Is this Playboy model keeping the biggest secret of the Trump presidency? Get to know Elliott Broidy, the next major Trump scandal figure. Hey, look: More evidence that Broidy may have been covering for Trump in that Playmate affair. “That psychopath is going down”: Inside Trumpworld, a bizarre counter-narrative takes hold. That the pre-election investigation of his corruption included the (wholly legitimate) use of an informant just makes a handy way for Trump to spin himself as the victim while he continues to pick the pockets of the American people. Most Americans don’t realize Robert Mueller’s investigation has uncovered crimes.
From the New York Times, a look at how the Mueller investigation could play out for Trump. Chris Hayes and Kate Shaw examine all the ways Trump has tested America’s legal boundaries since his inauguration, and what we can learn as a result. We need to stop talking so much about norms — because it doesn’t capture what is happening or the situation we’re in. Trump as history: Oz Frankel on moving past Trump as an individual and thinking of Trumpism as a historical and political phenomenon.
