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Wisconsin Republicans Don’t Care About Democracy or Will of the People
Wisconsin Republicans prove they don’t care about about Democracy or the Will of the People by threatening to impeach and remove newly-elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz before she can rule on any case. They want to make sure their Anti-Democratic Rigged-by-Gerrymandering Majority stays intact.
Republicans threaten to impeach Wisconsin justice before she has ruled on any case
Even though she has not heard a single case in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Republican lawmakers are talking about impeaching and removing newly-elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz. And thanks to their gerrymandered state legislature, they may have the votes to do it before she can rule on a challenge to the state’s gerrymandered maps.
‘Undo the voice of the people’: Wisconsin GOP threatening to impeach newly elected judge
Editor-at-Large for the Bulwark Charlie Sykes, New York Times Editorial Board Member Mara Gay, MSNBC National Affairs Analyst John Heilemann and Staff Writer at The Atlantic Franklin Foer join Nicolle Wallace to discuss how Republicans in Wisconsin are attempting to oust Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz before she has yet to hear a single case.
Voter wrath flares as Wisconsin GOP tries to disregard election results
Rachel Maddow explains how Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in part because of her criticism of the state’s pro-Republican gerrymandering, and how Republicans are already trying to overturn her significant election victory by impeaching her before she has had a chance to hear a single case before the court. Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin describes how the move is motivating outraged voters.
Rep. Gwen Moore: WI GOP ‘afraid democracy will subvert their effort to stay in power’
Wisconsin’s GOP-led legislature is considering impeaching a liberal state Supreme Court justice after she criticized Republican gerrymandering in the state and spoke in favor of abortion rights. Democratic Congresswoman of Wisconsin Gwen Moore and the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party Ben Winkler join MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss.
The Republican Party’s plan to rule the state of Wisconsin forever, explained
Wisconsin’s legislature is gerrymandered to ensure that Democrats will never win it. Republicans have a plan to keep it that way.
Wisconsin Republicans are behaving like Anti-Democratic Fascists from a Banana Republic
Wisconsin Republicans caught cheering voter suppression
Robert Spindell, a Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and a Trump fake elector, wrote an email saying he was “proud” about the effect of voter suppression efforts—particularly in “overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.”
Wisconsin Republicans prove their Radical Right Wing Anti-Democratic Fascists who doesn’t believe in Democracy or care about Wisconsin citizens by rigging elections in their favor through extreme Gerrymandering. This is typical behavior out of Republican “Conservative” bullies who are determined to cram what they want down people’s throats… decency and democracy be DAMNED.
Statewide Win For Evers Exposes Distortion Of Republican Gerrymander Of Wisconsin
An MSNBC panel talks about how Republicans in Wisconsin have so thoroughly rigged the election maps that a Democratic governor and a near Republican supermajority can be produced by the same election.
Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels saying he’d ensure “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected governor” PROVE Republicans are Anti-Democratic Fascist who are determined to SEIZE and maintain POWER by any means necessary.
REPUBLICANS RIGGING ELECTIONS BY GERRYMANDERING
Republicans has rigged elections in their favor for years to come through gerrymandering.
Republicans began rigging elections in 2010 so they couldn’t be removed from office by hyper-gerrymandering every state they took control of. Republicans injected $30 million, much of it from dark money, often targeting vulnerable blue state Democrats in races that wouldn’t otherwise draw a lot of national funding. The plan was called REDMAP
Through Gerrymandering, Republicans has made it almost impossible to be removed from office in some districts. Since they feel safe from being removed from office, they have no motivation to compromise. They are pursuing radical right wing agendas such as cutting assistance to the poor, cutting planned parenthood funding and passing anti-aborting “War on Women” legislation when the majority of Americans do not support these policies.
GOP Gerrymandering: Democratic Votes Not Matched By Seats Gained
Rachel Maddow shows four states in which Democratic popular vote victories are not commensurate with representative legislative seats because Republican gerrymandering has tipped the playing field.
Democrats won 20 million More Votes and Lost
The United States constitution is severely flawed when more often than not in the last few elections the majority of people voting for a particular party did not receive their relative representation. Democrats received 20 million more votes in the Senate than Republicans in 2014, yet Republicans won big.
The same occurred in the House of Representatives in 2012.
House Democrats out-earned their Republican counterparts by 1.17 million votes. Read another way, Democrats won 50.59 percent of the two-party vote. Still, they won just 46.21 percent of seats, leaving the Republicans with 234 seats and Democrats with 201.
Full article at egbertowillies.com/2015/01/04/amazing-democrats-won-20-million-votes-lost/
The Party Of Voter Suppression
The Republican effort to make it harder to vote continues unabated, with hundreds of thousands purged from voter rolls in two key states. Aired on 12/17/19.
Wisconsin Republicans Force Vote During Pandemic
‘They saw an opportunity to suppress the vote:’ Lt. Gov. on Wisconsin GOP forcing voters to polls amid pandemic
Mandela Barnes, the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, on the state holding an election amid a global pandemic: “We got to this point because of a long trend of voter suppression that’s been going on across the state and across the country.”
Republicans couldn’t accept the fact that they lost Governor elections in Michigan and Wisconsin… so what was their response? Not to respect the “Will of the people”, but to strip power away from newly elected Democrat Governors. This is how SPOILED BRAT BULLIES behave… if they can’t get the toy they want, then they DESTROY it.
As shown in videos on this page, Republicans RIG elections by Gerrymandering, Voter Obstruction and Voter Purges. When that don’t work and they LOSE, they resort to passing legislation to LIMIT the powers of a duly elected Democrat.
EXPOSED: Republican Voter Suppression Plot in Wisconsin
Audio from the secret Tea Party meeting where the voter caging plot was discussed. Speaking in these clips is Tim Dake, the head of Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty and widely recognized leader of the Tea Party coalition in Wisconsin.
Voter caging is a tactic that attempts to invalidate voter registrations by sending non-forwardable mass mailings to certain groups of people like minorities and students. When the mail is returned, a “caging list” is created to officially challenge the registrations. Republicans have used the practice in small operations going back to 1958, but in 2004, more than half a million voters were targeted.
EXPOSED: Republican Voter Suppression Plot in Wisconsin
Audio from the secret Tea Party meeting where the voter caging plot was discussed. Speaking in these clips is Tim Dake, the head of Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty and widely recognized leader of the Tea Party coalition in Wisconsin.
Voter caging is a tactic that attempts to invalidate voter registrations by sending non-forwardable mass mailings to certain groups of people like minorities and students. When the mail is returned, a “caging list” is created to officially challenge the registrations. Republicans have used the practice in small operations going back to 1958, but in 2004, more than half a million voters were targeted.
CAUGHT ON TAPE Listen to Trump 2020 Lawyer Admit to Voter Suppression by the Republican Party”
Right Wing Propaganda Cartoons Funded by Billionaires
Radical Right Wing Republicans are brainwashing kids in schools with “conservative” Propaganda Cartoons by PragerU. Republican’s are helping to destroy Democracy with book bannings and fact based education.
PragerU’s overtly right-wing programming approved for Florida students
Florida’s Department of Education has approved the overtly right-wing educational materials from the PragerU web site for use in kindergarten through 12th grade
EXPOSED! Fracking billionaires funding anti-renewable energy propaganda cartoons
Alex Wagner reports on the role of Farris and Dan Wilks, billionaire brothers who made their fortune in fracking, in funding propaganda cartoons criticizing solar and wind power. The cartoons are hosted by PragerU Kids, which is making inroads into the education systems of states with Republican governors.
Indoctrination by cartoon? DeSantis’ latest attack on ‘woke schools.’
Ron DeSantis says Florida schools should be about “education over indoctrination.” So why is his state now bringing in lessons on race and social justice from a right-wing group whose leader brags about indoctrinating kids?
Republicans War on Education, History, Teachers & Books
Florida REPUBLICAN Governor Ron DeSantis wants to put cameras in classrooms. This short video shows how oppressive and unbearable life could become unless Republicans are STOPPED by VOTING THEM OUT.
Teachers Pull Books To Avoid Felony Prosecution From DeSantis Law
Teachers are being told to withhold ALL of their classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification in the wake of a new law, House Bill 1467, which can result in a third-degree felony if violated.
‘Outrageous’: Don Lemon reacts to Florida book law championed by DeSantis
Embattled Florida parents to America: You’re next if DeSantis wins!
Alex Wagner looks at the agenda Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has laid out for his state and his disingenuous pushback on criticism of his cultural crusade as parents of students at New College of Florida caution the rest of America that if DeSantis succeeds in making an example of their school, Republicans everywhere will try to follow suit.
Republican’s War or Woke is a war against young people… an attack on how they think, exist, speak and especially how they understand the world they live in.
Ken Burns Compares DeSantis Bills to ‘Soviet System’ on CNN: ‘The Way the Nazis Would Build a Potemkin Village’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joined CNN on Tuesday and accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of creating a Soviet-like system through his bills targeting materials available in public schools. DeSantis has been focused on introducing legislation specifically aimed at explicit and “woke” materials in schools. His efforts have earned major pushback as critics argue new strict guidelines can be used to target LGBTQ and Black history-related content. House Bill 999 would give more power to a university board of trustees over curriculum being taught and essentially ban controversial curriculum like Critical Race Theory. [source: mediaite.com/tv/ken-burns-compares-desantis-bills-to-soviet-system-on-cnn-the-way-the-nazis-would-build-a-potemkin-village]
DeSantis & Florida Republicans are following in the footsteps of Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
Right Wingers around the world are systematically destroying Democracy, implementing One Party Rule with rigged elections, take-over of the News Media, Judiciary and take-over of Education, similar to what DeSantis and Republicans are doing in Florida.
Thom Hartmann explains how Victor Orbán and his Radical Right-Wing Party took over the once Democratic government in Hungary and turned it into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and praise for Victor Orbán Propaganda is seen everywhere. Republicans are following the same playbook so it could happen here unless they are STOPPED.
Outrageous’: Florida teacher rips DeSantis’ censorship, criminal threats
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a new law forcing teachers to remove books from classrooms that are not deemed “appropriate.” So-called “Woke Busters” are joining DeSantis’ effort and forcing libraries and schools to remove “offensive” books. Florida public school teacher Andrea Phillips joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber, calling the law “outrageous,” and adding students “don’t have books to read.”
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten reacts to former REPUBLICAN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo labeling her as the the world’s ‘most dangerous person’.
Radical Right Wing REPUBLICAN Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Installs Regressive Education Board Members determined to Suppress and Re-Write History
Conservative Group Pushes To Shift Public Schools To Christian Nationalist Principles
Kathryn Joyce, investigative reporter at Salon, talks with Alex Wagner about the role of Hillsdale College at the center of the conservative effort to make education a political battlefield with initiatives like the “Stop Woke Act” in Florida to align civic and history curricula with right-wing Christian perspectives. Aug 20, 2022
Republicans admitting they want a dictatorship and want to eliminate Democracy
New Florida Teacher Training Aims To Indoctrinate Educators With Radical Right Wing Ideology
Encouraged by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools
DESANTIS FLORIDA: WHERE FREEDOM GOES TO DIE!
- Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
- Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
- Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
- Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
- Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
- Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
- DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
- Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
- Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
- DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
- Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
- Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
- Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
- Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
- Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
- Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
- Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
- Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
- Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
- Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
- Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
- Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
- DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
- Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”. Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
- Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
- DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.
Florida Teachers Afraid, Confused As REPUBLICAN DeSantis Politicizes Curriculum
Alex Wagner travels to Florida to talk with Don Falls, a teacher who has joined a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” that has put teachers in fear of being punish for teaching factual history, and Jennifer Jenkins, a school board member who has personally experienced the threats and intimidation by Republican activists using culture war excuses as cover for a political power grab.
New Florida teacher training downplays role of slavery in U.S. history
Alex Wagner looks at how Florida teachers are being trained to teach the history of slavery in the United States. Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, joins to talk about Florida’s emphasis on descent-based slavery as a way of minimizing the slave trade.
Students say DeSantis’ African-American studies ban ‘symbolizes… deep hatred’
REPUBLICAN DeSantis Imposes Extreme Culture War Framing On Nuanced U.S. Civics
Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, talks with Alex Wagner about the political utility for Ron DeSantis of bringing polarizing culture war themes to the discussion of complicated American history and civics.
Trump Demands Republicans Impeach Biden
Republicans open an Impeachment Inquiry against President Joe Biden despite no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors, to appease Trump. This is about Politics and Pay Back to these LAWLESS, good for nothing except protecting Trump Republicans.
BOMBSHELL: GOP’s ‘informant’ charged with lying about Bidens
The “informant” touted by Republicans in the Biden impeachment probe has been indicted on two counts of feeding the FBI false information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. “In the most spectacular embarrassment imaginable, it blew up in their faces.”
When Democrats demonstrated credible evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors against Trump, Republicans proved they were lawless and didn’t care about this country, their oath of office or his violations against the constitution by voting not to impeach. But for political pay-back, they’ve been wanting to Impeach Biden before he was sworn into office. These Republicans are lawless, vindictive, partisan political hacks, unfit to hold any position in elected public office.
BigBlueWaveUSA® 🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦 on X (formerly Twitter): “Ronna Romney McDaniel’s best argument on why Biden should be impeached: “Our voters are sick & tired of Republicans getting attacked thru the courts (?!) or whatever. It’s time to go after Biden.”Trump said it. “If you come after me, I’m coming after you”pic.twitter.com/IfJpTAIEPf / X”
Ronna Romney McDaniel’s best argument on why Biden should be impeached: “Our voters are sick & tired of Republicans getting attacked thru the courts (?!) or whatever. It’s time to go after Biden.”Trump said it. “If you come after me, I’m coming after you”pic.twitter.com/IfJpTAIEPf
REPUBLICAN Ronna Romney McDaniel admits they’re impeaching Biden because; “Our voters are sick & tired of Republicans getting attacked thru the courts or whatever. It’s time to go after Biden.”
Rep. Jared Moskowitz ridicules and roasts former president Donald Trump for his numerous indictments and impeachments in comparison to Joe Biden. In addition, he eviscerates MAGA Republicans for their pathetic efforts to smear Hunter Biden, impeach Joe Biden with little to no reason or evidence and so much more for 13 minutes straight.
Dems Call Out Republicans Sham Biden Impeachment
‘Weakest Speaker in history’: Rep. Frost blasts McCarthy for ‘fake’ impeachment inquiry
The youngest member of the House, Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the looming government shutdown and what he calls a “fake” Biden impeachment inquiry hearing with “no evidence.”
Rep. Goldman: Republicans are holding a ‘sham impeachment’ while ‘barreling’ toward a shutdown
House Republicans began hearings for the controversial impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), a member of the Oversight Committee and former Lead Counsel during the first Trump impeachment inquiry, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss Biden’s impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill. “This is so clearly part of a pattern directed by Donald Trump to distract from his own criminal indictments to even the score against his future political opponent,” Goldman says. “We are wasting our time on a sham impeachment when the House Republicans are barreling us down a rabbit hole into a government shutdown where millions and millions of Americans will be negatively affected.”
The reason Republicans are getting arrested is because they broke the law. Over 1000 Trump supporter have been arrested for they’re involvement in the January 6 insurrection.
MUGSHOTS OF REPUBLICANS INDICTED, ARRESTED AND BOOKED IN GEORGIA FOR 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE
The above Republicans are just a fraction of all who were involved in criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 election
GOP Culture of Corruption
Video shows how Trump Republicans of 2020 are as lawless as Nixon Republicans from 1972
Republican HUMILIATED, admits she has NO EVIDENCE against Joe Biden
Republicans Come Up EMPTY On Evidence In Biden Investigations
Timid and Weak McCarthy’s impeachment push will backfire
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday he is directing three House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in an effort to seek bank records and other documents from the president and his son Hunter Biden.
Hayes: McCarthy’s impeachment push, spending fight will alienate all sides of GOP
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., announcement this week of an impeachment inquiry contrasts with his criticisms of then-Speaker Pelosi in 2019.
House Republicans’ push to Impeach President Biden is about Protecting Themselves
Motivated by revenge, spite and support for Trump, REPUBLICAN Rep. James Comer has been leading the GOP investigations into the Biden family, despite missing witnesses, uncorroborated documents and audio tapes.
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough utterly DESTROYS Republican Rep. James Comer after it’s revealed his latest fake ‘whistleblower’ was indicted by the DOJ.
LAWLESS Republican representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene is so upset that Republicans are being arrested and held accountable for their crimes that she demands Republican Red State Attorney Generals Start Arresting Democrats for no good reason other than PAY BACK
LAWLESS GOP lawmakers threaten to defund special counsel, impeach Biden over Trump charges
Lawless Republicans in Congress may try to derail must-pass funding legislation with efforts to shut down the prosecution of former President Donald Trump, who’s facing criminal charges in two federal cases and two state cases.
Trump’s Indictments are About Crimes, NOT Politics
Trump’s Indictments are about alleged crimes he committed, not to silence Free Speech, take down a Political Adversary, “Weaponization of the DOJ” or a Witch Hunt. Republicans are LYING by using these claims to protect Trump, attempting to make people believe all of his 88 criminal charges and indictment are political.
Trump is getting preferential treatment
Historian on Trump indictment and holding leaders accountable
Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, editor of “The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment,” discusses the latest criminal indictment against the former president as a result of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the January 6 insurrection. Zelizer explains that, in bringing Trump to trial, the Department of Justice has boldly declared – regardless of the political fallout – it will hold our leaders accountable if they violate sacrosanct democratic principles.
2020 election interference – Federal case
Former President Trump indicted for attempts to overturn 2020 election
Trump charged with four federal felonies in connection to his high-profile efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
The sweeping indictment unsealed on August 1 recaps a months-long misinformation campaign by Trump, in which the former president pushed fraud claims that prosecutors say he knew to be untrue.
Trump also pressured state and federal officials to intervene in the election certification process, including his Vice President Mike Pence, authorities said.
The pressure campaign, which continued even as pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, amounted to an attempt to obstruct “a bedrock function”, according to the indictment.
Trump is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the US; one count of conspiracy against rights; one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and one count of obstructing an official proceeding.
The former president pleaded not guilty to the charges during a brief arraignment hearing in federal court in Washington, DC court on August 3.
“When you look at what’s happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent,” Trump said after leaving the courthouse. “This was never supposed to happen in America.”
Classified Documents – Federal Case
In June, Trump was indicted in a separate federal case related to his handling of sensitive documents that he took from the White House at the end of his presidency.
The former president was initially charged with 37 felony counts, the majority of which were for unauthorised retention of national security secrets. He was also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to investigators.
The indictment detailed how Trump showed off the classified documents to visitors, storing many in easily accessible areas of his Mar-a-Lago estate. As federal investigators closed in, the charging document said, Trump enlisted aides to help hide the documents.
“Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States, and they must be enforced,” special counsel Jack Smith, who also oversees the federal election case, said upon unsealing the secret documents indictment.
“Violations of those laws put our country at risk,” Smith said.
On July 27, federal prosecutors announced three more charges against Trump. His aide and a property manager at Mar-a-Lago have also been charged in the case.
Trump pleaded not guilty to the initial charges during his first appearance at a court in Miami, Florida, in June. On August 4, he pleaded not guilty to the additional charges in a court filing. A federal judge has set the trial date for May 20, 2024.
Falsifying business documents – New York state case
Trump’s first criminal indictment came in the US state of New York in March, when he was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The counts are linked to a series of checks written to Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen as reimbursements for hush-money payments made to pornographic movie star Stormy Daniels, who alleged a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
The payments were recorded in various internal company documents as being for a legal retainer that prosecutors said did not exist.
On December 4, the former president is set to make his next appearance at a Manhattan court where he had earlier entered a not-guilty plea to the charges.
The date comes two months before the Republican presidential primary season begins in full.
2020 election interference – Georgia state case
After investigating Trump for more than two-and-a-half years, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis levelled 13 charges against the former president and 18 other co-defendants, who prosecutors say conspired to overturn the election results in the state.
Trump and his allies were charged under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, which is often reserved for prosecuting organised crime.
The probe was initially sparked by a January 2, 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a top election official. In the call, Trump, who was trailing in the state’s final vote count, suggested Raffensperger could “find 11,780 votes” to flip the state in his favour.
One of the charges Trump is facing directly relate to that conversation. The indictment says the former president “unlawfully solicited, requested and importuned” Raffensperger to violate his oath of office. The indictment also said Trump and his co-defendants pushed to illegally breach voting equipment.
“In Georgia, members of the enterprise stole data, including ballot images, voting equipment software and personal voter information,” it said.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in the case and is expected to plead not guilty to the charges later in August. [source for the above article; aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/trump-indictment-tracker-where-do-cases-against-former-us-president-stand]
Trump Georgia indictment | Everything to know
60 Minutes: Former President Trump’s phone call that led to indictment in Georgia
Republicans Lying about Democrats on Abortion
Republicans told outrageous lies about Democrats at the 1st GOP Debate of August 2023 claiming they’re for Abortions up until Birth as a scare tacit to deflect from their own Radical Anti-Abortion policies such as NO exceptions for rape or incest, forcing 10 year old girls to give birth to a rapists child, prison sentences if a woman gets an abortion and laws allowing Anti-Abortion Vigilantes to sue anyone who assists a women seeking an abortion for $10,000.
Republicans making the FALSE claim that Democrats are for Abortions up until Birth is an old LIE which Republicans consistently use to demonize Democrats.
Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin LIES to voters, falsely claiming Democrats are for abortion up until birth.
Republican, Mike Pence used the same LIE during the 2020 VP Debate
Republican Mike Pence Repeated one of the Biggest Republican Lies about Abortions at the 2020 VP Debate
Republican LIE about Democrats to deflect from their own EXTREME Policies which are EXTREME and CRUEL. Republicans are UNFIT to hold Public Office.
Republicans Assault on Women
10-Year-Old Girl has to travel to Neighboring State to get an Abortion After Being Raped
A horrifying case in Ohio is emphasizing the deep divide in the U.S. over abortion. A 10-year-old girl was raped and went to another state to get an abortion. Ohio has banned most abortions so the young girl went to Indiana to terminate the pregnancy. The 27-year-old suspect Gerson Fuentes was arrested. Several politicians are no
‘We’re Under A Five Alarm Fire,’ Political Strategist Says Of New Anti-Abortion Laws
The conservative Supreme Court justices have made it clear that not only would they refuse to block extremist anti-abortion laws like the Texas bounty law, but that they are also on track to fulfilling one of the Christian right’s most durable goals. Namely, gutting or just going all-in and overturning Roe v. Wade.
Republican Passed an Anti-Choice Law Against Women’s Rights, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion.
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Republicans Must Lie to Survive: They have No Other Choice
Per the above article; “The GOP exists to serve the interests of the wealthy and big business that comprise the richest 1%. No party, however, can ever win an election with only 1% of the vote. So to win elections, the GOP must necessarily reach beyond its own wealthy core and attempt to convince a large segment of working people in the 99% to vote for Republicans.
Normally, a political party wins elections by offering policies that benefit the voters. These policies attract the voters who then cast their votes for the political party.
But for the Republican Party, this is not an option. A candidate could not possibly campaign on the policies favored by the 1%. Just imagine the stump speech. “Vote for me and I will slash your health care! In fact, I’ll do even better — I’ll fight like mad to completely eliminate your health care!”
“Vote for me and I will get rid of your pensions! This would save corporations a bundle and boost profits to the shareholders! Screw the workers!”
“Vote for me and I promise to ship your jobs overseas under globalization! The exact same labor can be hired in Asia for only pennies! Hurray!”
The Republican Party is left with only one option. It cannot possibly be honest about its true intentions and actual policies. The working class would never vote for them. Instead, the only option is to lie”.
According to PolitiFact, Republicans Lie Three Times More Often Than Democrats.
The study found Republicans to be less trustworthy than Democrats, based on the number of false claims made during President Obama‘s second term.
The study, by Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University, took into account 100 PolitiFact-checked statements made by Democrats (46 claims) and Republicans (54 claims) in the first four months of Obama’s second term.
“PolitiFact rated 32% of Republican claims as “false” or “pants on fire,” compared to 11% of Democratic claims – a 3 to 1 margin. Conversely, Politifact rated 22% of Democratic claims as “entirely true” compared to 11% of Republican claims – a 2 to 1 margin”.
“A majority of Democratic statements (54%) were rated as mostly or entirely true, compared to only 18% of Republican statements. Conversely, a majority of Republican statements (52%) were rated as mostly or entirely false, compared to only 24% of Democratic statements”.
CMPA President Dr. Robert Lichter stated: “While Republicans see a credibility gap in the Obama administration, PolitiFact rates Republicans as the less credible party.”
The reason Republicans can get away with lying more than Democrats is because Republican constituents has been conditioned to not trust the “Liberal Media”. So they are more likely to not question lies from Republican politicians.
When the news media calls out Republicans lies, average Joe Republican voters feels the “Liberal Media” is picking on the person who’s lying and lets the lies slide.
Analysis: Telling lies has become the norm for today’s Republicans | CNN Politics
To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
Per the above article: “To assume lies would sink House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is to misunderstand the nature of today’s Republican Party: They actually demonstrate his credentials to lead it.
For a minority party joining blue-collar voters driven by cultural resentment with affluent donors fixed on the bottom line, gaining and wielding power requires dissembling beyond the conventional equivocation that politicians in all parties have always used to amass popular support.
One of the GOP’s most successful political consultants of recent decades issued that judgment in a confessional 2020 memoir. Stuart Stevens titled his book: “It Was All a Lie.”
A Public Religion Research Institute poll earlier this year showed about one-fourth of Republicans are drawn to the bizarre fantasies of QAnon, a movement that contends Satan-worshipping pedophiles control the government and the media.
With the 2020 big lie, Republicans use false claims of fraud to pretend Trump didn’t lose at all. In fact, House Republicans have made telling the truth about the election a disqualification. They fired Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as conference chair and ostracized Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republican members participating in a House committee investigation of January 6.”
Ex-Bush Speechwriter: A ‘Loyal’ Republican Is Now Either A Sucker Or A Liar
Michael Gerson also named the group of Republicans who have “the most to atone for.”
Former Bush Speechwriter Says Loyal Republicans Are Either “Liars Or Suckers”
Michael Gerson, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, said in order for someone to call themselves a “loyal Republican” they would either have to be a liar or a sucker… because it takes both Liars and Suckers to keep the Republican Party alive today.
TED CRUZ IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW REPUBLICANS LIE!
Republican Candidates such as George Santos, Hershel Walker and J.R. Majewski all got caught Lying to get elected
Republican Appointed Right Wing Judges / Justices Lied Under Oath
Republicans lied about crime, inflation and taxes to get elected in the 2022 midterms, falsely blaming Democrats & President Biden.
Ted Cruz Lies About January 6 Protestors Being Peaceful
Video proves Ted Cruz to be a lying partisan hack claiming on Fox News, January 6 “Protestors” (actually Rioters) were peaceful while he calls Abortion Rights Protestors THUGS. Cruz accuses “Democrats & the Corporate Media” of slandering January 6 Rioters. Fox News is complicit in perpetuating the lie by failing to state the facts about January 6 and push back.
Ted Cruz ABSOLUTELY ROASTED using his own words in Viral Supercut
Ted Cruz shamelessly smeared peaceful protesters speaking out against the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade while defending the January 6 insurrection. Francis Maxwell rolls the tape and exposes Ted’s hypocrisy.
At a Capitol Hill hearing, REPUBLICAN Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde (R) stated: “Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol and walked through Statuary Hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures,” Clyde said. “You know, if you didn’t know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”
The above video proves REPUBLICAN Rep. Andrew Clyde to be a LIAR
Rudy Giuliani concedes he made false statements (LIED) about 2020 election workers – Jul 26, 2023
Busted: Trump lawyer (Jenna Ellis) admits the big lie amid reckoning on conspiracy theories
Another figure who promoted Donald Trump’s stolen election lies is facing legal scrutiny. Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who represented Trump after his 2020 election loss, admitted that she knowingly misrepresented facts in several of her public claims about widespread voter fraud,
Trump & Republicans LIED about the 2020 election, claimed he “Won in a landslide” and the election was “Rigged” and “Stolen” with no proof, incited riots, violence, an insurrection and COUP to overthrow the United States Government, overturn the 2020 election and install Trump as an UN-ELECTED DICTATOR.
The lies Republicans told about the 2020 election are so untethered to reality that it’s beyond shocking.
Republicans Obstructing Justice to Protect Trump
House of Representatives Republicans and Georgia Republicans prove they’re lawless scum of the earth by engaging in tactics to protect Trump and Republicans from being prosecuted for their alleged Crimes related to illegal attempts to overturn the 2020 election. These unprincipled people are a disgrace to the GOP Party of Lincoln and unfit to hold public office.
Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore warns of CIVIL WAR and VIOLENCE after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicts Donald Trump and his accomplices for Election Interference Conspiracy.
Maddow Calls Republicans Out for Attacking the Justice System to Protect Trump
Rachel Maddow looks at the lengths to which Republicans are going to abuse their power in order to interfere in the criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump, and encourages principled Americans to impose the shame and disgrace Trump sycophants are earning with their attacks on the U.S. justice system.
Republican efforts to sabotage Georgia prosecution of Trump
Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis talks with Rachel Maddow about how her role as prosecutor has subjected her to threats and efforts at intimidation, including abuse of political power by Republicans trying to sabotage the criminal case to hold Donald Trump accountable for trying to subvert the 2020 election.
LAWLESS Republicans doesn’t want TRUMP to be held accountable for pressuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find more votes. Any other person who engaged in such conduct would have been arrested, found guilty and would be in PRISON. This is only one (1) of the many crimes TRUMP committed while he was President. The fact that the majority of Republicans continue to support and protect TRUMP after all of his criminal and outrageous conduct (such as bragging about grabbing women by the P****Y & paying off porn stars to make sure they stay silent about adulterous affairs before the 2016 election) prove Republicans are Lawless Scum of the Earth who have no morals or decency.
Trump & Republican’s Indictments are about Crimes, NOT Politics, Free Speech or ‘weaponization of the government’
Trump’s Indictments are about alleged crimes he committed, not to silence Free Speech, take down a Political Adversary, “Weaponization of the DOJ” or a Witch Hunt. Republicans are LYING by using these claims to protect Trump, attempting to make people believe all of his 91 criminal charges and indictment are political.
LAWLESS Georgia Republicans are pursuing a law which would give them the ability to remove District Attorney Fani Willis to protect Trump from Prosecution
Georgia Republicans prove they’re LAWLESS by taking steps to subvert justice by stopping District Attorney Fani Willis from holding Trump and his accomplices accountable for their CRIMES
Georgia Republicans Introduce Bill To Make Charges Against Trump Illegal
Republican lawmakers in the state of Georgia have introduced legislation that would make RICO charges – the same charges that Trump and his co-defendants have been charged with – illegal in the state. The legislation would throw out all past, present, and future RICO charges and legally bar the state from ever bringing those charges against anyone ever again. In other words, hardened criminals would be immediately set free just to prevent Trump from being prosecuted, as Farron Cousins explains.
Sidney Powell Pleading GUILTY is what LAWLESS Republicans wanted to prevent… proof that there WAS a conspiracy to commit election interference to STEAL and OVERTURN the 2020 election by REPUBLICANS… and TRUMP’S claims that the election was “Stolen” from him and he “Won in a landslide” were LIES.
October 20, 2023 – Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to illegally conspiring to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, striking a deal in which he will avoid jail time and agreed to provide evidence that could implicate other defendants, including Trump himself.
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Chesebro was the second former Trump lawyer to accept a plea deal in the sprawling conspiracy case in as many days. The guilty plea came in just hours after jury selection began, ahead of an expected trial next month.
Chesebro pleaded guilty to a single felony count of conspiracy to file false documents and accepted a sentence of three to five years of probation, a $1,000 fine, $5,000 in restitution to the state of Georgia, an apology letter, 100 hours of community service and a promise to testify truthfully against any other co-defendants in the case, should they go to trial.
GA Republicans look to ‘change the rules’ in effort to stop Fani Willis ‘by any means necessary’.
With Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro Pleading GUILTY, any attempt by Republicans to interfere in the Prosecutions of Trump and his accomplices would further PROVE Obstruction of Justice.
LAWLESS REPUBLICANS PULL STUNT TO STOP FULTON COUNTY PROSECUTION OF TRUMP
REPUBLICAN Rep. Elise Stefanik engages in a desperate attempt to discredit Judge in the NY Civil Fraud trial against the Trump Organization.
House Republicans Introduce Bills To Defund Trump Prosecutions Until After Election
Republicans in the House of Representatives have officially begun their campaign to save Donald Trump, with Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia introducing two amendments to appropriations bills that would cut the funding for the prosecutions of Trump until after the 2024 election. These Republicans are abusing their power to save the corrupt leader of their Party
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis sent a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan instructing him to stop abusing his authority and violating the Constitution by interfering in her RICO prosecution of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators.
First, Jordan defies a congressional subpoena demanding information and evidence about Donald Trump’s democracy-busting crimes on and around January 6. After refusing to provide – in other words, hiding from the J6 committee and the American people – evidence that could have incriminated Donald Trump, he became even more emboldened in his determination to help Trump evade accountability for his crimes, so he began interfering in state prosecutions.
This kind of escalating, democracy-damaging evidence is exactly what we should expect if the Department of Justice continues to refuse to hold insurrectionists in Congress accountable for their conduct.
Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”
Trump PROVES he’s a LAWLESS THUG who should be ARRESTED and LOCKED UP for making threats: “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” and “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.” This is how MOB BOSSES and CRIMINALS behave.
Trump posts disturbing baseball bat photo with Alvin Bragg, threatens ‘death and destruction’
Former President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by sharing images of him holding a baseball bat next Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head.
March 24, 2023: Trump threatened “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged in New York — writing the shocking social media warning after posting an image of himself holding a baseball bat next to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head. Trump shared the image of himself holding a baseball bat — with Bragg’s hands up — on his Truth Social platform Thursday as he devoted his day to attacking the prosecutor for pursuing a case over a “hush money” payout to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump THREATENS NY DA Alvin Bragg in violation of NY state law
Former President Donald Trump threatened New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as Bragg investigates and prepares to indict Trump for his earlier New York crimes. Specifically, Trump indicates there will be “death and destruction” if Bragg indicts hims. Then, Trump commits a second crime by posting a picture of himself, holding a baseball bat, mid-swing, next to a picture DA Bragg whose hand is upraised as if in a defensive posture., who
This conduct by Trump violates New York penal law section 195.05, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree: “a person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree when that person intentionally . . . attempts to prevent a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation or interference . . . ”
When the NY grand jury reconvenes on Monday, they should be presented this evidence of Trump’s threats and add two additional charges to the indictment of Donald Trump – one for the “death and destruction” post and one for the baseball bat post.
LAWLESS Georgia GOP Will Seek to DISQUALIFY Fani Willis under Georgia Law to Help Trump
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the new Georgia law that Republicans want to use to try and disqualify Fulton County, District Attorney Fani Willis for prosecuting Donald Trump.
LAWLESS Georgia Republicans pass law to REMOVE Fani Willis
Fmr. U.S. attorney blasts Georgia GOP’s ‘power grab’ targeting prosecutors
Legal Analyst Paul Butler and Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney discusses the investigations into Trump and the conflicts of interest presented by the new bills passed by Georgia Republicans that could give the power to remove prosecutors to a newly proposed oversight commission.
Republicans seek retribution for Trump prosecutions
House Republicans’ plan investigations into Fulton County District attorney Fani Willis and potential impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
U.S. takes politician indictments in stride; Trump case should be no different
Rachel Maddow reviews how regularly politicians at all levels of government in the United States are indicted without the overall system of government and the lives of Americans suffering any particular disruption, and argues that a potential indictment of Donald Trump should be no different.U.S. takes politician indictments in stride; Trump case should be no different
House Republicans’ talk of Impeaching Biden and Attempts to protect Trump and Republicans from being prosecuted is about Protecting Themselves
Rep. Jordan demands information from DA Fani Willis on Trump probe
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has sent a letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis demanding information or any receipt or use of federal funds or communication with federal prosecutors. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles has details on the request.
Jim Jordan Decides To Let Congress Interfere With Georgia’s Trump Prosecution
REPUBLICAN Congressman Jim Jordan has decided to interfere with the prosecution of Donald Trump in Georgia, and just hours before the former president turned himself in, the Chair of the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to district attorney Fani Willis requesting all sorts of privileged information. Jordan has absolutely no shame, and his antics should be investigated as he is directly interfering with a prosecution – and that should be considered obstruction of justice.
Jim Jordan & House Republicans engage in tactics to protect Trump & 18 other Republicans who were charged for 2020 Election Interference Racketeering in Fulton County Georgia.
Jim Jordan & Republicans Threaten Legal Action Against Fact Checkers!
“Jim Jordan tries to interfere in Trump’s NY case, DA Alvin Bragg SCHOOLS Jordan on the Constitution”
“In his capacity as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Republican Representative Jim Jordan wrote a letter to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg demanding Bragg testify about his criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump, in what was a transparent attempt by Jordan to interfere with the New York investigation of Trump’s crimes”.
McCarthy & Jordan attempt to shut down NY DA Alvin Bragg’s criminal investigation of Donald Trump
In a dramatic and transparent abuse of power, Representatives Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and others attempt to interfere in New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal investigation of Donald Trump. This represents a gross abuse of congressional power, a potential violation of the 10th Amendment (as this is NOT a power delegated to the federal government), and it may also constitute the crime of obstruction of justice. But we can expect more of this abuse of power by McCarthy and company if law enforcement authorities decline to hold McCarthy and Jordan accountable for these abuses.
Manhattan District Attorney Sends SCATHING Letter to House Republicans
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a new letter to several GOP committee chairmen Friday that it will not submit to any requests that “interfere” with the office’s Trump investigation. “Like any other defendant, Mr. Trump is entitled to challenge these charges in court and avail himself of all processes and protections that New York State’s robust criminal procedure affords,” the office’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, wrote about the Trump indictment. “What neither Mr. Trump nor Congress may do is interfere with the ordinary course of proceedings in New York State.”
After reminding the congressmen that they still don’t have the authority to interfere in a criminal prosecution at the state level, and noting that they could use their positions to encourage Americans to trust the integrity of the judicial system, Dubeck added a rather pointed paragraph.
“Instead, you and many of your colleagues have chosen to collaborate with Mr. Trump’s efforts to vilify and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors and trial judges and made unfounded allegations that the Office’s investigation … is politically motivated,” she wrote. “We urge you to refrain from these inflammatory accusations, withdraw your demand for information, and let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interference.”
Trump indictment would only be a problem if he and GOP make it one (and they’re trying)
Rachel Maddow explains that while Americans and the U.S. system of government is able to function smoothly even as politicians at all levels are routinely indicted on a variety of crimes, the true danger is when that functioning justice system is attacked or corrupted, as Republicans are doing in an effort to protect Donald Trump.
House GOP wants ‘immunity for their party leader’
Rep. Adam Schiff joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how the Republican defense of Trump shows the GOP is more interested in protecting Trump than the rule of law, which sets a “dangerous” precedent and holds Trump to a different standard: “If you do not hold him accountable, he will go on to do worse and worse and worse.”
House GOP wants to discredit Manhattan DA ahead of potential Trump indictment
Trump’s indictment being decried by Republicans who chanted ‘Lock her up!’ about Hillary Clinton are called out by Rep. Bennie Thompson. “Some of these people were the ones who were hollering at Hillary Clinton, lock her up,” Thompson tells Joy Reid. “Now, somehow they’re now saying that Trump is a victim. Well, you can’t have it both ways.”
McCarthy tweets House committees will look into Manhattan DA’s investigation of Trump
Manhattan DA calls House GOP request for testimony an ‘unprecedented inquiry’
NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports on the “strongly worded” response from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to three House Republican committee chairmen who have requested information on the Trump hush money probe.
MAGA Republicans rally around Trump ahead of possible indictment
Republicans like Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene were quick to jump on twitter in support of former President Trump, following his Truth Social post about possibly being arrested on Tuesday. But other notable names like Mitch McConnell have been silent since the news broke.
House GOP wants ‘immunity for their party leader’
Rep. Adam Schiff joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how the Republican defense of Trump shows the GOP is more interested in protecting Trump than the rule of law, which sets a “dangerous” precedent and holds Trump to a different standard: “If you do not hold him accountable, he will go on to do worse and worse and worse.”
Republicans prove how STUPID they are by blaming EVERYTHING on 92 Year Old George Soros
In a new piece for the Bulwark, former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut writes: “Jim Jordan Takes His Clown Show on the Road.” Representative Jordan plans to take his dirty political circus to New York City to hold hearings in an attempt to chill New York District Attorney Alvin Brag in his prosecution of former president Donald Trump. Perhaps worst of all, Jordan reportedly will use crime victims as props in furtherance of his political stunt.
GOP Launches CRIMINAL SCHEME to Protect Trump and retaliate against Democrats for holding Trump accountable for his CRIMES
COVERING FOR TRUMP’S TREASON, Rand Paul Wants to REPEAL ESPIONAGE ACT
Jesse talks about Rand Paul’s sycophantic decision to announce that he wants to repeal the Espionage Act only AFTER it’s been revealed that Donald Trump is currently under criminal investigation for having possibly violated this statute.
Trump’s arrest shows the GOP’s double standard on FBI “compliance.” While many suspects are given minutes to comply with police, Trump was given months. In this special report, GOP’s double standard on “police rules” are exposed.
Emails Show Secret Service Coordinated with Insurrectionists
New Emails Show the Secret Service Coordinated with January 6 Insurrectionists
Secret Service under scrutiny after Oath Keepers emails revealed
The protective agency has been criticized for appearing to have worked with a right-wing militia group involved in the January 6 uprising.
Secret Service Under Scrutiny After Oath Keepers Emails Revealed
Per the above article: “The Secret Service has come under scrutiny after purported correspondences between agents showing evidence of communications with a right-wing activist who played a central role in the January 6, 2021, uprising were revealed.
Emails published by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an anti-corruption non-profit, appear to show a cordial relationship between outreach officers and Stewart Rhodes, leader of anti-government militia group Oath Keepers, who in May was imprisoned for 18 years on charges including seditious conspiracy over his role in organizing the siege of the U.S. Capitol. In one email, an agent appears to claim that Rhodes “has denounced White Nationalist ideals” based on open-source research and described conversations with him regarding a rally of then-President Donald Trump in North Carolina“.
Missing Texts From Secret Service, Homeland Security and Pentagon indicate a coordinated cover-up may have taken place to hide criminal conduct. Destruction of government documents is a crime
Why Those Missing Secret Service Texts Could Be Key To The Jan. 6 Probe
“The internal Secret Service communications leading up to and during the Sixth are possibly the most revealing pieces of contemporaneous evidence you could ask for. But, of course, those text messages are gone.”
Lawyer ‘Strongly Suspects’ White House Ordered January 6 Texts To Be Deleted
The Jan. 6 texts of Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, and Pentagon officials being deleted is slammed by former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter. “Not only do we have the destruction of government documents, but obstruction of justice, in not one but three government agencies. I strongly suspect that the orders for the destruction of this evidence came from the White House and perhaps from the president,” Painter tells Joy Reid.
Trump: Most Lawless, Corrupt & Dangerous President in History
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to expose the unprecedented corruption of the Trump administration’s first six weeks in office. Murphy condemned Trump’s normalization of pay-to-play politics, where billionaire donors dictate policy and taxpayer money is funneled into the pockets of the president, Elon Musk, and the corporate elite.
“In the first six weeks of the Trump presidency, Trump and Elon Musk and their billionaire friends have engaged in a stunning rampage of open public corruption,” Murphy said. “It’s not fundamentally different than what happened in Russia. These are efforts to steal from the American people to enrich themselves. And their strategy is to do it all out in the open, to do it at such a dizzying pace that the country just gets overwhelmed or anesthetized or dulled into a sense that we just all have to accept the corruption – or, maybe more charitably, that this is just how government works, that government is just corrupt, and so the fact that it’s happening out in the open instead of happening secretly, well, it’s really nothing new.”
Murphy laid out more than 20 examples of blatant corruption from just the first six weeks of the Trump presidency, including:
- The launch of Trump’s meme coin, enabling anyone seeking to influence the administration to privately funnel money directly to the president.
- The gutting and manipulation of watchdog agencies like the NLRB, CFPB, and OSHA to benefit Elon Musk, the billionaires in Trump’s cabinet, and other elites.
- The Eric Adams quid pro quo and the weaponization of the DOJ to reinforce a system of political retribution and favoritism.
- The use of government contracts and stock deals to reward Trump’s allies, enriching them through taxpayer-funded opportunities and further consolidating political power.
“This is how democracies die,” Murphy continued. “Democracies die when the very powerful people steal from us so regularly, so openly, so unapologetically, that we come to believe that it’s normal. And listen, I understand that many Americans may think that all of this stuff just used to happen quietly, and the only difference is that Trump and Musk are just putting it all out in the open. And I’m not saying that there haven’t been instances of corruption. Democrats and Republicans in this body have been accused of, and convicted of, acts of corruption. It has been a fact of life in American politics for a long time. But never before has the corruption happened this openly or this frequently. And so I lay it all out for you this afternoon in the hopes that it is not too late for us to decide to stand up, as a body and as a nation, to say that this isn’t okay.”
It doesn’t get anymore dangerous than a convicted felon who promises to be a dictator. Trump has shown over and over again the threat he represents to our democracy.
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| TRUMP INDICTMENTS AS OF AUGUST 2023 | |
| Former President Donald Trump (R) was indicted in four separate criminal cases after leaving office in January 2021: Indictment in New York on charges of falsifying business records, indictment in U.S. District Court on charges related to the handling of Classified Documents and U.S. District court on charges related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election. [source: ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_indictments,_2023] | |
| • March 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) was indicted in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. | |
| • June 2023, Trump was indicted on 37 federal criminal charges related to his handling of classified government documents. The prosecution added three additional criminal charges to the case the following month | |
| • August 2023, Trump was indicted on four federal criminal charges related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election. | |
| • August 2023, Trump was indicted in Georgia on 13 criminal counts related to interference in the 2020 election in Georgia. | |
| LAWLESS, UNPRESIDENTIAL CONDUCT | |
| • Engaged in Sedition, Insurrection and Treason by a coup d’etat, inciting riots & violence, causing 5 deaths by his brainwashed MOB of Supporters to make himself an UN-elected Dictator by stopping the certification of Democratically Elected Joe Biden. | |
| • LIAR who claimed he “Won” the 2020 Election and it was “Stolen”. Accused Democrats of “Stealing the Election” when it was HE & REPUBLICANS who tried to STEAL the election & subvert the will of the people | |
| • Threatened Georgia Election Officials demanding they “find votes” to help him STEAL the 2020 election | |
| • Obstructed & Blocked Congressional Investigations to prevent the American People from learning how he Violated his Oath of Office using unjustified claims of Executive Privilege and ordered Witnesses & Federal Employees not to comply with Congressional Subpoenas | |
| • Obstructed Justice on numerous occasions as detailed in the Mueller Report | |
| • Mob Boss Style Quid Pro Quo: As a smear tactic to preemptively destroy Biden as a potential 2020 Democrat candidate, Trump acting both directly and through his agents, corruptly solicited the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations of political opponent former Vice President Biden, before Military Aid would be released | |
| • Campaign Finance Violations: Prosecutors claim a Hush Money Payment was made to porn star Stormy Daniels by personal attorney / fixer, Michael Cohen “in coordination with and at the direction of” Trump days before the 2016 Presidential Election. Cohen served over 1 year in prison for being a co-conspirator for this offense. | |
| • Threatened “Death and Destruction” if he’s criminally charged in New York for Campaign Finance Violations in a post holding a baseball bat, mid-swing, next to a picture DA Alvin Bragg | |
| • Blatantly Violated the Constitution by spending funds not appropriated by Congress and accepting gifts from foreign governments | |
| • Attacked & Threatened Whistleblower who overheard & reported Trump’s phone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky, calling him/her a “Spy” and implying he/she should be executed | |
| • Impeachable Conduct: More than 500 legal scholars from top universities stated in an open letter there’s “overwhelming evidence” Trump engaged in “impeachable conduct” in his dealings with Ukraine | |
| • Vindictive, Pay-back Firings such as the dismissal of Intelligence Inspector General who alerted Congress of an “urgent” whistleblower complaint… the firing of National Intelligence Director for allowing the House Intelligence Committee to be Informed about Russia’s Plans to Interfere in the 2020 Election and the firing of Colonel Vindman for testifying against Trump | |
| • Had Secret Meetings with Putin in which Trump demanded no notes or records be kept | |
| • Publicly asked Russia to Commit Espionage when he said; “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing”. | |
| • Emoluments Violations: Received tax payer and foreign money at properties he owns while President, violating the Emoluments Clause | |
| • Corrupt Pardons – Trump used his pardon powers to reward political allies, corrupt public officials, accused war criminals and other controversial figures. Reportedly told officials he’d Pardon those who broke the Law to build his Border Wall | |
| • Attacked Judges who didn’t rule his way & attacked Law Enforcement investigating his corruption | |
| • CDC Hijacked by Trump Cronies who forced the Agency to “tow the line” with Propaganda consistent with Trump’s messaging instead of Scientific Data. | |
| • Violations of Presidential Records Act – Destroyed and took Top Secret Documents to Mar-a-Lago in violation of the Presidential Records Act. Ordered Mar-a-Lago employees to destroy security camera evidence, adding additional “Obstruction of Justice” charges | |
| • Weaponized the Federal Government: Trump IRS Audited former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe shortly after Trump called for Comey and McCabe to be “Punished”. | |
| • Coddled Authoritarian Dictators such as Kim Jong Un who has critics & opponents jailed, tortured and murdered while undermining our alliances with liberal democracies. | |
| • Discredited and Undermine the Free Press, free elections, the judiciary, and any federal official or agency that dares to contradict him. | |
| OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE AS DETAILED IN THE MUELLER REPORT | |
| Source for list of 10 below: apnews.com | |
| (1) Pressure On Comey To End Probe Of Michael Flynn – Comey testified to congress that Trump said this at a private dinner meeting; “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go,”. Mueller’s report says “substantial evidence” indicates Trump’s decision to fire Comey in May 2017 was the result of the FBI director’s unwillingness to say publicly that Trump was not personally under investigation. | |
| (2) Reaction To The Continuing Russia Investigation – Among the evidence is the president telling then-White House counsel Don McGahn to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the Russia investigation and Trump’s subsequent anger at Sessions. Trump also contacted Comey and other intelligence agency leaders to ask them to push back publicly on the suggestion that Trump had any connection to the Russian election-interference effort. | |
| (3) Firing Of Comey And Aftermath – Mueller’s report says “substantial evidence” indicates Trump’s decision to fire Comey in May 2017 was the result of the FBI director’s unwillingness to say publicly that Trump was not personally under investigation. On the day after Trump fired Comey, the president told Russian officials that he had “faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.” | |
| (4) Appointment Of Special Counsel And Efforts To Remove Him – Following media reports that Mueller’s team was investigating whether Trump had obstructed justice, Trump called then-White House counsel Don McGahn at home and directed him to have Mueller removed. McGahn refused. | |
| (5) Further Efforts To Curtail The Special Counsel’s Investigation – Trump instructed former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to have Sessions publicly announce that, notwithstanding his recusal from the Russia investigation, the investigation was “very unfair” to the president, the president had done nothing wrong, and Sessions planned to meet with Mueller to limit him to “investigating election meddling for future elections. | |
| (6) Efforts To Prevent Public Disclosure Of Evidence – In summer of 2017, Trump learned that the news media planned to report on the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between senior campaign officials and Russians offering derogatory information about Hillary Clinton. The president directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the meeting. Before the emails became public, the president also edited a press statement for Donald Trump Jr. by deleting a line that acknowledged that the meeting was “with an individual who (Trump Jr.) was told might have information helpful to the campaign.” | |
| (7) Additional Efforts To Have Sessions Take Control Of Investigation – At several points in between July 2017 and December 2017, Trump tried to get Sessions to declare that he was no longer recused from the Russia investigation and would assert control over it. The report says there’s evidence that one purpose of asking Sessions to step in was so that the attorney general would restrict the investigation’s scope. | |
| (8) Trump Orders White House Counsel To Deny That President Tried To Fire Mueller– In an Oval Office meeting in February 2018, Trump told McGahn to “correct” a New York Times story that reported Trump had earlier instructed McGahn to fire Mueller. Trump also asked why McGahn had told Mueller’s investigators about the directive to remove Mueller. McGahn told Trump he had to tell the investigators the truth. | |
| (9) Trump’s Actions Toward, Flynn, Manafort And Other Possible Witnesses– Mueller looked at whether Trump’s sympathetic messages to Flynn, former campaign manager Paul Manafort and others were intended to limit their cooperation with Mueller’s investigation. When Flynn began cooperating with prosecutors, Trump passed word through his lawyer that he still had warm feeling for Flynn and asked for a “heads up” if Flynn knew of information implicating Trump. Trump praised Manafort during and after his criminal convictions, and refused to rule out a pardon for his former campaign chairman. | |
| (10) Trump Actions Toward Michael Cohen – Mueller noted that Trump’s conduct toward Cohen, a former Trump Organization executive, changed from praise to castigation after Cohen began cooperating with prosecutors. The evidence could “support an inference that the president used inducements in the form of positive messages in an effort to get Cohen not to cooperate, and then turned to attacks and intimidation to deter” cooperation and undermine Cohen’s credibility, Mueller wrote. | |
| IMPEACHMENT: ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER | |
| (1) President Trump—acting both directly and through his agents Within and Outside the United States Government corruptly solicited the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into (A) a political opponent, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and (B) a discredited theory promoted by Russia alleging that Ukraine—rather than Russia—interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential election. | |
| (2) With the same corrupt motives, President Trump—acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States Government—conditioned two official acts on the public announcements that he had requested | |
| (A) the release of $391 million of United States taxpayer funds that Congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military and security assistance to Ukraine to oppose Russian aggression and which President Trump had ordered suspended; | |
| (B) a head of state meeting at the White House, which the President of Ukraine sought to demonstrate continued United States support for the Government of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. | |
| (3) Faced with the public revelation of his actions, President Trump ultimately released the military and security assistance to the Government of Ukraine, but has persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting Ukraine to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit. | |
| IMPEACHMENT – ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS | |
| (1) Directing the White House to defy a lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents sought therein by the Committees. | |
| (2) Directing other Executive Branch agencies and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold the production of documents and records from the Committees—in response to which the Department of State, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Energy, and Department of Defense refused to produce a single document or record. | |
| (3) Directing current and former Executive Branch officials not to cooperate with the Committees—in response to which nine Administration officials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney, Robert B. Blair, John A. Eisenberg, Michael Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, Russell T. Vought, Michael Duffey, Brian McCormack, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl. | |
| These actions were consistent with Trump’s previous efforts to undermine United States Government investigations into foreign interference in United States elections. | |
| • | Emoluments Violations – Received tax payer and foreign money at properties he owns while President, violating the Emoluments Clause |
| • | Calling the Impeachment Inquiry an “Attempted Coup” is another example of his outrageous conduct, how IGNORANT he is of US laws and how unfit he is to be President |
| • | Said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep Adam Schiff should be Arrested for Treason when Schiff was only doing his job to hold the most LAWLESS “President” in History accountable |
| LAWLESS, VINDICTIVE, PAY-BACK FIRINGS | |
| • | Systematic and lawless firing of multiple agency’s Inspectors General who’s job is to reign in corruption and hold government leaders accountable. |
| • | Secretary Mark Esper FIRED for criticizing Trump for using Military Troops to remove Protestors in Washington, DC for Trump’s Photo-Op |
| • | Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research Rick Bright FIRED in retaliation for his criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic, including Trump’s touting of the drug hydroxychloroquine. |
| • | State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, FIRED for allegedly investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a number of potentially corrupt activities. Details… |
| • | Mitch Behm, acting IG watchdog for Department of Transportation FIRED who was overseeing a high profile investigation of Secretary Chao’s alleged favoritism benefiting her husband Senator Mitch McConnell’s political prospects.. Details |
| • | Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, FIRED because he was the first to sound the alarm to Congress about an “urgent” complaint he received from a “whistleblower” intelligence official involving Trump’s communications with Ukraine’s president. |
| • | National Intelligence Director Joseph Maguire FIRED for allowing the House Intelligence Committee to Informed about Russia’s Plans to Interfere in the 2020 Election |
| • | U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, REMOVED because she stood in the way of Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden |
| • | US ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, FIRED after his damning House testimony that Trump demanded his appointees set up a quid pro quo with Ukraine, explicitly offering much-needed US military aid and an Oval Office meeting in exchange for personal political favors |
| • | U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Alexander, FIRED for truthfully testifying against Trump for his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Details |
| • | Colonel Vindman’s Brother was also FIRED for no other reason than being U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Alexander’s brother |
| • | Gordon Sondland who testified “there was a Quid Pro Quo” was abruptly recalled as the US’s ambassador to the European Union. Details |
| COVID-19 | |
| • | Ignored and dismissed early warnings about COVID-19 for months, then LIED saying he always took the threat seriously |
| • | Reports claim Trump treated RED and BLUE states differently. RED states got what they wanted while BLUE stated had difficulty getting what they needed and had conditions put on them. |
| • | Suggested that Governors from BLUE states need to be “Be Nice” and not criticize Trump in order to get medical supplies they need by stating “It’s a two-way street, they have to treat us well, also. They can’t say, ‘Oh, gee, we should get this, we should get that.” |
| • | Officials in at least 6 states say the Trump Administration FEMA / Feds has been seizing orders for coronavirus medical equipment – Details |
| • | Suggested any relief for states hit hard by COVID will require ending “sanctuary city” policies and turning residents over to ICE. Trump has established a pattern of threatening to withhold COVID money and resources from states that don’t do as he wants |
| • | Threatened to Withhold Disaster Relief Funds to Michigan unless they stop Mail-In Voting |
| • | Falsely Stated that HE, not the Governors has TOTAL AUTHORITY over when to re-open the country |
| WANNABE DICTATOR | |
| • | In an interview with Andy Borowitz from the New Yorker on May 9, 2018, Trump stated the following about the United States Constitution; “I’ve seen a lot of bad deals in my life, but this Constitution is a total mess,” he said. “We need to tear it up and start over. “The branches thing is maybe the worst part of this deal. The first thing we do when we pull out of the Constitution is get rid of two of those branches. He called the First Amendment “something that really has to go. No one in his right mind would put something like that in a Constitution,” he said. “Russia doesn’t have it. North Korea doesn’t have it. All the best countries don’t have it.”. Click here for full article |
| • | Like a Banana Republic Dictator, Trump wants to Limit Freedom of Speech, calls the Press “The Enemy of the People” and News which exposes his LIES or News he doesn’t like, “Fake News“. This is how Dictators behave & what they do to get their subjects to only believe THEM. |
| • | Trump saying he has “Total Authority” over when to re-open the country and insinuating if States don’t follow his orders it would be Mutiny is yet another example that he is a Wanna-Be King & Dictator |
| • | Praises Dictators like Kim Jong Un who has critics & opponents jailed, tortured and murdered, while disparaging Democratic allies |
| • | Trump stated regarding North Korea’s brutal dictator Kim Jong Un… “He’s the head of a country and he’s the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” |
| • | Expects everyone to Praise him like a Dictator – Accused Democrats of “Treason” for not standing & clapping at the 2018 State of the Union address. |
| • | After Chinese President Xi Jingping abolished term limits in his country, Trump said “we’ll have give that a shot some day”. |
| • | Suggested he should get a third term, perhaps more. |
| TREASONOUS CONDUCT | |
| • | Helped by Putin / Russia to become President. Appears compromised because he REFUSES to ever say anything negative about Putin. Is helping “Make Russia Great Again” |
| • | Pro-Russia RNC Platform benefited Russia by abandon its platform of arming Ukrainian soldiers in their fight against Russian forces |
| • | Refused to call out Putin at the Helsinki Summit for 2016 Election Meddling |
| • | Had Secret Meetings with Putin in which Trump demanded no notes or records be kept |
| • | Stated he sees nothing wrong with accepting help from a foreign power to get elected |
| • | Publicly asked Russia to Commit Espionage when he said; Russia: “If you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing” |
| UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT | |
| • | Pathological Liar – Fact finders claim Trump has made over 30,000 lies & false statements since taking office. Since he lies constantly, NOTHING he says can be believed –Details… |
| • | Couldn’t accept that he LOST the 2016 Election by 3 Million Popular Votes so he LIED by claiming it was due to “People who voted illegally” |
| • | Trump falsely accused Fulton County Georgia election workers of committing election crimes causing them to receive death threats and harassment. Details… |
| • | Revoked Security Clearances of people who criticized him. Granted Security Clearances to people who were deemed unfit |
| • | Refused to release his Tax Returns (What is he hiding?) |
| • | Vengeful, Childish, Outrageous UN-Presidential Behavior and Insane Twitter Tirades Uses twitter to BULLY, BERATE, INTIMIDATE and HARASS those who disagree with him |
| • | Crimes Against Humanity – Responsible for inhumane conditions at US migrant internment camps. Separated children from their Parents with no plans to EVER re-unite them. |
| • | Sexual Abuse – Accused by numerous women of Sexual Abuse. Recorded bragging about sexually assaulting women, saying he can “grab them by the p****y” & “do anything he wants” |
| • | Narcissistic Psychopath. Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have stated that Trump exhibits Narcissistic Personality Disorder and is a “Clear & present danger”. Psychologist Dr. John Gartner stated; “If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster, we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump”. Trump is a “paranoid, psychopathic, narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies”. Details… |
| • | Historian and Professor of History, Ruth Ben-Ghiat claims Trump has the same personality as dictators throughout history such as Hitler & Mussolini. Details… |
| • | Former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor says Trump’s behavior terrified him. Details… |
| • | Staffers claim Trump was unable to stay focused & had a 2 – 4 minute attention span. Details… |
| • | Former DHS official claims classified memos had to be ‘dumbed down’ so Trump could understand them. Details… |
| • | Reported to have required a ‘Special Folder’ with flattering news and photos about himself Twice a Day. Details… |
| • | A book called “The Toddler in Chief” details more than 1,000 documented reports by Cabinet members, Oval Office advisers, Republican Party officials and the President himself having childlike behavior and temper tantrums. Details… |
| • | Reports claim White House aides had to treat Trump like a child in order to placate him. Details… |
| • | Conservative retired judge says Trump ‘corroded and corrupted American democracy’. Details… |
| • | Top White House officials described Trump as; “a f***ing moron”, “he tries to divide us”, “he’s an Idiot”, “a professional liar”, “he thinks he God”, “like an 11 year old child”, “dumb as shit”, “a dope with the intelligence of a kindergartner” and “I don’t think he’s fit for office”. Details.. |
Guilty on all counts, Trump becomes the first former president convicted of crimes
Trump Administration was the most LAWLESS in History with a Record number of Arrests, Prosecutions and Convictions
Trump associates arrested, charged and found guilty of crimes
Traitor Trump
Most Lawless & Corrupt, Self Serving “Administration” in History
Trump arrested and booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia (Aug. 24, 2023)
MUGSHOT OF REPUBLICAN EX-PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
INDICTED, ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON 13 CRIMINAL COUNTS IN GEORGIA FOR 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE
Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”
Trump’s Threat; “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!”
Trump posts disturbing baseball bat photo with Alvin Bragg, threatens ‘death and destruction’
Former President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by sharing images of him holding a baseball bat next Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head.
March 24, 2023: Trump threatened “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged in New York — writing the shocking social media warning after posting an image of himself holding a baseball bat next to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head. Trump shared the image of himself holding a baseball bat — with Bragg’s hands up — on his Truth Social platform Thursday as he devoted his day to attacking the prosecutor for pursuing a case over a “hush money” payout to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump PROVES he’s a LAWLESS THUG who should be ARRESTED and LOCKED UP for making threats: “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” & “If you f— around with us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before & threatening “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged for his crimes in New York.
This is how MOB BOSSES and CRIMINALS behave and is more PROOF that Trump IS the Most Lawless, Corrupt & Dangerous President in History
Trump Threatens NY DA Alvin Bragg in violation of NY state law
Former President Donald Trump threatened New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as Bragg investigates and prepares to indict Trump for his earlier New York crimes. Specifically, Trump indicates there will be “death and destruction” if Bragg indicts hims. Then, Trump commits a second crime by posting a picture of himself, holding a baseball bat, mid-swing, next to a picture DA Bragg whose hand is upraised as if in a defensive posture., who
This conduct by Trump violates New York penal law section 195.05, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree: “a person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree when that person intentionally . . . attempts to prevent a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation or interference . . . ”
When the NY grand jury reconvenes on Monday, they should be presented this evidence of Trump’s threats and add two additional charges to the indictment of Donald Trump – one for the “death and destruction” post and one for the baseball bat post.
Trump attacks led to ‘serious and credible’ death threats to court
New documents in the New York fraud case against Donald Trump reveal that the ex-president’s attacks on the judge’s clerk resulted in “hundreds of threatening and harassing” messages against her. Nov 22, 2023
Comey: Trump is coming for the FBI, DOJ
Former FBI director James Comey talks with Alex Wagner about how Donald Trump conducted his business and the presidency like a mafia organization, and why he thinks Trump will have greater success corrupting American institutions if he is able to return to office.
This video shows one of Trump’s staff saying he wanted one of his own staffers executed
After Trump posted attacks on Judge Engoron’s law clerk in New York, hundreds of threats poured in from Trump’s supporters. Special Counsel Jack Smith packaged up the evidence of those threats and filed the information with the appellate court in DC that is deciding the constitutionality of the gag order imposed by Judge Tanya Chutkan in Trumps federal prosecution in DC.
August 2023, Trump was indicted in Georgia on 13 criminal counts related to interference in the 2020 election in Georgia
Trump indicted on 37 felony charges in classified documents probe
Former President Trump indicted for attempts to overturn 2020 election
March 2023, former President Trump (R) was indicted in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
After learning that he lost the 2020 election, Trump REFUSED to admit defeat and LIED claiming without any proof that the election was stolen from him. Trump used legal tactics to challenge the election results in swing states and when those challenges didn’t work he resorted to inciting his deluded & brainwashed followers to engage in a violent COUP to overturn our government to make himself an UN-elected dictator to stay in power against the will of the people.
This violent coup was the final act committed by the most Lawless and Corrupt administration in American History.
Trump made it clear that he would NOT accept the outcome of the 2020 election if he lost and would claim “Voter Fraud” .
Trump had no intentions of leaving office and refused to commit to “a peaceful transfer of power”, stating on 9/23/20; “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a peaceful a continuation.” He wanted a Republican dominated Supreme Court to contest the election results & use his Partisan Court to rule in his favor (like they did in 2000.. Bush V. Gore).
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis testifies that Trump stated he would NOT leave office after learning he had lost the election
ABC News has obtained videos of former Trump campaign lawyers Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell being questioned as part of the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Both Ellis and Powell have pleaded guilty.
It’s up to the American people to stop them from attempting to take over the government again this November. Make no mistake, they will try again.
Espionage – Trump is joining the traitor’s hall of fame for stealing our county’s secrets while LAWLESS Republicans Defend and Protect him
Aids say Trump is running for President to have all Federal Charges dismissed by his Attorney General if he’s elected. This is also a Motivation to stay in office and become a dictator so he’s never held accountable for his crimes
‘A President Who Was Compromised’ recordings expose Donald Trump’s discussing classified intel
Andrew Weissmann, a former top official with the Justice Department, Mary McCord, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department, and Pete Strzok, Former FBI Counterintelligence Agent join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the leaked audio revealing Donald Trump discussing national security matters.
Highly classified binder went missing in Trump’s final days in office
A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
BOMBSHELL Audio Recording of Trump Admitting to Having Illegal Classified Information.
Photos show classified documents in ballrooms, bathrooms at Mar-a-Lago
Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago
Trump Admits Taking Classified Documents and Committing the crimes he’s accused of during NewsMax Interview (Mar 14, 2024)
Coup charges that can send Trump to prison
The Jan. 6 insurrection was more than a “one day” plot. In this special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber shares original reporting on the several plots that stretched weeks or months, and shows how they are central to the new charges by special counsel Smith.
Trump closer to prison with coup charges
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Donald Trump tells a damning story of the Jan. 6 coup probe. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent breaks down the indictment on the eve of Trump’s arraignment and reports on how “this case changes everything.”
Trump election indictment shows Mike Pence will be Jack Smith’s star witness
Latest indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and how the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence could help prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
Hear the calls Trump made as he tried to steal the election
Former President Trump and his inner circle were using all the powers of the presidential office to wage a high-pressure campaign, CNN’s Drew Griffin reports — not to stop the steal but to start it.
‘100 Times Worse Than Nixon’: Historian Warns Of Trump’s ‘Coup’ In Damning 2021 Emails
New evidence concerning Donald Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election shows DOJ officials rejected their colleague’s attempt to intervene in Georgia’s election certification. Presidential historian Michael Beschsloss joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss how Trump’s so-called “coup attempt” echoes the Nixon-era “Saturday Night Massacre.”
‘Cult Of Criminality’: Long List Of Trump Allies Convicted Of Crimes Grows
Chris Hayes: “The cult of criminality surrounding Donald Trump has been present since he first ran for president. So, Trump executive Allen Weisselberg is really just the latest in a very long list of people charged with crimes in Trump’s orbit—and it shows no sign of slowing down.”
A New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump on allegations linked to a business records investigation related to a “hush money” payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.
The charges against Donald Trump explained in brief
Rachel Maddow explains how a set of hush money payments turned into criminal felony charges for Donald Trump.
Former U.S. Attorney Berman Reveals How Trump Weaponized The DOJ
Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, details instances when Donald Trump abused the power of the Department of Justice.
Weaponized the Federal Government Against Political Enemies
The Trump IRS Audited former F.B.I. Director James Comey and former F.B.I. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe shortly after he called for Comey and McCabe to be “Punished”. Former Chief Of Staff John Kelly accused Trump of having the I.R.S. investigate political enemies such as former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe. Nov 15, 2022
John Kelly says Trump discussed using IRS to retaliate against FBI employees.
New York Times Washington correspondent Mike Schmidt and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann discuss Schmidt’s reporting on new evidence of a potentially illegal pressure campaign by Trump. Jul 10, 2023
Jan. 6 White House Records Gaps Suggest Potentially Willful Omissions
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, that “internal White House records from January sixth show a gap in Trump’s phone records of seven hours and 37 minutes, including the period when the Capitol was being violently assaulted.”
TRUMP HIDING 7-HOUR GAP OF PHONE RECORDS During the January 6th Insurrection
Jesse talks about the reporting on the 7-hour gap of Trump White House phone records that are missing from the documents turned over to the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, and the insurrection at the United States Capitol.
Senate Report Details Trump’s Attempts To Overturn Election
New details emerge about Trump’s efforts to overturn election
The Senate Judiciary Committee released a sweeping report detailing how President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Trump Admits He Wanted To Steal Election
Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Donald Trump’s “public stupidity” adds evidence to the criminal investigations of election fraud.
Trump Illegally Destroyed and Removed Documents from the White House
Trump Illegally Ripped Up ‘Hundreds’ of Documents Despite Warnings – With Many Destroyed in ‘Burn Bags’: Report
Former president Donald Trump tore up “hundreds” of White House records during his administration – in clear violation of federal law – despite “multiple admonishments,” the Washington Post reported Saturday. “The documents included briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane,” the Post reported.
Trump Used ‘Burn Bags’ To Destroy Docs, Took Records To Mar-a-Lago
Flush Away The Evidence?: The Trump Toilet Obsession Takes A Crooked Turn
Trump is so LAWLESS and CORRUPT that he tried to pressure the Department of Justice to declare the 2020 election was corrupted so he could stay in office AGAINST the will of the people.
Trump is so LAWLESS and CORRUPT that he pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find more votes” to shift the count in his favor
Trump’s ‘Attempted Coup’: Bombshell Evidence Reveals How Close Trump Came To Overthrowing Democracy
New evidence confirms Trump pressed the DOJ to overturn the 2020 election, prompting many to call his efforts a “coup attempt.” Emails show DOJ officials rejected their own colleague’s request to intervene in Georgia’s election certification, according to ABC News.
Trump should have been arrested and prosecuted for “Obstruction of Justice” as detailed in the Mueller Report
Trump’s Corrupt Pardons Show His Contempt for the Rule of Law
Trump pardons 15, including 4 Blackwater defendants who killed 14 innocent, unarmed Iraqis.
Donald Trump grants 15 pardons: he pardoned Republican Congressman Chris Collins who committed financial crimes/insider trading, Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter who stole campaign money from his supporters, he pardoned George Papadopoulos who lied to the FBI about contacts with Russians.
But worst of all, he pardoned the four Blackwater contractors who slaughtered 14 innocent, unarmed Iraqi men and women and injured 17 others. My former office, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, prosecuted those four defendant three times, trying to bring justice to the dozens of Iraqi citizens and their surviving family members. Trump’s pardons of these murderers is a horrific affront to victims rights the world over.
Trump issues nearly 150 pardons and commutations overnight
Trump used the power of the presidential pardon to disrupt the order and work of the Department of Justice.
Mike Schmidt, New York Times Washington Correspondent and Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence discuss how Trump pardoned Kushner-linked drug smuggler Jonathan Braun which disrupted the order and work of the Department of Justice and how he could do it again should he return to the White House.
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Trump and 18 Allies Indicted in Fulton County, GA
Trump and 18 Allies Indicted in Fulton County, GA for efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Former President Trump and 18 allies were charged under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a statute originally used to target organized crime. Yahoo News explains how this approach by prosecutors makes the former president’s latest indictment different from the rest.
Trump arrested and booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia (Aug. 24, 2023)
MUGSHOT OF REPUBLICAN EX-PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
INDICTED, ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON 13 CRIMINAL COUNTS IN GEORGIA FOR 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE
MUGSHOTS OF REPUBLICANS INDICTED, ARRESTED AND BOOKED
IN GEORGIA FOR 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE
Trump & Republican’s claims that the 2020 Election was ‘Rigged”, ‘Stolen’ and Trump ‘Won in a Landslide’ are LIES which have ALL been proven FALSE. Trump Attorneys Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis Pleads GUILTY to attempting to overturn the 2020 election and making false statements.
We all ‘did it’: Third Trump lawyer confesses and flips on his RICO ‘lies’
Jenna Ellis is the third Trump lawyer to plead guilty and agree to testify against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case
Jenna Ellis plead guilty in Georgia election interference case
Trump aide is convicted for Jan. 6 coup plots
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty in the Georgia election interference case
Fake-Trump-Elector CAUGHT ON CAMERA Escorting Trump-Operatives into Georgia Elections Office
Jesse talks about this STUNNING STORY out of Georgia, where multiple Trump-supporting election result deniers were let into the Coffee Country Election offices JUST BEFORE a breach of their systems took place… and it’s all caught on surveillance video!
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis testifies that Trump stated he would NOT leave office after learning he had lost the election
ABC News has obtained videos of former Trump campaign lawyers Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell being questioned as part of the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Both Ellis and Powell have pleaded guilty.
Trump & his cronies are being held accountable for attempting to overturn the 2020 election
After learning that he lost the 2020 election, Trump REFUSED to admit defeat and LIED claiming without any proof that the election was stolen from him. Trump used legal tactics to challenge the election results in swing states and when those challenges didn’t work he resorted to inciting his deluded & brainwashed followers to engage in a violent COUP to overturn our government to make himself an UN-elected dictator to stay in power against the will of the people.
This violent coup was the final act committed by the most Lawless and Corrupt administration in American History.
Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”
Trump’s Threat; “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!”
Trump posts disturbing baseball bat photo with Alvin Bragg, threatens ‘death and destruction’
Former President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by sharing images of him holding a baseball bat next Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head.
March 24, 2023: Trump threatened “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged in New York — writing the shocking social media warning after posting an image of himself holding a baseball bat next to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head. Trump shared the image of himself holding a baseball bat — with Bragg’s hands up — on his Truth Social platform Thursday as he devoted his day to attacking the prosecutor for pursuing a case over a “hush money” payout to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Trump PROVES he’s a LAWLESS THUG who should be ARRESTED and LOCKED UP for making threats: “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” & “If you f— around with us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before & threatening “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged for his crimes in New York.
This is how MOB BOSSES and CRIMINALS behave and is more PROOF that Trump IS the Most Lawless, Corrupt & Dangerous President in History
Trump Threatens NY DA Alvin Bragg in violation of NY state law
Former President Donald Trump threatened New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as Bragg investigates and prepares to indict Trump for his earlier New York crimes. Specifically, Trump indicates there will be “death and destruction” if Bragg indicts hims. Then, Trump commits a second crime by posting a picture of himself, holding a baseball bat, mid-swing, next to a picture DA Bragg whose hand is upraised as if in a defensive posture., who
This conduct by Trump violates New York penal law section 195.05, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree: “a person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree when that person intentionally . . . attempts to prevent a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation or interference . . . ”
When the NY grand jury reconvenes on Monday, they should be presented this evidence of Trump’s threats and add two additional charges to the indictment of Donald Trump – one for the “death and destruction” post and one for the baseball bat post.
Trump attacks led to ‘serious and credible’ death threats to court
New documents in the New York fraud case against Donald Trump reveal that the ex-president’s attacks on the judge’s clerk resulted in “hundreds of threatening and harassing” messages against her. Nov 22, 2023
This video shows one of Trump’s staff saying he wanted one of his own staffers executed
After Trump posted attacks on Judge Engoron’s law clerk in New York, hundreds of threats poured in from Trump’s supporters. Special Counsel Jack Smith packaged up the evidence of those threats and filed the information with the appellate court in DC that is deciding the constitutionality of the gag order imposed by Judge Tanya Chutkan in Trumps federal prosecution in DC.
Trump LIES About Fani Willis with Vicious Attack Ad
Trump LIES & SMEARS Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with Vicious Attack Ad, falsely claiming she’s a “Biden Lackey” who had an affair with a gang member and accuses her of being corrupt when it’s TRUMP who’s CORRUPT, LAWLESS and has got “lots of problems”. This is how MOB BOSSES behave.. attacking anyone who exposes them and attempts to hold them accountable for their CRIMES and DESPICABLE conduct.
Trump has been using this same tired phrase for years, accusing people of having “lots of problems” who he tries to SMEAR and DEMONIZE.
‘Outrageous lie’: Lawyer debunks Trump campaign ad saying Fani Willis had affair with gang member
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is investigating Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia, is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week. Now Donald Trump, possibly facing a fourth indictment, is accusing Willis of having an affair with a gang member. Why would he put that baseless claim in a campaign ad? The ad tries to add legitimacy to the claim by sourcing a Rolling Stone article from January, written by Andre Gee. That staff writer for Rolling Stone, Andre Gee, joins Joy Reid to debunk Trump’s erroneous allegations. Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler also brings his analysis.
Fani Willis Takes UNBELIEVABLE HIGH ROAD After Trump DEFAMES HER WITH LIES!
Jesse reads and discusses a letter sent by Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis to her staff advising them to take the high road and not comment or engage with the lies and attacks from Donald Trump and his campaign, supporters, surrogates, etc. Ms. Willis is showing tremendous professionalism and grace as she is attacked from all sides by an organized and well-funded sinister lie machine!
Desperate Trump Makes RACIST Rumor About DA Fani Willis
Trump used very specific language with election officials in Georgia that landed him in hot water with Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
Sweaty and Scared Trump VICIOUSLY ATTACKS Georgia Prosecutor
| REAL REASON TRUMP IS ATTACKING FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS |
In a brazen, overt act of corruption, Donald Trump tells Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes – in other words, switch 11,780 votes from Biden to Trump – so Trump can (falsely) claim he won Georgia. Trump’s phone call was not “perfect” but it was perfectly corrupt, perfectly undemocratic, perfectly impeachable and, after a full fair apolitical grand jury investigation it likely will be found perfectly indictable.
Trump THREATENED GA Sec of State Raffensperger w/ Criminal Charges for Not Faking Votes!
Jesse discusses and plays the audio of a phone call from Saturday, January 2, 2021during which Donald Trump threatens, harasses, intimidates, and attempts to pressure Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to fraudulently come up with 11,780 votes for him.
Trump May Have Committed Even More Election Fraud In Georgia
According to a new report, Donald Trump asked investigators working for the Georgia Secretary of State to go and “find” evidence of voter fraud in the state. He then proceeded to tell the investigators that whoever could find this evidence would likely be forever regarded as a “hero” for their efforts. This could easily be viewed as further election interference by the President, making prosecution far more likely than it previously was. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
Jan 11, 2021
Trump Pressures Georgia Secretary Of State To Recount Election: ‘I Just Want To Find 11,780 Votes’
Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to recount votes in the 2020 election. During the hour-long phone call, Trump said, “I just want to find 11,780 votes.”
BOMBSHELL: Leaked Phone Call Shows Trump Trying To Steal Election
BREAKING: leaked audio of a phone call shows Trump pressuring Georgia Secretary of State to ‘find’ votes 11,780 votes to overturn Biden victory. This is the most damning example yet of Trump seeking to steal the election.
Trump-Georgia Call Likely ‘Criminal,’ Critics Say
‘It was certainly the voice of desperation … It was a bald-faced, bold abuse of power by the President of the United States’ — Kamala Harris and others weighed in on the Trump-Georgia call.
Why It ‘Sure Looks’ Like Trump Committed Crime With Call | Morning Joe
Legal experts Joyce Vance, Neal Katyal and Dave Aronberg weigh in on the president’s call to Georgia’s secretary of state and if a crime occurred. Aired on 01/04/2021.
Trump’s former acting defense secretary bluntly stated in a Vice interview that Trump is to blame for the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6. This comes as new audio evidence relating to his criminal probe in Georgia has come to light.
GOP lawmakers humoring Trump are co-conspirators
CNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on GOP senators who have enabled President Donald Trump while he attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Georgia Republicans Pass Law to Remove Prosecutors
A new law passed by Georgia Republicans gives them the ability to remove elected prosecutors they don’t like, and notes the glaring conflict of potential charges pending against Donald Trump in Fulton County
Fmr. U.S. attorney blasts Georgia GOP’s ‘power grab’ targeting prosecutors.
Legal Analyst Paul Butler and Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney discusses the latest on the investigations into Trump and the conflicts of interest presented by the new bills passed by Georgia Republicans that could give the power to remove prosecutors to a newly proposed oversight commission.
Trump UNFIT to Run for President in 2024
In a bombshell decision, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s candidacy in the state is prohibited on constitutional grounds due to violating the 14th Amendment
Trump and his cronies have openly stated they intend to “terminate rules, regulations & articles, even those in the Constitution”, invoke the “Insurrection Act” & declare “Martial Law” to Quash Protests, use “Shock Troops” to take over the government, replace 50,000 Federal Employees with Trump loyalists, eliminate Freedom of Speech and shut down media outlets which have been critical of him. Trump believes a President should have absolute “Presidential Immunity” to the extent he could order the executions of a political opponent and be immune to criminal prosecution. He’s promised to ‘root out’ those who he thinks are ‘communists, marxists and ‘the radical left’. This means anyone who opposes him.
In an interview with Andy Borowitz from The New Yorker on May 9, 2018, Trump Stated about the United States Constitution; “I’ve seen a lot of bad deals in my life, but this Constitution is a total mess. We need to tear it up and start over. The first thing we do when we pull out of the Constitution is get rid of two of those branches. He also called the First Amendment “something that really has to go. No one in his right mind would put something like that in a Constitution. Russia doesn’t have it. North Korea doesn’t have it. All the best countries don’t have it.”
On November 29 2023, Trump stated that he wants the ‘Federal Government to come down Hard on MSNBC’ for its criticism of him.
On March 28, 2024 Steve Bannon stated: “After we’ve won, the Accountability Project’s going to start and it’s going to be thorough this time. It’s going to be they’re going to be in prison”.
On “The View” (Dec 6, 2023) co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House Director of Strategic Communications for Trump, claimed he wanted to have a member of his own staff ‘executed’ for leaking a story about him going to the bunker during the George Floyd protests.
Trump supporter Mike Davis stated he’d pardon all of the January 6 rioters, toss opponents in “the gulag” and ‘caging migrant kids would be “glorious’.
On Veterans Day, November 11, 2023 Trump stated; ”We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections”.
In response to outrage over Trump’s ‘vermin’ comment, his campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung stated about Trump opponents; “their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.”
Kash Patel, who may be a member of Trump’s lawless administration stated; “We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections — we’re going to come after you.
On May 23rd, 2024, Former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon stated: “We mock your fear, we want your fear. We are going to hold everyone who opposes Trump responsible”
These are OUTRAGEOUS threats reminiscent of 1930’s Nazi terrorists which our government is doing nothing about and is taking no action to protect American citizens should Trump be re-elected.
Trump & his crony’s statements prove he intends to violate his Oath of Office, the United States Constitution and Citizens Rights on DAY ONE. His claiming he’s only going to be a Dictator for ONE DAY is BS. Fact Checkers found Trump lied over 30,000 times while President, so he has no credibility. He did everything possible to stay in office after he lost in 2020. If he gets back in the White House in 2024, he isn’t leaving… he’s made it clear; he wants to be a DICTATOR FOR LIFE.
Trump and those in his potential ‘administration’ have made it clear; they plan on engaging in a reign of LAWLESSNESS and TERROR, where dissenters are arrested, locked up and executed.
The American people should not have to live in fear of a Wannabe Dictator Lunatic becoming President.
Numerous mental health professionals claim Trump is a Malignant Narcissist. American Psychologist, Dr. John Gartner stated; “If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster, we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump”. He is a paranoid, psychopathic, narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies”.
No normal person would lie with impunity like Trump has (over 30,000 times while President), refuse to admit he lost the election, claim he won after he lost, then instigate a coup and insurrection to overturn the election after he lost.
THE RNC HAS BECOME A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SEIZING POWER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY AND PUTTING A CONVICTED CRIMINAL IN THE WHITE HOUSE
REPUBLICANS has defended TRUMP no matter what, failed to Impeach Trump when he deserved to be Impeached, acted outraged over Trump’s well deserved 34 Count Guilty Verdict, claim Trump is a VICTIM, claim the Trial was a ‘SHAM’, ‘Election Interference’, ‘Politically Motivated’, have threatened REVENGE and RETRIBUTION.
They’re outrageous behavior prove Republicans are LAWLESS, have NO DECENCY, NO MORALS, NO PRINCIPLES… are putting party, politics & political careers above all else, are enemies of Democracy and are UNFIT to hold PUBLIC OFFICE.
Living conditions in the United States will become unbearable if Trump becomes President. Trump is a convicted criminal, a lawless pathological liar, narcissistic psychopath and a clear & present danger which the RNC is unleashing onto the American public. He violated his Oath of Office in 2020 by pressuring Georgia Election officials to ‘find more votes’ and incited an insurrection to overturn / steal the 2020 election.
The RNC should be Class Action sued to remove Trump as their candidate and pay relocation costs for everyone wants to leave the United States if Trump becomes President. Trump & his cronies have made it clear they intend to turn the Presidency into a Presidential Dictatorship using plans outlined in ‘Project 2025’, plus seek retribution against political enemies, eliminate Freedom of Speech and shut down news outlets which are critical of him.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED ITS CITIZENS
The fact that a lying, lawless, wannabe Dictator lunatic like Trump is allowed to run for President after he incited riots & caused 5 deaths by his brainwashed mob and attempted to overturn the 2020 election is a testament to what a disaster our Government is.
That fact that a Presidential candidate can be awarded the Presidency after receiving less votes than their opponent (due to the Electoral College) is further testament to what a disaster our Government is.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS
Trump & his crony’s threats of retribution, to “terminate rules, regulations & articles, even those in the Constitution”, invoke the “Insurrection Act” & declare “Martial Law” to Quash Protests, etc prove his becoming President will be the end of the United States as we have known it.
As stated by numerous mental health professionals, Trump is a Narcissistic Psychopath who is detached from reality. Living conditions in the United States will become unbearable if Trump becomes President. Trump & his cronies have made it clear they intend to engage in human rights abuses.
Citizens should DEMAND the RNC help pay relocation costs for every American Citizen who wants to leave the United States if Trump is elected President.
Citizens should DEMAND President Biden take what ever action is available to ensure moving expenses and relocation costs are paid for every American Citizen who wants to leave the United States if Trump is elected President.
American citizens shouldn’t have to pay these expenses out of our own pocket because WE are the victims of this situation.
Over a dozen more states look to ban Trump from 2024 ballot
Justice Kavanaugh destroyed Trump immunity claim 25 years ago
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a 25-year-old filing from Brett Kavanaugh that shoots down the legal arguments of the president who would go on to appoint him to the Supreme Court.
Conservative justice cited in Colorado decision disqualifying Trump
In the decision barring Trump from the ballot, the Colorado majority took Justice Neil Gorsuch’s own words and offered them back at him, citing a ruling he issued as a then circuit court of appeals judge.
Lawyer who fought to have Trump kicked off Colorado ballot reacts to ruling
Mario Nicolais, one of the lawyers for the group of Colorado voters that fought to get Trump off the ballot, joins Ana Cabrera to discuss his massive legal win, and whether or not he’s worried that the Supreme Court may have a different decision.
President of group who brought Colorado case against Trump defends his decision.
CNN speaks with Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization that filed the suit in Colorado that makes Donald Trump constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot in next year’s state primary.
‘A masterful decision’: Conservative scholar says Colorado decision will stand the test of time
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled to remove Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary. He was declared ineligible under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. Trump’s attorneys have vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court. Celebrated conservative legal scholar and former federal judge J. Michael Luttig joins to break it all down.
Over half of voters approve of Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Trump from Running for President in 2024
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold joins Ali Velshi to discuss her reaction to the the state’s Supreme Court deeming Trump ineligible to run for higher office after finding Trump engaged in insurrection and the death threats she and other judges have received in the aftermath of the ruling.
Conservative law professors who are active members of the Federalist Society have determined that Trump is not eligible to be President or hold public office due to violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution; “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof“.
Trump VIOLATED his Oath of Office when he stated; “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Judge Luttig: Trump disqualification ‘does not require a criminal conviction’
As lawsuits in multiple states seeking to disqualify Trump from the ballot in 2024 pick up steam, Judge J. Michael Luttig joins Ali Velshi to discuss the debate surrounding the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause, the argument being made by Trump’s lawyers in response to the cases, and why lawyers and the public have misunderstood the wording of Section 3. “Frankly, all parties to this different litigation in the various states, to this point, have misunderstood Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. As I said, it disqualifies one who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution of the United States. It does not, by its term, disqualify one who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or the authority of the United States… and there is a world of constitutional difference between those two.”
According to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Trump isn’t qualified to to run for President in 2024 due to having “Engaged in an insurrection”.
Discussed in this video is a clause in section 3 of the 14th Amendment which states that anyone involved in inciting an insurrection is disqualified from ever holding public office
Donald Trump is ALREADY DISQUALIFIED under the 14th Amendment from being president again
Constitutional scholars, both conservative and liberal, both Republican and Democrat, are unifying behind one position: section 3 of the 14 Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from holding any federal office in the future, including the presidency, because he engaged in an insurrection against the United States, after taking an oath to support the Constitution.
Scholars say the constitutional disqualification is self-executing, requiring no act of Congress, no act of any state legislature, and no court proceeding, civil or criminal. Indeed, it is automatically disqualifying, just as someone who is 34 years old is automatically disqualified from being president.
This video breaks down, in layman’s terms, the arguments made in a length law review article authored by two conservative constitutional law professors, William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen.
Under the 14th Amendment Trump doesn’t need an insurrection conviction to be disqualified expert says
The fact that Trump IS running unabated is another example of how & why the United States Government Sucks and how Republicans doing nothing to stop him from running are LAWLESS and unfit to hold Public Office
Ohio Republicans Attempt to ELIMINATE Democracy with Issue 1
Ohio Republican prove they HATE Democracy by attempting to change ballot initiatives from a majority vote to 60% to stop citizens from being able to pass abortion protection for women which the majority of Americans support.
Republicans prove they don’t give a DAMN what the MAJORITY of Americans wants by passing Anti-Abortion Laws, because polls show the majority wants Abortions to remain legal
Ohio Republicans try to change state rules to keep abortion off ballots
Ahead of any potential ballot initiatives to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio constitution, Republicans are trying to raise the passage threshold for constitutional amendments—which has been in place for over 100 years—from a simple majority to 60%.
‘Rights are being snatched away’: GOP tries to change rules as Ohio votes on abortion rights
President of NARAL Pro-Choice America Mini Timmaraju, incoming President at Mount Holyoke College Danielle Holley and professor at Morgan State University Jason Johnson discuss with Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, how Republicans in Ohio look to make amending the state’s constitution harder despite polling showing support for abortion rights.
Ohio Republicans Are Trying To Make It Harder To Vote On Abortion Rights
Republicans In Frantic Denial Of The Cruel Reality Of Their Abortion Stance
Dr. Jennifer Conti, an obstetrician-gynecologist, talks about the bizarre contortions abortion opponents are putting themselves through to ignore reality as the painful cruelty of abortion bans becomes clear to the American public in examples like child rape.
Ohio voters scramble to protect abortion rights as GOP legislature invents new obstacles
Dr. Marcela Azevedo, co-founder of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, and David Pepper, author of “Saving Democracy: A user’s manual for every American,” talk about the widespread support in Ohio for a state constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights, and the effor to bring that popular measure to an actual vote while state Republicans and religion groups work to erect new obstacles.
Republicans are the Enemy of Democracy… Rigging Elections by Gerrymandering, Decreasing the number of Days and Hours people can Vote, Purging Minorities off Voters Rolls, Decreasing Drop-boxes, Decreasing Voting Machines in Urban areas, Limiting Polling locations / hours, Making it harder to Vote by Mail, Making it a Crime to give Food or Water to people having the wait in long lines they’re responsible for causing to discourage people from voting, Passing laws to overturn election results they don’t like, voting to cut Healthcare, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Republicans ran up the debt with “Tax Breaks for the Rich” while refusing to make the rich pay their fair share, attempted to steal the 2020 election while LYING & FALSELY claiming “Trump Won” while accusing Democrats of stealing the election with no proof, MASS SHOOTINGS of Children in Schools where Military Grade Assault Weapons were used such as AR-15’s because they REFUSE to pass legislation which would make such weapons illegal.
RIDICULOUS Culture War & CRT nonsense, laws dictating what can be discussed in classrooms with huge fines of $10,000 against teachers for violations, their war on LGB & Transgenders, punishing Disney for exercising their freedom of speech, passing laws which Criminalize Assembly & Protests, Laws Legalizing Running over & Killing Protestors, Passing Anti-Choice Legislation Against Women, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion, Conspiracy Theories, LIES and refusing to eliminate the Electoral College which made two (2) unpopular & unqualified Republicans Presidents, who the majority didn’t vote for.
Republicans are now full-bore Anti-Democratic Fascist, Authoritarians dedicated to seizing power by any means necessary.
Why Republicans Don’t Want A Democracy
Trump Charged for Attempting to Overturn 2020 Election
Former President Trump indicted on charges related to efforts to overturn / steal the 2020 election and subvert Democracy
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of Donald Trump tells a damning story of the Jan. 6 coup probe. MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent breaks down the indictment on the eve of Trump’s arraignment and reports on how “this case changes everything.”
See the coup charges that can send Trump to prison
The Jan. 6 insurrection was more than a “one day” plot. In this special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber shares original reporting on the several plots that stretched weeks or months, and shows how they are central to the new charges by special counsel Smith.
‘They got him’: Chris Hayes says this Trump arrest is ‘biggest of all time’
“Trump faces a total of 78 felony counts in his three upcoming criminal trials, but none are like these four. This is the big one. The biggest of all time,” says Chris Hayes on Trump’s indictment over his effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump’s own lawyer just quoted Trump committing a crime
On the day Donald Trump was arraigned in a Washington, D.C. federal courthouse on charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6th investigation, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes comments made by the former president’s criminal defense attorney on TV where he quotes Donald Trump admitting to one of the accusations in the indictment.
‘Violence at the core’: Trump could face 55 years behind bars in DOJ indictment
Mehdi Hasan breaks down the six most chilling words in the new criminal indictment of Donald Trump… and how they show the willingness of Trump’s team to use violence to stay in power if necessary.
Trump election indictment shows Mike Pence will be Jack Smith’s star witness
The latest indictment of former President Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and how the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence could help prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
| 16 MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS CHARGED IN FAKE ELECTOR SCHEME |
16 ‘false electors’ charged with 2020 election forgery felonies in Michigan
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced felony charges against 16 Michigan residents for their role in the alleged false electors scheme following the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Michigan AG charges 16 false electors for 2020 plot
Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell after Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel announced state felony charges against sixteen fake electors for what Secretary Benson calls an “unprecedented, coordinated effort” to overturn the 2020 election. Secretary Benson tells Lawrence that we can expect “similar charges” filed in other states.
Michigan secretary of state unpacks charges against fake electors
Sixteen Michigan residents are facing felony charges for falsely claiming to be presidential electors for former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Each of the 16 alleged false electors have been charged with eight felony counts. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson joins “America Decides” to discuss the charges.
Republicans & Gov DeSantis “Benefits of Slavery”
Florida Republicans & Gov DeSantis’s latest campaign against “woke” will have Florida middle school students learning about the benefits of slavery to slaves and casting racist violence against Black people in a more “both sides” context
Republican’s War or Woke is a war against young people… an attack on how they think, exist, speak and especially how they understand the world they live in.
Indoctrination by cartoon? DeSantis’ latest attack on ‘woke schools.’
Ron DeSantis says Florida schools should be about “education over indoctrination.” So why is his state now bringing in lessons on race and social justice from a right-wing group whose leader brags about indoctrinating kids? Mehdi breaks down the hypocrisy behind DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ schools.
Texas Paul calls out Ron DeSantis and Republicans for their recent defense of certain aspects of slavery.
GOP Strategist DESTROY DeSantis Slavery Claims
Ken Burns Compares DeSantis Bills to ‘Soviet System’ on CNN: ‘The Way the Nazis Would Build a Potemkin Village’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joined CNN on Tuesday and accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of creating a Soviet-like system through his bills targeting materials available in public schools. DeSantis has been focused on introducing legislation specifically aimed at explicit and “woke” materials in schools. His efforts have earned major pushback as critics argue new strict guidelines can be used to target LGBTQ and Black history-related content. House Bill 999 would give more power to a university board of trustees over curriculum being taught and essentially ban controversial curriculum like Critical Race Theory. [source: mediaite.com/tv/ken-burns-compares-desantis-bills-to-soviet-system-on-cnn-the-way-the-nazis-would-build-a-potemkin-village]
Republicans in Your Bedroom
Republicans are passing BIG GOVERNMENT Fascist laws to regulate every aspect of American’s lives, including in your bedroom. They’re trying taking away women’s contraceptives and want to make the abortion pill illegal. Soon it will be condoms.
The Supreme Court ruled (Jun 30, 2014) in a 5-4 vote that private corporations can reject insurance coverage of birth control based on their religious beliefs. This was the beginning of the where we are today where Religious beliefs are dictating Theocratic laws written and enforced by Radical Right Wing Religious Fanatic Republicans.
A growing number of today’s Republicans no longer believe there should be a separation between church and state.
Republican Christian Nationalists admitting they want Trump to be a Dictator and eliminate Democracy
The reason Republican Christian Nationalist want a dictatorship is because they know the majority doesn’t share their radical beliefs, so they want to take control of the government and CRAM their radical beliefs down the majority’s throats.
The Republican Regressive “Conservative” dominated Supreme Court was stolen from the majority, as described in the above article.
Republicans in Classrooms
Republicans censuring Books
Video above shows how Only 36% Of Republicans Support Freedom Of The Press
Trump Supporters Are Excited By The Idea Of Him Being A Dictator
Donald Trump did exactly what most of us expected, and he actually convinced his base that he SHOULD be a dictator if he gets back into office, and that it is somehow a good thing to trample on the Constitution. Ever since Trump first made his dictator comments, his supporters have been quick to defend and ultimately offer their praise of the comments, and that part isn’t dying down, either. A new poll also shows that a strong number of Iowa voters say that his rhetoric makes it MORE likely that they will support him.
Hungary Is a Version of What Republicans Wants For The U.S.
Chief national correspondent at the New York Times, Mark Leibovich, and former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, react to Fox News’ anchor Tucker Carlson’s bizarre choice to host his show from Hungary, a country with an authoritarian regime.
Trump Endorses Right-Wing Autocrat In Hungary
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and former FBI special agent Clint Watts discuss with Nicolle Wallace the former president’s endorsement of Viktor Orban ahead of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary.
Thom Hartmann explains how Victor Orbán and his Radical Right-Wing Party took over the once Democratic government in Hungary and turned it into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and praise for Victor Orbán Propaganda is seen everywhere.
Similar to Russia and North Korea, Republicans Anti-Protest Laws Violates Freedom of Speech
Similar to how Russia & North Korea stifles Freedom of Speech, Republicans are doing the same in the United States by passing more than 80 Anti-Protest Bills in 34 States they control.
Republicans are Threatening our Liberty & Freedom… passing Anti-Choice Legislation Against Women, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion, Forcing 10 yr/old Girls to give Birth to a Rapist Child, passing laws which Criminalize Assembly & Protests, Laws Limiting what can be Discussed & Taught in Classrooms, Banning Books, Laws Legalizing Running over & Killing Protestors, Rigging Elections by Gerrymandering, Voter Obstruction, Voter Purges, Passing laws to Overturn Election Results, Decreasing Voting by Mail, Decreasing Drop Boxes, Decreasing the Days & Hours people can Vote, Making it Illegal to give Food or Water to people waiting in Long Lines they’re responsible for causing to make it difficult to Vote, Conspiracy Theories, LIES and refusing to eliminate the Electoral College which made two (2) unpopular & unqualified Republicans Presidents, who the majority didn’t vote for.
Republican Attorney General Demands Abortion & Trans Medical Records
Tennessee Republican Attorneys General Demands access to out-of-state Abortion and Trans Medical Records. This is FASCISM… in which these Radical Right Wing Republican Christian Nationalist Religious Fanatics want to control every aspect of people’s lives.
Tennessee A.G. uses private medical records in Republican campaign against trans people
Aly Chapman, East Tennessee chair of the Tennessee Equality Project and mother of a transgender child, talks with Rachel Maddow about Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti demanding and obtaining the private medical records of trans people in Tennessee as Republicans look for ways to make the lives of trans people miserable.
Nashville hospital turns over transgender patient records to State Attorney General
A Nashville advocate said that transgender people who received gender-affirming care at VUMC are now worried about how private information may be used.
Tennessee’s War on Trans People: Court OKs Ban on Gender-Affirming Care, AG Demands Medical Records
A federal appeals court has ruled the Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth could go into effect for now, reversing a lower court order. It marks the first time a federal court has allowed such a ban on transition care to fully take hold in the United States, amid a wave of Republican-led attacks on trans rights targeting medical care, education, sports and beyond. “This is going to cause very serious harm to transgender adolescents,” says attorney Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is among the groups suing Tennessee over the law. We also speak with journalist Holly McCall, editor-in-chief of the Tennessee Lookout, which recently revealed how Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office has sought and received patient records and other sensitive information from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center related to its gender-affirming care.
TRUMP: A WANNABE DICTATOR
Trump is a Lawless, Lying Wannabe Dictator who is increasing his authority over every part of the Federal Government so he can end Democracy, end Freedom of Speech and eliminate Freedom of the Press by shutting down media outlets which have been critical of him and order the Department of Justice to prosecute political enemies
After Trump issued numerous illegal Executive Orders which violated the United States Constitution, and after he was stopped by Federal Judges, he and his Lawless Staff has tried claiming the Judges engaged in “Abuse of Power”.
‘Dose of reality’: Trump attacks judges as ‘radical’ for pushback proving he’s ‘not a king’
Trump’s pushback on judges is challenging America’s system of checks and balances, critics say. Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, federal judges have blocked Trump’s ban on transgender troops in the military, claimed that his efforts to dismantle USAID likely violated the Constitution, and at least temporarily blocked his efforts to cancel $20 billion dollars in climate grants at the EPA.
Trump’s pushback on judges challenges U.S. system of checks and balances
Trump called for the impeachment of the judge who ordered a halt to the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. The threat comes after Judge James Boasberg also scolded the administration for failing to answer questions about the deportations. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ would look into taking action against Boasberg. Laura Barrón-López reports.
‘Project 2025’: Trump & Radical Right Wing Republicans Plan to turn the United States into a Fascist Dictatorship
Trump is so insane and unhinged that he told citizens to drink bleach to get rid of Covid, Tear Gassed Citizens, and when he lost the 2020Lost the Election, he SNAPPED. He lied about the 2020 election, claiming he “Won in a landslide” and the election was “Rigged” and “Stolen” with no proof… REFUSED to admit defeat and used legal tactics to challenge the election results in swing states and when those challenges didn’t work he resorted to inciting his deluded & brainwashed followers to engage in a violent COUP to overturn our government to make himself an UN-elected dictator to stay in power against the will of the people.
Now Trump wants to be a DICTATOR, to Terminate the Constitution, has Threaten a “Bloodbath” if he’s not elected, wants Revenge and will stop at nothing to get it.
Trump has always been a vengeful asshole as shown in the above video and has threaten revenge against political enemies if elected in 2024.
How Trump is Following Hitler’s Playbook
Trump speaks like Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, says Pulitzer prize-winning historian
Representative Gerry Connolly explains Trump and his cronies have openly stated they intend to “terminate rules, regulations & articles, even those in the Constitution”, invoke the “Insurrection Act” & declare “Martial Law” to Quash Protests, use “Shock Troops” to take over the government, replace 50,000 Federal Employees with Trump loyalists, eliminate Freedom of Speech and shut down media outlets which have been critical of him.
Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, which is the organization behind Project 2025, just gave a chilling interview on national television that gives a dark glimpse into what is in store for America if Donald Trump wins in November.
Trump’s TERRIFYING PLAN gets EXPOSED on Live TV
Authoritarian expert breaks down dangers of Project 2025
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of history and scholar of authoritarianism, speaks to Ali Velshi about Project 2025’s plans to consolidate power if Trump wins the presidency in 2025, including who’s on their hypothetical list of pre-screened loyalists to join the Trump administration, and why their plan to abolish federal agencies is so uniquely dangerous to democracy.
Trump believes a President should have absolute “Presidential Immunity” to the extent he could order SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent and be immune to criminal prosecution.
Trump’s attorney argues to the Supreme Court that he should have the authority to have absolute immunity to do anything he wants, including having a political opponent murdered
Trump posted & stated on 11/11/2023; ”We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections”.
In response to outrage over Trump’s ‘vermin’ comment, his campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung stated about Trump opponents; “their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.”
Trump’s insane statements prove he intends to violate his Oath of Office, the United States Constitution and Citizens Rights on DAY ONE. His claiming he’s only going to be a Dictator for ONE DAY is BS. Let’s not forget how Fact Checkers found Trump LIED over 30,000 times while President, so he has no credibility. He did everything possible to stay in office after he lost in 2020. If he gets back in the White House in 2024, he isn’t leaving… he’s made it clear; he wants to be a DICTATOR FOR LIFE. Under Trump’s rule, the United States could become like Russia where dissenters are arrested, locked up and executed.
Trump has proven to be a lawless pathological liar, narcissistic psychopath and a clear & present danger which the RNC is recklessly unleashing onto the American public by enabling, sponsoring and promoting on they’re ticket.
How Wannabe Dictators become REAL Dictators
Trump & The End of Democracy
Republicans admitting they want a dictatorship and want to eliminate Democracy.
In an interview with Andy Borowitz from The New Yorker on May 9, 2018, Trump Stated about the United States Constitution; “I’ve seen a lot of bad deals in my life, but this Constitution is a total mess. We need to tear it up and start over. The first thing we do when we pull out of the Constitution is get rid of two of those branches. He also called the First Amendment “something that really has to go. No one in his right mind would put something like that in a Constitution. Russia doesn’t have it. North Korea doesn’t have it. All the best countries don’t have it.”
Trump & Republicans have stated their intentions in ‘Project 2025’ to turn the Presidency into a Presidential Dictatorship by increasing the president’s authority over every part of the federal government so he cannot be restrained or held accountable by congress or the courts. He intends to bring independent agencies under direct presidential control, such as the Federal Communications Commission, which makes and enforces rules for television and internet companies, the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces various antitrust and other consumer protection rules against businesses, the FBI, CIA and Attorney General’s office.
Trump & his cronies have made it clear they want violate the First Amendment & Freedom of Speech by shutting down news outlet which are critical of him. Using plans outlined in ‘Project 2025’ and Martial Law, he could order the FCC to shut down any TV Network which is critical of him or says something he doesn’t like. He could also order his Attorney General to Arrest and Prosecute anyone for no reason at all and that person would have no recourse.
He intends to strip employment protections from tens of thousands of career civil servants, making it easier to replace them if they are deemed obstacles to his agenda. And he plans to scour the intelligence agencies, the State Department and the defense bureaucracies to remove officials not loyal to him. [source: nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html]
How Trump hopes to become an American dictator
Trump says members of Jan. 6 Select Committee should go to jail
Under Republicans “Project 2025” plans, Trump could order his Attorney General to arrest and prosecute anyone for no reason at all. Trump even mentioned this in the above video saying if he had a political rival who was doing well and “beating me very badly I’d say go down and Indict them”. “That means that if I win and somebody wants to run against me, I call my attorney general, I say listen, indict him.
Trump supporter Mike Davis stated he’d pardon all of the January 6 rioters, toss opponents in “the gulag” and ‘caging migrant kids would be “glorious’.
Below is the post Davis referenced in the above video about putting Professor of History, Ruth Ben-Ghiat in the “Gulag”. Her crime? Being critical of Trump and calling him out for his Autocrat, Authoritarian, Fascist behavior which she claims is similar to Hitler & Mussolini.
March 28, 2024 Steve Bannon stated: “After we’ve won the Accountability Project’s going to start and it’s going to be thorough this time. It’s going to be they’re going to be in prison”.
Steve Bannon using TERRORIST threats saying; ‘we mock your fear, we want your fear’. We want you to be afraid because we are going to be coming after those who oppose Donald Trump and he will be imbued with authority to punish you.
Trump Henchman Steve Bannon wants “SHOCK TROOPS” to take over the Government
Kash Patel, who may be a member of Trump’s lawless, fascist “administration of terror”, recently stated; “We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections — we’re going to come after you.
These types of statements are INSANE and show a total disregard for the United States Constitution and Citizens Rights. TRUMP and REPUBLICANS are the ones who LIED and attempted to RIG & STEAL the 2020 election. Trump and those in his potential “administration” have made it clear; they plan on engaging in a reign of LAWLESSNESS and TERROR.
On “The View” (Dec 6, 2023) co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House Director of Strategic Communications for Trump, claimed he wanted to have a member of his own staff ‘executed’ for leaking a story about him going to the bunker during the George Floyd protests.
Three former Trump White House staffers says a 2nd Trump term would be ‘the end of American democracy as we know it’
You can STOP TRUMP
Aids say Trump is running for President to have all Federal Charges dismissed by his Attorney General if he’s elected. This is also a Motivation to stay in office and become a dictator so he’s never held accountable for his crimes
Trump and allies plot revenge, DOJ control in second term
“Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations.
In private, Trump has told advisers and friends in recent months that he wants the Justice Department to investigate onetime officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, including his former chief of staff, John F. Kelly, and former attorney general William P. Barr, as well as his ex-attorney Ty Cobb and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, according to people who have talked to him, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Trump has also talked of prosecuting officials at the FBI and Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter said.
In public, Trump has vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” President Biden and his family. The former president has frequently made corruption accusations against them that are not supported by available evidence.
To facilitate Trump’s ability to direct Justice Department actions, his associates have been drafting plans to dispense with 50 years of policy and practice intended to shield criminal prosecutions from political considerations. Critics have called such ideas dangerous and unconstitutional.
“It would resemble a banana republic if people came into office and started going after their opponents” said Saikrishna Prakash, a constitutional law professor at the University of Virginia who studies executive power”. [source: washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/05/trump-revenge-second-term]
Hear audio of Trump talking about a pre-2024 White House return
Trump is campaigning to establish ‘a presidential dictatorship’ historian Beschloss says
The Republican party’s presidential front runner, Donald Trump, is openly running a campaign based on turning America into an autocracy. Joy Reid’s panel of experts discuss this move many consider to be unprecedented.
Allies to Donald Trump are pitching a “system overhaul” for the U.S. government in a plan called Project 2025, which some call a revealing and horrifying look at what many leading entities on the right have in store for America should Donald Trump return to the White House.
Trump’s Threats To Become A Dictator After Election Cannot Be Ignored
Donald Trump has been increasing his use of fascist language in his speeches, but that’s nothing compared to the actual plans that his team is working on should he retake the White House. In addition to creating an “army” of loyal public servants and lawyers, Trump has also said that he would use the Insurrection Act to root out enemies of the country. That doesn’t mean extremists from terrorist cells hiding in the country – it means people like you.
Trump double downs on anti-democratic rhetoric in new speech, calling 2024 ‘our final battle’
Former GOP Strategist Rick Wilson and Stuart Stevens of the Lincoln Project join Ali Velshi to discuss Donald Trump’s “extraordinarily dangerous” remarks last night at Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida and why his rhetoric signals a dark turning point for his 2024 campaign and democracy at large.
Trump’s lawyer’s argued that Presidents are above the law and shouldn’t be criminally prosecuted for ANYTHING, including Assassinating Political Enemies
Trump Has Same Personality as Hitler, Mussolini
Historian and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses how Trump has the same personality as dictators throughout history and talks about his hateful and racist ideology.
Trump is ‘making being a dictator his brand’: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Ana Cabrera is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at New York University and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” to talk about Trump’s comments about being a “dictator for a day”.
Trump’s 2025 Cabinet-Picks are DANGEROUS LOYALISTS
Jesse talks about some of the names being floated for Donald Trump’s next administration if he wins in 2024. Among them are Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Stephen Miller (among others).
Trump plans to expand executive power if he’s elected
Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, according to NYT reporting.
Trump is ‘making no effort to hide his fundamentally autocratic intentions’
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes reacts to reporting on plans by Donald Trump to remove any and all obstacles to his power in a potential second term
Sources Leak Trump’s HORRIFYING Future Cabinet
Stephen Miller, Sen. J.D. Vance, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are said to be considered for Trump’s 2025 cabinet
Trump’s new autocratic plan exposed… Alarms over ‘radical second term’ plots
Trump plans to declare Martial Law using the Military to QUASH protests, violating the First Amendment and his Oath of Office if he’s elected President. In a new report, The Associated Press details Donald Trump’s repeated “hints” of an “expanded role” for the military and the lack of “guardrails” to restrain him.
In a recent speech, Donald Trump called his political opponents “vermin,” echoing the language of dictators like Hitler & Mussolini. Rachel Maddow joins to talk about her new book “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism” and the connection between Trump’s words and the threat of authoritarianism.
Trump Reveals Plan To Go Full Dictator In 2025
Former President Donald Trump has revealed his plan to increase authoritarian power if he wins the presidency again.
Trump has made numerous threats of retribution, arresting, jailing and executing opponents if he’s re-elected in 2024. Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he takes Trump’s threats seriously.
Trump plans to expand power: Exactly what fascists do
Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, according to NYT reporting.
During a speech on Veterans Day, former president Trump stated: ‘”We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections”.
Historian and Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses how Trump has the same personality as dictators throughout history such as Hitler & Mussolini and talks about his hateful and racist ideology.
Trump is behaving like ruthless dictators Hitler and Mussolini, calling political opponents “vermin” reminiscent of rhetoric used during the 1920s and 1930s, plus promising ‘retribution’.
“Dehumanizing groups of people to encourage followers to collaborate with or tolerate state persecution is exactly what authoritarians do,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.” [source: usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/13/donald-trump-vermin-hitler-mussolini/71567397007]
thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie. Trump is the BIGGEST LIAR IN HISTORY
Trump follows the playbook of NAZI Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbles
by telling HUGE lies and repeating them often so his GULLIBLE follows believe his lies
Trump calling Democrats ‘Communists’ and ‘Marxists‘ is another LIE and tactic used by NAZI Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels; ‘If you repeat a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it’.
Trump uses Communists’ and ‘Marxists’ as Boogeyman phrases to demonize Democrats who he wants to DESTROY, because they are standing in the way of him becoming a Dictator and are holding him accountable for his crimes. Democrats fight for Democracy, the Rule of Law, the United States Constitution, Human Rights, the Middle Class and the Poor.
Trump vowed to root out the radical left thugs.
TRUMP is the REAL THUG – After being indicted in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, Trump posted the above photo with a baseball bat aimed at New York Prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s head and threaten “death and destruction”.
Trump further proved to be a THUG by posting “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” after he was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on four counts relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
This is how MOB BOSSES and CRIMINALS behave.
Trump vowed to target ideological groups that he described as “radical left lunatics”
TRUMP is the REAL ‘LUNATIC’. More than two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists offer their consensus view that Trump’s mental state presents a clear and present danger to our nation and individual well-being. Renowned Psychologist Dr. John Gartner, who specializes in borderline personality disorder, biopolar disorder, and depression stated; Trump has the most dangerous form of mental illness that you can find in a leader… Malignant Narcissism”.
Dr. John Gartner stated; “If we could construct a psychiatric Frankenstein monster, we could not create a leader more dangerously mentally ill than Donald Trump,” Gartner began. “He is a paranoid, psychopathic, narcissist who is divorced from reality and lashes out impulsively at his imagined enemies. And this is someone who is handling the nuclear codes.”
Former Professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lance Dodes suggested; “He lies in the way anybody who scams people does. He’s tried to sell an idea or a product by telling you something that is untrue. There is also the kind of lie he has that in a way is more serious — that he has a loose grip on reality. We can say that because he lies about things that aren’t that important. I think what that indicates is that he can’t stand an aspect of reality that he doesn’t want, so he rejects it,” Dodes continued. “His grasp of reality, his attention to reality is loose. This is an extremely dangerous trait in a president. It actually makes him unqualified.”
Even ex-Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan referred to Trump as an ‘Authoritarian Narcissist’. No normal person would lie with impunity like Trump has (over 30,000 times while President), refuse to admit he lost the election, claim he won after he lost, then instigate a coup and insurrection to overturn the election after he lost.
Numerous Mental Health professionals have stated Trump is “Textbook Narcissist”
According to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) have at least five of the symptoms listed below;
- Grandiosity with expectations of superior treatment by others
- Fixated on fantasies of power, success, intelligence, attractiveness, etc.
- Self-perception of being unique, superior, and associated with high-status people and institutions
- Needing constant admiration from others
- Sense of entitlement to special treatment and to obedience from others
- Exploitative of others to achieve personal gain
- Unwilling to empathize with others’ feelings, wishes, or needs
- Intensely jealous of others and the belief that others are equally jealous of them
- Pompous and arrogant demeanor.
Renowned Psychologist : Like Hitler, Trump suffers from Sadism, Malignant Narcissism & Paranoia
Per the above article: “Renowned Psychologist Dr. John Gartner, who specializes in borderline personality disorder, biopolar disorder, and depression stated; Trump has the most dangerous form of mental illness that you can find in a leader… Malignant Narcissism”.
“Gartner stated that Malignant narcissism is a combination of 4 traits, which includes narcissism, paranoia, antisocial personality disorder (the psychology of a criminal and someone who routinely lies) and sadism”.
“The sadist aspects of Trump’s apparent mental illness, according is Gartner, means that “he is driven and gets intense pleasure from harming, humiliating, and degrading other people.”
“He has actually gotten intense pleasure from [other people’s] pain. He is reveling in the chaos and the destruction he is causing,” Gartner explained. “The more he feels threatened by the Mueller investigation, the more he needs to experience the exaltation of feeling drunk with power, through his ability to harm and humiliate and degrade other people.”
Psychiatrist Warns That Trump Has Become More ‘Psychotic’ As Trials Get Closer
Per the article referenced in the above video at; salon.com/2024/02/02/either-malpractice-or-criminal-dr-justin-frank-on-power-and
“Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he is a lawless person — but his malign influence extends far beyond himself.
We are a society more divided than united. Many of us are anti-intellectual and don’t want to think. That makes such people attracted to strongmen and bullies like Trump. Trump has made his followers reject the truth for alternate facts – and that makes most of us insecure and uncertain about what to believe.
Trump’s “dangerous charisma” attracts already corrupt and ethically compromised people into his orbit. He also exerts a malignant perfidious influence over people who are vulnerable to such energy and temptations, but for whatever reason have not yet fully surrendered to them. This is a defining feature of dangerous leaders.
Dr. Frank continues to warn about Trump’s extremely dangerous mind and overall pattern of behavior and why as seen with the second E. Jean Carroll court case for defamation, and escalating threats of violence and retribution against his “enemies”, that the corrupt ex-president will not be stopped by “the walls closing in.” Instead, Dr. Frank predicts that Trump is a malignant narcissist who will go down in a blaze of glory before he ever surrenders or is otherwise made to yield in his assaults on society, human decency, and the rule of law.
From the time Trump was five years old, he hated rules and couldn’t control himself. If Trump didn’t like something, he would convert feelings into immediate action. He threw rocks at a toddler who lived next door when he was five. He punched out his second-grade teacher because he got mad at him. As a father, Trump knocked out his son, Don Jr., when he was in high school because he wasn’t dressed appropriately. Trump has always been like this. As people age, they generally do not change; they instead become more of their true selves. His capacity for self-restraint is becoming a thinner veneer over fundamental destructiveness. He is increasingly no longer able to fake it. This is why Trump is in court acting out, mumbling, being angry and disruptive.
In my opinion, Donald Trump is a “segmental thinker”. He lives in the moment and is attracted by a shiny object and forgets everything else.
The main thing that I am worried about is the complacency of the public and specifically the country’s leaders and law enforcement and other people in positions of authority and power who are still letting Trump run wild. Trump is extremely dangerous. Trump does not believe in laws and rules. He wants to be a lawless dictator. This is why I continue to share my conclusion, based on the evidence, that Donald Trump appears to be psychotic. He is a person who is detached from reality. Even with the trials and other pressures, Trump is not capable of breaking down, of being cowed and/or broken. If anything, Trump will go down in flames if he goes down at all. Trump is an extreme narcissist who will destroy anyone who has ever done anything to hurt him, to oppose him, or defy him.
Former Trump Admin Dept. of Homeland Security Chief Miles Taylor warns about the dangers of another Trump Presidency
We’re Watching The Rise Of A Trump Dictatorship
Trump has already endangered or eroded so many civil liberties that he’s not even bothering to lie about interfering with the peaceful transfer of power
Trump believes he should be dictator of the US
Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen claimed that if President Trump were to win reelection, he would start looking for ways to “change the Constitution” so he could be elected to a third term.
‘It would be chaotic’: Trump’s former chief of staff sounds alarm on second term
Former Chief of Staff for Donald Trump, John Kelly, is also warning of the dangers of a second term for Trump, telling the New York Times that it ‘…would be chaotic, because he’d continually be trying to exceed his authority but the sycophants would go along with it.’
Let’s not forget how Trump used National Guard troops to forcefully push back peaceful protesters outside the White House to clear a way for Trump to do a photo-op in front of a church while holding a bible upside down
1990 report: Ivana Trump told her lawyer Donald Trump kept Hitler speeches beside bed
Steve Schmidt breaks down the troubling polling that shows Donald Trump ahead in a head to head showdown with Joe Biden. Steve explains that these warnings must be taken seriously, as they were not properly heeded when Trump faced off against Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s Behavior Is ‘What We’ve Seen In Many Authoritarian Countries’
Trump’s refusal to concede in the election, John Brennan say it’s similar to the behavior of authoritarians. Aired on 11/18/2020.
President Trump: My People Should Give Me The Attention Kim Jong Un Gets
During an interview with Fox News’s Steve Doocy Trump stated regarding North Korea’s brutal dictator Kim Jong Un; “He’s the head of a country and he’s the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different,” Trump said “He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”
Trump’s admiration of dictators and scorn of our allies is one the most dangerous threat to our democracies our country has ever faced
According to former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Trump has been acting like head of a dictatorship rather than the U.S. democracy. Reich points to President Trump’s strategy of implementing a government shut down in order to get border wall funding as an example of his dictatorship tendencies. If you need the government shutdown 2019 explained, Trump is treating the government of the United States as a bargaining chip to get border wall progress. Many are saying Mitch McConnell is aiding the president in this display of authoritarianism.
Republicans Attack the FBI & DOJ for Doing Their Job
Republicans prove how lawless and unfit they are for public office by attacking the FBI & DOJ for doing their jobs, while promoting BASELESS partisan conspiracy theories.
Republicans throw ‘absolute fit’ that DOJ isn’t biased enough in their favor
Alicia Menendez looks at the litany of ways Donald Trump has been treated with deference by the DOJ special counsel and given every accommodation possible while the Trump-appointed prosecutor in the Hunter Biden case has maintained meticulous independence from Merrick Garland and the Biden administration, but still Republicans were livid that the Justice Department did not show greater bias toward the anti-Biden narrative they’ve been pushing with Rupert Murdoch media outlets to their voting base.
GOP attacking DOJ for doing what Rep. McCarthy said DOJ should do
Rep. Swalwell slams McCarthy: ‘Just because he is corrupt, doesn’t mean prosecutors are corrupt’
LAWLESS Radical Right Wing Republicans Defends Trump, Makes Threats and Calls for Violence after FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Social media flooded with violent rhetoric by Republicans in the wake of the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.
Trumpworld Turns To Threatening Violence Amid Docs Probe
Trump and his allies rerunning the Jan. 6 playbook to menace Mar-a-Lago investigators: “That is the path we are going towards again with the rhetoric of people like Lindsey Graham going on national television and threatening a riot.”
FBI chief responds to threats after search of Trump’s property
“Lock and load,” was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI. CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan reports.
Truth Social Users Doxx The Judge, FBI Agent Involved In Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant
LAWLESS Republican Trump loyalists target the FBI with threats and violence. Truth Social users in particular have doxxed–sharing their sensitive, personal information online–the judge and FBI agent involved in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
Radical Right Wing Republicans Doxxes & Threatens Judge & Family after FBI Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.
Republicans have escalated their violent rhetoric on the FBI and some online Trump supporters are threatening civil war following the agency’s search of Mar-a-Lago.
GOP Called Out For Backing SCOTUS Decisions, Decrying Mar-a-Lago FBI Search
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has caused a right wing freakout. “They don’t complain when the judiciary overturns Roe v. Wade, and overturns gun laws in New York,” former U.S. Senator Doug Jones tells The ReidOut. “But let them complain when a search warrant was issued? The hypocrisy is pretty stunning.”
LAWLESS Republicans Threaten CIVIL WAR Over FBI Raid Over Trump’s Mar-a-lago Home
Republicans are losing their minds about FBI executing a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort as part of a search for classified documents.
Armed Man Attacks FBI Building in Cincinnati After Mar-a-Lago Search
A man who was at the Capitol on January 6th attacked an FBI office in Cincinnati. The suspect was later fatally shot by police. NBC News reports that the suspect also posted on the Trump-owned social media site, Truth Social. NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that the suspect repeated unfounded claims about the election being stolen and the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago.
Armed man who tried to breach a FBI field office killed in standoff with police
A law enforcement standoff with a man who attempted to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday has ended with the suspect dead, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Far-Right Extremists Are Violently Threatening the Trump Search-Warrant Judge
“Let’s find out if he has children… where they go to school, where they live… EVERYTHING,” one person wrote on a message board where the judge’s address was posted.
Per the above article: “Far-right extremists on pro-Donald Trump message boards and social networks are making violent, antisemitic threats against the judge who reportedly signed the warrant that allowed the FBI to search the former president’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida.
Multiple members of these toxic online communities are even posting what appears to be Judge Bruce Reinhart’s home address, phone numbers, and names of his family members alongside threats of extreme violence.
“This is the piece of shit judge who approved FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago,” a user wrote on the pro-Trump message board formerly known as TheDonald. “I see a rope around his neck.”
Responding, another user wrote: “Idgaf [I don’t give a fuck] anymore. Name? Address? Put that shit all up on here.” Moments later, a different member replied with what appears to be Reinhart’s current address, phone numbers, previous addresses, and names of possible relatives.
In another post on the same message board, one user commented, “Let’s find out if he has children….where they go to school, where they live…EVERYTHING.”
These threats of violence and antisemitic slurs on a range of platforms, including 4chan, Telegram, Gettr, Gab, and Trump’s own platforms called Truth Social, were first uncovered by Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that conducts public-interest investigations.
“The threats against Judge Reinhart in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid are significant,” Daniel J. Jones, founder of Advance Democracy, told VICE News. “In addition to the antisemitic and violent slurs, we’re seeing his address and other personal information being shared online—with the implied or explicit purpose of ‘real-life’ action.”
A message board where a number of these threats were posted also happens to be the same one where many of those involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot posted threats of violence in the lead-up to Jan. 6.”
LAWLESS Republicans Rush to Trump’s defense after FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago
Top Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material.
The GOP’s Turn To Extremism Began Long Before Trump
It’s easy to think of Trump as the reason for his party’s embrace of extremism. But as Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank points out in his new book, that pivot toward extremism is decades in the making.
Rand Paul calls for repeal of Espionage Act amid DOJ investigation into Trump taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago
The DOJ is investigating if Donald Trump broke the Espionage Act. But Rand Paul, a GOP senator, wants it repealed, he said Saturday.
LAWLESS Republican Rand Paul calls for repeal of Espionage Act amid DOJ investigation into Trump taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago
Per the above article; “Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky called for the repeal of the Espionage Act after it was revealed that the Justice Department is investigating if former President Donald Trump potentially violated the Act.
Paul shared a link to a 2019 article by Jacob Hornberger, a former Libertarian presidential candidate and founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation, which called the Espionage Act a “tyrannical law.”
A key facet of the act — Section 793 — is concerned with “gathering, transmitting or losing defense information,” which relates to any document relating to national defense that “through gross negligence” was “illegally removed from its proper place of custody … to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed.”
Earlier this week, federal investigators took away numerous boxes of documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. According to an unsealed search warrant and an accompanying property receipt, the FBI seized 11 classified documents, including some marked top secret.
In a statement released Friday, Trump didn’t deny a report by The Washington Post that said he took nuclear documents to Mar-a-Lago.
The DOJ is now investigating if Trump violated Section 793 of the Espionage Act and potentially broke two other laws, according to the warrant unsealed by the department on Friday.
A conviction under the Espionage Act carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
Charles Booker, a Democrat Senate candidate who will face Paul in the general election, described the call for the repeal of the act as “shameful.”
“Rand Paul is now calling to repeal the Espionage Act after the world learned Donald Trump is under investigation for violating it,” Booker tweeted on Saturday night. “When I am elected to the Senate, you will never have to question my loyalty to our country.”
Rand Paul is now calling to repeal the Espionage Act after the world learned Donald Trump is under investigation for violating it.
When I am elected to the Senate, you will never have to question my loyalty to our country.
— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) August 14, 2022
FBI Agents Raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home and Seized Top-secret Documents
FBI search warrant reveals agents seized top-secret documents in raid of Trump’s home
- The FBI seized multiple sets of documents marked top secret from former President Donald Trump’s resort home Mar-a-Lago, according to a search warrant unsealed Friday.
- The warrant directed agents to seize all documents, “fruits of crime” and other items “illegally possessed” in violation of three laws related to handling of government documents.
- The agents took boxes of items, binders of photos, one handwritten note and an “executive grant of clemency” for GOP operative Roger Stone, according to a receipt for property seized that was attached to the warrant.
‘Stunning’: Ex-official who investigated Clinton reacts to documents found in Trump’s home
David Laufman, the former chief of the Department of Justice’s counterintelligence division who investigated Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified documents, discusses the FBI’s search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
FBI executes search warrant at Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago
A legal barrier has been broken – a maiden legal voyage has been taken:
the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. This is a historic law enforcement move by the Department of Justice.
Importantly, in order to obtain a search warrant for Trump’s home, a federal judge had to have concluded that there was probable cause to believe there is evidence of federal crimes on the property of Mar-a-Lago.
This video discusses what we know about this monumental development, what we don’t know, and what the DOJ should now do on the transparency front to promote a full and accurate understanding of the state of the criminal investigation that prompted today’s search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s crimes, and Kevin McCarthy’s political thuggery
One day after a judicially authorized search warrant was executed at Trump’s home/resort in Florida, Kevin McCarthy took to the airwaves, threatening Merrick Garland that he better “preserve documents” and “clear his calendar” for the endless oversight hearings McCarthy intends to hold if the Republicans take control of the House of Representative after the midterm elections.
The fact of the matter is, McCarthy has no earthly idea what the evidence is supporting the Mar-a-Lago search warrants. Still, McCarthy claims that Garland has “politicized” and “weaponized” the Department of Justice, and McCarthy promises payback. McCarthy’s attempt to assist Trump in avoiding accountability for his crimes feels . . . accessory-after-the-fact-ish. (see 18 US Code, section 3).
Lawrence: Only Way It Gets Worse For Trump Is To Be Charged
he worst legal week of Donald Trump’s life ended with a judge unsealing the search warrant for the FBI search of his Florida home. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says the only way it could get worse is for Trump to officially be charged in a case that would bear the name, The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump.
Nixon White House lawyer makes prediction about Trump
Merrick Garland Has Outsmarted Donald Trump At Every Turn’
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Attorney General Garland “has handled the most important week of his life flawlessly” and says “Donald Trump has no idea what to say now with Merrick Garland closing in on him.”
Ron DeSantis: Worst Governor in Florida History
Floridians are feeling the economic effects from the incompetence of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in multiple industries, from agriculture to tourism to construction
Steve Schmidt reacts to Ron DeSantis suspending his campaign
DeSantis is a job-killing moron’: DeSantis immigration policy threatens state economy
Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani talks with Alex Wagner about protests across the state of Florida against new immigration policies passed by Ron DeSantis and state Republicans that not only threaten the health and wellbeing of immigrants but hurt the local business community as important jobs and services that would ordinarily be staffed by immigrants go unfulfilled.
DeSantis Ignores The Crises Piling Up In Florida As He Campaigns For President
The state of Florida is currently suffering from environmental, economic, and health crises at the same time, and so far governor Ron DeSantis hasn’t said a single word about any of these problems. Not one statement for the press; Not a single mention on the campaign trail. Instead, the governor has abandoned the state as he tries desperately to keep his failing presidential campaign from going belly up
“Extreme DeSantis”
Historian Calls Ron DeSantis the ‘Florida Fascist’
DeSantis Takes Page From Autocrats’ Playbook With Migrant Plane Stunt
Alex Wagner outlines how couching the scapegoating and abuse of immigrants in whiney grievance politics like Ron DeSantis has done with his inhumane stunt of abruptly sending 50 migrants to an island in Massachusetts is a textbook autocrat political ploy that not even the disgraced Trump regime was willing to try.
Ken Burns Compares DeSantis Bills to ‘Soviet System’ on CNN: ‘The Way the Nazis Would Build a Potemkin Village’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joined CNN on Tuesday and accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of creating a Soviet-like system through his bills targeting materials available in public schools. DeSantis has been focused on introducing legislation specifically aimed at explicit and “woke” materials in schools. His efforts have earned major pushback as critics argue new strict guidelines can be used to target LGBTQ and Black history-related content. House Bill 999 would give more power to a university board of trustees over curriculum being taught and essentially ban controversial curriculum like Critical Race Theory. [source: mediaite.com/tv/ken-burns-compares-desantis-bills-to-soviet-system-on-cnn-the-way-the-nazis-would-build-a-potemkin-village]
DeSantis 2022 ad claiming he’s a ‘Fighter who was anointed By God’ shows what a Delusional, Self Aggrandizing, Radical Right Wing Religious Fanatic Ron DeSantis is. Former GOP operative Steve Schmidt was correct when he called the ad ‘Psychotic’ stating DeSantis ‘clearly has developed a God complex’. This ad really shows what DeSantis thinks of himself and what a danger to Democracy he is.
DeSantis is anything BUT a ‘Fighter who was anointed By God’. He’s fighting to advance his own political career by passing the most extreme, far right, anti-democratic, anti-freedom, fascist laws ever seen in the United States. Numerous videos and articles have pointed out how DeSantis fights for Corporate interest, NOT Average Joe Floridians.
DeSantis who claims he’s made Florida “one of the Freest States in American”, has taken away rights and made it one of the most oppressed.
3 Ways Christianity Was Largely Responsible For The Holocaust
While Christianity wasn’t the sole catalyst for the Holocaust, there is no doubt that Christianity set the stage for the Holocaust to happen.
Per the above article; “Christianity was culturally oppressive to the Jews – In the eyes of the Christian church, Jews were heretics and Jesus-killers. Since they rejected the teachings of salvation, they deserved to go to Hell. Hitler hijacked German Christians’ existing prejudice towards Jews.
Hitler merely played on the prejudices created by Christianity to blame the problems that were largely created by Christianity, on the Jews. Thus, Christianity played a central role in setting the stage for the Holocaust”.
Similar to Hitler who stated, “I am fighting for the work of the Lord”, Christian Nationalists (like DeSantis) use religion to justify their extreme conduct while believing God is on they’re side.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University who has written several books on propaganda, authoritarianism, and dictators such as Benito Mussolini, stated in an article; “Governor Ron DeSantis would “destroy our democracy” if he is elected president”.
An article by Vanityfair.com stated; ‘Ron DeSantis shouldn’t be covered like just another Republican. To call DeSantis a culture warrior dangerously understates what the man is capable of. He is the Genghis Khan of social issues, using every opportunity to target and demonize groups that have already been targeted and demonized throughout history. Marginalizing vulnerable groups is a classic authoritarian trope which DeSantis seems to have down pat’.
“He has relentlessly attacked the LGBTQ+ community, urged the Florida medical board to outlaw transgender therapy for minors, and passed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. When not targeting school boards and transgender athletes, he’s fighting with the College Board about AP African American studies or trying to turn the small progressive New College into “a Hillsdale of the South.” Trump may have sounded like an autocrat when running for president, but DeSantis has already acted like one before officially getting in the 2024 race”.
Title from YouTube: “Ron DeSantis’ Corruption Scandal EXPOSED”
DeSantis tries to make it seem he’s fighting for citizens when he’s actually fighting for corporations (like most Republicans) and to advance his own political career. Per the description from YouTube: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at the center of a major corporate corruption scandal. DeSantis has signed off on $5.7 billion in tax write-offs and giveaways to corporation, while raising taxes on working people by $1 billion. In return, he’s banked about $30 million from Wall Street and other corporate donors.”
How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida
Florida Governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has raked in millions of dollars—and even a golf simulator—from wealthy corporate interests. At the same time, he’s stripped protections from renters, let insurance & utility companies hike rates, and cut taxes on the wealthy.
DeSantis Is Using Florida TAXPAYER Money On His Campaign
Governor Ron DeSantis is costing the taxpayers of Florida a pretty penny for his campaign security… and CORRUPT Florida Republicans passed laws which allow it.
Desantis was FOR Covid Vaccines before he decided to be AGAINST them.
Per an article posted on the on the New York Times; “The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’ Vaccine Turnabout”
“On a Saturday in September 2020, with COVID-19 killing more than 600 Americans daily and hundreds of thousands of deaths still to come, Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, heard her cellphone ring. It was Dr. Scott Rivkees, the Florida surgeon general. He was distraught. “‘You won’t believe what happened,’” she said he told her. Months before COVID vaccines would become available, Gov. Ron DeSantis had decided that the worst was over for Florida, he said. DeSantis had begun listening to doctors who believed the virus’s threat was overstated, and he no longer supported preventive measures like limiting indoor dining.
DeSantis was going his own way on COVID.
Nearly three years later, the governor now presents his COVID strategy not only as his biggest accomplishment but also as the foundation for his presidential campaign. DeSantis argues that “Florida got it right” because he was willing to stand up for the rights of individuals despite pressure from health “bureaucrats.” On the campaign trail, he says liberal bastions like New York and California needlessly traded away freedoms while Florida preserved jobs, in-person schooling and quality of life.
But a close review by The New York Times of Florida’s pandemic response, including a new analysis of the data on deaths, hospitalizations and vaccination rates in the state, suggests that DeSantis’ account of his record leaves much out.
As he notes at most campaign stops, he moved quickly to get students back in the classroom, even as many of the nation’s school districts were still in remote learning. National research has suggested there was less learning loss in school districts with more in-person instruction. [source: news.yahoo.com/steep-cost-ron-desantis-vaccine-142915131.html
| FLORIDA INSURANCE RATES INCREASE 40% UNDER DESANTIS |
Insurance providers leave Florida, homeowners have ‘no place to go
Florida homeowners pay more than three times the national average for home insurance, and residents fear that could increase as providers leave the state.
Another property insurer is dropping coverage in Florida. Farmers Insurance will stop writing new business and not renew its existing “Farmers-branded” automobile, home and umbrella policies in the Sunshine State, the company said Tuesday.
On Monday, Farmers sent notice of its plans to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, which is reviewing it. Insurers must give the office 90 days’ notice if they want to discontinue writing business in Florida. “This business decision was necessary to effectively manage risk exposure,” the company said in a statement.
Florida homeowners brace for 40% increase in insurance rates
No One Is Talking About What Ron DeSantis Has Actually Done to Florida
“Under DeSantis’s watch, the Sunshine State has not exactly been a workers’ paradise,” writes William Kleinknecht.
Per the above article: “DeSantis weaponizes the cultural wars to distract attention from the core missions of his governorship, which is to starve programs geared toward bettering the lives of ordinary citizens so he can maintain low taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Florida is the ideal haven for privileged Americans who don’t want to pay their fair share of taxes. It has no income tax for individuals, and its corporate tax rate of 5.5% is among the lowest in the nation. An investigation by the Orlando Sentinel in late 2019 revealed the startling fact that 99% of Florida’s companies paid no corporate income tax, abetted by tax-avoidance schemes and state officials who gave a low priority to enforcing tax laws.
This is a pattern that shows up in the statistics of many Republican-led states, which on average commit fewer dollars per-capita to health care, public education, and other crucial services compared to their blue counterparts, while making sure corporations and wealthy individuals are prioritized for tax relief. Arizona cut taxes every year between 1990 and 2019, following up with a shift to a flat tax this year that will cost its budget $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, its public-school spending ranks 48 among the 50 states.
In Florida, the state’s tax revenues come largely through sales and excise taxes, which fall hardest on the poor and middle class. A 2018 study by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that Florida had the third least-equitable tax system of the 50 states. In the state’s “upside-down” tax structure, the poorest 20% of Florida families paid 12.7% of their income in taxes, while the families whose income was in the top 4% paid 4.5%, and the top 1% paid 2.3%, according to the study.
Florida taxpayers get less for their money than residents of many other states. The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that studies health-care systems globally, found in its 2022 “scorecard” that Florida had the 16th worst health care among the 50 states. It’s no wonder that Florida ranks below the northern blue states in life expectancy and rates of cancer death, diabetes, fatal overdoses, teen birth rates, and infant mortality.
Largely because of DeSantis’s obstinacy, Florida is one of 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, an act of political spite that has cost those states billions in federal health care dollars and cost thousands of people their lives. More than 12% of Floridians are without medical insurance, a worse record than all but four other states. Despite having the country’s highest percentage of retirees, Florida has the worst long-term care among the 50 states, according to the American Association of Retired Persons.
Public schools fare no better than health care in DeSantis’s Florida. Not only did Florida rank 49th in the country for average teacher pay in 2020, but the Education Law Center, a non-profit advocacy group based in New Jersey, found in a 2021 report that the state had the seventh-lowest per-pupil funding in the country. Education Week, which ranks states public school annually, looking beyond mere test scores, placed Florida 23rd in its 2021 report, a lackluster showing for a large and wealthy state”.
| TEACHERS QUITTING DUE TO DESANTIS OPPRESSIVE EDUCATION, HISTORY & BOOK LAWS |
DeSantis and Florida Republicans are causing teacher to quit after passing Laws banning books, limiting what Teachers can Teach and what can be discussed in classrooms. Since the founding of this country, we didn’t have laws outlawing books and limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, because such laws are not needed. These laws violate every Republican Principal of “Limited Government”.
Florida Teachers Afraid, Confused As DeSantis Politicizes Curriculum
Alex Wagner travels to Florida to talk with Don Falls, a teacher who has joined a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” that has put teachers in fear of being punish for teaching factual history, and Jennifer Jenkins, a school board member who has personally experienced the threats and intimidation by Republican activists using culture war excuses as cover for a political power grab.
Indoctrination by cartoon? DeSantis’ latest attack on ‘woke schools.
DeSantis says Florida schools should be about “education over indoctrination.” So why is his state now bringing in lessons on race and social justice from a right-wing group whose leader brags about indoctrinating kids? Mehdi breaks down the hypocrisy behind DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ schools.
Florida REPUBLICAN Governor Ron DeSantis wants to put cameras in classrooms. This short video shows how oppressive and unbearable life could become unless Republicans are STOPPED by VOTING THEM OUT.
Outrageous’: Florida teacher rips DeSantis’ censorship, criminal threats
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a new law forcing teachers to remove books from classrooms that are not deemed “appropriate.” So-called “Woke Busters” are joining DeSantis’ effort and forcing libraries and schools to remove “offensive” books. Florida public school teacher Andrea Phillips joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber, calling the law “outrageous,” and adding students “don’t have books to read.”
Teachers Pull Books To Avoid Felony Prosecution From DeSantis Law
Teachers are being told to withhold ALL of their classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification in the wake of a new law, House Bill 1467, which can result in a third-degree felony if violated.
UF’s choice: Change teachings on racism or risk $100M in funding due to DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE’ Act
The bill, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in April, revises requirements for instruction based on the history of African Americans.
| DESANTIS & REPUBLICAN’S CULTURE WARS COSTING FLORIDA BILLIONS |
DeSantis & Republican’s Culture Wars Costing Florida BILLIONS due to the Florida-Disney battle, lawsuits and executive orders
Disney scraps plans for new Florida campus amid feud with Gov. DeSantis
Disney (DIS) is cancelling plans to relocate thousands of California-based employees to the state of Florida amid its ongoing feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
According to an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance, Josh D’Amaro, chairman at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, told employees the company, which had been building a new campus in the Lake Nona region of Orlando, was now scrapping those plans.
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“Given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the campus,” D’Amaro wrote.
“This was not an easy decision to make, but I believe it is the right one,” he continued. “As a result, we will no longer be asking our employees to relocate. For those who have already moved, we will talk to you individually about your situation, including the possibility of moving you back.”
Disney scraps $867m Florida plan amid Ron DeSantis feud
Florida-Disney battle could cost taxpayers more than $1 billion
“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a special session of the state legislature this week to finalize his assault on the Disney Corporation and the Reddy Creek Charter that they’ve been operating under for decades. While DeSantis and the Republican-controlled legislature dissolved the district last year (which has not yet gone into effect), they changed course this week and proposed new legislation that would put “control” of the district directly in DeSantis’ hands”.
These law firms have been paid at least $16.7 million to defend DeSantis’ culture wars
Florida has spent millions in outside attorneys on some of these cases.
| DESANTIS PUNISHING OPPONENTS OF HIS OPPRESSIVE POLICIES |
There is nothing conservative about DeSantis attacking businesses
Joe Scarborough discusses Gov. Ron DeSantis’ record of going after businesses in Florida
DeSantis Brazenly Admitting To Punishing Disney
The GOP embrace of authoritarianism, and how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a prime example of this, are discussed by Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, Rep. Charlie Crist
DeSantis obsession over Disney is PSYCHOTIC. It’s similar to the fictional character Captain Ahab from the novel Moby Dick, the white whale which bit off Ahab’s leg. Ahab’s hatred robs him of all caution, and the whale drags him to his death beneath the sea and sinks the Pequod.
DeSantis who pretends to celebrate free speech and business, used the power of the government to PUNISH Tampa Bay Rays after they spoke out in support of gun safety.
Fascist Dictator Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., vetoed $35 million in state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility reportedly due to the team tweeting awareness about gun violence, according to reports.
FL State Attorney Suspended For Saying He Won’t Enforce Restrictions On Abortion
Florida Gov. DeSantis suspended a state attorney who said he won’t enforce restrictions on abortion and gender therapy. Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren says “this is more than just about suspending an elected official.”
Suspended Florida state attorney speaks out against DeSantis
ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth spoke with state attorney Andrew Warren about being suspended after vowing to not criminalize abortion, saying he will “stand up for victims to fight for justice.”
Florida State Attorney Slaps Ron DeSantis With A Lawsuit
Florida state attorney Andrew Warren is now suing Governor Ron DeSantis, after DeSantis removed him from office for comments he made about abortion and gender-affirming medical care. Warren joins Katie Phang to discuss what he hopes to achieve with the lawsuit.
Fired Florida Prosecutor Says Ron DeSantis Punished Her For Prosecuting Corrupt Cops
Monique Worrell, the second Democratically-elected state prosecutor fired by Ron DeSantis in the past year, says that the governor was upset with her because she was taking on corruption in the police force and working on prosecuting corrupt cops. DeSantis has made protecting and elevating police officers a central theme of his administration, even though it has meant putting citizens at risk of abuse.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatens to sue Bud Light company after stock losses
DeSantis threatened an investigation into AB InBev, the beverage company behind Bud Light, as the firm’s share prices crashed amid a conservative boycott earlier this year.
REPUBLICAN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proves what an arrogant, asshole he is by Berating Students wearing masks. This display shows how DeSantis is a Wanna-be Dictator Tyrant who demands everyone do as he dictates or suffer the consequences. He proved it when he Punished Disney and the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their Freedom of Speech (videos with details on this page).
Radical Right Wing Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is destroying Democracy & behaving like a Anti-Democratic Fascist Authoritarian Wanna-be Dictator
Title from YouTube: “Ron DeSantis Gives Himself Even More Power To Rig Florida Elections”
Description from YouTube: “Florida’s authoritarian Republican governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law giving him control over a new Election Police Force. But that’s just the beginning of what this sweeping new legislation will do, and the rest of the bill is actually even worse than the police force. Voter rolls will have to be “cleaned up” every single year, which is a code for purging voters. And common Get Out The Vote tactics will also now be illegal. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains how this bill will officially make Florida a permanent red state”.
The Right’s Embrace of Fascism and Authoritarianism
This videos gives insight into the oppressive laws Republicans has been passing in recent years and how Russia exemplifies many of the same anti-democratic ideals and values held by Republicans.
The United States will become as oppressive as Putin’s Russia unless Republicans are STOPPED by Voting them Out of Office.
Calmes: Russia’s crackdown on liberty sounds all too familiar to Americans
Red states like Texas, Missouri and Florida are waging their own culture war in parallel to Putin’s, targeting the rights of women and minorities.
Per the above article; “Russia’s crackdown on liberty sounds all too familiar to Americans We see the ravages of Russia’s war on Ukraine, where it’s as if the black-and-white scenes of carnage and fleeing refugees in World War II Europe — scenes consigned to history books, we thought — have been updated in horrific, real-time color. Vladimir Putin’s heinous war has united the Ukrainian people”.
“Then there’s the coverage of the figurative war here in America, a culture war waged by Republicans against women, minority groups, LGBTQ people, educators, public health officials and just about anyone not of a right-wing mindset. This needless conflict divides us, for Republicans’ political gain”.
“Such domestic battles are a luxury of peace and prosperity. I’m reminded of conservatives’ culture wars amid the good times at the turn of the century, before 9/11 made a mockery of the invented threats and brought Americans together against a real one”.
“Even as Ukrainians suffer bombings of hospitals, a maternity center, apartments and schools, our bloodless war proceeds on its several fronts: Against women’s constitutional right to abortion before a fetus’ viability. Against teachers’ rights to speak freely about race and gender. Against transgender youth and their parents. Against public health officials dealing with a once-a-century pandemic that’s killed nearly a million Americans”.
“On abortion rights, Republican-led states aren’t even waiting for the conservative U.S. Supreme Court to turn back the clock a half-century. They’re rushing either to ban abortions at 15 weeks’ gestation, significantly before a fetus is viable (the latest bill just went to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign), or to go further and copy Texas’ plainly unconstitutional law that ended nearly all abortions in that state, home to 7 million women of reproductive age”.
Florida Republicans Push State Into Full Blown Fascism
Description from Youtube: “Republican-controlled Florida legislature has passed a bill that would force college professors to be recorded in the state, and once a year they would be forced to undergo questioning about their personal political beliefs. Many students would also be subjected to the same kind of questioning. This is actual fascism in the United States, and the Republicans in Florida say that they are doing this to stomp out “cancel culture.”
Wanna-Be Dictator Florida Republican Fascist Authoritarian Governor Ron DeSantis wants to revive a World War II era program in the state of Florida that would allow him to create his own, personal military branch in the Sunshine State. He has asked the Republican-controlled legislature to give him money for the “Florida State Guard,” which was a program in the Second World War used to bolster the state’s National Guard numbers after they were deployed elsewhere.
The Truth Behind The DeSantis ‘Election Integrity’ Stunt In Florida
Ron DeSantis’ new fraud unit charged twenty Floridians with the crime of voting while being a convicted felon. “This entire display was pretty disgusting and even more so when you consider the context,” says Chris Hayes.
DeSantis Proves An Apt Student Of Trump-Style Bully Politics
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history at New York University, talks with Ali Velshi about the next generation of Trump Republican as modeled in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
DeSantis Wants His Own SECRET POLICE Paramilitary Force
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed a plan to establish a Florida state guard, which would be a paramilitary volunteer group of Florida residents that DeSantis would select himself and control. Although other states have similar measures, many are worried that DeSantis is treading too close to authoritarianism due to his pushback on vaccine mandates in the state and distrust of the federal government.
Gov. Ron DeSantis Could Be Our Next Presidential Nightmare
In a recent straw poll, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out as Republicans’ first choice for the 2024 presidential election. But before you celebrate Republicans turning away from Trump, take a look at all the ways Ron DeSantis could be…so much worse!
Furious that Disney spoke out against Republicans ridiculous “Don’t say Gay” law, anti-democratic, fascist wanna-be dictator Ron Desantis plans to Punish Disney which will cost local residents (as detailed in the above video).
Description from Youtube: “During a special session of the state legislature on Wednesday, Florida Republicans voted to strip the Disney Corporation of their “self-governing” status that has been in place for over half a century. While Republicans are celebrating the move, the public is left unaware that they are about to pay for this”.
‘A Solution In Search Of A Problem’: DeSantis Goes After Disney’s Special Status
Fallout over Florida’s controversial new law that critics have called the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill continues. This is another example of how Republicans focus on divisive social issues instead of governing and actually doing things to improve people’s lives. Republicans ridiculous “Don’t say Gay” law which is ‘A Solution In Search Of A Problem’. This law doesn’t fix any existing problems… it’s more unnecessary Republican Fascist BIG GOVERNMENT legislation to enslave and regulate every aspect of people’s lives.
DeSantis unleashes vengeance on Disney. This is the stuff of Nixon’s enemies list | Editorial
In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used his powers last week to expand the legislative special session and strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it.
Per the above article: “In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he was using his powers to expand this week’s special session in a push to strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it. It’s clear that the governor has been nursing a towering grudge against Disney ever since the company had the nerve to listen to its employees and — belatedly, but rightly — speak out against the “Don’t say gay” bill, withholding political campaign contributions in Florida. And it may be that the taxing district, which has been around since 1967 and encompasses two cities, is an outdated concept. The district functions much like a government, with the ability to issue tax-free bonds, provide police and fire service and, notably, build its own nuclear power plant”.
“This is the stuff of Richard Nixon and his enemies list. For those who may not remember, the country’s 37th president kept a list of enemies that was revealed during the Watergate scandal. Its purpose, according to Nixon’s assistant in a 1971 memo, was to plan “how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” And that’s what’s going on here”.
“He’s covering his tracks, though with the most transparent of excuses, by saying that he wants the Legislature to consider getting rid of all special taxing districts that were enacted before 1968 and haven’t been reestablished since. So far it looks like that would include just a handful of districts along with Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. House Speaker Chris Sprowls defended the governor’s move, saying the House has long contemplated this action. That doesn’t pass the smell test. In the war between Disney and DeSantis, this isn’t a grenade, it’s a precision missile strike, and it’s aimed right at Central Florida”.
“Back in 1971, Nixon’s list had 20 names on it. Over the next few years, it grew to 576 names. We all know how that ended. Now we have DeSantis’ frightening misuse of power. It must stop here, and that starts with lawmakers stiffening their backbones. Today, it’s Disney. Tomorrow, who knows?”
Anti-democratic, Fascist, Power Hungry Republicans are labeling anyone who disagrees with them as “Groomers” and Pedophiles”
The Right Wants Freedom For Themselves but Not For Others
“Ron DeSantis’ Wish To Be Supreme Dictator Of Florida About To Come True”
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has finally won, and the state legislature agreed this week to allow him to have absolute control over the state by giving him the authority to redraw Congressional districts. This power is reserved only for the state legislature, but after a lengthy battle with the authoritarian DeSantis, the legislature gave up and let him have his way.
This is an election rigging tactic similar to how Right-Wingers turned Hungary into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and Propaganda is seen everywhere.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill that bans abortions performed after 15 weeks without exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking. Passing laws of oppression and taking away people’s freedom is Republicans TOP Priority… NOT pursuing policies and programs which help people.
New Florida Teacher Training Aims To Indoctrinate Educators With Conservative Ideology
Alex Wagner travels to Florida to learn about a new civics training for teachers, encouraged by Governor Ron DeSantis, that emphasizes Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
New Florida law allows public college students and faculty to be surveyed on political beliefs
A new law that will go into effect on July 1 in Florida will allow the state to survey students, faculty and staff at public universities on their political beliefs. Proponents say it will help ensure “intellectual diversity.” This is another example of radical anti-democratic fascist authoritarianism by Republicans
DeSantis Signs Bill Requiring Colleges To Survey Student, Faculty Beliefs
The government has NO BUSINESS monitoring or interfering with what is taught at Universities. This is the type of “BIG BROTHER” behavior you find in Anti-Democratic Fascist Authoritarian Dictatorships like Russia, China, North Korea and Banana Republics.
Ron DeSantis wants to form an election security police force
Anti-democratic Authoritarian Fascist Republican, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing the creation of an election security force to monitor elections in the state, when there were only 2 confirmed cases of election fraud, both committed by Republicans in the Villages retirement community. DeSantis should move to Russia, China or North Korea. He’d fit right in with those Anti-democratic Authoritarian Fascist bastards.
Ron DeSantis’ Election Police Power Will Backfire On Republicans
Florida’s authoritarian governor Ron DeSantis will soon have his very own “election police force” that will report directly to him. The alleged reason this is needed in Florida is to stamp out voter fraud, but Republicans need to be careful what they wish for. Most of the voter fraud cases that have been found in the state were elderly Republicans, and when this becomes a public spectacle, Republicans will be the ones looking bad.
Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize Ron DeSantis
State employees in Florida have been sounding the alarm bells about the quasi-dictatorship that they are working for, with multiple individuals saying that they have been threatened with demotions if they criticize Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s COVID policies. They are living in fear, as one employee put it, and they feel like they have no one to turn to.
Similar to Florida Employees being threatened if they criticize Ron DeSantis, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia passed a law which would put people in prison for up to 15 years for criticizing Putin and Russia’s policies. It’s easy to see that Republicans are headed in this direction and would not hesitate to be just as extreme if given the opportunity. Right-wingers around the world are all the same… it’s in the DNA to be authoritarians who want to control every aspect of people’s lives.
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked their political beliefs
The law goes into effect July 1.
Per the above article; Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed HB 233 Tuesday. The legislation will require public universities to survey students and staff annually about their beliefs to assess “viewpoint diversity” on campuses. The bill does not specifically say what will be done with survey results, but DeSantis suggested budget cuts could be imminent if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students.
Under House Bill 233, surveys would be conducted annually on campuses to assess viewpoint diversity and intellectual freedom, and determine “the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented,” and whether students and faculty “feel free to express beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.”
The legislation, which goes into effect July 1 2021, also aims to ensure students are being shown ideas that they “may disagree with or find uncomfortable.”
The measure was among three education bills signed by DeSantis Tuesday. Other measures included an expansion of civics education for K-12 schools, including instruction about the perils of communist and totalitarian governments.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried compared Gov. Ron DeSantis to Adolf Hitler during a recent interview. Fried, a Democrat who is running for governor in 2022, made the remarks during Friday’s edition of The Florida Roundup podcast. Co-host Melissa Ross, a reporter for Jacksonville public radio station WJCT, asked Fried about her past references comparing DeSantis to an “authoritarian dictator.”
“He is doing everything possible to take power away from local governments, taking away people’s abilities to protest, making it harder to vote, talking about, you know, banning books,” Fried said. “That’s what dictators do. Instead of listening and trying to govern with the people, he is trying to govern over the people, and, you know, that, I’m sorry, I’m a student of history, too. I saw the rise of Hitler.”
“This governor is doing it for the sole purposes of power and doing so to make fear and to instill that, to blame people for what is happening in their lives, blaming certain parts of our society and culture, and that’s exactly what Hitler did to the Jews back during World War II.”
Fried proclaimed that DeSantis was “not fit to serve” after the state allowed as many as 1 million at-home COVID-19 test kits to expire. DeSantis has said the demand wasn’t there at the time before the omicron surge in Florida led to long lines at testing sites throughout the state.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs transgender athlete bill into law
Florida is the latest state to ban transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams in public high schools after states across the country have considered hundreds of bills this year that target transgender students. NBC News’ Jo Yurcaba breaks down how these bills could impact the transgender community and what legal challenges lawmakers are facing.
Florida Republican Governor DeSantis signs Anti-Democratic Voter Suppression Law… Behaves like Authoritarian Fascist Dictator by shutting out reporters from Election Bill signing
This Floridian is NOT COOL with the GOP’s voter restrictions
“What bothers me about these lies is not only does it make people question how our systems work, but it makes people not want to work in the system.”
Florida Republicans Create A Poll Tax To Keep People From Voting
After a vast majority of Florida voters passed an amendment this past November giving former felons their right to vote back, Florida Republicans went into hyperdrive to prevent these men and women from getting their rights back. They’ve now instituted what amounts to a modern-day poll tax to prevent 1.4 million new voters from going to the polls.
Citizens overwhelming voted for Amendment 4 to restore the right of convicted felons the right to vote. Florida Republicans response was to thwart the “will of the people” by passing SB7066, a poll tax law that restricts Amendment 4, ignoring the will of over 5 million Floridians who voted for Amendment 4 and puts a price tag on the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of people.
Florida Republicans passing a law to thwart the will of the people is another example of how Republicans are Anti-democratic Fascist Banana Republic Authoritarians
DeSantis’ Press Secretary Mocks Mother Of Son Bullied By The Governor
A mother of one of the children on stage with Ron DeSantis this week – when DeSantis berated the children for wearing a mask – spoke out against the governor’s actions, and her son admitted that he felt “pressured” by the governor to remove the mask. Christina Pushaw, DeSantis’ press secretary, decided to mock the parent by posting a meme of her son removing his mask after DeSantis requested it
Republicans’ Emails Prove Florida Voting Law Was All About Suppressing Democratic Voters
Emails and text messages obtained by Politico by Republican lawmakers in Florida have provided proof that the state’s recent voter suppression bill – signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in an exclusive event aired on Fox News – was only about suppressing Democratic votes and NOT about rooting out fraud. This isn’t a surprise to anyone on the Left, but the emails could easily help lawsuits seeking to get the law thrown out.
‘Moral Imperative’: John Legend On Fight To Stop Modern-Day Poll Tax In Florida
John Legend on push to restore voting rights in Florida: “We’re going to literally pay off some of these fees and fines and free the vote for thousands more people. We believe this is a moral imperative to include as many people as possible in our democracy.” Aired on 09/23/2020.
Civil Rights Groups Sue Florida After DeSantis Signs ‘Voter Suppression Bill’ Into Law
Florida-based civil rights groups sued state and local election officials Thursday to block new restrictive voting measures immediately after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed them into law, arguing the new requirements will disenfranchise voters including voters of color, seniors and younger voters.
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/09/23/florida-ag-calls-for-criminal-inquiry-into-bloombergs-16m-felon-voter-donation-1317995
Seems to me that if Michael Bloomberg wants to help convicted felons restore their right to vote there should be nothing wrong with it. Also seems the REAL reason Florida Republicans want to go after Michael Bloomberg for helping felons restore their right to vote is because it nullifies Republicans efforts to obstruct thousands of people from voting who aren’t likely to vote for THEM.
Former FL GOP chair says ‘right-wing crazies’ want to suppress black vote
Former Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer testified in a lawsuit filed against his former party that “whack-a-do, right-wing crazies” wanted to suppress the black vote through Voter ID and tactics like current state Gov. Rick Scott’s efforts to purge voter rolls.
Jim Greer, stated “I sat in on many meetings where it was discussed how to make sure what happened in 2008, when Obama brought out the college-aged voters, the minority voters, never happened again”.
91-Year-Old Decorated WWII Veteran Targeted By Florida Governor Rick Scott’s Voter Purge
Florida Republicans took voter suppression to brazen extremes. After the 2010 election, Republican Gov. Rick Scott instructed Secretary of State Ken Browning to compile a massive database of alleged “non-citizen” voters. This resulted in a 91-year-old World War II veteran who won a Bronze star being told by the state of Florida to prove he is a citizen or be removed from voter roll.
A Tea Partier admits Republicans don’t want people to vote who isn’t likely to vote for them
Florida Enacts Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
The law imposes new restrictions on mail voting, makes voter registration more difficult, and modifes rules for observers in ways that could disrupt election administration.
Per the above article: “Florida Enacts Sweeping Voter Suppression Law. The law imposes new restrictions on mail voting, makes voter registration more difficult, and modifies rules for observers in ways that could disrupt election administration”.
Florida Republicans Criminalize Protesting
With the passage of an anti-protest law, Joy says, “DeSantis is actually governing like the former Alabama Governor … George Wallace made no secret of what he would do to protesters if they were lying in the street in front of his car.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis & Florida Republican passes a law that could create harshest punishments for protesters in the nation.
Florida passes law to Criminalize Protesting
CBS NEWS: Florida Republicans want take away peoples right to peacefully protest with Anti-Democratic Authoritarian “Rioting Bill” to quash Freedom of Speech.
Saying it is designed to quash the voices of Black and brown people, Florida Democratic lawmakers on Monday excoriated a proposal pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders aimed at cracking down on protests.
WJXT NEWS 4: Florida activists push back against proposed increased punishment for protesters
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis rolled out a legislative package aimed at cracking down on protesters by creating a host of new crimes, a group of Florida civil-rights activists on Tuesday came out strong against the proposed laws.
‘Rally to Save Protesting’: March for our Lives Florida rallies against DeSantis’ ‘anti-riot’ bill
Florida Senate passes controversial ‘anti-riot’ bill pushed in wake of Black Lives Matter protests
The Florida Senate passed a controversial anti-riot bill that was pushed by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests last summer.
Per the above article; “The Florida Senate on Thursday passed, largely along party lines, a controversial anti-riot bill that was pushed by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests last summer.
The bill would increase criminal penalties for assaulting law enforcement officials while engaging in a “riot” and defacing monuments and other public property during riots. It would also penalize local governments that interfere with law enforcement efforts to contain riots and set up a citizen’s appeal process when cities and counties try to reduce police budgets in response to riots.
The final vote in the Senate was 23-17, with one Republican voting with Democrats in opposition. The bill passed the GOP-controlled House in late March. Democratic legislators argue that it would create a chilling effect on First Amendment rights and restrict political dissent”.
“This legislation strikes the appropriate balance of safeguarding every Floridian’s constitutional right to peacefully assemble, while ensuring that those who hide behind peaceful protest to cause violence in our communities will be punished,” DeSantis said in a statement”.
DeSantis statement; “This legislation strikes the appropriate balance of safeguarding every Floridian’s constitutional right to peacefully assemble” is total BS. The criminal penalties in the bill PROVES his statement is BS.
Trump Loving Florida Governor Makes It LEGAL To Kill Protestors
Under a proposed piece of legislation from Ron DeSantis, the Trump-loving governor of Florida, it would be legal for citizens to run over protestors without any fear of prosecution, as long as the protestor was in the street. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment of the United States, and DeSantis is merely trying to give voters the impression that things are out of control in the state. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains why DeSantis is doing this.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Stop Social Media Censorship Act, SB 7072, that would make it illegal to ban public officials from social media sites. The law was almost immediately stricken down by a Federal Judge who stated parts of the legislation violate federal law.
“This is so obviously unconstitutional, you wouldn’t even put it on an exam,” said A. Michael Froomkin, a law professor at the University of Miami. Under well established Supreme Court precedent, the First Amendment prohibits private entities from being forced to publish or broadcast someone else’s speech. Prohibiting “deplatforming” of political candidates would likely be construed as an unconstitutional must-carry provision. “This law looks like a political freebie,” Froomkin said. “You get to pander, and nothing bad happens, because there’s no chance this will survive in court.”
“The Constitution isn’t the only problem for the new law. It also conflicts with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that generally holds online platforms immune from liability over their content moderation decisions. Section 230 has become an object of resentment on both sides of the political aisle, but for different reasons. Liberals tend to think the law lets online platforms get away with leaving too much harmful material up. Conservative critics, on the other hand, argue that it lets them get away with taking too much stuff down—and, worse, that it allows them to censor conservatives under the guise of content moderation”. [source: wired.com/story/florida-new-social-media-law-laughed-out-of-court]
THE FACT THAT RON DESANTIS SUPPORTS TRUMP PROVES HE SUPPORTS OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING & LAWLESS CONDUCT
FOX & Republicans Falsely Blame FBI Agent for Jan 6 Riots
Ray Epps is suing Fox News for Tucker Carlson falsely claiming he was an undercover FBI Agent responsible for instigating the Jan 6 Riots at the United States Capital
Fox News sued for defamation by two-time Trump voter Ray Epps over Jan. 6 conspiracy claims
Two-time Trump voter Ray Epps is suing Fox News for claiming he was an undercover FBI agent responsible for the mob that violently broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Per the above article: “Ray Epps, a frequent subject of Fox News segments and a Trump supporter who became the subject of conspiracy claims, is suing Fox News for defamation.
The suit, which was filed in Delaware Superior Court, accuses Fox of “creating and disseminating destructive conspiracy theories” and of recklessly disregarding the truth.
Epps’ suit alleges Fox News used Epps as a “scapegoat” after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol and told “a fantastical story in which Ray Epps — who was a Trump supporter that participated in the protests on January 6th — was an undercover FBI agent and was responsible for the mob that violently broke into the Capitol and interfered with the peaceful transition of power for the first time in this country’s history.”
His civil suit makes specific allegations about former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The suit said, “Fox, and particularly Mr. Carlson, commenced a years-long campaign spreading falsehoods about Epps. Those lies have destroyed Ray’s and (his wife’s) lives. As Fox recently learned in its litigation against Dominion Voting Systems, its lies have consequences.”
After the Capitol riot, Carlson spoke about Epps on his Fox News show over 20 times.
“Ray Epps? He is on video several times encouraging crimes, riots, breaches of the Capitol,” Carlson said in one segment.
Epps told Bill Whitaker on CBS’ “60 Minutes” earlier this year that he went to the Capitol because he believed the election had been stolen from Trump. On Jan. 5, 2021, the night before the riot, he went to a rally and said, “Tomorrow, we need to go into the Capitol! Into the Capitol!” Trump supporters responded, “What?” And Epps added, “Peacefully!” That was met with cries of “Fed Fed Fed! Fed!” He explained to Whitaker that he meant that there should be peaceful protests at the Capitol, but admits, “I said some stupid things.”
On Jan. 6, he was seen in video at the Capitol pulling aside and saying something to one rioter. Conspiracists say he was giving marching orders, because seconds later, the first Capitol police officer went down. Epps told CBS that when he saw the violence, he instead wanted to calm things down. He was never seen committing an act of violence that day or entering the Capitol. He later spoke with the FBI, and in the summer of 2021, the FBI removed his photo from its website.
Ray Epps: The 60 Minutes Interview
Jan. 6 committee staffer: “Zero evidence that Ray Epps was a federal agent”
Tom Joscelyn told 60 Minutes that Ray Epps became a far-right scapegoat for the attack on the Capitol with cherry-picked evidence.
Per the above article: According to Thomas Joscelyn, who worked for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and helped author its final report, there was no evidence that Epps was involved in planning or orchestrating the insurrection.
Joscelyn told 60 Minutes. “I would just defend the facts. And the facts are that there’s still absolutely zero evidence that Ray Epps was a federal agent, or a federal provocateur, or had any kind of contact with the FBI or any other federal agencies.”
This proves all of Republicans claims that the FBI caused the Jan 6 Riots (instead of Trump) are more LIES and BULLSHIT
Republicans prove how lawless and unfit they are for office by attacking the FBI & DOJ for doing their jobs, while promoting BASELESS partisan conspiracy theories.
Trump parrots insane conspiricy theory that the “Government was behind January 6” while he was head of the government as the President of the United States. More proof that Trump is Nuts and unfit to hold ANY position in Government.
Ted Cruz is just one example of how Republicans are LIARS
