Trump Corruption

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, …

Politico reports: H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, on Sunday said that Trump needs “a competent team around him” because he is susceptible to being manipulated. Speaking Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” McMaster said: “He can make really sound decisions and disrupt things that need to be disrupted in terms of foreign policy, national …

“Bret Baier of FoxNews called me, I didn’t call him, just prior to the Kamala Convention speech, and asked me if I would like to critique her after she is finished. “I agreed to do so! — I thought it was nonspecific and weak, with no fracking, crime, inflation or anything else of interest even mentioned. Delivery was a C+, …

Mediaite reports: “RFK Jr. has falsely said that the COVID vaccine is the deadliest vaccine ever made. What’s your response to that?” the reporter asked. Trump dodged the question and replied, “Well, I’m going to have to see because I haven’t seen him yet. I’m going to see him in a little while.” Trump rarely discusses his role in getting …

The Meidas Touch reports: A man introduced as an undecided voter during a CNN segment following Kamala Harris’ speech on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention has a history of supporting MAGA online. CNN host Gary Tuchman said all panelists claimed to be undecided voters at that time. Meet Bryant Rosado, who, when asked to grade Kamala Harris’ speech, …

“I would like to welcome Adam to what we call no man’s land. You are now not a Republican. You’re not a Democrat. You are in no man’s land. So congratulations! “You want to speak about values? You don’t know where the hell you stand! You are sitting at the DNC denouncing the Republican Party! You are calling a man …

“There will be no future under Comrade Kamala Harris, because she will take us into a Nuclear World War III! She will never be respected by the Tyrants of the World! “She didn’t mention China, she didn’t mention fracking, she didn’t mention Energy, she didn’t mention, meaningfully, Russia and Ukraine, she didn’t mention the big subjects of the day, that …

CNN reports: With glitzy Mar-a-Lago fundraisers, stays at Trump’s hotels, and flights on the former president’s private jet, Republican candidates and political groups are on track to spend more on Trump’s businesses this year than any year since 2016, according to a CNN analysis of federal campaign finance data. Trump himself has been the biggest spender, both this year and …