Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Former GOP Rep Busts Trump’s Lies About Fake Award

Mediaite reports: Dating at least as far back as the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump has been claiming to have won an award called “Michigan Man of the Year,” and he did so again at his rally in Manchester, New Hampshire this week. CNN fact-checker extraordinaire Daniel Dale has been trying to figure out what the hell Trump is talking about, …

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FEC Chair To Trump: Stop Lying About Voter Fraud

CNN reports: The Democratic chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission on Friday challenged President Donald Trump to provide evidence of the voter fraud he insists cost him New Hampshire in 2016 or quit talking about it. In a letter to Trump, Ellen Weintraub said the country’s democracy depends on “the American people’s faith in our elections. Your voter-fraud allegations run …

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Trump Calls Out Antifa As Terrorists As Pro-Trump White Supremacists Assemble For Rally In Portland, Oregon

CBS News reports: The serenity of downtown Portland will be tested yet again on Saturday afternoon. Stores began closing Friday night ahead of dueling protests between groups of right-wing extremists and anti-fascist demonstrators. Several extremist groups are expected to show up, but no one has applied for any type of permit. Police learned about the protest from monitoring social media, …

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Bill Maher: A Recession Is Worth Getting Rid Of Trump

The Hill reports: Comedian Bill Maher on Friday continued his calls for another economic recession, claiming it would tank President Trump’s shot at reelection in 2020 and be “very worth” ending his policies. Speaking with a panel including political consultant Rick Wilson and journalists Betsy Woodruff and Carl Hulse, Maher dismissed criticism from people who “get mad” at rooting for …

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The Mooch: “Jackass” Trump Will Drop Out By March

Mediaite reports: Anthony Scaramucci, the former (brief) communications director for President Donald Trump who has turned on the administration in recent days, gave an interview to Vanity Fair in which he presented a lofty psychoanalysis — including a prediction that Trump will drop out of the presidential race in March 2020. “He’s gonna drop out of the race because it’s …

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Medical Examiner Rules Epstein’s Death Was Suicide

The New York Times reports: The official results of an autopsy showed that the financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell, the city’s medical examiner’s office said on Friday, determining that the cause of death was suicide by hanging. The determination came six days after Mr. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan …

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Trump Phones Cultist He Mocked As Overweight

The Hill reports: President Trump on Thursday called the man he mocked for having a “weight problem” at a New Hampshire rally earlier that evening after discovering he was a supporter. A senior administration official said Friday that after campaign staff got the rally-goer’s contact information, Trump called him from Air Force One on the way back to Bedminster, N.J. …

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Trump Mocks Overweight Cultist At NH Rally [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: During a 2020 reelection rally in New Hampshire, President Donald Trump mistook one of his large adult supporters for (actually thin) protesters being escorted out and then mocked his appearance: “That guy has a serious weight problem. Go home, start exercising!” Breaking away from the rally as the protesters were led out, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum could be …

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Denmark Ridicules Trump: Greenland Isn’t For Sale

Reuters reports: Danish politicians on Friday poured scorn on the notion of selling Greenland to the United States following reports that President Donald Trump had privately discussed the idea of buying the world’s biggest island with his advisers. “It has to be an April Fool’s joke. Totally out of season,” former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen [photo] said on Twitter. …

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SRSLY: Trump Wants To Buy Greenland From Denmark

The Wall Street Journal reports: In meetings, at dinners and in passing conversations, Mr. Trump has asked advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, listened with interest when they discuss its abundant resources and geopolitical importance, and, according to two of the people, has asked his White House counsel to look into the idea. Some of his advisers have supported …

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Epstein’s Lawyers Claim Lawsuits Died When He Did

The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reports: Jeffrey Epstein can’t speak from the grave concerning a lawsuit by his sexual abuse victims, attorneys argued Thursday. Epstein’s lawyers had argued that victims’ claims were moot after his death. They added that claims against possible “co-conspirators” also are improper. The lawyers in South Florida are fighting over the next step in an 11-year-old civil …

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Epstein’s Alleged Madam Spotted At In-N-Out Burger

The New York Post reports: Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam and former lover Ghislaine Maxwell has been discovered — at In-N-Out Burger. The 57-year-old was photographed alive and well Monday by an eagle-eyed diner at the burger joint in Universal City, Los Angeles. Once spotted, Maxwell — who was sitting alone with a pet pooch — told an onlooker: “Well, I …

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Glorious Leader Blames Parkland Massacre On The FBI

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump promoted two Twitter posts blaming the Parkland shooting and Larry Nassar’s sexual assault of gymnasts on law enforcement and the FBI, saying “sadly, there is much truth to this!” Trump first retweeted aide Kellyanne Conway, who was herself promoting a Daily Caller interview with Parkland student Hunter Pollack arguing against gun control. He then retweeted …

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Trump Blames “Fake News” For Faltering Economy

Raw Story reports: The Dow closed Wednesday adding another record drop under the president, but Donald Trump is blaming the media for the failures. Trump spent the better part of his first two years in office bragging that the market’s success was all because of him “The stock market has added more than $8 trillion in new wealth,” Trump said …

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Trump Tweets Clip Of Baby Elephant After 2017 Change Allowing Importation Of Elephant Trophies From Africa

First, a report from 2017: The Trump administration’s decision to loosen restrictions around the import of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia has turned attention back to the president’s family’s own connection to the controversial sport. Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump are prolific big-game hunters and during the 2016 campaign, images re-emerged of the pair on a 2011 hunting …

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Fox Poll: 59% Say Trump Is “Tearing Country Apart”

Fox News reports: In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks on gun buyers and taking guns from people who are a danger to themselves or others, according to the latest Fox News Poll. Two-thirds also support a ban on “assault weapons,” although that majority is largely driven by Democrats. An equal …

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Dow Jones Craters 800 Points On Recession Warning

USA Today reports: As financial markets tumbled Wednesday over concerns about international trade, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to defend his administration’s tariff war with China and to take his latest swipe at the nation’s central bank. “We are winning, big time, against China,” Trump wrote on Twitter, despite few signs of progress in negotiating a new trade agreement …

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Man Pleads Not Guilty In Anthem Attack On Child, Claims Brain Injury Made Him Think Trump Ordered It

The Missoulian reports: Curt Brockway pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Mineral County District Court to choke-slamming a 13-year-old boy earlier this month at the county fairgrounds. Brockway’s attorney said during the court appearance, which featured heavy security, that he’ll seek a psychiatric evaluation for his client. Attorney Lance Jasper told the Missoulian that Brockway, a 39-year-old U.S. Army veteran, has …

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Epstein Accuser Sues His Estate And Former Staffers

NBC News reports: A new front in the Jeffrey Epstein case opened Wednesday morning, as Epstein accuser Jennifer Araoz filed a lawsuit against his estate, his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell and three unnamed female household staff. Araoz alleges she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Epstein at his New York City townhouse when she was 14 and 15 years old, including …

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US Paid Trump Hotel For Junior’s Sheep Hunting Trips

Politico reports: Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, flew to Canada for one of his regular visits to the Yukon mountains to hunt stone sheep with friends. He was accompanied by Secret Service agents on that August 2017 trip, just as he had been since his father was sworn in as president six months earlier. The Secret Service frequented …

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