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Trump’s Guilfoyle nomination surfaces allegations old and new
1 week, 6 days ago

Trump’s Guilfoyle nomination surfaces allegations old and new

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Kimberly Guilfoyle, officially his eldest son's fiancée, as Ambassador to Greece is drawing outrage as she becomes the latest in a line of what some are likening to cronyism and nepotism appointments of Trump allies with little relevant experience for the posts. "The draft complaint also alleged that Guilfoyle spoke incessantly and luridly about her …

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MAGA disguises stashed by Dems as 'getaway costumes' in case Capitol attacked: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

MAGA disguises stashed by Dems as 'getaway costumes' in case Capitol attacked: report

Raw Story  

Rep. Colin Allred, who is running a surprisingly competitive race against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, has recalled his efforts to protect other members of Congress when the U.S. Capitol Building was under attack on January 6, 2021. According to NOTUS reporters Riley Rogerson and Matt Fuller, some Democrats in Congress are preparing for such violence by keeping an "insurrectionist getaway …

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Russian Propaganda Unit Appears to Be Behind Spread of False Tim Walz Sexual Abuse Claims
54 years, 11 months ago

Russian Propaganda Unit Appears to Be Behind Spread of False Tim Walz Sexual Abuse Claims

Wired  

A Russian-aligned propaganda network notorious for creating deepfake whistleblower videos appears to be behind a coordinated effort to promote wild and baseless claims that Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz sexually assaulted one of his former students, according to several specialists tracking the disinformation campaign. NBC reported this week that the group has pushed at least 50 false …

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Letters to the Editor: This is where the Trump-Hitler comparison works
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: This is where the Trump-Hitler comparison works

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta on Saturday. To the editor: Some of your letter writers seem to think that making any comparison of former President Trump to Adolf Hitler is inherently more divisive than anything Trump does. He gained power by stoking grievance; accusing the elected government of treasonous behavior; creating a cult of personality; …

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Trump is immune from prosecution for some acts in federal election case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump is immune from prosecution for some acts in federal election case

Politico  

The opinion from Chief Justice John Roberts declared that former presidents have “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution over actions that fall within their “core constitutional powers.” “There is no immunity,” Roberts wrote, for “unofficial acts.” Trump immediately rejoiced at the decision. That nuance leaves open the question of whether Trump’s interactions with then-Vice President Mike Pence in the lead-up to …

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Alito’s Aggrieved Letter to Congress Tips His Hand in the Jan. 6 Cases
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Alito’s Aggrieved Letter to Congress Tips His Hand in the Jan. 6 Cases

Slate  

On Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito released a letter dismissing concerns over the New York Times’ reports of insurrectionist flags flying outside his homes. As Alito tells it, because Mrs. Alito jointly owns the marital home, she has the “legal right to use the property as she sees fit.” Alito, indeed no pushover on the bench, insists: “I asked my wife …

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Five questions you must ask yourself before voting in November
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Five questions you must ask yourself before voting in November

Raw Story  

We are supposedly five weeks out from the first of two scheduled 2024 presidential debates between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. However, within hours of the two men agreeing to debate, Republican operatives — including daughter-in-law Lara Trump, and co-chair of the Republican National Committee — already began downplaying expectations, griping without evidence that the upcoming debates …

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Experts alarmed by Thomas’ part in Trump immunity case despite 'insurrectionist' wife
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts alarmed by Thomas’ part in Trump immunity case despite 'insurrectionist' wife

Raw Story  

As oral arguments began in Donald Trump's presidential immunity case Thursday,the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee is claiming that because he was still president in late 2020 and early 2021, he can’t be prosecuted in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference indictment. Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to Smith's case, has slammed Trump's presidential immunity argument as absurd — ruling that …

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The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority opinion in Trump v. Anderson, ending Colorado’s attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot as an insurrectionist, is a remarkable self-own. Although the majority called Congress’ power “critical” when it comes to Section 3, without explaining what that means, it made the Supreme Court the final arbiter of whether someone can be …

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The Effort to Disqualify Trump From the Ballot Was an Unmitigated Disaster
54 years, 11 months ago

The Effort to Disqualify Trump From the Ballot Was an Unmitigated Disaster

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s decision reversing Colorado’s choice to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, the judgment of which was joined by all nine justices, was obviously correct. That move would try to bar Trump on Jan. 6, 2025: Congress’ job, this argument goes, is to “count” electoral votes to determine a winner. And although there is just one historical example …

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"Risky": Legal experts say Supreme Court's ballot ruling "could lead to another January 6"
9 months, 2 weeks ago

"Risky": Legal experts say Supreme Court's ballot ruling "could lead to another January 6"

Salon  

The Supreme Court's decision on Monday redirected the potential chaos surrounding efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot to Congress, igniting concerns among legal experts about the court leaving open as many problems as it resolved. “Here is how Congress will enforce the insurrection clause, allow Trump to run for president, and possibly to incite another insurrection: …

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Supreme Court rules Trump can be on the Colorado ballot: What it means for the 2024 election.
54 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court rules Trump can be on the Colorado ballot: What it means for the 2024 election.

Slate  

This episode is member-exclusive. By joining, not only will you unlock exclusive SCOTUS analysis and extended episodes of Amicus, but you’ll also access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. The Supreme Court ruled early Monday that alleged insurrectionist Donald Trump can remain on the Colorado republican primary ballot, and that no state may remove him, even if they …

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Liberal SCOTUS justices fired 'a shot across the bow' in Trump ballot ruling: analyst
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Liberal SCOTUS justices fired 'a shot across the bow' in Trump ballot ruling: analyst

Raw Story  

Following a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court to allow Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in all 50 states despite the text of the 14th Amendment's ruling that insurrectionists cannot hold public office, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted a separate concurrence by the court's three liberal justices that appears to be a warning to their six conservative …

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Column: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: For the second time in days, the Supreme Court helped make another Trump presidency possible

LA Times  

The Supreme Court held Monday that a single state such as Colorado can’t prohibit Donald Trump from running for president as an insurrectionist under the 14th Amendment. The court’s strong inclination to restore Trump to the ballot was clear from the oral argument in the case last month, and indeed the justices reversed the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously. Circuit Court …

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The shameful failure of yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment arguments
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The shameful failure of yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment arguments

Raw Story  

The single most astonishing thing about yesterday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court was the almost complete lack of historical context in those arguments about an insurrectionist staying on the ballot. And yet that is exactly what provoked Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Michigan’s Senator Jacob Howard, and New York’s Senator Roscoe Conkling to write and push through Congress the 14th …

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No 'free pass' for 'insurrectionist president': Colorado plaintiffs' SCOTUS filing
10 months, 4 weeks ago

No 'free pass' for 'insurrectionist president': Colorado plaintiffs' SCOTUS filing

Raw Story  

The plaintiffs who are suing to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado told the United States Supreme Court this week that the former president deserves to be treated as any other insurrectionist would be. "Instead of peacefully ceding power, Trump intentionally organized and incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol in a desperate effort to …

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Trump Isn't The Only Republican To Face Disqualification
11 months ago

Trump Isn't The Only Republican To Face Disqualification

Huff Post  

Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is an insurrectionist — and therefore, whether he’s legally permitted to run for office again. It made for a moment that Adam Unikowsky, a seasoned Supreme Court litigator at Jenner & Block LLP, called “particularly incredible.” More significantly for Trump’s case, both Greene and Cawthorn argued …

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Trump’s monetization of the White House is not over
11 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s monetization of the White House is not over

Salon  

Documents released by the House Democrats on January 4, 2024 and reported by the New York Times last week “revealed” that during his first two years as president, Donald Trump’s “ businesses received at least 7.8 million from 20 foreign governments ” in overseas transactions with most of it coming from China. Though Trump campaigned in 2016 to end the …

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Letters to the Editor: Three years after Jan. 6, Trump has been normalized. How did this happen?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Three years after Jan. 6, Trump has been normalized. How did this happen?

LA Times  

Police use pepper spray on rioters who were attempting to breach a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. To the editor: Reporter Sarah D. Wire’s first-person account of the U.S. Capitol riot had me reliving the terror, disbelief and disgust that many Americans experienced on Jan. 6, 2021. I say “many” because — impossible as it sounds …

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Trump's lead shrinks to single digits in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley gains ground: Poll
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's lead shrinks to single digits in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley gains ground: Poll

Hindustan Times  

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has significantly narrowed the gap with former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary race in New Hampshire, according to latest CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Nikki Haley narrows gap with Trump in New Hampshire primary race in New Hampshire Nikki Haley's support up 12% since November Haley's support has …

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Lawsuit targets Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry's 2024 run, echoes Trump's legal woes
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit targets Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry's 2024 run, echoes Trump's legal woes

Hindustan Times  

A lawsuit has been filed against Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry, seeking to remove him from the 2024 primary ballots using the same insurrection argument that disqualified Donald Trump in two states. A liberal activist wants a Pennsylvania court to bar U.S. Rep. Scott Perry from the state's primary ballot, arguing that Perry engaged in insurrectionist activity and cannot appear on …

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After Colorado, Maine's top election official disqualifies Donald Trump from 2024 Ballot
11 months, 3 weeks ago

After Colorado, Maine's top election official disqualifies Donald Trump from 2024 Ballot

Hindustan Times  

Maine's top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot, citing the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban," CNN reported. Donald Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot by Maine This decision follows a similar move by the Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month, making Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from running for office. Maine Secretary of …

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US: Maine poll body disqualifies Donald Trump from 2024 Presidential elections, becomes second state to do so
11 months, 3 weeks ago

US: Maine poll body disqualifies Donald Trump from 2024 Presidential elections, becomes second state to do so

India TV News  

The top election body in US state of Maine blocked former president Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot after he was ruled ineligible due to his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the US Capitol. The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the …

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US: Michigan Supreme Court rejects 'insurrectionist ban' against Trump, keeps him on 2024 ballot
11 months, 4 weeks ago

US: Michigan Supreme Court rejects 'insurrectionist ban' against Trump, keeps him on 2024 ballot

India TV News  

Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear a plea seeking to disqualify former US President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot for the 2024 presidential elections, in a victory for the 77-year-old's chances of contesting for a return to the White House. The development stands in stark contrast to the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify Trump from …

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