined and kind, and his ethics were beyond reproach.
Trump won the debate like he won the 2020 election. And he’s handling his debate loss the same way he handled his 2020 loss: by lying about it.
Foreign authoritarian regimes seeking to harm the United States do not enjoy First Amendment protection for their online propaganda, so they target domestic influencers who do.
To commemorate Labor Day, Donald Trump took his campaign crew to the graves of recently fallen American heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, those suckers and losers whose bone spurs did not exempt them from service.
The uplifting pageantry of the Democratic National Convention is over, leaving a national hangover of goodwill. Judging from main stream media headlines, a national sense of relief is spreading, the page is turning, and not just for democrats.
When Donald Trump tells 150 million followers that Kamala Harris is lying about her crowd size, the MSM and the State Department should pay close attention. Trump isn’t just licking his wounded ego, he’s test marketing “Stop the Steal” redux.
Evolutionary biologists know why humans spend disproportionate energy on negative thoughts compared to positive: Teasing out threats, real or perceived, is a basic tool of survival.
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