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Chris Christie: Blame Trump For Rise Of Antisemitism

Politico reports: Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reiterated his claim that former President Donald Trump has fueled the increase in antisemitism and hate across the country Sunday, saying Trump’s “intolerant language and conduct” has given people “permission” to act the same. “When you show intolerance toward everyone, which is what [Trump] does, you give permission as a leader for …

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NYT: Megadonors Are Gravitating Toward Nikki Haley

The New York Times reports: In recent weeks, a group of chief executives, hedge fund investors and corporate deal makers from both parties have begun gravitating toward Ms. Haley and, in some cases, digging deeper into their pockets to help her. Her ascent in the polls and strong debate performances have raised hopes among Republicans hungering to end the dominance …

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Trump’s Truth Social Sues 20 Outlets Over Loss Reports

Bloomberg News reports: The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social wants $1.5 billion in damages from news organizations which reported that the platform had lost $73 million. Lawyers for Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. said in a lawsuit filed Monday in state court in Sarasota County, Florida, that the number was “an utter fabrication” and accused 20 …

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Appeals Court Lifts Gag Order In Trump’s Fraud Case

CNN reports: A New York appeals court judge on Thursday temporarily lifted the gag order placed on Donald Trump and his attorneys in his civil fraud trial following an emergency hearing. Associate Justice David Friedman of the First Judicial Department ruled from the bench. Trump’s lawyers had asked for the emergency relief earlier this week, arguing the gag order is …

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McDaniel Won’t Condemn Trump’s Echo Of Adolf Hitler

“I am not going to comment on candidates and their campaign messaging. I will say this, I know President Trump supports the veterans, our whole party supports our veterans. And I do think we’re at a very serious moment in our country.” – Republican National Committee chairperson Ronna McDaniel, refusing to condemn Trump having echoed Hitler by vowing to “root …

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Trump Rages About “Racist” AG Outside Courtroom

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump spoke in the hallway flanked by his attorneys Chris Kise and Alina Habba before entering the courtroom. Trump railed against the case and New York Attorney General Letitia James, calling it an “unfair situation” and “really election interference.” “We will go along, and we will hopefully do very well in every regard, and we …

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Experts Tie Trump To Extremists In Colorado Ballot Case

The Hill reports: The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the ballot in Colorado in 2024 focused their case Tuesday on signals he sent to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Chapman University professor Pete Simi, who studies political violence and extremism, argued that Trump cultivated …

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Trump Fined $10,000 For Second Gag Order Violation

The Guardian reports: Judge Arthur Engoron has fined Trump $10,000 after holding a brief hearing in which he called the ex-president to testify about his possible violation of a gag order this morning. Engoron previously ordered Trump not to make disparaging comments about his staff; in commentary this morning, Trump appeared to make one such statement about Engoron’s law clerk. …

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Trump: Ban Immigrants Who “Don’t Like Our Religion”

“They want to come in, they want to bring the same people that are shooting rockets at Israel, they want to come into the United States. I don’t think a lot of good things are going to happen. And I will implement strong ideological screening of all immigrants. If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, if you …

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FL Lawyer Files Civil Suit Seeking To Disqualify Trump

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A South Florida lawyer has filed a civil lawsuit against Donald Trump in which he argues that the former president is ineligible for office. When asked why he is suing, Boynton Beach-based attorney Lawrence Caplan said on Friday it’s all laid out in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Caplan added other lawsuits may follow. …

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Christie Predicts Trump Will Sign RNC Loyalty Pledge

The Hill reports: Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said he expects former President Trump to sign the RNC pledge to get on the debate stage on Aug. 23, despite the former president vowing not to. Christie told Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week” that Trump did the same thing during the 2016 primary in refusing to to sign the RNC …

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Politico: Twitter Was Fined $350,000 For Refusing To Comply With Jack Smith Subpoena For Trump Account

Politico reports: Special Counsel Jack Smith sought and obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, @realdonaldtrump, in January, according to newly revealed court documents. Twitter’s initial resistance to complying with the warrant resulted in a federal judge holding the company in contempt and levying a $350,000 fine. The federal court of appeals in Washington, D.C. recently upheld that …

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Christie To Trump: Call Me A “Fat Pig” To My Face

“Christie, he’s eating right now. He can’t be bothered. Please do not call him a fat pig. That’s very disrespectful. Don’t call him. See, I’m, I’m trying to be nice. Don’t call him a fat pig. You can’t, you can’t do that. So now, because you’re not allowed to do that, and therefore we’re not gonna do it, OK? We …

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Trump Now In Federal Custody At DC Courthouse

The Messenger reports: Donald Trump tread now-familiar ground for him on Thursday afternoon: surrendering himself for arrest and processing — this time on charges of illegally conspiring to stay in power while still president of the United States but after his defeat in the 2020 election. It’s a process that Trump first experienced in April, after a New York grand …

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Trump +37 Over DeSantis In First NYT Primary Poll

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is dominating his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, leading his nearest challenger, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, by a landslide 37 percentage points nationally among the likely Republican primary electorate, according to the first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign. Mr. Trump held decisive advantages across …

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Christie: Trump Has Been A “One-Man Crime Wave”

“This guy has been a one-man crime wave. Look, he’s earned every one of them. If you look at it, every one of these is self-inflicted. And that’s why, you know, do I think that prosecutors exercise prosecutorial judgment in discretion in some respects that are questionable? Yeah – and they always have. But what I say to people all …

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Trump To Return Israel Antiquities Kept At Mar-A-Lago

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump will return a set of ancient coins and ceramic oil lamps to Israel’s government after reports last week that Israeli officials were pressing to retrieve them. The items were not removed from the White House by Mr. Trump, like the classified documents that led to his indictment on federal espionage …

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NJ Man Whose $230M Ponzi Scheme Sentence Was Commuted By Trump Is Charged In New Fraud Scheme

Politico reports: A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Donald Trump was charged on Wednesday in a new, sophisticated fraud scheme that included falsely promising deals to send supplies to Ukraine. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey charged Eliyahu Weinstein and four others in a plan that allegedly cost investors millions of dollars. Weinstein …

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Trump Loses Bid To Move Stormy Case To Federal Court

Reuters reports: A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied former U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to move from New York state court to federal court the case against him stemming from a hush money payment to a porn star. “Trump has failed to show that the conduct charged … is for or relating to any act performed by or for the …

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Trump Praises China’s Xi For Ruling “With An Iron Fist”

“Think of President Xi. Central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s brilliant, everyone says, ‘Oh that’s terrible.’ Well, he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. Smart, brilliant, everything perfect. There’s nobody in Hollywood like this guy. I got them to pay us $28 billion because they screwed our farmers for years.” – Donald Trump, in …

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