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fromemptywheel
3 days ago
US politics

Trump's Idea of Charity: Terrorists, Cop Assailants, and Child Sex Predators - emptywheel

Trump said he is considering settling an IRS-related lawsuit and donating proceeds to established, respected charities rather than paying himself.
fromAxios
4 months ago
US politics

Trump fears impeachment will follow if GOP loses in midterms

Trump warned House Republicans that failing to win the midterms would give opponents a pretext to impeach him again.
US politics
fromemptywheel
3 days ago

Trump's Idea of Charity: Terrorists, Cop Assailants, and Child Sex Predators - emptywheel

Trump said he is considering settling an IRS-related lawsuit and donating proceeds to established, respected charities rather than paying himself.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses

A former DOJ appointee turned critic accuses Trump Justice leaders of sloppy work, sabotage, careerism, and betrayal while revealing details about a DOJ “Weaponization Working Group.”
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children

A Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, Andrew Paul Johnson, was convicted in Florida on multiple child-molestation and exposure charges and faces severe prison time.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Dowd: Solving the riddle of first lady Melania Trump

Melania Trump projects a luxurious, aloof persona while revealing little personal depth and showing acceptance of her role alongside strict image control.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

J6 Cops Fanone and Dunn Ridicule A**hole' Heckler Who Trolled Them At Jack Smith Hearing

Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn mocked and restrained heckler Ivan Raiklin after he provoked confrontation at a House hearing on special counsel Jack Smith's probe.
fromPoynter
4 months ago

CBS News' reset raises a hard question: Who is this for? - Poynter

With all the news - good and bad, but mostly bad - generated by the Tony Dokoupil-led "CBS Evening News," it's hard to believe it has only been a week since he took over as anchor. Hand-picked by new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss - whose own brief tenure has drawn well-deserved criticism - Dokoupil has had a series of questionable moments, from stumbles over which story was airing next to a cringeworthy and bizarre "salute" to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and comments about the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Media industry
#capitol-riot
fromFortune
4 months ago
US politics

Florida man who grabbed Nancy Pelosi's podium during Capitol riot runs for county office | Fortune

fromFortune
4 months ago
US politics

Florida man who grabbed Nancy Pelosi's podium during Capitol riot runs for county office | Fortune

US politics
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Letters: Trump's White House can't change truth of Jan. 6 insurrection

Jan. 6 events are undeniable, and California's economy is burdened by large net federal tax contributions that subsidize red states.
#donald-trump
#pipe-bombs
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Blaze Media Is an Embarrassment to Conservatives

A gait-analysis algorithm matched Shauni Rae Kerkhoff to the Jan. 5, 2021 pipe-bomb suspect at 94–98%, raising claims of possible law enforcement involvement.
#presidential-pardon
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Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
6 months ago

Pardoned Capitol rioter charged for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries * Brooklyn Paper

Christopher Moynihan, a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Trump, was charged with a Class D terroristic threat for allegedly threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

Trump Goes On Conspiracy Bender About J6 Mob He Inspired Attacks FBI Chief He Appointed

Donald Trump promoted a debunked claim that 274 FBI agents infiltrated and instigated the January 6 riot, despite a DOJ inspector general report disproving it.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
8 months ago

Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

The Justice Department hired Jonathan Gross, a lawyer for Jan. 6 rioters who compared prosecutions to Nazi genocide, prompting former DOJ concerns.
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