Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 17, 2023Former President Donald Trump has never been moderate in rhetoric and action. But there’s a real sense out there that, as he comes under further legal pressure, he’s become more apocalyptic: During a Veterans Day speech, echoing the language of authoritarian dictators, he…
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‘It’s inexcusable’: Backlash grows over Univision’s Trump interview, cancelled Biden ads MSNBCsource
Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in…
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Takeaways from the blockbuster Trump ‘insurrectionist ban’ ruling CNNsource
Trump’s trials: Major civil, criminal and constitutional case developments CNNsource
The Georgia prosecutor in Donald Trump’s election racketeering case asked Friday for the trial to start Aug. 5, which could overlap with the presidential election in November.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis argued that the date balances potential delays from Trump’s other trials against the need for a speedy trial. She said the final date…
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ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT We need to talk about what happens if Donald Trump wins. We need to talk about it because there is a real chance that he could, especially if we don’t talk about it.We’ve heard more than enough about how old Biden is and about how no one likes Kamala Harris. And we’ve heard more…
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Former President Trump told his supporters earlier this year he would be their “retribution” if reelected.He told supporters last week he would direct the Justice Department (DOJ) to investigate “every Marxist prosecutor in America.”And Trump over the weekend vowed to “root out … the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our…
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Our economy is being devoured by inflation, our border is being overrun, our cities are rife with crime, our children are being indoctrinated in school, our government is being weaponized against its people, Israel is under attack, and our country is being laughed at on the world stage. We have very serious problems confronting our…
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Top GOP candidates converge in Iowa for evangelical Christian forum that Trump skipped CNNsource
Watch now on Peacock: Rachel Maddow joins Chris Hayes on the final stop of the “Why Is This Happening?” tour Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore Shows“It doesn't matter that Donald Trump sees this through the prism of self-preservation, and Mike Johnson I guess sees it as his biblical calling. Their goals are the same," says…
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Judge denies Trump bid to cut Jan. 6 riot language from D.C. election indictment CNBCsource
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Tears Apart Trump Attorney’s False Jan. 6 Claim Yahoo Newssource
Haberman says this detail of Trump audio struck her CNNsource
CNN Poll: Trump holds significant lead in New Hampshire GOP primary, while Haley moves into second place CNNsource
Wall Street Eyes Nikki Haley as Trump Spoiler The Wall Street Journalsource
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) said he’s “deeply concerned” about former President Trump’s recent retaliatory rhetoric. “I don’t know where it’s going, with Donald Trump, what I can tell you is, the things that he talks about, are frightening to those of us who know the history of Europe in the 1930s and 40s,” Pritzker told…
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It’s easy to forget, given what unfolded four years later, the extent to which Donald Trump once claimed that he’d been the victim of voter fraud when he won in 2016.As was the case in 2020, his primary motivation was vanity. He was unquestionably pleased to have won the presidency, in part because he got…
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Former President Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Saturday — just two months before the caucuses will officially spark the 2024 primary season into action. Trump remains the front-runner in the GOP race, despite mounting legal woes — including two cases centered on his alleged attempts to overturn…
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CREW illustration | Photos by Jon Cherry/Getty Images, Gage SkidmoreA Colorado district judge ruled that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection on January 6th, however did not remove him from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, in a case brought on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in…
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We are now less than one year away from Election Day 2024. On the Republican side, three debates have already been held featuring a diverse group of presidential hopefuls. The one person who has been absent has been the favorite in the polls, Donald Trump, declining to participate. Not surprisingly, the number of candidates has…
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Radio host calls Trump a ‘fascist’ CNNsource
Former President Trump claimed Saturday that the judge in his New York civil fraud trial is a “complete and total puppet” of New York Attorney General Letitia James. “Judge Arthur Engoron, the most overturned and stayed Judge in the State, and the Racist New York State Attorney General, the most corrupt & incompetent A.G. in…
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An attorney for former President Trump celebrated Friday’s ruling that Trump could remain on the primary ballot in Colorado. “We’re pretty satisfied with the outcome,” attorney Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state, said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.. Though, he added that he has not spoken to Trump. His comments came…
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New York judge temporarily lifted gag order, opening window through which Trump could vent his unrestrained feelingsBarely an hour after a gag order prohibiting Donald Trump from commenting about court staff at his civil fraud trial in New York was temporarily lifted, he was at it again – unleashing a blitzkrieg of social media outrage…
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