Trump’s VP search is off to a slow start: From the Politics Desk Plus, Hope Hicks takes the stand in the Trump trial and the Israel-Hamas war negotiations are plagued by wishful thinking. 05/3/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link
Hope Hicks Weeps In Testimony At Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Top Aide Details Payoff To Porn Star & How She Learned Of It – Update Not for the first time, Donald Trump made someone cry today. Hope Hicks wept on the stand today in the hush money trial of her former boss moments after a prosecutor had finished questioning her about ... 05/3/2024 - 9:56 am | View Link
Hope Hicks: Access Hollywood Tape Had Trumpworld Totally Freaked Out The 2016 release of the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which Donald Trump made lewd comments about women to TV host Billy Bush, bothered Trump and his campaign a lot more than they told the public ... 05/3/2024 - 9:28 am | View Link
U.S. Senate candidate and ex-Navy flyer aims to emerge from shadow of his famous brother Stanley Campbell is hoping his career as a Navy pilot and tech entrepreneur will turn heads in the Democratic primary for Florida's U.S. Senate seat. 05/2/2024 - 10:05 pm | View Link
US Greenlights Exxon-Pioneer Deal, Alleges Shale Founder Colluded With OPEC Attendees at the CERAWeek energy conference dinner included shale executives John Hess, Vicki Hollub, Rick Muncrief, and Domenic Dell'Osso. They would generally discuss the oil market, spare capacity, ... 05/2/2024 - 1:48 am | View Link
A new Lincoln Project spot takes aim at what’s allegedly inside Donald Trump’s pants. Via Florida Politics:
“We know Donald ‘Von ShitzInPants’ Trump will hate that this commercial is going to be seen by all his top donors this weekend as they do Apprentice-style tryouts with potential Vice Presidential picks,” said Rick Wilson, Lincoln Project co-founder.
There's a bill on Ron DeSantis’ desk that, if he signs it, would end the state’s support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels. Via the Sun-Sentinel:
If signed, the law would reverse 16 years of state policy, finishing the work started by former Gov. Rick Scott and undoing Gov.
“Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday,” NBC News reports.
“Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a set of presentations that focused on finances, messaging and the political map… Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.”
Peter Baker: “It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?”
“Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.”
“They’re joking.
Narcissists always see boundaries as a challenge, and former President Donald Trump went there in front of a private Republican National Committee donor event at Mar-a-Lago, likening the Biden administration to the Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany. Trump also called Jack Smith a "fucking asshole" and lobbed insults at prosecutors.
Things got a little awkward when Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem about the false claim in her book where she said she met with North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Un. She told of her meeting that never took place that Kim underestimated her, "having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all)." That lie falls in line with her claim of being an "alpha-female" compared to Nikki Haley.