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- Biden calls Trump ‘unhinged’ and says ‘something snapped’ in former president after he lost 2020 electionwww.cnn.com Biden calls Trump ‘unhinged’ and says ‘something snapped’ in former president after he lost 2020 election | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden on Saturday called Donald Trump “clearly unhinged” and claimed that “something snapped” in the former president after he lost the 2020 election.
President Joe Biden on Saturday called Donald Trump “clearly unhinged” and claimed that “something snapped” in the former president after he lost the 2020 election.
“It’s clear that … when he lost in 2020, something snapped in him,” Biden told supporters in Seattle at a private fundraiser Saturday, according to reporters in the room. “He’s not only obsessed with losing in 2020, he’s clearly unhinged. Just listen to what he’s telling people.”
Even though Biden thinks the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is “unhinged,” he said he believes the November election will be “close.”
“We feel good about the state of the race, but we know the race is close,” Biden said, pointing to recent polls.
- Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’
We don't have a healthcare system in the US, we have an insurance racket.
- www.nytimes.com Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden
A new set of Times/Siena polls, including one with The Philadelphia Inquirer, reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.
- www.salon.com Michael Cohen: Melania Trump came up with idea to spin "Access Hollywood" tape as "locker room talk"
According to Cohen, Trump credited his wife with drafting the response to the "Access Hollywood" recording.
- Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’
> Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.
- www.theguardian.com How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US
Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ‘philosophical divisions on Israel’ among Democrats to sink Biden’s campaign
Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ‘philosophical divisions on Israel’ among Democrats to sink Biden’s campaign
Republicans have identified recent college protests against Israel’s war in Gaza as the core of an election campaign narrative of chaos that they hope can be used to sink Joe Biden’s presidency.
The approach was bluntly crystallised by Tom Cotton, the Republican senator Arkansas, in a recent television interview when he mocked the encampments that have sprung up in recent weeks as “little Gazas” and lambasted the president for a perceived failure to unequivocally denounce instances of antisemitism.
- time.com Democrats Ask Biden to Investigate Grocery Store Price-Fixing
“Congress has stalled out on doing work that it could do to help families lower costs," Sen. Warren tells TIME. "The President has the tools to fight back.”
- www.lgbtqnation.com Libs of TikTok and its dark influence on LGBTQ+ hate
A complete history of Libs of TikTok—one of the most infamous anti-LGBTQ+ social media accounts of all time.
- www.newsweek.com Donald Trump rally video shows mass "walking out" during speech
A video filmed during Donald Trump's New Jersey rally on Saturday has shown "thousands" of people leaving while the former president was still talking.
- abcnews.go.com Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in federal prison: Sources
Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in Miami federal prison, according to sources familiar with the situation.
- www.theguardian.com Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech
Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’
Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’
Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter “as a wonderful man” before segueing into comments disparaging people who have immigrated into the US without permission.
The former president’s remarks to political rally-goers in Wildwood, New Jersey, as he challenges Joe Biden’s re-election in November were a not-so-subtle rhetorical bridge exalting Anthony Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter in Silence of the Lambs as “late [and] great” while simultaneously condemning “people who are being released into our country that we don’t want”.
Trump delivered his address to an estimated crowd of about 80,000 supporters under the shadow of the Great White roller coaster in a 1950s-kitsch seaside resort 90 miles (144.8km) south of Philadelphia.
The occasion served for Trump to renew his stated admiration for Lecter, as he’s done before, after the actor Mads Mikkleson – who previously portrayed Lecter in a television series – once described Trump as “a fresh wind for some people”.
- Time is up for neoliberals | Democracy requires a new, progressive capitalism.
We care about freedom from hunger, unemployment and poverty — and, as FDR emphasized, freedom from fear. People with just enough to get by don’t have freedom — they do what they must to survive. And we need to focus on giving more people the freedom to live up to their potential, to flourish and to be creative. An agenda that would increase the number of children growing up in poverty or parents worrying about how they are going to pay for health care — necessary for the most basic freedom, the freedom to live — is not a freedom agenda.
Champions of the neoliberal order, moreover, too often fail to recognize that one person’s freedom is another’s unfreedom — or, as Isaiah Berlin put it, freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep. Freedom to carry a gun may mean death to those who are gunned down in the mass killings that have become an almost daily occurrence in the United States. Freedom not to be vaccinated or wear masks may mean others lose the freedom to live.
There are trade-offs, and trade-offs are the bread and butter of economics. The climate crisis shows that we have not gone far enough in regulating pollution; giving more freedom to corporations to pollute reduces the freedom of the rest of us to live a healthy life — and in the case of those with asthma, even the freedom to live. Freeing bankers from what they claimed to be excessively burdensome regulations put the rest of us at risk of a downturn potentially as bad as the Great Depression of the 1930s when the banking system imploded in 2008.
- www.newsweek.com Donald Trump's Crowd Size Raises Questions
The former president and his team claimed that more than 100,000 people attended his rally on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.
- www.theguardian.com ‘Strategic and moral mistakes’: US politicians step up condemnation of Israel
Democrat warns Hamas could become stronger if Israel wages all-out Rafah assault, while Blinken offers more measured comments
- www.nytimes.com Live Updates: Michael Cohen Says at Trial He Would Do ‘Whatever’ Trump Wanted
Mr. Cohen has said that the hush-money payment that is at the center of the criminal case against Donald J. Trump was paid at the former president’s request.
- GOP VP hopefuls in Congress burnish their credentials while currying favor with Trumptownflex.com GOP VP Hopefuls In Congress Burnish Their Credentials While Currying Favor With Trump
For House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, a vice presidential hopeful, they’re also an opportunity to get in front of a TV camera and shower
- www.nytimes.com Trump, Bashing Migrants, Likens Them to Hannibal Lecter, Movie Cannibal
Donald Trump, at his rally in New Jersey, used an extended riff about the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs” to demonize migrants at the border.
This is the language you use when preparing your audience to commit mass murder
- www.cbsnews.com Gov. Kristi Noem banished by 2 more South Dakota tribes, now banned from nearly 20% of her state
Six tribes have banned South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem over comments she made about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels.
- www.nbcnews.com Trump, gun owners and Jan. 6 rioters: Tough-on-crime Justice Alito displays empathy for some criminal defendants
In recent Supreme Court arguments, the former prosecutor has asked skeptical questions about criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, Jan. 6 defendants and gun owners.
- www.newsweek.com Aileen Cannon overseeing Trump case is "governmental insanity"—Attorney
Glenn Kirschner said that the judge "is single-handedly depriving the American people of our right to a fair and timely trial of Donald Trump."
Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case, "represents a special kind of governmental insanity," attorney and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said on Saturday.
Trump is facing dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally keeping classified documents that he took with him after he left the White House in 2021 at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and then obstructing the government's efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied wrongdoing.
Cannon, who was appointed by Trump in 2020, postponed the May 20 trial indefinitely on Tuesday.
In a five-page order, Cannon wrote that it would be "imprudent" to finalize the new trial date due to a "myriad and interconnected pre-trial" issues remaining.
In a Saturday YouTube video on his channel in which he discussed the trial's postponement, Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney and frequent critic of the former president, said that "Judge Aileen Cannon is single-handedly depriving the American people of our right to a fair and timely trial of Donald Trump on those most dangerous criminal offenses he committed...That represents a special kind of governmental insanity." In response to Cannon's move, he urged viewers to "roll up our sleeves and we can fill out and submit a judicial misconduct complaint form."
- www.cnn.com Schools are bracing for widespread teacher layoffs. Here’s why | CNN Politics
Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12 education.
- edition.cnn.com Gold bars, basement carpeting and more. Here’s what prosecutors say bought off a US senator | CNN Politics
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces his second, distinct bribery and corruption trial in seven years starting Monday.
- www.nytimes.com Will You Accept the Election Results? Republicans Dodge the Question.
Leading Republicans have refused to say flatly that they will accept the outcome of the presidential election if Donald Trump loses.
- www.arktrek.shop CIA Chief officer ready to share Intel of Hamas top leaders to mossad
To Halt Rafah Invasion, CIA Chief Offers Israel Intel On Hamas LeaderThe United States has been pushing the Israeli leadership against a full-scale ground invasion in Rafah.The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief, William Burns, has reportedly offered intelligence on Hamas military leader Yahya ...
- www.arktrek.shop UK will become dangerous under Keir Starmer, Says Rishi Sunak: vows to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
• • Rishi Sunak's recent statements have underscored a contentious narrative, suggesting that under Keir Starmer's leadership, the safety of the United Kingdom might be compromised. Sunak, in a calculated pre-election maneuver, outlined his stance during a comprehensive speech, covering an array of...
- www.theguardian.com French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron
A French official said there is no record of a scheduled meeting with the South Dakota governor – nor had they invited her
- Senator Katie Britt is back at it, pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal databasewww.salon.com Katie Britt is back at it, pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal database
The More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act (MOMS Act) would offer “relevant resources” for pregnant women
- www.nytimes.com Gov. Jim Justice Faces Heavy Business Debts as He Seeks Senate Seat
The Justice companies have long had a reputation for not paying their debts. But that may be catching up to them.
This kind of debt likely means that he's for sale, which is not great when it comes to public officials
- Georgia Republicans boot vice chairman after ruling he voted illegally
Judge found Brian K. Pritchard voted nine times while serving a felony sentence
- The US planned to install thousands of EV chargers. Only 7 have been built. - The Washington Post
https://web.archive.org/web/20240512030617/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollout/
- www.arktrek.shop Indonesia in Crisis: 41 Dead and 17 still missing, Search Continues After Devastating Floods and Volcanic Mudflows
Indonesia Reels from Deadly Flash Floods and Volcanic MudflowsHeavy rains lashing western Indonesia over the weekend triggered devastating flash floods and lahars (cold lava flows) from Mount Marapi, the region's most active volcano. The confirmed death toll has climbed to 41, with search and rescue...
- www.thedailybeast.com Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Come Out for Biden After Getting ‘Burned’ With 2020 Endorsement
The hip-hop radio juggernaut criticized both Democrats and Republicans—as well as their respective presumptive candidates—but said he still plans to vote “to preserve democracy.”
- apnews.com Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial
Michael Cohen is the most central witness for prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
- www.motherjones.com Moms for Liberty accuses schools of antisemitism. The irony is rich.
Last year, a chapter leader quoted Hitler in a newsletter to members and the group has appeared at events with the Proud Boys.
- www.vox.com America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts
For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked.
- More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don'tapnews.com More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day — but most still don't
More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns.