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newsopinionsandviews , 21 days ago to random

CNN:
Biden apologizes to Zelensky over delay in passing Ukraine aid package

US President Joe Biden has apologized to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for the delay earlier this year in passing a new military aid package, which was held up by Republican opposition in Congress.

"...we’re not going to walk away from you,” Biden told the Ukrainian president.
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-07-24-intl/h_0fea414aad194ef82994f7eea92a9a1f

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newsopinionsandviews , 22 days ago to random

Raw Story:
'Major discrepancies': WaPo shreds Sam Alito's upside-down flag explanations

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's shifting explanations for why his properties flew controversial flags following the Capitol riots don't pass the smell test.
https://www.rawstory.com/samuel-alito-2668463794/

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newsopinionsandviews , 1 month ago to random

Glenn Kirschner:
Stormy Daniels testifies at Trump's criminal trial about details of intimate encounter with Trump

“What did...Trump's defense attorneys highlight by... arguing that Stormy Daniels' testimony was so bad, so harmful… ? they were highlighting the motive in the case, ...that Donald Trump really had a reason to make hush money payments... so it wouldn't hurt his chances of being elected in the 2016 presidential election.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EpSe5oA4dw

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newsopinionsandviews , 1 month ago to random

Raw Story:
'Trump did this': U.S. VP rages over Florida abortion ban

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday...

"Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state by state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who's to blame: former president Donald Trump did this," Harris said in a Jacksonville, Florida speech.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-did-this-u-s-vp-rages-over-florida-abortion-ban/

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newsopinionsandviews , 1 month ago to random

Raw Story:
Supreme Court denies Peter Navarro's request to be released from prison

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro will not be released from prison while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not take up Navarro's case.
https://www.rawstory.com/full-supreme-court-denies-peter-navarro-s-request-to-be-released-from-prison/

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

RS:
'Donald Trump is sick': Cop battered by rioters furious ex-president may escape justice

"It was pretty difficult listening to the Supreme Court justices debate this in the abstract, having experienced so much of the end result... firsthand," Fanone said.

"Listen...Trump... is a sick individual, and the idea that he would align himself with criminals who attacked and assaulted law enforcement officers who were only there doing their job, it's sick."
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-capitol-riot-2667885829/

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

Raw Story:
Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing

Trump's own niece, Mary Trump, had this to say about the news from Arizona:

"Good. Now indict the unindicted."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

Raw Story:
Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again

Now ahead of November's election, the Culinary Union, which represents 60,000 mainly Las Vegas-based hotel and casino workers, is preparing to mobilize its formidable network against Donald Trump for a third time.
https://www.rawstory.com/las-vegas-casino-unions-preparing-to-take-on-trump-again-2667834296/

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

ABC News:
Judge rejects Trump effort to pause Jan. 6 civil lawsuits while criminal case is ongoing

Trump had asked D.C. District Judge Amit Mehta to stay proceedings in the lawsuits -- brought by several members of Congress and police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 -- while his federal criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith was ongoing.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rejects-trump-effort-pause-jan-6-civil/story?id=109398069

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

TNR:
We May Finally Get to Write: “Convicted Felon Donald Trump”

The former president’s lawlessness has dodged many an obstacle over the years, but he’s facing a new challenge now: a jury of his peers.

The only real question here is why this took so long. It’s not as if it wasn’t obvious in 2015 that Trump had total contempt for the law. That was easy for all to see. How has he gotten away with it for this long?
https://newrepublic.com/article/180694/trump-hush-money-jury-trial

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

Raw Story:
Michael Flynn-linked anti-vaxxers try to seize control of Florida hospital: report

A group of conspiracy theorists associated with former President Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn is trying to seize control of a renowned public hospital in Sarasota, Florida through a local election.
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-flynn-2667720321/

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

MSNBC:
Judge Luttig on Trump’s mobster tactics: ‘Nobody in a position of responsibility has addressed it'

Judge Luttig:
“The Nation is witnessing the determined delegitimization of both its Federal and State judiciaries and the systematic dismantling of its system of justice and Rule of Law by a single man - The former President of the United States.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDOl3n8wz4E

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

MSNBC:
Liz Cheney urges the Supreme Court to stop aiding Donald Trump’s delay tactics

"I think it’s very important that the Supreme Court realizes, that what he's doing, is a delaying tactic...

It cannot be the case that a President of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power, and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial, and holding him to account before the next election."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMiPAjaVtU

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newsopinionsandviews , 2 months ago to random

TNR:
Trump’s Unbearable Temptation to Dump His Truth Social Stock

Would he really screw over MAGA investors to cover his gargantuan legal debts? Don’t bet against it.

How worthless an investment is Truth Social? Looking at what killjoys call “the fundamentals,” the platform’s monthly active users fell 51 percent in February compared to the previous year

DJT is what brokers call a “meme stock” and what the rest of us call a “sucker bet.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/180205/trump-dump-truth-social-stock-unbearable-temptation

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newsopinionsandviews , 3 months ago to random

Analogy: In the abstract, if the Supreme Court had to rule on the legality of a vehicle going STRAIGHT through a red light, they would flip it around and deliver a ruling on whether it’s legal to go through a green light!

They’re doing the same thing on the question of immunity. They’ve made it about “a President’s official acts”. That’s not in question here! This is about non-official acts, like insurrection!

What a cop-out!

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Raw Story:
'Crazy like a fox': Lawyer urges FBI to stop 'desperate' Trump from selling U.S. secrets

Speaking to Salon, he warned that intelligence agencies should monitor Trump and his inner circle to make sure he doesn't sell or give away the country's military secrets to a hostile foreign power or any other entity as a way to raise money to cover the massive civil judgments handed down against him.
https://www.rawstory.com/classified-docs-sell

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Daily Beast:
GOP’S Biden Impeachment Witness Told Feds He Got Stories from Russian Officials

Last week, Alexander Smirnov was charged for lying to the FBI. A new memo says he got his information from the Russian government.

“During his custodial interview on February 14, Smirnov admitted that officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story about [Hunter Biden],” the memo said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gops-biden-impeachment-witness-told-feds-he-got-stories-from-russian-officials?ref=home?ref=home

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

The Guardian:
Donald Trump ordered to pay over $350m in New York financial fraud case

Trump also banned from running any New York corporation or entity for three years...

Donald Trump, his eldest sons and associates have been ordered to pay over $350m by a New York judge who found them guilty of intentionally committing financial fraud over the course of a decade.

His sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr, were banned for two years.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/16/donald-trump-financial-fraud-case

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Reuters:
Trump's NATO comments draw scorn, White House calls them 'unhinged'

"America’s leadership on the world stage and support for our allies is critical to keeping the American people safe here at home," said Biden in a statement.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ... "Any attack on NATO will be met with a united and forceful response," ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/european-officials-criticize-trumps-nato-comments-2024-02-11/

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Glenn Kirschner:
Court rules Trump has NO immunity from prosecution; the Supreme Court should REFUSE TO REVIEW CASE

“The appellate court essentially used the very words of the Constitution, the language of the Constitution to reject Donald Trump's absurd notion that a president can't be prosecuted for crimes he commits while in office.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZWwwMcCy-Y

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Raw Story:
'John Roberts' worst nightmare': How Trump is putting SCOTUS in an impossible position

"I think the language is clear. I think the application is clear. The court should apply the 14th Amendment. I think it's highly unlikely they will because despite all the protestations about being originalists, ultimately, the court is a political body..."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-14th-amendment-john-roberts/

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newsopinionsandviews , 4 months ago to random

Raw Story:
'The jig might be up' as string of failures haunt GOP chances in 2024: columnist

Decisions by the House Republican leadership to kill a promising border bill and devote their time to pursuing impeachment proceedings that polling shows are opposed by the majority of Americans will come back to haunt them when voters go to the polls in November, a columinst warned Thursday.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-house-failures/

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newsopinionsandviews , 5 months ago to random

Raw Story:
'Dam is breaking': Mary Trump says her uncle is furious after finally facing consequences

"Donald is someone who has gone his entire life without facing consequences - and I believe he thinks he can get away with everything. Today, that changed. It was one of the first times Donald has been made to answer for his egregious behavior."
https://www.rawstory.com/mary-trump-uncle-consequences/

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