Note: will be published Oct. 4 by Penguin Press, so this is awful early to leak parts to try to sell it. Maybe originally timed to coincide with the midterm elections? But let out now to coincide with news of the National Archives complaining to the DOJ about Trump? To let the DOJ know there is someone out there who confirmed the same thing to her confidentially?

I see there is a lot of bitching on Twitter about Haberman "withholding" the info. from the NYTimes and the public to sell a book. But it's not really time to sell the book yet with an Oct. release date, I just wanted to point that out. She may still be writing, still be getting info. from ex-White House sources. Whether or not such things should go to the NYTimes rather than to Axios to help sell her book down the line is another question. And then there's also the question of who told Axios this...

The other related leak added for enticing detail:

Haberman reports Trump has told people that since leaving office, he has remained in contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un — whose "love letters," as Trump once called them, were among documents the National Archives retrieved from Mar-a-Lago.

To me that is a suggestion of what activities he might be delusionally pondering to do if the U.S. presidential thing doesn't work out. He's keeping in mind that Kim loves him, and therefore here is someone he could do something with! In the grand tradition of a confidence man his whole life. Trump Amusement Park or Trump Wrestling Federation in Pyongyang, etc., that type of thing, with resulting crowing about how he opened North Korea to the world...would not be surprised if there is no confrontation with the reality that he could end up in prison....

smart attorney, hoping to drag his client's case out forever (and gain other right-wing defendants to boot?)

Judge rebukes RNC's 'legitimate political discourse' language at Jan. 6 sentencing

She called the Capitol assault an effort to cancel out votes by a show of force.

By Gabe Stern @ ABC News, February 10, 2022, 6:45 PM

Desperately seeking Antifa-infiltrated FBI from a secluded location (with the lights dimmed) and wearing his NYPD sweatshirt (with "America's mayor" chyron a nice extra touch) :

Jan. 6 committee concludes Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election; The findings were filed in federal court.

Roger Stone trending on Twitter because:

George Will: Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve

@ WashingtonPost.com, March 4

Floundering in his attempts to wield political power while lacking a political office, Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve. His residual power, which he must use or lose, is to influence his party’s selection of candidates for state and federal offices. This is, however, perilous because he has the power of influence only if he is perceived to have it. That perception will dissipate if his interventions in Republican primaries continue to be unimpressive [....]

he goes on to elaborate, with examples. Was actually pretty interesting to me. He sums up a lot of Dem failings that GOP could attack more easily without Trump's meddling. And this point that war in Europe may change the trajectory away from Trump for this reason:

A European war is unhelpful for Trump because it reminds voters that Longfellow was right: Life is real, life is earnest. Trump’s strut through presidential politics was made possible by an American reverie; war in Europe has reminded people that politics is serious.

How the Manhattan D.A.’s Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled