Month: October 2023

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Even If Donald Trump Wanted To Be Speaker, House GOP Rules Say He Can’t

The former president is reportedly mulling a visit to Capitol Hill next week.

Hispanic Catholics, unaffiliated most likely religious groups to acknowledge human-caused climate change

Religiously unaffiliated Americans and Hispanic Catholics are the most likely religious groups to acknowledge climate change is caused by human activity, with Latter-day Saints and white evangelical Protestants the only groups where a majority does not, according to a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The survey indicated that among both unaffiliated Americans and Hispanic…
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Trump Asks For Jan. 6 Dismissal Because Coup Attempt Was Part Of His Official Duties

His lawyers asked federal judge Tanya Chutkan to dismiss the four-count felony indictment because Trump’s actions are protected by “presidential immunity.”

RFK Jr. could draw votes from both Biden and Trump: survey

Anti-vaccine activist and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could pull votes from about 1 in 7 U.S. voters, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Kennedy is expected to leave the Democratic race against President Biden and announce he is running as an independent candidate next week, Reuters reported. In doing so, he could potentially draw…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Accidentally Makes Case Against Trump As House Speaker

Of course, it wasn’t intentional on her part.

Dem leader presses her party to show up for next week’s Speaker vote

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the House Minority whip, sent a “Dear Colleague” letter asking for her fellow House Democrats to show up for next week’s vote for Speaker of the House. “On Tuesday evening, our Caucus will convene for an organizational meeting to nominate Leader [Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)] as our candidate for Speaker of the…
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Florida Democrat asks county to increase Mar-a-Lago tax to match Trump claims

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) asked the Palm Beach County appraiser to increase the property tax for former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, after he claimed that it’s worth significantly more than its appraised value. Moskowitz’s letter, first reported by NBC News, came after a New York judge ruled that Trump and his sons committed business fraud…
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Trump asks judge to throw out Jan. 6 charges with presidential immunity defense

Former President Trump on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the whole of the government’s election interference case against him, arguing all his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are protected by presidential immunity.  “The prosecution does not, and cannot, argue that President Trump’s efforts to ensure election integrity, and…
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Boebert challenger rakes in $3.4M in third quarter

The Democrat challenging Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) to a rematch in 2024 has raised more than $3.4 million in the third quarter this year, according to newly released campaign finance documents. Adam Frisch lost to Boebert in the 2022 midterm election by less than 600 votes. His 2024 campaign has now raised more than twice…
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Florida man charged with voter fraud blames rivalry between Trump and DeSantis supporters – CBS News

Watch CBS News By CBS Miami Team Updated on: October 4, 2023 / 11:42 PM / AP MIAMI – A man has been charged with forgery and fraud after authorities say he cast a ballot in Florida for his deceased father in the 2020 election, though the suspect says the charges were motivated by a…
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Biden argues his hands were tied with border wall funds

President Biden on Thursday defended plans for his administration to add to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border while insisting that the wall is not an effective immigration tool. Biden responded to questions from reporters in the Oval Office after the administration announced it was waiving certain environmental laws to allow for construction along a…
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Donald Trump's bizarro legal strategy – POLITICO – POLITICO

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Chris Christie Offers Tough Message For Trump’s ‘Wingman’ Vivek Ramaswamy

The former New Jersey governor explained why he believes his GOP presidential rival should “just drop out” of the race.

Biden edges Trump in survey, former president sees wide support on economy, border

President Biden has a slight edge over former President Trump among likely voters, according to a recent poll, while the former president showed wider support from voters on the economy and border. Biden garnered 51 percent support compared to Trump’s 49 percent among those who say they are certain they will vote in the presidential…
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Hours After Gag Order, Trump Launches Fresh Vitriol Against New York Judge – The New Republic

Donald Trump on Wednesday launched fresh vitriol against the judge and prosecuting attorney in his New York business fraud trial, carefully skirting a gag order imposed on him just a day prior.Trump tried Tuesday to bully a court clerk, sharing false conspiracies about her as well as her personal information. Presiding Judge Arthur Engoron issued…
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Trump Lawyer Sports Gamer Laptop At $250 Million Fraud Trial – Kotaku

Today is the first day of former president Donald Trump’s $250 million fraud trial in New York. A case brought by the state’s attorney general accuses the Republican primary frontrunner of lying about his net worth by billions of dollars to try to secure more favorable loan terms. One of his attorneys, Alina Habba, showed…
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Trump's Bloody Campaign Promises – The New Yorker

Trump’s Bloody Campaign Promises  The New Yorkersource

Beto O’Rourke slams Biden border wall order as ‘impotent political posturing’

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) slammed the Biden administration’s new border wall order as “impotent political posturing,” claiming the move will make it more difficult for voters to differentiate between the border and immigration policies of President Biden and former President Trump. In a list of points posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, O’Rourke…
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Half of South Carolina Republicans support Trump; Haley leads DeSantis

Half of South Carolina Republicans support former President Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, while Nikki Haley is ahead of Ron DeSantis for second place, according to a new poll.  A Winthrop University poll found that just more than 50 percent of Republicans, as well as 47.5 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, support the…
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Trump weighs in on possible nomination for House speaker after McCarthy ouster – Fox News

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Trump terrified of being poisoned: former aide

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said Wednesday that former President Trump is afraid of being poisoned. “He does have a very potent fear of being poisoned,” Hutchinson told comedian Jimmy Kimmel on his late night show. “So he uses and prefers the small Heinz glass ketchup bottles, because he likes to hear his valet…
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Trump looking for Speaker who will help him

Former President Trump on Thursday said he wants a House Speaker that will help him if he is reelected in 2024. “I am running for President, have a 62 Point lead over Republicans, and am up on Crooked Joe Biden, despite the Democrat Party’s massive Law-fare, Weaponization, and Election Interference efforts, by 4 to 11…
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Trump rips Kelly after confirmation of ‘suckers’ remark about war dead

Former President Trump ripped John Kelly, his former White House chief of staff, after he confirmed the Trump’s remark about calling dead U.S. service members “suckers.” “John Kelly, by far the dumbest of my Military people, just picked up the theme of the Radical Left’s lying about Gold Star Families and Soldiers, in his hatred…
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Trump chides Biden over move to build border wall: ‘I will await his apology’

Former President Trump chided President Biden over his recent move to allow border wall construction in South Texas, saying he will “await” the incumbent’s apology. “Will Joe Biden apologize to me and America for taking so long to get moving, and allowing our country to be flooded with 15 million illegals immigrants, from places unknown,”…
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Biden administration waiving 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that 26 federal laws were waived to allow border wall construction in Texas, marking the administration’s first use of an executive power often used by former President Trump to fund projects along the southern border. The waived laws will help expedite the construction of barriers and roads in Starr County,…
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