Month: December 2023

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Liz Cheney warns US ‘sleepwalking into dictatorship’

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is warning that the United States is “sleepwalking into dictatorship,” saying that if former President Trump is reelected, it could mean the end of the republic. “One of the things we see today is sort of a sleepwalking into dictatorship in the United States,” Cheney told CBS News’s John Dickerson.…
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North Carolina Medicaid expansion makes nearly 600K now eligible for coverage

Hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina are eligible for Medicaid benefits beginning Friday, almost a decade after ObamaCare let states expand eligibility.  Advocates say North Carolina’s expansion will give much-needed aid to adults who previously earned too much to be eligible for Medicaid but not enough to benefit from federal subsidies to help…
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Former Trump attorney to cooperate with Nevada investigators in fake elector probe – The Nevada Independent

A former attorney for President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with Nevada officials investigating the six Republicans who falsely pledged the state’s 2020 electoral votes to Trump, the latest escalation in the state’s investigation into the so-called fake electors.Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney central to Trump’s plan to submit fraudulent slates of electors in Nevada…
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Why Aren't Senate Democrats Investigating the Trump Family? – The New Republic

With three committees they control on the case, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is officially engaged in a serious inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Joe Biden. Key House Republicans, such as Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, have voiced their determination to dig into what they have declared are dubious financial…
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Tucker Carlson says he’s backing Trump in 2024

Former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson knows who he’ll be supporting in the 2024 presidential election. “I became an active Trump supporter when they raided Mar-A-Lago last summer,” Carlson said on an episode of Roseanne Barr’s podcast this week. “That can’t stand. And I agree with Trump on a lot, but even if I disagreed…
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Sebastian Stan to Play Donald Trump in 'The Apprentice' – The Cut

Sebastian Stan to Play Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’  The Cutsource

Tucker Carlson, Trump's shadow diplomat – POLITICO – POLITICO Europe

In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place. Does the former Fox News star, who has a new gig interviewing prominent figures on the right, want to be the next US top envoy?Press play to listen to this articleVoiced by artificial intelligence.BRUSSELS — Donald Trump has mulled naming Tucker…
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Tucker Carlson Gives Disastrous Take On Becoming Donald Trump’s Running Mate

The former Fox News personality discussed the possibility of landing on Trump’s ticket as the veep candidate.

As Biden courts Xi, he should also reassure Asia-Pacific allies 

President Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference in San Francisco in mid-November grabbed the headlines as it marked their first meeting since the spy balloon incident early this year.  Biden told reporters that both countries need to “get back on a normal course of corresponding, being able to pick up the phone…
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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to January 6-related charges – CNN

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to January 6-related charges  CNNsource

New Details: Oregon Secretary of State Griffin-Valade won't block … – The News Guard

Please purchase a subscription to read our premium content. If you have a subscription, please log in or sign up for an account on our website to continue. Instant unlimited access to all of our content on thenewsguard.com.The News Guard E-Edition Newsletter emailed to you each week, the night before the paper hits the street!This…
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Christie urges Haley to attack Trump: ‘He’s not Voldemort’

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie late Thursday urged fellow GOP candidate Nikki Haley to attack former President Trump by name. “I just said his name out loud and lighting did not strike me. I did not fall dead of a heart of attack. I have not been poisoned by a member of his staff,” Christie…
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Pro-Trump attorney who helped orchestrate fake electors plot cooperating in Nevada criminal probe – CNN

Pro-Trump attorney who helped orchestrate fake electors plot cooperating in Nevada criminal probe  CNN In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results  The Associated Press Mike Pence Will Be ‘Killer Witness’ Against Donald Trump—Attorney  Newsweek source

Trump revives talk of repealing Obamacare after reading WSJ op-ed – POLITICO – POLITICO

Elections The post by Trump calling for Obamacare’s replacement has lit a fire under Biden’s slow burn campaign. The fallout from former President Donald Trump reading the Journal editorial page looms large. | Andrew Harnik/AP By Meridith McGraw and Adam Cancryn 11/30/2023 05:00 AM EST Link CopiedRepublicans thought they were done with their Obamacare nightmare.…
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Jimmy Kimmel Names The Perfect Running Mate For Donald Trump

The talk show host found a veep possibility for Trump that we should have seen coming.

SE Cupp: Trump didn't pave the way for George Santos. Another president did – CNN

SE Cupp: Trump didn’t pave the way for George Santos. Another president did  CNNsource

Why Israel and Ukraine are forcing a 2024 reckoning in both parties

This article is the second in The Hill’s three-part “World at War” series this week, which also explores public sentiment around the Russia-Ukraine war and simmering tensions with China.  A broad coalition of progressives and minority voters furious about Israel’s war in Gaza have thrust the Democratic party into a bitter fight — spurring an…
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The Memo: Trump’s blast at MSNBC — empty threat or real danger?

Former President Trump’s latest blast at a news organization is sharpening concerns about a drift toward authoritarianism if he is elected to a second term — even as skeptics wonder how he could make good on his threats. On Tuesday, Trump in a Truth Social post complained that MSNBC was guilty of “election interference” because…
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Oregon secretary of state won’t bar Donald Trump from Republican primary ballot – Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon’s secretary of state says she will not remove Donald Trump from the May 2024 presidential primary ballot, rejecting a push from a group that argues he should be barred from serving again because of his role in spurring the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.Oregon’s secretary of state says she will not…
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Trump says he'd be 'very honored' to have Black Lives Matter's support – Business Insider

Jump to Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the idea that he’d be supported by the Black Lives Matter movement, a group that he’s treated as a public enemy for years.He was responding to an interview that Maryland activist Mark Fisher gave to “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, during which Fisher expressed support for…
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Former Trump golf club worker was sexually harassed by supervisor, then conned into signing illegal NDA, lawsuit says – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeA former server at Donald Trump‘s New Jersey golf club says a Trump attorney duped her into signing an illegal non-disclosure agreement and settling a sexual harassment claim against her supervisor for a “paltry sum.”In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New Jersey’s Middlesex Superior…
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Trump will hold a fundraiser instead of appearing at next week’s GOP presidential debate – PBS NewsHour

Double your support for intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Jill Colvin, Associated Press Jill Colvin, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — As his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage next week, former President Donald Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida.Trump’s campaign has been advertising a chance to win tickets to the “end-of-year reception”…
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Trump adviser faces possible disbarment over his efforts to overturn … – The Associated Press

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Eastman faces 11 disciplinary charges in the State Bar Court of California stemming from his development of…
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Donald Trump gag order reinstated in New York civil fraud trial – BBC.com

A US court has reinstated a gag order that prevents Donald Trump and his team from criticising court personnel in his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York.Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the trial and claims his chambers have been "inundated" with threats, had issued the limited order in October.But it was put…
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Trump's love of America outweighs narcissism | Letters – The Cincinnati Enquirer

It’s no surprise to me after reading Dave Caudill’s column (“It’s time for Republicans, entire country, to look beyond Trump,” Nov. 26), that he worked at the Enquirer for 24 years, because he totally mimicked the mainstream media’s anti-Trump narrative. He casually dismissed the claim made by Trump supporters that the charges against the former…
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