Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: “Members of my family actually got private health insurance, at least, for the first time … under Donald Trump’s leadership,” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said. repeating a line he has used on the stump. Vance added that his family members switched off Medicaid while Trump was in office between 2017 and 2021. Vance was referring to …

From the Trump campaign: President Trump has voluntarily released updates from his personal physician, as well as detailed reports from Dr. Ronny Jackson who treated him after the first assassination attempt. All have concluded he is in perfect and excellent health to be Commander in Chief. He has maintained an extremely busy and active campaign schedule unlike any other in …

Politico reports: Trump’s message in Aurora, a city that has become a central part of his campaign speeches in the final stretch to Election Day, marks another example of how the former president has escalated his xenophobic and racist rhetoric against migrants and minority groups he says are genetically predisposed to commit crimes. And Trump has demonized minority groups and …

Politico reports: A conservative think tank that has been laying the groundwork for a possible second Trump administration has been targeted by an apparent cyber attack. The America First Policy Institute contacted federal authorities for assistance after its internal network was breached. The group said in a statement that its systems have since been secured. Launched after Trump’s 2020 loss, …

The New York Times reports: Over steak and baked potatoes, the former president tore through a bitter list of grievances. He made it clear that people, including donors, needed to do more, appreciate him more and help him more. He disparaged Vice President Kamala Harris as “retarded.” He complained about the number of Jews still backing Ms. Harris, saying they …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign relabeled some of its new “Latter-day Saints for Trump” merchandise on Friday after it was criticized for seeming to not understand some of the key tenets of the religion. Samuel Benson, the national political correspondent for the Deseret News, covered the launch of “Latter-day Saints for Trump” and on Friday posted to …

The Independent reports: After mocking Vice President Kamala Harris over her teleprompter use, Donald Trump’s rally in Reno, Nevada, ground to a halt as he was was forced to fix his on-stage after a campaign sign fell on it. “Thank god I don’t use teleprompters too much,” Trump told rallygoers after the sign fell on the teleprompter, causing the script …

The New Republic reports: Despite the fact that his state is still recovering from Hurricane Helene, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was forced to use his time to debunk misinformation spread by Donald Trump Friday afternoon. Trump posted on Truth Social earlier on Friday that Cooper, along with “Democrats in Washington,” were blocking aid from coming into the state to …

“We are now known, all throughout the world, as OCCUPIED AMERICA…But to everyone here in Colorado and all across our nation, I make you this vow: November 5th, 2024 will be LIBERATION DAY in America. “I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered—and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick …

ABC News reports: President Joe Biden on Friday said he believes his administration is “breaking through with the truth” when it comes to misinformation surrounding the federal response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Though Biden also continued his vocal criticism of former President Donald Trump, who he said was “not singularly to blame” for the proliferation of false claims …

Via press release from Fox News: FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Harris Faulkner will present a town hall with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump focusing on issues impacting women ahead of the election and news of the day at Reid Barn in Cumming, Georgia. The event, which will be held with an audience entirely composed of women, will pre-tape …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump has not played golf since an apparent assassination attempt near one of his courses on Sept. 15, and he will not do so until after the election, according to a person close to the campaign. Trump was told that federal agents could not ensure his safety to a degree that they were comfortable …

Mediaite reports: Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) really did not want to answer a New York Times reporter’s question about former President Donald Trump losing the 2020 election, refusing to answer it a total of five times. Vance sat down with Lulu Garcia-Navarro for the paper’s podcast The Interview, which will air in full on Saturday. The Times posted a three-minute …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump’s campaign requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks of the campaign, expanded flight restrictions over his residences and rallies, ballistic glass pre-positioned in seven battleground states for the campaign’s use and an array of military vehicles to transport Trump. The requests are extraordinary and unprecedented — no nominee in …

“Trump’s all talk when it comes being tough on China.  Some of you heard this. We just found out his Trump-branded Bibles, yeah, they’re printed in China. This dude even outsourced God to China. “I’m going to try and be generous here. I don’t blame him. He didn’t notice the Made in China sticker because they put it inside the …

“I have more complaints on grocery. The word, grocery. You know, it’s sorta simple word, but it sorta means like everything you eat. The stomach is speaking. It always does. And, uh, I have more complaints about that. Bacon and things going up. Double. Triple. Quadruple.” – Multiple felon, accused rapist, and very stable genius Trump, who continues to attack …

The Daily Beast reports: The moderator for Kamala Harris’s Univision town hall personally debunked yet another teleprompter conspiracy theory cooked up by right-wing influencers. Conservative commentators claimed to have uncovered a “gotcha” moment when a Univision camera panning the room during Thursday’s event showed Harris speaking in front of a teleprompter with writing that then went black. “Watch them panic …

The Guardian reports: Mark Milley, a retired US army general who was chair of the joint chiefs of staff under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, fears being recalled to uniform and court-martialed should Trump defeat Kamala Harris next month and return to power. “He is a walking, talking advertisement of what he’s going to try to do,” Milley recently “warned …

NBC News reports: Four cities and a county confirmed to NBC News that they’re still waiting for the Trump campaign to pay bills often associated with reimbursements for the costs of local law enforcement and other first responder personnel. The final price tag is more than $750,000 for those five jurisdictions, with some bills dating back eight years. Reached for …

Tony Schwartz writes for the New York Times: “The Apprentice” tells Mr. Trump’s story through the lens of the two men who most influenced him: his father, Fred, and Roy Cohn, his longtime lawyer and one of the most notorious and disgraced fixers of the 20th century. What they had in common, and passed on to Donald in spades, was …