Trump Corruption

The Guardian reports: Elon Musk’s pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1m-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, an attorney for the billionaire said on Monday. Musk lawyer Chris Gober was trying to persuade a Pennsylvania judge that the giveaway was not an “illegal lottery”, …

“I went very viral. I was simply analyzing that it’s unhealthy for a political movement to try to encourage a wife to lie to their husband about who they vote for. I just think that’s really gross, honestly, about, like, the deceit between — like, the disharmony of a holy union. That’s just me. “This is the Julia Roberts ad …

CNN reports: On his social media platform, Musk has posted a seemingly endless stream of political messages, many in support of Trump and far-right political narratives, generating more than 17.1 billion views since the July endorsement, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Musk’s enormous megaphone generated twice as many views as all political ads on the platform combined …

The New York Times reports: James O’Keefe, the conservative influencer who founded and formerly led Project Veritas, has assembled a corps of election workers and poll monitors planning to secretly film voting and ballot counting in states across the country. The group intends to use hidden cameras to record and then publicize video to support their claims of fraud or …

“Early voting, I know a lot of people here have done it already in North Carolina, which means you now have, I’m seeing all the heads nod, it means you now have all day tomorrow to bring your friends to the polls. Don’t fall for the psyops. You see this stuff, right? Half this stuff is designed to demoralize you, …

Mediaite reports: Invoking language generally reserved for the darker, sexually-frustrated parts of the internet, Cheung referred to Patrick Dillon, the husband of Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign manager, as a “cuck husband” who “has no idea what he’s talking about because he’s used to not knowing what’s going on behind his back.” The tweet, which was still …

The New York Post reports: Rudy Giuliani is exploring running for New York City mayor next year, political insiders say — and the disgraced ex-Hizzoner isn’t outright denying it. Giuliani, reached by The Post on Sunday at his Palm Beach, Fla. home, said, “I’m not going to say never, ever, ever.” Giuliani said Sunday that the idea of him running …

The Daily Beast reports: Herschel Walker, the retired NFL running back and failed GOP Senate candidate, stumbled over his words in his first political appearance of the 2024 election cycle, asking voters to cast their ballots for Donald Trump Jr. before quickly realizing his error and urging voters to vote for Trump Jr.’s father instead. “It is time for it …

Axios reports: Behind the bluster, former President Trump’s campaign is preparing staff members to wind down the operation while privately acknowledging that Trump could lose Tuesday’s election. It’s unusual for Trump or his campaign to portray anything but rosy scenarios. But an email to staff on Friday offered a clear-eyed view of what could happen in this coin-flip election. Zoom …

The Hill reports: A judge on Friday rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to move to federal court a lawsuit challenging his $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters in swing states, enabling a hearing to proceed before Election Day. Musk’s attorneys have accused Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) of attempting to rush a court-ordered stop to the giveaways. By trying …

ProPublica reports: Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border. The firm’s use of workers in Mexico was confirmed by a spokesperson for Trump Media, which operates the Truth Social platform. …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House at the end of his term during an end-of-campaign rally where he vented angrily about a spate of new public polls showing him losing ground to Vice President Kamala Harris and joked about reporters being shot at. The …

“I have a piece of glass over here and I don’t have a piece of glass there and I have this piece of glass here. But all we have really over here is the fake news, right? And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much. I don’t mind, …

“No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump. In fact, it’s not even close! All polls, except for one heavily skewed toward the Democrats by a Trump hater who called it totally wrong the last time, have me up, BY A LOT. I LOVE THE FARMERS, AND THEY LOVE ME.” – …

The Daily Beast reports: Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Donald Trump’s “closest friend” and claimed intimate knowledge of his proclivity for sex, including cuckolding his best friends, according to recordings obtained exclusively by the Daily Beast. The convicted pedophile even boasted of his closeness to Trump and his now-wife Melania by claiming, “the first time he slept with her was …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk’s mom Maye Musk stunned Fox News host Neil Cavuto when she appeared to suggest that she would visit polling stations in New York to recast several votes in the coming election. “You don’t have to have ID. Actually my Canadian friends are going to go and vote because you don’t have to have ID. …

“As to Liz Cheney, she is selling out conservatism to stay relevant. You’re telling me you are pro-life, and you want this lady to be president who believes in abortion up to the moment of birth? “You’re telling me you believe in a strong military when she advocated getting out of Afghanistan – the last person in the room with …

From the New York Times editorial board: You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him. Listen to those who know him best. He tried to subvert an election and remains a threat to democracy. He helped overturn Roe, with terrible consequences. Mr. Trump’s corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It’s his whole ethos. He lies without …

The Huffington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump used apparent technical issues during a Friday rally to toy with the idea of attacking people working the event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “You’ve got to be kidding. Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?” asked the GOP presidential nominee, who called it a “pretty stupid situation” …

“She wants to tax companies. You know what happens when you tax them? They leave. A lot of these big companies, you know, they’re run by inter– they live in Switzerland. They have very glamorous lives. They have the life that I could’ve had if I decided not to do this, actually. “Somebody said to me, ‘Are you glad you …