Former President Donald Trump ramped up his inciteful rhetoric in a social media post that pushed back on calls for peaceful protest amid reports of his impending arrest. Last Saturday, Trump said he was expecting to be arrested by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg over the investigation into hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. He has not been arrested, though he has used the claim that he is being unfairly prosecuted to raise $1.5 million in campaign donations. Trump called for Bragg to drop the case in an ALL CAPS rant posted Thursday morning: WHY WON’T BRAGG…
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Reuters this week published a deep dive into the relationship between President Joe Biden and his vice president Kamala Harris.The report, co-authored by Reuters White House correspondents Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose, quotes anonymous sources with inside knowledge of the relationship, noting Biden remains frustrated with Harris for not better connecting with the public. “While the pair have a good working relationship, Democratic sources say Biden has frustrations about some of her work,” the report says. The authors also note Biden’s concern that neither “Harris nor any other Democratic hopefuls” could defeat former President Donald Trump in 2024 is a…
As Fox News finds itself beset by an internal crisis fueled by Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation suit, long-simmering tensions between network CEO Suzanne Scott and star host Tucker Carlson have taken center stage.Carlson, according to sources inside and outside the network who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, has for years been at odds with Scott, a 26-year Fox News veteran who ascended to the top of the network in the wake of a series of sexual harassment scandals that dethroned Roger Ailes.Her efforts to maintain control of the network’s often divisive coverage have run up against…
CNN White House correspondent M.J. Lee went right at the Trump question when she asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flat-out whether President Joe Biden thinks it’s “appropriate for a person who is indicted to run for office?” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels has become the hot story after reports that various law enforcement agencies would be meeting to prepare for a possible indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump. Trump turned those reports into a firestorm when he posted messages urging supporters to ‘TAKE OUR NATION BACK!’ and stage…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) pulled no punches on Thursday while giving a floor speech denouncing a GOP-backed measure to give parents greater oversight over public school curricula. Raskin, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy, dismissed the measure, which is hyped as part of the GOP’s “war on woke,” and proceeded to suggest the real reason behind the bill is to fuel the right’s desire to ban books.“Well, it’s about book banning, of course,” Raskin declared, adding: Two years ago more than 1,600 books were banned in the United States of America. Here are three of the key books that the right-wingers…
A former federal prosecutor said the authorities in New York aren’t playing when it comes to the threat of violence if a Manhattan grand jury were to indict former president Donald Trump. Elie Honig, who worked in the area of the building in Lower Manhattan where Trump may be indicted, told CNN’s Jake Tapper that Trump supporters who think they can commit violence there are sorely mistaken.The grand jury is reportedly weighing whether to recommend Trump be indicted for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal a payment to a pornographic actress with whom he supposedly had an affair. “My advice…
Democratic strategist James Carville weighed in on the rising tensions between former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump is running for the 2024 GOP nomination, and DeSantis is seen as a likely challenger. The former president has repeatedly lashed out at DeSantis for not ruling out a run after Trump endorsed him for governor in 2018. DeSantis has largely ignored Trump’s broadsides as the former president has surged in the polls in recent weeks. If DeSantis does declare his candidacy, he is going to have to take on the de facto leader of his party directly. On…
Former President Donald Trump was roundly condemned on Thursday over a series of bombastic posts on his Truth Social platform, including one that many observers decried as blatantly racist. In a post, Trump raged at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who it has been widely reported is likely to indict Trump over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. In the screed, Trump called Bragg, the first Black man ever to be elected to his office, a “SOROS BACKED ANIMAL.”Notably, according to a search of SnapStream’s cable news feed, neither Fox News nor CNN covered Trump’s post on-air as of…
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell harshly ridiculed House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) over his attempt to get the Manhattan District Attorney to answer questions about an investigation he is conducting. District Attorney Alvin Bragg has reportedly been mulling whether to indict former President Donald Trump for falsifying business records to hide a payment to Stormy Daniels, with whom Trump supposedly had an affair. The $130,000 was meant to keep her silent. Jordan, who has long been an attack dog for Trump, wrote Bragg to request he appear before the House to answer questions and turn over documents in his probe.…
Everyone shuns the little boy begging for money except one woman. While she gives him money, she’s suspicious there’s more to his story. She decides to follow him, and in the end, she discovers she is right.10-year-old Aiden stood by the sidewalk, studying the houses in the neighborhood. He had spent the last week observing the homes carefully and learning the names of their residents so that nobody suspected he didn’t belong to the area. When he was sure he remembered their names, he went to the first door and knocked on it. An older woman named Mrs. Murphy answered…