Новости за 28.11.2020

President Donald Trump took a break from his Camp David vacation on Saturday for a day of golf at his private, Virginia country club. It was Trump’s third day in a row golfing and the 307th day of his presidency spent at a golf course. He was accompanied by Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump. […]

On CNN Saturday, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig assessed the mounting failures in President Donald Trump’s legal efforts to challenge the result of the 2020 election. “I’m laughing because they keep trying, and the results this week somehow went from horrible to somehow even worse,” said Honig. “The big case now is … Rudy Giuliani’s […]

Republican National Committee head Ronna Romney McDaniel had a rough day on Saturday after speaking before Georgia GOP voters unhappy with their state and imploring them to vote for Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in January’s runoff for two key Senate seats. It got worse when she tried to celebrate picking up 13 seats […]

On Saturday, Forbes released an interview with Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), in which the outgoing lawmaker offered blistering criticism of his party’s extremism and attacks on democracy. Riggleman, a one-term lawmaker who was denied re-nomination in Virginia due in part to officiating a same-sex wedding, blasted President Donald Trump’s legal challenges to the election, and […]

President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor is urging him to launch a pre-emptive military attack on Iran. Ambassador John Bolton called for a strike one day after Trump tweeted approvingly about the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran. Bolton, a neoconservative who is known as a war hawk, accused Iran seeking nuclear […]

On Saturday, Fox News reported that several House Republicans are introducing a resolution seeking to censure Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) for calling for President Donald Trump’s attorney and ally Rudy Giuliani to be disbarred. The resolution is being sponsored by Reps. Andy Biggs and Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Warren Davidson (R-OH), and Randy […]

Can a scorned President Donald Trump be trusted with the United States’ national secrets after leaving office next year? It’s a question floating around as the embattled president wages war on not only the Democratic Party but also certain aspects of his own party. Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer David Priess and other former […]

On CNN Saturday, following Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania election suit being dismissed in a scathing opinion by a federal judge he had appointed, former federal prosecutor Shan Wu broke down the significance of the latest developments. “I think this judge was just the latest in a series of judges fed up with the Trump team’s weak […]

News from Page Six that first lady Melania Trump is planning on writing a memoir about her time in the White House set off an all too predictable flood of title suggestions on social media that were equal parts brutal and hilarious. According to Page Six, the first lady is planning to write the book […]

On Saturday, writing for The Intercept, Murtaza Hussain broke down how former President Barack Obama’s new book connects the dots directly between the racist “birther” conspiracy theories surrounding his presidency, and the rise of the political movement surrounding Donald Trump. “Obama does not spend much time directly discussing his experience of race while in office, […]

Less than a week before the 2020 election, I interviewed a number of psychologists who speculated that if President Donald Trump lost to former Vice President Joe Biden, his narcissism might cause him to lash out by deliberately tanking the economy. Now it seems like that prediction might have been correct — although the reasons may […]

The alliance between anti-vaxxers and QAnon followers is rapidly increasing as they continue their efforts to spread massive amounts of disturbing misinformation amid the pandemic. One glaring example centers around one incident that occurred last week. Facebook opted to nix a massive anti-vaccination propaganda group with more than 200,000 members last week. However, the group […]

Two comedians Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler (aka “The Good Liars”) purchased DonaldJTrump2024.com and set it up to mock President Trump for refusing to concede the election, planning a 2024 re-run, and ripping off his followers. The site, which looks almost identical to Trump’s actual website, DonaldJTrump.com, calls Trump a “loser” six times and has a fictional quote from […]

On Saturday’s edition of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) warned that President Donald Trump is “suffocating” the GOP in the wake of his defeat in the 2020 election — beginning with the twin Senate runoff races in Georgia. “For these two Georgia candidates … usually you want the guy who won the […]

According to a report from Page Six, outgoing first lady Melania Trump is giving serious consideration to writing a memoir allowing her to make money on her own. The wife of Donald Trump has been one of the most reticent of first ladies, infrequently making public statements — often only brief comments in support of […]

On CNN Saturday, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Patricia Murphy broke down how President Donald Trump’s attacks on the integrity of the election system in Georgia stands to undermine the GOP’s efforts to turn out voters for the Senate runoffs in January. “Does it appear that we’re headed for a repeat [of November], insofar as there’s going […]

President Donald Trump’s campaign continues to come up short in its post-election legal battle, observers are mulling over ways to go after the president, his campaign, and Republican Party’s efforts to suppress votes. In an editorial published by The Bulwark, Section 1985(3) of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 is being highlighted as a […]

As President Donald Trump leaves office in January 2021, he could be faced with a barrage of criminal investigations into his personal and business finances. But could Trump avoid the possibility of jail time by using his presidential powers before leaving office? There are debates about how that could play out. Although it would be […]

On Saturday, NPR reported that Georgia Republicans are worried that their own party’s attack on the election process in the state — including by Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — could undermine their chances of holding those Senate seats in the runoff, and by extension, the GOP’s majority in the chamber going into the […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast, the former CEO of Overstock.com is conducting a media blitz saying he is backing a group of hackers and what he called an “army of various odd people” who he states will be able to prove that President-elect Joe Biden stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald […]

Outgoing President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have used the last four years to build a right-wing pipeline into the federal court system, confirming hundreds of like-minded judges at every level — and while at least some of these judges have upheld the rule of law, the net impact has been […]

More than 80 million Americans helped the country dodge the bullet of a potential second Trump term, but has one Trump presidency been enough of a lesson for the American people? An editorial published by USA Today stresses the importance of remaining vigilant even during the post-Trump era. He warned that the American people must […]

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) made a strong case that Donald Trump is not to be trusted with foreign intelligence beyond his presidency, because he is dangerous and would only use it for personal gain to the detriment of the country. With MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian explaining it is customary for […]

Appearing on MSNBC early Saturday morning, a Democratic and a Republican strategist took turns hammering Donald Trump for continuing to complain about losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, with one saying the president is having a “hissy fit” and the other calling the current president a “crybaby.” Speaking with host Kendis Gibson, Joel […]

He could have spent $8 million to have Wisconsin perform a recount of the entire state but President Donald Trump opted to spend less and target two heavily-Democratic counties. The results from Milwaukee County are in: Biden picks up another 132 votes. Trump – or rather, the Trump campaign – just spent a little less […]