Crash Course: Trump's looming potential indictments pose a big question for the media: How to cover his campaign?

With criminal charges reportedly imminent, journalists consider how to cover Trump in an "unprecedented campaign" [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNjlwam5uZ240ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvanZ0bmFwOWI0bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Trump's looming potential indictments pose a big question for the media: How to cover his campaign? If Donald J. Trump is indicted, which [recent reports say could be imminent](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNG1iMGJwanA3My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), political reporters will face yet another historic first in their long-running saga of covering him. The Manhattan district attorney's office is understood to be focusing on [hush money payments Trump allegedly authorized to the adult actress Stormy Daniels](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOG5yYm8wbDZsMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), who [claimed she had an affair with him](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMva3g2eTNjdHRkYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Prosecutors have reportedly offered Trump the opportunity to testify in the grand jury's proceedings. "[If] prosecutors were planning to decline prosecution in this case, there would be no need to invite Trump in to testify," [former federal prosecutor Barb McQuade told Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaDU3dGt6dWZpYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) last week. "For those reasons, it seems likely that an indictment is coming, and that it is coming soon." [Read the rest from Jason Kyle Howard.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbGN5NXQ1Mnp4NC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images) Trump lights up the MAGA signal in an all-caps call to protest his foretold arrest In an all-caps rant posted to [Truth Social](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveHc3a2pjeHh6Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on Saturday, former President Trump sent a distress signal to his MAGA supporters, asking them to protest his looming indictment. Claiming that "illegal leaks from a corrupt and highly political Manhattan District Attorney's Office" indicate that he'll be taken into custody on Tuesday "in connection with a years-long investigation into a hush money scheme involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels," as [CNN reports](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvanlhdWo3MmxmeC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), he's all but bracing arms and legs in the doorframe to avoid being pulled out. [Read the rest from Kelly McClure.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb3A2NHI3ZWo0ci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) - Stop [shipping](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmtqMTlkYWZydi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) the duos on "Abbott Elementary" and "The Bear." TV needs deeper workplace friendship - No matter what you call this [coconut-rich dessert](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGZra3gxNWdyeC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), one thing is clear: It's absolutely delicious - [Shooting hoops and K-dramas](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvenhxOG9mZmt0Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo): The American dream of not being relegated to a subplot - Donald Trump makes [Ron DeSantis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaGd3YzN1OGl5aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) so much more dangerous - Girlboss, gratify, believe: Keeley of ["Ted Lasso"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvczlkNnl4bDhwbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) takes control - [The Beatles](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZzNyMjRkYjg4dC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) hit with an asteroid's force: The Fab Four's impact, 60 years after "Please Please Me" - Thoughtful pragmatist or unhinged bigot? Why experts are rethinking [Nixon's psychopathology](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvejhkMWx1dGd5Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - Expert: [Misinformation targeting Black voters](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd3Z2aGFtMmdmdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is rising — and AI could make it more “sophisticated” If you found yourself here without subscribing, sign up for [Crash Course](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMHN3eno0cjc1aC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), so you don't miss anything! A Federalist Society for all things: Dark money enters the culture wars One of the most successful [right-wing organizers](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMTIxMXFjYWpheC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in this country's history, [Leonard Leo](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGhqNGk4dms5ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), is now out to "crush liberal dominance and wokeism" across a broad range of American cultural, journalistic, and political life. Leo, the longtime godfather of the Federalist Society, [has a history of crushing liberal influence](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaHFvdjJ0MnowYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). He helped to transform the Supreme Court from its generally middle-of-the-road past into a hard-right hammer bent on bludgeoning the law back into what the Federalist Society considers its proper roots. He helped to arrange the appointments of right-wing theocrats to federal judgeships across the country. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, from Amarillo, Texas, [who just held a hearing on a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveXp4bW5iMmM2Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), is a Trump appointee and one of Leo's, and the Federalist Society's, most prominent success stories. Now, having wrapped the federal judicial system in the robes of the Federalist Society, Leo wants to create little outposts of right-wing activists that can, in his words, "roll back" the dominance of liberals in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, New York investment banks, and academia.  [Read the rest from Lucian K. Truscott IV.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYnA4YWltem83aC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) - "Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?" [The Guardian](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaTV2Z21vbGg5by8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Having a pet may take a toll on your sleep, study suggests," [NBC News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYm92YTRtc2E4Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "No Place For Harry And Meghan In Coronation Procession, Leaked Palace Plans Reveal," [Deadline](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmxhbjRxbXE3cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa29XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Gynecology was built on Black women's suffering. We're still reckoning with its racist roots today In 2018, New York City removed a statue of medical icon James Marion Sims, which had stood in [Central Park](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMmRsZ3g2ZGtkdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (just across the street from the New York Academy of Medicine) since 1934. The statue bore a plaque praising Sims' "brilliant achievements" in medicine; Sims, who died in 1883, was posthumously called the "father of [gynecology](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcGRyb3piMGk2Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)." He is most famous for improving the technique to repair obstetric fistulas, which are abnormal openings between a woman's genital tract, urinary tract or rectum that cause urinary incontinence. While rare today in developed countries, an obstetric vesicovaginal fistula was a major complication of childbirth among 19th century women in America. [Read the rest from Nicole Karlis.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaXIxaWtxeWgwMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTEzOG9zNmtwa28mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZApG6xZkGgQmUFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (THOMAS URBAIN/AFP via Getty Images) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRl-XBFP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmQKRusWZBoEJlBSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. 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