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Rachel Maddow gave an expansive breakdown of Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, and the Republican Party’s attacks on U.S. laws and democracy during her Monday show. Beginning with Judge Juan Mercan��
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue May 07, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Trump Fixates on Fox News Phonies While Lying (Again) that a Gag Order Prohibits Him from Testifying The third week of Donald Trump's trial for election interference and campaign finance fraud (sometimes known as the "Hush Money" trial), began with a bang on Monday morning. Judge Juan Merchan slapped Trump with another contempt of court violation (his...
by News Corpse
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on Mon May 06, 2024 at 01:36 PM PDT
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The legal quagmire that is engulfing Donald Trump has been a source of debilitating anxiety for him as he spends his days in court scowling and sobbing that he is a victim of meanies in the justice system who are out to get him because he is so...
by News Corpse
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 12:44 PM PDT
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Harvard Yard Encampment Journal by Jane Collins 4.29.2024 When I left Medford, it was a warm sunny day. In Harvard Square, it was chilly, damp, windy, and overcast. The mood of the encampment was equally gray. The students had just received a warning...
by AliceT4
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 11:49 AM PDT
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As the second week of Donald Trump's election interference (aka hush money) case winds up, Trump is providing a bit of legal analysis for the gathering press outside the courtroom. As usual, Trump's perspective is utterly devoid of anything resembling...
by News Corpse
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
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One of the most extraordinary occurrences in legal proceedings has played out several times during Donald Trump's trial for election interference for paying "hush money" to buy porn star Stormy Daniels' silence. Trump has been observed falling asleep...
by News Corpse
79 comments
on Thu May 02, 2024 at 02:06 PM PDT
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Mother Jones reported “On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church repealed its 1984 ban on LGBTQ clergy with an overwhelming 692–51 vote by church leaders at its general conference.” The schism between conservative and progressive branches apparently...
by AnotherOklahoman
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 09:17 PM PDT
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Rachel Maddow dedicated time during her show on Monday to talking about the extent of the election fraud rot in the Republican Party. Acknowledging that Donald Trump is always going to hoover “up ...
by Walter Einenkel
146 comments
on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 04:30 PM PDT
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Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had a lot of GOP chicanery from the weekend to cover during his Monday night monologue. He touched base on Donald Trump’s hush money trial, the “privately” held meeting he had with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the...
by Walter Einenkel
49 comments
on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 01:15 PM PDT
with 239 Recommends
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The Arizona GOP has tapped state Sen. Jake Hoffman, a prominent Freedom Caucus member of�the legislature, for a position with the Republican National Committee . This comes less than a week after ...
by Walter Einenkel
39 comments
on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 06:15 AM PDT
with 92 Recommends
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Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether a president is entitled to immunity for any crimes he or she may commit while in office. Donald Trump has been frantically posting dozens of utterly ludicrous demands for such immunity because he's...
by News Corpse
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on Sun Apr 28, 2024 at 02:09 PM PDT
with 53 Recommends
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April 27, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the end of legalized racial oppression in South Africa — known officially as “apartheid.” However, most people still don’t know the name of an important anti-apartheid hero — a man named Dimitri Tsafendas;...
by ClareXanthos
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 01:47 PM PDT
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The President’s job description is to faithfully preserve our laws, so how can committing any crime be an official act? What the #@*% are the conservative Justices thinking? If the President feels that it’s his job to lock up an ethnic minority in...
by CorpFlunky
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on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 07:29 AM PDT
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After a needless delay of several weeks, the Supreme Court has finally assembled to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can be held accountable for the crimes he committed while occupying the White House. He is asserting that an imaginary doctrine...
by News Corpse
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 12:44 PM PDT
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The 2024 presidential election has been fraught with concern about the age of the candidates and whether that would impact their ability to endure the unique burdens of the job. President Biden has demonstrated his competence by presiding over one of...
by News Corpse
236 comments
on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 03:16 PM PDT
with 319 Recommends
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What is the underlying crime that makes 34 misdemeanors into felonies? Over the limit campaign contributions Causing Cohen to lie to his bank or to the IRS Colluding with tabloid friend to influence the election Campaign coordination with corporations...
by CorpFlunky
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on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at 08:55 AM PDT
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On the first day of testimony in Donald Trump's election interference (aka "hush money") trial in New York, the defendant sat ruefully contemplating his fate. When he wasn't nodding off, he is reported to have appeared tired and annoyed as the opening...
by News Corpse
269 comments
on Mon Apr 22, 2024 at 01:06 PM PDT
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The first criminal trial for Donald Trump - or any American president - is now set to commence on Monday morning. This is naturally whipping Trump's brain into a frothy puree of dyspeptic pulp as he predictably unleashes a frenzied assault on his...
by News Corpse
45 comments
on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 01:18 PM PDT
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There is now a predictable ritual that occurs every time that Donald Trump makes an appearance in court. Immediately following the hearing Trump ambles out to a nearby rabble of reporters gathered to record his post-trial rants (and the press really...
by News Corpse
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 01:16 PM PDT
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The jury selection phase of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial is moving toward a conclusion , after many ups and downs.
by Walter Einenkel
254 comments
on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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