Trump’s indictment, Israeli protesters, Harriet Tubman on the twenty, and more

Elie Mystal says we should hold our horses. “It’s not 2020 or 2021, and this is not in federal court. We are in the year 2023, and a local DA is trying to gather up some bits of the jurisdictional authority federal prosecutors left lying on the ground,” he writes in his latest piece on the news.

“If you’re looking for silver linings, comfort yourself in the knowledge that if Trump has to pay a fine, he will likely steal the money from his campaign funds, lie in official records to disguise the payment, and start the criminal wheel turning again.”