Trump Corruption

Variety reports: Donald Trump unleashed new invective at superstar Taylor Swift after she endorsed VP Kamala Harris for president. “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday morning in his trademark all-caps style, without context or elaboration. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” …

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: Donald Trump likes to call his political opponents nuts, as in “crazy Nancy Pelosi,” so then why is he hanging with the 9/11 conspiracist Laura Loomer? Is he trying to lose the election? Ms. Loomer is usually described in the press as “far right,” but that’s unfair to the fever swamps. People in …

The Hill reports: Former first lady Melania Trump blasted the FBI’s 2022 raid of Mar-a-Lago in a video posted on social media Saturday morning, cautioning that the rights and freedoms of Americans have to be “respected.” The video, promoting her forthcoming memoir, presents the words of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution set to music, and then features images of …

Fact-checking outfit NewsGuard reports: NewsGuard identified and tracked down the two people central to the claim: Erika Lee, the Springfield resident who wrote the original Facebook post, and Kimberly Newton, the neighbor who had provided her with a third-hand account of the rumor, making Lee’s social media post a fourth-hand account: the alleged acquaintance/cat owner; Newton’s friend; Newton; and Lee, …

“ABC FAKE NEWS has been completely discredited, and is now under investigation. Did they give Comrade Kamala the questions? “It was 3 on 1, but they were mentally challenged people, against one person of extraordinary genius. It wasn’t even close, as is now reflected in the polls. “I WON THE DEBATE!  Up 6 points in the Rasmussen Poll. I WON …

Politico reports: Two former Canadian lawmakers are calling on former President Donald Trump to apologize for reviving and circulating a long-debunked rumor that is “vile, vulgar, and deeply offensive.” Their move comes after Trump falsely claims that Canada’s prime minister is the son of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in “Save America,” the former president’s new photo book that also …

Dayton’s CBS affiliate reports: A bomb threat forced two Springfield area hospitals to lock down early Saturday morning. Kettering Health Springfield went into lockdown this morning after receiving information regarding a bomb threat. Now, Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center officials say they also received reports of a bomb threat Saturday morning and were forced into lockdown. Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical …

“Every voter should be made aware of this. Donald Trump just admitted he will block emergency disaster funds to settle political vendettas. Today it’s California’s wildfires. Tomorrow it could be hurricane funding for North Carolina or flooding assistance for homeowners in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump doesn’t care about America — he only cares about himself.” – Gov. Gavin Newsom, posting to …

TMZ reports: A viral pic of a man lugging around 2 geese in Ohio is blowing up after Donald Trump’s bizarre pet-munching Haitian immigrant claims … but we’re told the photo’s just being twisted to fit the former prez’s narrative, and what’s actually going on is far less dramatic. The Ohio Division of Wildlife tells TMZ the real deal behind …

“Why is NASDAQ halting the sale of DJT? What right do they have to do this? They have done it twice today. What’s going on? “Are they taking orders from the SEC, which, for political reasons, delayed us for an inordinate amount of time, therefore hurting the stock very badly? “I am going to hold NASDAQ, and maybe the SEC, …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Former President Trump painted a dystopian image of California as crime-ridden, water-starved and flooded with illegal immigrants as a warning about what will happen to the nation if Kamala Harris is elected president. Trump said if he is elected, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he referred to …

REPORTER: The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, the police chief, the Republican governor of Ohio, have all debunked this story about people eating pets. And now there are bomb threats at schools and kids being evacuated. Why do you still spread this false story? TRUMP: No, no. No. The real threat is what’s happening at our border. Because you have thousands …

The New York Times reports: President Biden angrily denounced former President Donald J. Trump on Friday for continuing to traffic in false rumors about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs, unfounded tales that have roiled a community in Ohio and inflamed the presidential campaign. At a brunch on the South Lawn of the White House billed as a “celebration of …

“We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations. We’re going to get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela. “They moved all their criminals, not all of them, but the rest of them. They emptied their jails in Venezuela emptied their criminals, emptied the nests. They’re all now in the United States, and they’re now taking …

The Daily Beast reports: ABC has denied Vice President Kamala Harris was given any questions ahead of Tuesday’s debate, shooting down one of the talking points that right-wingers—including former President Donald Trump—tried to use to explain the former president’s much-criticized debate performance. “Absolutely not,” an ABC News spokesperson told the Daily Beast. “Harris was not given any questions before the …

Law & Crime reports: Weeks after one shipping company claimed to be owed hundreds of thousands and filed suit in federal court, another is suing Mike Lindell’s MyPillow in Minnesota to collect on a debt north of three quarters of a million dollars. The Star Tribune reported that the suit filed just this week claims MyPillow owes close to $800,000 …

Via press release from the Lincoln Project: After Kamala Harris smoked Trump on the debate stage, we’ve released a new ad called “In Memoriam,” bidding RIP to the Trump campaign. You gave it a good shot, Donald but the adults in the room can take it from here. “Harris prosecuted the hell out of Trump and what was left standing …

The Washington Post reports: The Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission is pushing back on former president Donald Trump’s call for ABC to lose its broadcast license because of the way its journalists moderated his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. In response, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel disputed the notion that the agency — which oversees TV and radio …

NBC News reports: The judge in election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president. The original 41-count indictment accused Trump and several of his allies of a broad scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump …

“When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I WANT A REMATCH.’ Polls clearly show that I won the Debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ Radical Left Candidate, on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for a Second Debate. “She and Crooked Joe have destroyed our Country, with millions of criminals and mentally …