Sticks and Stones
Donald Trump keeps egging Ron DeSantis on,
Making up nicknames, slinging them hither and yon.
I guess Ron DeSanctimonious
Was just too inharmonious,
So he’s dialed it back to just “Meatball Ron.”
Day: February 13, 2023
U.S. Natural Disasters Displaced Millions in 2022
3.4 million
NBC News: “Natural disasters forced an estimated 3.4 million people in the U.S. to leave their homes in 2022, according to Census Bureau data collected earlier this year, underscoring how climate-related weather events are already changing American communities.”
More Than Half of Dems Want Biden to Run
53%
“For the first time since Economist/YouGov polls began asking — in July 2022 — if Americans want Biden to run again in 2024, more than half of Democrats say yes. … Now, just about the same share of Democrats favor a Biden run (53%) as the share of Republicans who support another run by Trump (54%). Trump has generally enjoyed more stable support for his 2024 campaign from Republicans than Biden has from Democrats.”
DeSantis Is in a Tough Spot
“It’s a really tough situation for DeSantis. If he starts punching at Trump, he’s going to anger a lot of the people he needs to vote for him. But if you are viewed as weak and cower in response to attacks from Trump, that will be seen as a proxy for how you will be seen as a Republican nominee and how you’ll be as president.”
— — Democratic strategist Tommy Vietor, quoted by the New York Times.
Investigators Have Trump Laptop Containing Classified Documents
CNN: “Former President Donald Trump’s legal team turned over more materials with classified markings and a laptop belonging to an aide to federal prosecutors in recent months, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN…
“The Trump attorneys discovered pages with classified markings in December, while searching through boxes at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The lawyers subsequently handed the materials over to the Justice Department.
“A Trump aide had previously copied those same pages onto a thumb drive and laptop, not realizing they were classified, sources said. The laptop, which belonged to an aide, who works for Save America PAC, and the thumb drive were also given to investigators in January.”
