Tag Archives: Donald Trump

J6 Panel Found Twitter Protected Trump And Extremists

The Washington Post reports: The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details on how social media companies failed to address the online extremism and calls for violence that preceded the Capitol riot.But in the end, committee leaders declined to delve into those topics in detail in their final report, reluctant to dig into the roots of domestic extremism …

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Michigan Republicans Launch “Draft DeSantis” Push

Politico reports: A group of prominent Michigan Republicans are encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to jump into the 2024 presidential race — a significant and thinly veiled shot at the only announced Republican candidate: former President Donald Trump. Last month, Bryan Posthumus, the Republican floor leader in the Michigan state House, flew to Florida and hand-delivered DeSantis a letter encouraging …

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Trump Wails: “Disloyal” Evangelicals Have Dumped Me

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump is lashing out at evangelical leaders not supportive enough of his 2024 presidential campaign. Speaking to Real America’s Voice this week, Trump called out the “great disloyalty” in politics when discussing his support among evangelical leaders. “That’s a sign of disloyalty. There’s a great disloyalty in the world of politics and that’s a sign of disloyalty,” …

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Fox Contributor: This Network Wants To Dump Trump

“I think you can just look at the New York Post or Fox News and remember, when he announced his election campaign, ‘Florida man announces reelection’ page 26. Yeah, there’s no doubt that the majority of conservative media, Fox, first and foremost, has a strong desire to move on from Donald Trump and are not paying enough attention and giving …

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Trump On RNC Chair Battle: “Let Them Fight” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump called into the Water Cooler with David Brody on Monday and was asked to weigh in on the race for chair of the Republican National Committee, a race Trump says he will sit out. The endorsement-prone former president was asked by Brody, “Regarding the race for the RNC chair. That will come later this …

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Trump Shrugs Off QAnon Claims About COVID Vaccines

Newsweek reports: Former President Donald Trump has dismissed claims that COVID-19 vaccines are broadly unsafe while asserting that his own role in the development of the vaccines may have saved 100 million lives. Trump touted the effectiveness of Operation Warp Speed, his administration’s program to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, during a Monday interview on the conservative …

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Trump Eggs On SD Governor’s Attacks On DeSantis

The Daily Beast reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t even declared whether he’ll run for president in 2024, and Donald Trump has tried to restrain himself from going after his top GOP rival, but the former president’s allies are already mounting an offensive—with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem now leading the charge. Noem may be interested in running for president …

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DeSantis +2 Over Trump In 2024 Head-To-Head Poll

Playbook reports: A new national University of Massachusetts Amherst poll shows DeSantis and former President Donald Trump locked in a tight battle for the Republican presidential nomination. In a one-on-one matchup, the poll found DeSantis edging Trump 51 percent to 49 percent, which is inside the poll’s margin of error. When other Republican candidates are added, Trump leads the field …

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BOOK: Trump Floated Nuclear Strike On North Korea

NBC News reports: Behind closed doors in 2017, President Donald Trump discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against North Korea and suggested he could blame a U.S. strike against the communist regime on another country, according to a new section of a book that details key events of his administration. Trump’s alleged comments, reported for the first time …

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Former Trump Org CFO Sentenced To Five Months

Forbes reports: Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, was sentenced to five months in state prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to criminal tax fraud for evading taxes for years by taking gifts and other off-the-books compensation from former President Donald Trump’s family business. Weisselberg, who was taken into custody on Tuesday immediately after being sentenced, is …

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Trump So Far Silent About Bolsonaro And Brazil

The Independent reports: So far, despite the many parallels to the Jan 6 insurrection, Mr Trump has refrained from offering any remarks on the siege in Brazil. The one-time president was clearly active on social media, continuing a round-the-clock commentary on his Truth Social network, including posting news articles and calling congressman Adam Schiff a “sleazebag and a traitor” throughout …

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Trump Sued By Estate Of Late Capitol Police Officer

CNN reports: The estate of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died after responding to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, is suing two rioters involved in the attack and former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in egging it on. The civil lawsuit, filed Thursday in Washington, DC’s federal court, adds to the 2024 …

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Trump Blames McConnell For “Turmoil” In US House

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: There is so much unnecessary turmoil in the Republican Party, in large part do to people like the Old Broken Crow, Mitch McConnell, his ‘wife’, Coco Chow, who is a sellout to China, and their RINO allies, who make it difficult for everyone else by constantly capitulating to Hopeless Joe Biden and …

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WaPo: How Trump Is Like Norma Desmond [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump adores the 1950 classic “Sunset Blvd.,” the saga of a silent-screen legend eternally ready for her close-up and plotting a comeback long after her star has dulled. Trump has repeatedly praised the movie. He declared it “one of the greatest of all time” — on this, he will get little disagreement — …

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Arkansas Gov: January 6 “Disqualifies” Trump For WH

“I do not believe that Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States. I think he’s had his opportunity there. “I think Jan. 6 really disqualifies him for the future. I want to see everything I can do to make sure there is the alternative, and that Donald Trump is not the not the nominee of the …

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Docs Show Trump Lied About Donating His Salary

The New York Times reports: As a presidential candidate in 2015, Mr. Trump said he would not take “even one dollar” of the $400,000 salary that comes with the job. “I am totally giving up my salary if I become president,” he said. In his first three years in office, Mr. Trump said he donated his salary quarterly. But in …

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Trump: My Tax Returns Only Prove How Smart I Am

From a statement posted by Trump’s spokesmoron: The Democrats should have never done it, the Supreme Court should have never approved it, and it’s going to lead to horrible things for so many people. The great USA divide will now grow far worse. The radical, left Democrats have weaponized everything, but remember, that is a dangerous two-way street! The “Trump” …

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Judge: Rioters Can’t Blame Trump For Inciting Them

Politico reports: The Jan. 6 select committee’s finding that Donald Trump lured followers to storm the Capitol does not absolve them of legal responsibility for their actions, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, the first opinion to cite the congressional panel’s criminal referrals of the former president. U.S. District Court Judge John Bates cited the select committee’s report and criminal referrals …

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Trump Didn’t Know His WH Daily Schedule Was Public

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump spent nearly his full term as president before learning that his daily schedule was being made public — at which point he ordered a stripped-down version of the document, a former aide testified. The surprising revelation was shared by former White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere in his testimony to the House …

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House Committee To Release Trump’s Taxes On Friday

Reuters reports: Former Republican President Donald Trump’s redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday. The documents to be released on Friday are expected to include Trump’s tax returns filed between 2015 and 2021, the years he ran for and served as president. A …

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