Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks, journalism organizations and others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact with Trump. Lucas Graves, a journalism and mass communications professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said that publicly chafing at fact-checking has become …

The Independent reports: Former Donald Trump ally turned staunch critic Chris Christie has become the latest to sound the alarm over the former president’s apparent mental decline, saying that he has seen a “significant” change in his capabilities. “He wasn’t as good in 2020 as he was in 2016,” Christie said. “I saw decline in his skills in ’20 from …

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a story that Trump is a great speaker. I hear about great speakers like Churchill. I hear about a lot of good stuff, but I’ve never heard that Trump is a great — ah oh I’m in trouble because you know what they’re going to do. ‘He’s comparing himself to Winston Churchill.’ No, that’s …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power. In the final stretch to the Nov. 5 election, the former president has developed a tendency to claim that …

The Daily Beast reports: The controversial biopic about former president Donald Trump’s business career in New York real estate flopped at the box office this weekend. The Ali Abbasi-directed The Apprentice—which Trump’s lawyer’s tried to block from release earlier this year—was on track to earn just $1.58 million, according to industry estimates. World of Reel noted the film, which cost …

“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and destroying our country, by the way, totally destroying our country, the towns, the villages, they’re being inundated. And I think they’re the big – and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, …

“Hello, everybody. God bless you. God bless America. I’m here today to tell you that it’s time to pick a side. Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok? “Are we going to be a nation of law and order or wide open borders? Which is it? Because it’s time to pick a …

“We’ve never seen stuff like this before. And I think that CBS – I think that 60 Minutes – should go off the air. I think it’s the worst broadcast scandal that I’ve ever heard. “It’s also election interference. It also is license threatening. You know, they have a license – it’s not cable – they have a license from …

“We’re going to take care of your situation, and will force it down his throat. And we’ll say, Gavin, if you don’t do it, we’re not giving any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the fire, forest fires that you have. It’s not hard to do.” – Trump, speaking yesterday in California. Hours …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about his running mate JD Vance from being posted on the social media platform, a move that resulted in the journalist who revealed the information being kicked off the site, according to reports. The former president’s team contacted X, owned by the billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, …

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 …