When Donald Trump was campaigning he often said the mob takes the fifth and if you're innocent you don't plead the fifth. Donald Trump has now pleaded the fifth. Mediaite: Former President Donald Trump is being deposed by the New York Attorney General’s office Wednesday, and posted a long rambling statement on his Truth Social account saying that he pled the Fifth … [Read more...] about TRUMP MAKES HISTORY (AGAIN): FIRST PRESIDENT TO PLEAD THE 5TH
Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago
Palm Beach police officers stand near the Florida home of former President Donald Trump on Aug. 8, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the … [Read more...] about Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago
How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians
The gate to former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 8, 2022. Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images Shannon Bow O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, on Aug. 8, 2022, has sparked a vigorous outcry from … [Read more...] about How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians
MAR-A-LAGO RAIDED (CARTOON)
The FBI has raided Mar-a-Lago. We learned this from Trump himself who made a very whiny post about it on his joke of a social media platform, Truth Social. He’s partly upset the FBI didn’t give him, a guy with a habit of flushing evidence, advance notice of their raid. This is big news and it’s unprecedented for a president’s home to be raided by the FBI. But everything … [Read more...] about MAR-A-LAGO RAIDED (CARTOON)
If Trump is convicted of destruction of documents he is barred from the presidency: legal experts
Published by Raw StoryBy Sarah K. Burris Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman and Democratic elections lawyer Marc Elias both noted that if the reports are true that the decisions behind the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago has to do with the documents he took from the White House, it would be a crime that, if he was convicted, could bar the former president from ever holding office … [Read more...] about If Trump is convicted of destruction of documents he is barred from the presidency: legal experts
Explainer-Trump says FBI is raiding his Florida estate. What legal woes does he face?
Published by ReutersBy Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Law enforcement officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Trump's claims. The focus of the investigation was not immediately clear. Here is a look at some of the probes and lawsuits that Trump … [Read more...] about Explainer-Trump says FBI is raiding his Florida estate. What legal woes does he face?
Trump says FBI raided his Florida home, broke into his safe
Published by ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, coming amid a U.S. Justice Department investigation of Trump's removal of official presidential records to the Palm Beach, Florida, club. The Justice Department declined to comment on the raid, which Trump in a statement … [Read more...] about Trump says FBI raided his Florida home, broke into his safe
AXIOS FLUSH WITH SUCCESS: RUNS ALLEGED PHOTOS OF TRUMP’S TOILET PAPERS
The popular website Axios is now flush with success after running a big scoop: exclusive photos allegedly showing Donald Trump's toilet papers. The pix show ripped up documents -- one of them in what looks like Trump's distinctive writing-- on the bottom of two toilet bowls. The New York Times' Maggie Haberman's book Confidence Man is set to come out in October and it'll … [Read more...] about AXIOS FLUSH WITH SUCCESS: RUNS ALLEGED PHOTOS OF TRUMP’S TOILET PAPERS
Where I was when Nixon resigned 48 years ago on August 8, 1974
Richard Nixon resigned amid Watergate scandal 48 years ago on August 8, 1974. I was asleep and awakened by someone who summed up the day in one sentence. What I experienced that day started in India in 1973 when I began writing as the officially accredited Special Correspondent (paid by the piece) for the now defunct Chicago Daily News and self-syndicating my stories to … [Read more...] about Where I was when Nixon resigned 48 years ago on August 8, 1974
America Needs More Immigrants
If America is going to continue to be an economic colossus, we need more workers. The “great resignation,” Covid retirements and low birth rates have all contributed to a need to fill open jobs. That can only be accomplished by increasing immigration. Throughout American history, immigrants have always played a large role in America's workforce. Population growth has been … [Read more...] about America Needs More Immigrants
OTD: Nixon resigns
At 9:01 pm, Eastern, 08 August 1974, President Richard M. Nixon began his last television address. He was the first, and at this time only, American president to resign. I remember that hot August evening clearly. I was sitting outside drinking a beer with my daddy, listening to a radio in the dark. We were tuned in because it was damn important. I had started following … [Read more...] about OTD: Nixon resigns
U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs
Published by ReutersBy Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes on Sunday, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats hope will aid their chances of keeping control of Congress in this year's elections. … [Read more...] about U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs
Millions impacted: Republicans block cap on insulin prices
Yet another sign of how scoring political points is more important to some politicians than enacting policies that can help people or save lives. It has long been clear that "compassionate conservatism" is dead and here is definitive proof. Republicans have blocked a cap on insulin prices that Democrats were trying to put into their mammoth reconciliation … [Read more...] about Millions impacted: Republicans block cap on insulin prices
Analysis-U.S. Senate Democrats’ bill will make mark on climate, healthcare costs
Published by ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $430 billion climate change, healthcare and tax bill the U.S. Senate began debating on Saturday night could deliver a major win for Democrats and could help reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change while also cutting costs for the elderly. Democrats hope the bill, which they aim to push through the … [Read more...] about Analysis-U.S. Senate Democrats’ bill will make mark on climate, healthcare costs
Trump rambles for 108 minutes in CPAC speech filled with ‘unapologetic fascism’: report
Published by Raw StoryBy Bob Brigham Former President Donald Trump spoke for nearly two hours in his closing address at the CPAC summit in Dallas. In Trump's view, America has been destroyed in the 18 months since he left office, with out-of-control crime, inflation, and oddly enough unemployment, which Trump estimates to be three times the official number. Trump took the stage … [Read more...] about Trump rambles for 108 minutes in CPAC speech filled with ‘unapologetic fascism’: report
OTD: The US drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
After orchestrating the world’s first nuclear explosion on 16 July 1945, the United States became "the first and only nation" to use a nuclear weapon during war. On 06 August 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a nuclear bomb (“Little Boy”) on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the US bombed Nagasaki (“Fat Man"). The emperor of Japan forced the military to … [Read more...] about OTD: The US drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima
Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies
Published by NJ.comBy JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax orchestrated by the government in order to tighten U.S. gun laws. The … [Read more...] about Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies
WOULD YOU BUY A PRE-OWNED CAR FROM THEM?
by Don Hermann “Trust” is such an important part of today's conversation. With the primaries and the election upon us, “Trust” seems to be an essential ingredient in what we're looking for in our preferred candidate. Here's a list of people who have been in the news on a regular basis. They represent a variety of disciplines from politicians to business people to … [Read more...] about WOULD YOU BUY A PRE-OWNED CAR FROM THEM?
U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate fall 3.5%
Published by ReutersBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in July, with the unemployment rate falling to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5%, providing the strongest evidence yet that the economy was not in recession. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 528,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said in its closely watched employment … [Read more...] about U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate fall 3.5%
OTD: the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable
Ten years after Samuel Morse uttered "what hath God wrought?", the United States boasted more than 20,000 miles of telegraph cable. But communication with Europe remained slow, taking as much as two weeks by ship. In 1854, Cyrus West Field "secured a charter" to lay a trans-Atlantic cable. The New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company held "a 99-year right to … [Read more...] about OTD: the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable