U.S. Capitol police are warning of some threats of violence at a pro- Donald Trump rally planned for Saturday, in which demonstrators plan to express their support for defendants arrested and charged in the January 6 siege on the complex. The Justice for J6 rally is expected to draw far-right demonstrators, but Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters that “we would be foolish not to take seriously the intelligence we have at our disposal. How credible it is, how likely it is, people can make those judgments. But the reality is we are hearing some chatter that I think would be responsible for us to plan the way we have been planning and put the precautions in place.” Security has been tightened at the Capitol and on its grounds, with a fence reinstalled on Thursday morning. Following the January 6 attack, the fence was installed around the complex and, for a time, extended to nearby streets. The fencing was finally taken down in July. “We are not going …
Mary Trump’s Attorney Says Donald Trump Lawsuit Over New York Times Exposé Is “Doomed To Failure”
Mary Trump ’s attorney says that Donald Trump ’s lawsuit against his niece and The New York Times is “doomed to failure” and another effort to stifle freedom of speech and freedom of the press. “This is the latest in a long line of frivolous lawsuits by Donald Trump that target truthful speech and important journalism on issues of public concern,” said Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., who is representing Mary Trump. “It is doomed to failure like the rest of his baseless efforts to chill freedom of speech and of the press.” On Monday, Trump sued over the Times ‘ 2018 exposé on the Trump family taxes. In his lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court (read it here ), Trump claims that his niece, the Times and its reporters “engaged in an insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly-sensitive records which they exploited for their own benefit and utilized as a means of falsely legitimizing their publicized works.” The Times investigation alleged that Trump …
What ‘Peril’ Reveals About Donald Trump’s Twitter Tirades – Analysis
In the week before the publication of Bob Woodward and Robert Costa ’s Peril , many of its juiciest revelations already had made headlines. Sans any kind of spoiler alert, there were the calls that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave to assure his Chinese counter part despite an erratic President Donald Trump . There also was former Vice President Dan Quayle counseling Vice President Mike Pence that no, he didn’t have the power to reject electors during the Jan. 6 vote count, despite Trump’s relentless pressure to do more. But despite the pre-publication buzz surrounding Peril , fairly typical for a Woodward bombshell, some of the minor items still are revelatory. One that stands out, oddly enough, is Trump’s apparently realization that his tweets weren’t necessarily helping him. The scene in the book, which came out Tuesday, is a post-inauguration meeting at Mar-a-Lago with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, with Trump …
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Donald Trump Says He’d Knockout Joe Biden In Boxing Match
Getty Composite Donald Trump thinks he'd knockout Joe Biden EASILY in a boxing match ... saying the current POTUS wouldn't stand a chance. #45 faced the media at the Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort presser before his big commentary gig for Saturday's event ... when he was asked who he'd want to face off against in the ring for a hypothetical fight. "If you said if I had to box somebody, I think probably my easiest fight would be Joe Biden," Trump said. "Because I think he'd go down very, very quickly. Very, very quickly." Triller Of course, Trump ain't shy about his hate for Biden ... often referring to #46 as "Sleepy Joe." DT's refused to accept the fact Biden beat him fair and square in the voting booths during the 2020 presidential election ... so it's no surprise he'd want to duke it out in the ring. As we previously reported, The Donald is getting paid MILLIONS to call one of three broadcast options for the Triller fight …
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Donald Trump Prop Bets Focus On ‘Sleepy Joe’ & ‘Fake News’ For Holyfield Fight
TMZ/Getty Composite How many times will Donald Trump mention "Sleepy Joe" or "fake news" while commentating the Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort fight?? If you're thinking it's a high number and have some money to put up, there's a bunch of prop bets goin' down on what the former POTUS will say on Saturday night!! Here's a list of what MyBookie will be keeping a close eye on during the big event: (Not familiar with betting?? The "-" is how much you need to risk to win $100 ... and the "+" is how much you’ll win if you wager $100). How many times Trump says "Fake News" -- Will Trump curse on the broadcast -- Triller How many times he'll say "China" -- Will Trump announce he's running for president in 2024 -- Will Trump say "Sleepy Joe" -- Which family Trump will namedrop more during the broadcast -- Triller There's also a wager on what #45 is gonna "debate" about first -- from …
How the War on Terror Gave Us Trump
The following is an excerpt from Spencer Ackerman’s new book, “ Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump, ” out now. Every Republican national leader since 9/11 had backed the harshest possible prosecution of the War on Terror . Even Mitt Romney pledged to double Guantanamo. Those relatively few prominent Republicans who did object to the war, like senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee, did so on the respectable grounds that it was costing America freedom and wealth. They were openly disdained by the ascendant McCains of the party. Rand Paul’s father, Ron, sought the presidency on an antiwar platform, but he was even more marginal, despite an enthusiastic following on the far right. Handling the party’s nativists was a more delicate proposition for GOP leaders. Romney and McCain, uncomfortable fits in nativist circles, compensated by advocating “self-deportation” for undocumented immigrants or releasing “complete the danged fence” ads, to say …
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Joe Biden Calls Larry Elder A “Clone Of Donald Trump” As He Helps Gavin Newsom Wrap Up Anti-Recall Campaign
UPDATE, 7:41 PM PT: President Joe Biden helped Gavin Newsom finish up his anti-recall campaign on Monday, as both evoked Donald Trump in their closing arguments as a warning for the state should Newsom be ousted and radio talk host Larry Elder be selected as the next govermor. Biden called Elder a “clone of Donald Trump,” while Newsom said that “Trump is on the ballot in California.” “We may have defeated Donald Trump but we have defeated Trumpism,” Newsom said at the evening rally at Long Beach City College, with about 650 people attending. Newsom’s campaign is betting that the specter of Trump is a motivating factor for voters, and Elder’s entry into the race gave them an opportunity . Elder backed Trump in the 2016 election. Biden fought off a cough and hoarse voice as he told the rally that “the eyes of the nation are on California because the decision you are going to make is going to reverberate around the nation and quite frankly around the world.” …
Afraid of World War 3, Milley Went Behind Trump’s Back to Calm Tensions with China
Former President Donald Trump ’s top military advisor made secret calls to a top Chinese official late last year, worried that China ’s fears over the erratic U.S. leader would touch off an armed conflict between two nuclear superpowers. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, did not tell Trump about the calls, which were made to assuage Chinese fears that the United States would launch an attack. These calls are detailed in a new book, Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa . The book details how Milley twice called Gen. Li Zuocheng, a top-ranking general in the People’s Liberation Army, to promise that the U.S. would not launch a strike. The first call came days before the 2020 presidential election on Oct. 30th, 2020. After reading an intelligence review that said China believed the American military was planning an attack, Milley picked up the phone. China’s fears of war came amid Trump’s escalating threats, as well as their fear that Trump …
Clinton Campaign Lawyer Indicted for Allegedly Lying to FBI While Pushing Trump-Russia Connection
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Michael Sussmann, a lawyer who worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, for allegedly making false statements to the FBI about research he shared regarding a supposed connection between Donald Trump and a Russian bank. The indictment comes out of the years-long investigation by John Durham, a federal prosecutor appointed by the Justice Department during Trump’s presidency to probe the FBI’s own investigation into connections between Donald Trump and Russia . Sussmann worked as a partner at Perkins Coie, a prominent law firm that has represented many Democratic campaigns as well as the Democratic National Committee. According to the indictment , Sussmann met with the FBI’s top lawyer in the fall of 2016 and presented the bureau with research about a possible trail of digital evidence showing communications between a company once owned by Trump and the financial institution Alfa Bank. During that meeting, the indictment …
Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Covered in Dog Poop
James Hawkins Photography Donald Trump has given a lot of people s**t, so someone decided to return the gesture in kind ... with a load of dog poop plastered over his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Someone dropped a load on the star Thursday ... much to the chagrin and delight of tourists ... depending on their political bend. And, this is interesting ... whoever dropped the do-do won't be prosecuted, because it's not vandalism. According to CA law, someone can be prosecuted for vandalism if they "deface with graffiti or other inscribed material" or if they damage or destroy someone else's property. Gallery Launch Gallery Now, it's possible to cite the offender with violating L.A.'s pooper scooper law, which requires dog owners to pick up after their pets. TMZ.com There has been lots of vandalism on that star over the last 5 years. James Otis , a member of the famed Otis Elevator fam, took a pickax to the star in 2016 …
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