The Justice Department has determined no laws were broken in the Mike Pence documents case. Although still pending, no wrongdoing has been reported in the Biden documents investigation.
The same absolutely cannot be said about Trump.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis has expanded her investigation to include Trump campaign activities in several other states & Washington DC, as she probes possible violations of Georgia's racketeering law. Her investigation now overlaps a probe by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith.

Americans picked up nearly 340,000 new jobs in May, defying expectations--and defying 10 hikes in interest rates, in the past 14 months.
It's the economy that would not die.

Two things we learned from Ted Lasso:
1. Be a goldfish.
2....

The House has voted to suspend the debt limit through Jan 1 2025. The bill now goes to the Senate, just five days ahead of a national default.

The great @DavidPepper , the man with the whiteboard, returns to the podcast to talk about his new book "Saving Democracy: A User's Manual For Every America." https://amzn.to/42illIf Plus, we talked state politics, gerrymandering, and more.

Once all the objections were in, House Republicans and Democrats have separately voted in favor of the Biden/McCarthy deal that raises the debt limit. A full & final vote is expected tonight, just 5 days before the nation would be unable to pay some of its bills.

Federal prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith have Trump in a 2021 recording, acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran.
This,according to multiple sources for CNN.

A Mar-a-Lago employee who helped move boxes of documents to a storeroom has also been questioned by special counsel prosecutors about footage from Trump's security cameras.

Despite a mini-rebellion within the party, a Republican-led House committee has approved the debt limit deal between the White House and Speaker McCarthy. It goes to a vote of the full house tomorrow.

Okay. I take back my disheartening post from the other day {mostly.) This week, Biden showed us what it means to be truly presidential. I hope you enjoy the jokes,...& our journey to a big win for progressives.
It's the Tuesday Bob Cesca Show!

The Good News: Biden got "the hostage" back from Republicans. The Bad News: It's missing a few fingers & toes. But at least it was...bipartisan. Or was it?
Bipartisanship is agreement between two legitimate political parties. The Republicans are lying hostage-takers & not-at-all legitimate. I supp

President Biden & the House Republicans have reached a deal, just 10 days before the nation would've defaulted on its debts.

The Texas House has impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton for years of misconduct, including abuse of power. The majority-Republican House has suspended fellow Republican Paxton from his duties as Attorney General.

Manhattan prosecutors say they have a recording of Trump and a witness in that case. Trump is charged with lying about payments to hush a porn star.

Two Mar-a-Lago employees moved boxes of documents the day before FBI agents went there to retrieve missing classified documents. -WaPo

The defiant leader of the Oath Keepers has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy against the United States. It is the most severe punishment so far in the prosecution of that day's insurrectionists. The success of sedition cases will likely lead to others.

Tina Turner has died at age 82.

Trump is screwed, and this time, we're not kidding.
(Actually, we weren't kidding before,
but this seals the deal.)
And so much more.
It's the Tuesday Bob Cesca Show!
https://www.patreon.com/po...

Trump begrudgingly appeared in a New York courtroom today, to hear the judge set his trial date for March 2024...and to outline what Trump can and cannot say about the case accusing him of 34 felonies.

DeSantis will announce his presidential campaign in a video appearance on Twitter, alongside Elon Musk.
-NBC News

I recall seeing one of the very first boxes for something called 'Home Box Office.' A decade later, it would be just HBO--& brought us unforgettable series. Now, it's owned by Discovery & tomorrow HBO will be gone, replaced by "max." Goodnight, HBO. You'll be missed.

E. Jean Carroll is now suing Trump for what he said AFTER she won a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against him for previous remarks.

Republican politicians are feeling the pain of the self-inflicted wound from their extremist abortion policies.
Don't let that wound heal.
Make them lay in the bed they've made.
Make them own all that defines them.
Make them history.

The Republican war on books now threatens to put librarians behind bars.
Such laws have already been passed by legislatures in 7 states, with a dozen other states considering similar laws.

Laugh at DeSantis all you want. In fact, I encourage it. But know this: If anything happens to Trump--including incarceration, illness or death--DeSantis rockets to the top of the Republican field. Ignore the polls. It's too early.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is considering new charges, including perjury charges, against Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, in an effort to pressure him to testify against Trump.
A former top lawyer on the Trump legal team says he resigned because of infighting.

Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have moved to disqualify the federal judge who's overseeing the Disney lawsuit against him.

FLORIDA TRAVEL WARNING
Black Americans are being warned not to travel to Florida while it remains under control of Governor Ron DeSantis. The legacy civil rights group says Florida "has become hostile to Black Americans."

Republicans have again walked out on talks to raise the debt limit. President Biden says he'll use the 14th Amendment if he he must, to accomplish what's normally done with cooperation from both parties.