Month: August 2024

Reagan-appointed judge uses footnote to ding the Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling  CNNsource

Amid the White House race, the podcaster said Kennedy is “the only one that makes sense to me.” The GOP nominee implied Rogan may get booed for it.

Trump’s plane was diverted due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby, according to a staff member at the Billings airport.

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin on Friday disparaged President Trump’s lengthy press conference Thursday, arguing the GOP presidential nominee was hurting himself. “This was an absolute dumpster fire of a press conference, just to be clear,” Farah Griffin said on “CNN News Central” to the outlet’s Kate Bolduan, in a clip highlighted…
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Opinion | Harris picks Walz, a telling comparison to Vance  The Washington Postsource

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) is keeping his distance from the newly formed Harris-Walz ticket as the vulnerable incumbent stares down a tight race for reelection that could determine control of the upper chamber. Tester praised Vice President Harris when she became President Biden’s running mate back in 2020, but he has kept her 2024 presidential bid…
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Opinion | The kind of chant only Donald Trump could love  The Washington Postsource

Donald Trump continues to attack Brian Kemp as top Republicans in Georgia seek peace   The Atlanta Journal Constitutionsource

Key swing voters react to Trump’s remark about Harris’ race  CNNsource

Veterans in Congress are taking sides in the battle over the military record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was recently accused of “stolen valor” by his rival vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).  “When are @JDVance and [former President] Trump going to stop denigrating the men and women who honorably serve our…
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Another fake elector domino falls in Arizona after ex-Trump attorney caves to prosecutors  Law & Crimesource

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Calls Out Media Over Trump Presser Coverage  Deadlinesource

Attacks on Trump ‘only strengthens our movement,’ attorney Alina Habba says  NBC Newssource

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday he does not intend to endorse or wade into the presidential race this November, expressing concerns about the direction of the Republican Party while criticizing the Democratic agenda. “For my part, I’m staying out of the presidential campaign,” Pence said at “The Gathering,” an event organized by conservative…
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Trump Is Wishcasting Now  Slatesource

Former President Trump shot back at podcaster Joe Rogan after he praised independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week. “It will be interesting to see how loudly Joe Rogan gets BOOED the next time he enters the UFC Ring??? MAGA2024,” Trump posted to his Truth Social site. On Thursday, Rogan said on his…
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Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to former President Obama, said the recent trend of calling Republicans “weird” has no downside but also is not Democrats’ “secret sauce.” “Does calling MAGA Republicans weird actually move voters?” Pfeiffer wrote in his newsletter The Message Box. “Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, we…
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Bodycam video shows moment officer discovered Trump rally shooter  NBC Newssource

The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action to revive an Arizona law requiring voter registration applicants show proof of citizenship when using a state form.  The request, docketed Friday, also asks to reinstate Arizona’s prohibition of voting in presidential elections or by mail if someone has not met the…
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Joe Biden’s Lawyer Weighs in on Donald Trump’s Potential Self-Pardon  Newsweeksource

A California man prosecutors say “viciously assaulted and injured police officers” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was on Friday sentenced to 20 years in prison, one of the longest terms handed down in connection with the attack. David Nicholas Dempsey pleaded guilty in January to two counts of assaulting police officers with a…
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Iran is using fake news and cyberattacks to target the 2024 election, according to a new report from Microsoft released Friday. “Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian actors,” the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) wrote. “Recent activity suggests the Iranian regime — along with the…
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He swung poles at police defending a tunnel, struck an officer in the head with a metal crutch and attacked police with pepper spray and broken pieces of furniture.

The former San Francisco mayor said, “You would have known if I had gone down on a helicopter with Trump.”

The Harris v. Trump debate is already looming as another historic pivot point in an extraordinary campaign  CNNsource