From a Monday morning New York Times report written by Alan Feuer, “Trump has made no secret in private conversations with his aides of his desire to solve his jumble of legal problems by winning the election. If either of the two federal trials he is confronting is delayed until after the race and Mr. Trump prevails, he could seek to pardon himself after taking office or have his attorney general simply dismiss the matters altogether.And if he doesn't win in 432 days he'll probably submit quietly to the FBI and serve his time. Related:
Former President Trump told conservative media personality Glenn Beck he would prosecute his political enemies if elected president again.
“You said in 2016, you know, ‘Lock her up,'” Beck reminded Trump of his statements about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 during an appearance on his BlazeTV show Tuesday. “And then when you became president, you said, ‘We don’t do that in America. That’s just not the right thing to do.'” “That’s what they’re doing,” Beck continued, asking the former president, “Do you regret not locking her up? And if you’re president again, will you lock people up?” Trump, who dismissed the various charges he faces in Georgia, New York, Florida and Washington, D.C., said there is “no choice.” “Well, I’ll give you an example… The answer is you have no choice, because they’re doing it to us,” Trump said, adding that he “never hit Biden as hard as I could have.” “I always had such great respect for the office of the president and the presidency … And then I heard he was trying to indict me, and it was him that was doing it,” he said.
Climate Change Fortified Hurricane Idalia Set to Make Florida Even More Unlivable
The boiling waters of the Gulf of Mexico have added to Idalia's punch making it a category 4 storm expected to bringing 12 to 16 foot storm surge to a state already suffering under a Ron DeSantis Governorship.
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DEGOP Candidate Recruitment Sputters - Winner of Dem Governor Primary May Run Unopposed
While it is well known that the DEGOP is having problem raising money, Julianne Murray chaired DEGOP is also having significant problems raising candidates. While the DEGOP would typically have a collection of angry crackpots lined up to "take one for the team" and lose in each of the statewide races, this year the party's cupboards are bare.----------//----------
Delaware Superior Court dismisses pastors' religious freedom lawsuit against Gov. John Carney
Pastors, who claimed COVID-19 lockdowns violated Constitutional rights, will appeal to Delaware Supreme Court
By Joseph EdelenPosted 8/28/23
WILMINGTON — A lawsuit filed against Gov. John Carney that claimed he denied religious freedoms to...
Earlier, as he informed Chutkan that the defense plans to file motions to dismiss for each conspiracy charge in the case as quickly as possible, Lauro argued that the prosecution’s entire case is political and told Chutkan that the defense may allege that the charges were brought in “retaliation” for Trump and his allies’ attacks on and investigations into the President’s son, Hunter Biden.
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The Dollar General gunman WAS planning on shooting up Florida's oldest HBCU, but students saw him prepping for the attack and summoned a campus cop, and, well, he was a coward as well as a racist Oops.... What are the odds? While I was typing that another campus shooting took place:
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