Flames, Blame, & A Hostage Game       (Cont’d)

Trump Has Long Threatened to Withhold California Fire Aid. Now Republicans in Congress Are Too

Noah Berlatsky: Trump’s Thuggish Response To The California Fires Is A Bad Omen – In Short, Trump Doesn’t Care About You  

Do Blue-State Taxes Really Subsidize Red-State Benefits? Yes. [Gift Link]

Paul Krugman: In Praise Of California – Which States Are Actually Subsidizing Others

The Truth Will Out

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted In Jan 6 Election Interference Case, If Trump Had Not Won 2024 Election [Gift Link]

Read Jack Smith’s Full Volume 1 DOJ Report Here

Thanks, Biden

Pres. Biden Forgives Another 150,000 Borrowers, As His Total Student Debt Relief Passes $183 Billion & More Than 5 Million Borrowers Helped

President Biden, In His Final Foreign Policy Speech, Notes That His Foreign Policy Has Left America With A “Very Strong Hand”

Johnathan Capehart: The Gratitude We Owe To Joe Biden

Putin’s Failure In Ukraine

Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia

Pres. Biden, In His Last Foreign Policy Speech, Notes That Putin Has Failed To Meet Any Of His Strategic Objectives In Ukraine

Defense Sec Lloyd Austin & Sec. Of State Antony Blinken: Putin’s Plan For Peace Is No Peace At All

Elsewhere Over There

Hamas Expected To Release 33 Hostages In First Phase Of Emerging Deal, Israeli Official Says

Impeachment Trial Of South Korea’s Pres. Yoon  Adjourned After He Refuses To Attend

Media Matters

Top Washington Post Columnist Jen Rubin Ditches Paper To Join Norm Eisen To Launch New Outlet, Taking A Shot At Jeff Bezos On The Way Out

Rachel Maddow To Return Hosting Nightly On MSNBC During Second Trump Regime’s First 100 Days