Trump Corruption

NPR reports: Two members of Donald Trump’s campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, NPR has learned. A source with knowledge of the incident said the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent …

First came this raging post: In an effort to resurrect a “dead” Witch Hunt in Washington, D.C., in an act of desperation, and in order to save face, the illegally appointed “Special Counsel” Deranged Jack Smith, has brought a ridiculous new Indictment against me, which has all the problems of the old Indictment, and should be dismissed IMMEDIATELY. His Florida …

“I have reached an agreement with the Radical Left Democrats for a Debate with Comrade Kamala Harris. “It will be Broadcast Live on ABC FAKE NEWS, by far the nastiest and most unfair newscaster in the business, on Tuesday, September 10th, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “The Rules will be the same as the last CNN Debate, which seemed to work out …

Bloomberg News reports: Building on the growing interplay between crypto and politics, Donald Trump is offering a fourth collection of nonfungible tokens that feature images ranging from the former president in a superhero costume to holding figurative Bitcoins while he seeks to return to the White House. The new collection features 50 NFTs selling for $99 each, with additional “trading …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump plans to name his former rival, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard, a one-time Democrat, as honorary co-chairs of a presidential transition team that will help him select the policies and personnel of any second Trump administration. Only four months ago, Mr. Trump was calling Mr. Kennedy a “Radical Left Lunatic” …

“This is exactly what this administration (WHICH INCLUDES KAMALA) has done to our country. Censorship is what happens in communist countries not this republic. “They have gagged my client, his lawyers in and out of courtrooms and his team. Now, we once again have proof that they are gagging our media and censoring America. “Kamala is hiding because she can’t …

The Bulwark reports: Donald Trump’s campaign is set to run cable news ads this week so they can be seen at the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago club and surrounding environs. The South Florida expense is likely to have no impact on the course of the election. Palm Beach County is a Democratic stronghold in a Republican state that Trump has little chance …

NPR reports: After spending several months and millions of dollars overcoming onerous requirements to try to get on the ballot in all 50 states, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now facing new barriers to get off the ballot in some states. Last Friday, Kennedy announced he was effectively ending his independent presidential campaign, encouraging his supporters to vote for him …

CNN reports: An Arizona judge has set a trial date of January 5, 2026, for allies of former President Donald Trump charged for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. If that date holds, it means the Arizona case will go to trial close to five years after the alleged crimes were committed and take place six months later …

“We have no ammunition. ‘We have a problem, Sir. We have no ammunition.’ You don’t wanna tell your enemy you have no ammo – I don’t wanna tell President Xi of China that we don’t have ammunition. I had ammunition. We had so much it was coming out of our gills, right? I had ammunition. I said, ‘Oh, what the …

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith is arguing to revive his office’s classified documents case against Donald Trump with a vigorous defense of its authority in the first formal filing since Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the criminal case last month. In a brief filed with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Monday, Smith argues that Cannon’s …

The Meidas Touch reports: Tim Walz loves dogs. He posts photos of himself with dogs all the time. He also loves his dog, Scout, and frequently takes him to dog parks and posts photos from the park. This has led the a new right-wing conspiracy today, which is International Dog Day. Yes, the same people who spent weeks trying to …

“Three years ago, Kamala and Biden’s incompetence left 13 dead warriors, hundreds of civilians killed and grievously wounded, and $85 billion worth of the finest military equipment on the planet abandoned to the Taliban [JMG: This is a lie], right into the hands of the Taliban. “It also left 45 incredible soldiers so badly wounded. The legs, the arms, the …

The Hill reports: Political scientist Larry Sabato dismissed a potential boost for former President Trump after independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed him last week. “He has been dropping like a rock ever since Kamala Harris got in,” Sabato said of Kennedy. “For people who think that, because he’s endorsing Trump, he can just move that 2 percent …

“We agreed to the same rules. I don’t know — doesn’t matter to me. I’d rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. “In that case, it was muted. Uh, I didn’t like it the last time, but it worked out fine. They’re trying to change it. “The …

“Poll workers work in the tabulation centers. We have pledged 500 lawyers on the ground in every battleground state. And in addition to that, we have had to go, unfortunately – but we have had to go state by state and make sure they’re doing things like cleaning up their voter rolls, making sure that there are no illegals on …

The New York Times reports: Anyone who has spent time reviewing Donald Trump’s campaign spending reports would quickly conclude they’re a governance nightmare. There is so little disclosure about what happened to the billions raised in 2020 and 2024 that donors (and maybe even the former president himself) can’t possibly know how it was spent. Federal Election Commission campaign disclosure …

Media Matters reports: Former President Donald Trump promoted a social media account that wrote that “the election must be too big to rig” above an image of a flag with the words “Trump or Communism.” The account Trump promoted is filled with extremist content, including claims that “Jews have been capitalizing on niggers for thousands of years”; “Adolf Hitler was …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris (D), after agreeing to participate as the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month. “I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s (K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who …

The Daily Beast reports: The estate of the late soul singer Isaac Hayes is moving forward in their lawsuit against Donald Trump for using a song co-written by the artist. “The Federal Court has granted our request for an Emergency Hearing to secure injunctive relief,” the late singer’s son, Isaac Hayes III, wrote on X Friday. According to Hayes III, …