Larry Sabato

A favorite JFK quote: "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.'

Now Larry, they released a mere 240,000 pages. After zipping through them, my team had plenty of time to get back to Trump and Epstein.

DEPT OF GOOD TIMING: One of Trump's other media lawsuits — a claim that Bob Woodward's publication of the "Trump Tapes" violated copyright law — was just dismissed. The 81-page opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

I do want to apologize for dwelling on my fears a Trump second term could be dangerously authoritarian. But is it ok now to say a word about the president of the United States accusing a predecessor of treason? Or would that be a distraction from kitchen table issues? 🤯

Now Trump is once again threatening Obama, Biden, H. Clinton, and other political opponents via his Department of "Justice". Trump's own words ring even more hollow: "Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents."

MUST READ “Democrats Should Get Tough and Quit Negotiating Spending Bills” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/22/dem…

Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up"

It is astounding (at least to me) that James Earl Ray was (apparently) photographed at Cuban Embassy in Mexico City in Oct. 1967 by the same CIA set-up that allegedly took Oswald’s photo at the same embassy in Sept. 1963. Except the photo wasn’t of Oswald, and the Ray photos only…

Best guess on remaining files. MLK: Today's release of 200,000+ pages include internal memos, info from Ray's former cellmate, foreign evidence & CIA records on international search for Ray. Files admin. claims were stored for decades but not digitized.  JFK: NARA has not yet…

First impressions of today's release of MLK Jr. documents: Largely excludes years of malicious FBI surveillance aimed at damaging King’s reputation; Bulk focused on assassination investigation of James Earl Ray containing little that changes the basic narrative. That does not…

I wrote the foreword for a new book on the 2024 election published by UVA's @Center4Politics featuring analysis by @LarrySabato @kkondik and many other journalists and academics. It hits bookstores this Thursday. You can buy it here: bloomsbury.com/us/campaign-of…

GOP megabill’s final score: $3.4T in red ink and 10 million kicked off health insurance, CBO says politi.co/40tufo8 via @politico

Shocking pattern of defiance of the judiciary by Trump Administration washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

MUST READ…Trump’s Budget Could Break the Economy washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/20/tru…

Supreme Court justices are using the shadow docket to let the president amass vast new power, all without leaving a trace. bit.ly/4eUmw8E

This is interesting because, as everyone knows, “hoax” is Trump jargon for “wholly true” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

History will record this president as the most corrupt, unqualified man ever to hold the office. The name “Trump” will be on par with Benedict Arnold

Republicans Celebrate $9 Billion In Spending Cuts After Passing Bill That Adds $3 Trillion To National Debt babylonbee.com/news/republica… via @TheBabylonBee

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