Strange that no reporter or interviewer has ever explored with Trump his repeated belief in ‘genetics’ when it comes to intelligence and, apparently, his own.
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Trump called federal judges "criminals" at an NRCC fundraiser last Wednesday. Called for legislation to punish them. The room applauded.
One of the judges he's been targeting — Karin Immergut in Portland — was his own appointee. His response when she ruled against him: "I appointed the judge and she goes like that. So I wasn't served well, obviously."
That's the tell. Not ideology. Not constitutional principle. Personal loyalty, or else.
Chief Justice Roberts already asked publicly for an end to the "hostility." The pizza deliveries to judges' home addresses are already happening — a signal the sender knows where they live, sometimes sent in the name of a judge's son who was murdered at his door in 2020. Threats logged last year: 564. Up from 509 the year before.
McQuade is right that Congress probably won't pass this bill. She says so directly. But that's not the point of the speech. The point is the other judges watching. The message is: rule my way, or you're next. Legislation is optional. Fear isn't.
Trump preys on the public’s willingness to believe a good conspiracy theory. At what point do people see through the act? In the meantime, he is destroying our democracy.
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In important decision for separation of powers, court rules Trump cannot fire court-appointed US Attorney, which would circumvent Senate’s role of advice and consent. If Trump wants to replace him, Trump must nominate a confirmable candidate.
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The renewed political smear campaign against Jack Smith comes as GOP faces massive losses in midterms. It is a distraction and a lie. Smith did his job as a prosecutor — investigated the facts, found evidence of crimes that could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and filed charges.
🚨NEW: Donald Trump on Letitia James being special prosecutor for the Cornell rape case:
"I feel badly for whoever she's looking at, because they won't get a fair shake"
Basically, he feels badly for the Cornell suspects.
He’s siding with rapists.
Trump took out a full-page ad to lynch the central park five. But when the accused rapists are a group of mostly white ivy league students he empathizes with them. This is racism
I've been watchin' you talk about so many people. Let us remember why you were bounced: https://t.co/8B6pJWaEMe
You made an insane on-the-record screed about people who held sway over @POTUS . You were a dope. People- glass-houses.
🤬A black girl came to her Dental Hygienist class early & sat in the front row & was told by the Professor that she may not want to sit there because it may upset other students & that she’s just trying to protect her by telling her this,but told a white student it was fine.🤬
NEW: President Trump directly told Russ Vought to find the funds to finance the ads glorifying him. The agency’s general counsel and WH counsel both signed off on the move as legal. The president and WH chief of staff spoke to the DHS secretary. https://t.co/U4zWDOqJbx
4/4 Foreign Investment and Security Restrictions: It bars non-NATO countries from setting up military installations or making sensitive investments in critical sectors without unanimous approval from the U.S., Denmark, and Greenland.
1/4 @statedeptspox We already had a deal for basically the same privileges. That they actually agreed not to let non-NATO nations basing is hilarious- they're pulling Trump's chain and demonstrating how stupid he is.
.@StateDeptSPOX on GREENLAND DEAL: This is a permanent deal. It benefits the United States, it is so important to our security, and it is going to make our NATO allies more secure, too.
3/4 What the Deal Entails: No Annexation: The agreement rejects U.S. territorial ownership claims, explicitly reaffirming Danish sovereignty and Greenland's path to self-determination.📷WSJ