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From the editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer: President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race. But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: As I walked off the stage on Thursday night, at the end of the highly anticipated “Debate,” anchors, political reporters and all screamed that I had had the greatest debate performance in the long and storied history of Presidential Debates. They all said, effectively, “Trump was fantastic!” This theme was universal, even at …

Politico reports: Donald Trump would yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord for the second time if he wins the presidency again in November, a campaign spokesperson told POLITICO Friday. The statement comes after years of conservatives laying the groundwork for Trump to withdraw from the global agreement intended to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases causing …

“All they know is electric, they want electric army tanks, they want electric planes. What happens if the sun isn’t shining while you’re up in the air? Well, sir, those, you know that I told you there’d be problems, sir. No, they want electric everything every day. They want electric boats. The problem, the boats, they, they don’t float because …

The Daily Beast reports: MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon is dreading his soon-to-be-reality of being housed alongside sex offenders and violent criminals when he reports to prison in Connecticut on Monday, a source close to him told The Daily Beast on Friday. Bannon is set to spend four months at FCI Danbury—a low-level prison in Connecticut where he’ll be housed alongside …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former President Donald Trump. The justices on a 6-3 vote handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer, who is among …

The Associated Press reports: Trump was cruising through the opening of the debate when he suddenly stumbled over the question of how he would reassure voters that he would respect his oath of office after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He continued to engage in denialism about the attack and refused to denounced those who attacked …

Mediaite reports: CNN shut down a claim spreading on X that the debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will air with a one to two-minute delay. A number of pro-Trump accounts on social media began reporting on Thursday that CNN was putting in the minute-long delay rather than the standard seven seconds for television broadcasts. Thursday’s debate will …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon said Thursday that she will hold a hearing for Donald Trump’s lawyers to challenge some of the evidence gathered against him for alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them. In an 11-page order, the judge said that “further factual development is warranted” when it comes …

“Since this has happened — the mugshot — the mugshot is the best ever. It just beat Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra by a lot by the way, beat ’em by a lot. But that’s the number one mugshot of all time. It’s really an amazing thing. Since it happened, the support among the Black community and the Hispanic community …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Former President Donald Trump claims he was tortured inside the Fulton County Jail as he was booked on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election here in Georgia. At least that’s what a new fundraising ad says. The ad, which is selling things with his now-infamous mug shot, says “I want you to remember …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, but kept some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced. The decision from Judge Juan Merchan came two days before Trump is set to face off against President Joe Biden in the first of two presidential debates. Merchan struck parts of the gag order that barred Trump from making …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump privately expressed concerns that turning over potentially classified documents in his possession after a May 2022 subpoena could result in criminal charges while repeatedly engaging in what prosecutors have described as an effort to enlist his lawyers to lie and destroy documents for his benefit, according to transcripts of audio notes reviewed by ABC News. …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump has spent recent weeks claiming the Biden administration’s climate policies will weaken the country’s ability to wage war. At rallies and in media appearances, Trump has said electric tanks and fighter jets powered by sustainable fuels would cripple American military might and leave troops vulnerable to attack. It’s part of Trump’s long-standing pattern of …

Axios reports: Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists are jumping into the presidential campaign with a stark warning: Former President Trump’s plans would reignite inflation and cause lasting harm to the global economy if he wins in November. The Nobel laureates are lending their academic prestige to a political argument the Biden administration has been making for weeks: Inflation would be worse …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump is calling on President Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of their debate. “DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!” he wrote. Last week, Trump suggested Biden will do cocaine before Thursday’s debate. On Sunday, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), who served as White House physician during …

Axios reports: If the Trumps return for round two, don’t expect to see more of Melania in D.C. — or at all, really. The prospect of her rolling in for a second full-time stint in the East Wing? Doubtful, according to the handful of Melania-ologists Axios surveyed. More likely: jetting between Palm Beach (where she’s spent the past four years) …

ABC News reports: A trip to Mar-a-Lago taken by former President Donald Trump that aides allegedly “kept quiet” just weeks before FBI agents searched the property for classified materials in his possession raised suspicions among special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential additional effort to obstruct the government’s classified documents investigation. At least one witness who worked closely with …

Fox News reports: Former President Trump’s campaign walked back a promise that the former president would “automatically” award green cards to migrants after they graduate from college. “You graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country, and that includes junior colleges, too,” …

Axios reports: Former President Trump ran up the national debt by about twice as much as President Biden, according to a new analysis of their fiscal track records. Trump’s contribution was significantly higher, according to the fiscal watchdogs at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, thanks to both tax cuts and spending deals struck in his four years in …