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In His Post-Arraignment Speech, Trump Piles on More Lies

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By William Saletan 
| The Bulwark
The indictment of Donald Trump for falsifying business records, unveiled on Tuesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, has problems. It focuses on consensual adultery, it combines multiple statutes in a novel way, and it seems to rely on federal campaign laws that generally aren’t prosecuted by local officials. You could argue, based on any of these points, that the indictment is unwise or that Trump should be acquitted.
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The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis

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By William Saletan 
| The Bulwark
Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, bills himself as an enforcer. Speaking in Iowa last Friday as he prepared to run for president, DeSantis bragged about capturing Haitian migrants and sending the National Guard to control “BLM riots.” “There’s a new sheriff in town,” he told an audience in Des Moines. He boasted that Sheriff DeSantis was finally taking on one of America’s worst villains: the Walt Disney Company.
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The Foolishness of Scott Adams

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By William Saletan 
| The Bulwark
Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the comic strip Dilbert, has been canceled for racism. In a video livestream last Wednesday, he declared: “I resign from the hate group called black Americans.” (Adams is white.) “The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. Just get the fuck away.” “It makes no sense whatsoever as a white citizen of America to try to help black citizens anymore. . . . It’s over. Don’t even think it’s worth trying.” Adams wasn’t done.
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