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Judge Misha Westby on Thursday dismissed retired Laramie attorney Tim Newcomb's lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis off the state's election ballots, saying the lawsuit was premature. January 05, 20244 min readA Laramie judge has dismissed a Wyoming-based challenge to get former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis off the state’s…
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CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour on Sunday accused former President Trump of engaging in “Nazi talk” and underscored the significance of former Vice President Pence calling for new leadership in the party. In a discussion on “Sky News” on Sunday, Amanpour warned about what public reporting is saying Trump and his team are planning…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) slammed a comment by former President Trump’s lawyer where she insinuated Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will “step up” when it comes to the the former president’s ballot cases, claiming it shows a “New York mobsters” mentality.“Well, this is the way that New York mobsters think about judges,” Raskin told MSNBC…
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Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Trump don’t owe him “one thing” and should not treat him differently when they hear arguments in his appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing the former president from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th…
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Now 21 Sat 29 Sun 24Storm to bring up to a foot of snow to southern Maine this weekend. Here's what to expect.Check the list for closings, delays, and parking bans.by Gregg Lagerquist, WGMEIn this Friday Focus segment, Matt Gagnon, the CEO of the Maine Policy Institute, spoke with CBS13 about Maine Secretary of State…
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Voters in Illinois and Massachusetts seek to remove Trump off 2024 ballot  NBC Newssource

Is President Biden, at age 81, too old to run for president? Does his chronological (calendar) age suggest he won’t survive another four-year term? Are claims of cognitive decline warranted?  These and other age-related questions have surfaced in this election cycle because, let’s face it, Biden (and Trump) are the two oldest presidents in American history. Either would break…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Trump’s Colorado Primary Eligibility  Vanity Fairsource

McCain criticized the former president for dishing out another attack at the late senator.

The Biden campaign defended its strategy in response to new reporting on criticism from former President Obama on the structure of the Biden campaign and on his concern about former President Trump’s strength as a political candidate going into 2024. Quentin Fulks, principal deputy campaign manager for President Biden’s reelection bid, on Sunday defended the…
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Trump warns of ‘big trouble’ as Supreme Court agrees to hear Colorado ballot case  Yahoo News Despite US Supreme Court appeal, Trump certified as candidate on Colorado GOP ballot  ABC News Trump backed by 27 states in Supreme Court fight, who warn of 2024 ‘chaos’ if he’s removed from ballot  Fox News source

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) dug into Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) labelling of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters sentenced to prison as “hostages,” calling the New York Republican’s word usage a “disgrace” and “outrageous.” Stefanik earlier Sunday told NBC News’s “Meet the Press” she has “concerns about the treatment of January 6th hostages.” The remark…
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Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inFormer president’s comments draw ire for implication slavery could have been negotiated Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profileDonald Trump claims Civil War ‘could’ve been negotiated’Donald Trump claimed…
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Jump to The Missouri Secretary of State is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from election ballots after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former president Donald Trump can not appear on Republican primary ballots in the state.The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that Trump cannot appear in presidential primary ballots due to the…
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Trump, in Iowa, demands release of those jailed for 2021 Capitol attack  Yahoo Newssource

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the laws surrounding former President Trump’s ballot eligibility are “up to the states.” Asked by ABC News “This Week” co-anchor George  Stephanopoulos if her belief Trump engaged in an insurrection means she thinks he’s ineligible to be president, Pelosi said, “Those laws … those are up…
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Watch CBS News By Dan Snyder January 4, 2024 / 2:26 PM EST / CBS Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of State, which oversees elections, says he has no power to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in November’s presidential election.“Pennsylvania’s Election Code does not give me, as Secretary…
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted “biased media” and said she was concerned about “the treatment of January 6th hostages,” echoing former President Trump’s remarks on the attack on the Capitol. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker played a video of Stefanik speaking on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, when she…
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Former Vice President Mike Pence (R) said Sunday that efforts to remove former President Trump from the 2024 ballot, under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause,” is “antithetical” to democracy. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pence criticized the push to remove Trump from presidential ballots and declined to call Jan. 6 an…
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House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) did not rule out the possibility of being Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential running mate and stressed that she would be honored to serve in the Trump White House should he win a second term. “Well, I, of course, would be honored to serve in any capacity in a…
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Biden’s plea to save democracy faces harsh democratic reality  CNNsource

Help keep Salon independentDonald Trump's legal team "appears bent on helping prosecutors" in their election interference case against him based on a report cited in the former president's latest legal brief, according to a Washington Post analysis. Prosecutors have said the former president's false voter fraud claims fabricated grounds for him to illegally overturn the 2020…
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Politics New Mexico is one of several states where fake electors attempted to cast ballots indicating that Trump had won. Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez is making recommendations to state lawmakers that he says would enhance the security of the state’s electoral process and provide legal authority for prosecuting similar conduct in the future. |…
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At least when it’s his.Have you heard about the president who received money from China and other foreign countries? No, not the current president. The former one.House Republicans recently launched an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, premised on the claim that he is hiding, in the words of Speaker Mike Johnson, “millions of dollars…
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Donald Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, took the highly unusual step of predicting that a specific Supreme Court justice will rule in her client’s favor. Her comment came after his legal team asked the court to overturn a state decision barring him from the ballot.Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump must be removed…
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