Month: November 2023

Why Trump’s Trials Should Be on TV  The New Yorkersource

‘Bunch Of Clowns’: Freshman Democrat Scorches GOP’s ‘Circus’ For …  Yahoo Newssource

Watch: Mayor Eric Adams responds to 1993 sexual assault allegation  CNNsource

Welcome back to The Trump Trials, our weekly effort to keep readers up to date on the many criminal and civil cases the 45th president is fighting in federal and state courts.Have questions on the upcoming trials? Email us at devlin.barrett@washpost.com and perry.stein@washpost.com and check for answers in future newsletters.Okay, let’s get started.Sign up to…
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Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly!Former President Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court Nov. 6 in New York.It concerned us that the news networks spent almost all their air time providing live coverage of former President Donald…
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Today at 4:00 a.m. Dale Reichel,CaliforniaDear Editor,Federal Judge Maryanne Trump Berry died earlier this month, and her funeral was Nov. 17 at the Church of Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan. She was 86 years old.According to the article I read, Maryanne had her funeral all planned out ahead of time, the readings, songs, etc. It was…
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By Armando Tinoco Night & Weekend Editor Ana Navarro is concerned about what is happening at Univision after the Spanish-language network seemingly shifted their strategy to covering Donald Trump. The political commentator and co-host of The View took to social media to air her comments on the situation and she’s taking it so seriously that…
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Rarely used but relevant laws could be key to removing Trump from the ballot for his stoking of the January 6 Capitol attackIn attempts to hold former president Donald Trump and his allies accountable for election subversion, attorneys are reaching back to laws created in the wake of the civil war in the 1860s.Beyond Trump,…
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Over the next year, the survival of democracy should be the central issue in American politics. To insist on this is to be a realist, not an alarmist. But making that case requires identifying two distinct threats.The first is Donald Trump, who is already at the center of our national conversation. The second is the…
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Watch CBS News By Jesse Sarles, Jennifer McRae Updated on: November 17, 2023 / 10:33 PM MST / CBS/AP A Denver District Court judge has issued a ruling that former President Donald Trump can appear on the Colorado primary ballot. The decision came down just before 5 p.m. Friday. At issue was whether he was…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Donald Trump amid gridlock in Congress  MSNBCsource

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Sunday said former President Trump’s “intolerant” language contributed to widespread intolerance, including the recent rise in antisemitism in the United States. “When you show intolerance towards everyone, which is what he does, you give permission as a leader for others to have their intolerance come out,” Christie said in…
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“Intolerance toward anyone encourages intolerance toward everyone,” Christie told CNN’s Dana Bash.

The ex-president faces criminal charges in New York, Florida, Washington DC and Georgia, and a civil suit in New YorkAfter four arrests in as many months, Donald Trump has now been charged with 91 felony counts across criminal cases in New York, Florida, Washington and Georgia. The former president and current frontrunner in the 2024…
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“Vermin,” as spewed from the mouth of a multi-indicted loser ex-president, taken from the Hitler-Goebbels playbook. So who are the vermin; are they Italians, Greeks, Mexicans, Jews, Haitians, Guatemalans, Asians, Blacks, Arabs, Europeans? Or are they Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, Hebrews, Protestants and their many sects? but surely not the evangelicals, who find favor in him.…
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Perhaps nothing illustrates Joe Biden’s presidency better than a photo his team posted to celebrate his 81st birthday on Monday.Biden is shown gripping the sides of the table, while a mass of candles (presumably 81 of them) rages on the cake in front of him. It’s symbolic of how he’s clinging to the hope of winning…
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House Republicans are bringing fresh attention to the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob in ways that are earning praise from former President Trump and the party base.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this month announced he was posting online video clips from around the Capitol complex on Jan. 6, 2021,…
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2024 GOP presidential primary candidate Chris Christie slammed calls for voters to consolidate their support behind either his campaign or fellow candidate Nikki Haley’s. “This idea of people just doing math and adding up numbers, that’s not the way voters vote,” in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And, so, I would…
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Politics Trump’s vote share in national polls is higher than at any time in the past year. President Joe Biden’s poll numbers have been getting worse. | Andrew Harnik/AP By Steven Shepard 11/25/2023 07:00 AM EST Link CopiedPresident Joe Biden’s poll numbers keep getting worse.November started with New York Times/Siena College polls showing Trump ahead…
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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records  CNNsource

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Campaigning for president in Iowa usually means meeting voters one on one in coffee shops, Pizza Ranches and other small venues.It means engaging in debates and forums, shaking thousands of hands and answering thousands of questions.Based on sheer intimacy, campaigning in Iowa is unique.In his quest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,…
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(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)DONALD TRUMP: This is a persecution.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Felony violations.TRUMP: We need one more indictment…UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Criminal conspiracy.TRUMP: …To close out this election.UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.SCOTT DETROW, HOST:It’s time for Trump’s Trials, our weekly take on the latest developments in the multiple cases former…
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The House majoriity will be on the line in a little less than a year, as newly-minted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) looks to hold on to his slender majority. While Democrats are playing defense with the White House and the Senate — where the Democratic majority faces a difficult 2024 map to hold on to…
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Former president Donald Trump denigrated his domestic opponents and critics during a Veterans Day speech Saturday, calling those on the other side of the aisle “vermin” and suggesting that they pose a greater threat to the United States than countries such as Russia, China or North Korea. That language is drawing rebuke from historians, who…
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