Donald Trump to give 'very serious consideration' to pardoning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he wins US election The Republican presidential candidate was asked about the Australian WikiLeaks founder, who is fighting extradition to the US, during an interview for a podcast. 05/28/2024 - 12:22 pm | View Link
Cohen's credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial's closing arguments Lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have sparred over evidence and witnesses as they made their closing arguments to jurors who will decide whether the Republican will be the ... 05/28/2024 - 12:21 pm | View Link
Judge nixes bid to restrict Trump statements that could endanger officers in classified records case U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in her order that prosecutors didn’t give defense lawyers enough time to discuss the request before it was filed Friday evening. 05/28/2024 - 5:20 am | View Link
Feds arrest Denham Springs man for alleged role in Jan. 6 riot at Capitol Federal authorities have arrested a Denham Springs man accused of taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. 05/24/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link
South Carolina lawyer nabbed in Jan. 6 Capitol riot loses bid to get law license back You should have known so much better,” a federal judge told South Carolina lawyer and Trump supporter David Johnston, who was convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Johnston is trying to get his law ... 05/23/2024 - 8:28 am | View Link
I really like Florida -- but I would never move there because of the harm inflicted by the DeSantis administration. Turns out more people are agreeing with me.
Then we have things like this, via Popular Information:
Training materials produced by the Florida Department of Education direct middle and high school teachers to indoctrinate students in the tenets of Christian nationalism, a right-wing effort to merge Christian and American identities.
Via HuffPost, a reporter asked Joe Biden if he planned to serve the full four-year term if he wins back the White House.
The exchange occurred at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday soon after Biden had arrived on Air Force One for campaign events.
"President Biden, will you be serving your full four-year term or handing over power to Vice President Harris?" the reporter yelled on the tarmac.
"Are you okay?
This is a bit of a weird one. Georgia's 11th congressional district is quite red, with Trump winning by 15 points in 2020. Longshot candidates run in those districts because no one else wants to. In this case, though, Katy Stamper took it upon herself, for whatever reasons, to run in the Democratic primary where she ended up winning.
When it comes to Trump, piling on is a civic duty. We cannot afford to allow him even the slightest chance of retaking power. He needs to be overwhelmed.
Simon Rosenberg— the veteran political analyst who famously predicted that the Red Wave of 2020 would be the Republican debacle it turned out to be — is urging a practical, grassroots approach to the problem.
USA Today: “As a New York jury heads into a second day of deliberations on Thursday over the hush money-related charges against Trump, the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns are preparing post-verdict strategy plans amid uncertainty over how pivotal voters might react to a guilty verdict or a hung jury.”
“Trump has said he is eager to make up for lost time in terms of campaign events and fundraising and has frequently betrayed concern that a guilty verdict could hurt him with undecided voters, who polling shows could back Biden if the Manhattan jury does find the former president guilty.”
ABC News: Biden has maintained muted approach toward Trump trial, as jurors deliberate.
“South Africa’s ruling party looks set to fall well short of obtaining a parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power at the end of apartheid three decades ago, a model developed by a state research agency shows,” Bloomberg reports.