Biden warns Trump and ‘MAGA forces’ want to strip Americans of their rights
A Florida court has released a full list of what was found at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate during the FBI search last month.
Included in the trove of documents found at the former president’s home were more than 100 classified documents, over 10,000 documents by law the property of the US government, and mysteriously 90 empty folders that once held extremely sensitive documents. These were intermingled with photos, press clippings, and magazines.
Meanwhile, a new filing from his legal team failed to clarify objections to the search. Mr Trump’s lawyers are also seeking the appointment of a special master to review the seized documents, which is still under consideration by a judge.
Last night, Mr Trump angrily accused Joe Biden of being insane or having late-stage dementia following the president’s fiery denunciation of MAGA Republicans in a landmark address in Philadelphia.
Themed as saving the “soul of the nation”, it called out the former president and his allies as an anti-democratic force against law and order. Underlining the point, Mr Trump earlier told a radio show he would consider granting full pardons to January 6 rioters if he runs and wins the 2024 presidential election.
Biden says support for violence – not voting for Trump – is ‘threat to democracy’
President Joe Biden on Friday shot down criticism from Republican pundits over his condemnation of the way many of former president Donald Trump’s allies have embraced violence as a means to their political ends.
The president was speaking in the White House’s South Court Auditorium regarding the success of the American Rescue Plan Covid relief package when a reporter questioned him about comments he’d made on Thursday during a primetime speech from Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
Andrew Feinberg reports for The Independent.
Biden says support for violence — not voting for Trump — is ‘threat to democracy’
Biden says his remarks on Thursday were directed at supporters of violence and overturning elections, not at those who simply voted for his opponent
Oliver O’Connell3 September 2022 01:00
Five takeaways from Biden’s primetime speech
Joe Biden pulled zero punches on Thursday evening as he condemned Donald Trump and his grip over the Republican Party in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.
The president spoke on a warm summer evening as drama over an FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago continues to unfold and the stability of America’s rule of law seems more fragile than ever. Polling indicates that the feeling of uncertainty about the future is widespread: as many as four in 10 Americans say civil war is possible in the coming years, a shocking number.
The address on Thursday echoed many of the same warnings Mr Biden made earlier this year on the 12-month anniversary of the Jan 6 attack on Congress, a major but not the first sign of America’s worsening political fractures. Violence between the right and the left has been escalating for years, and was evident as early as 2017 when far-right rally attendees including white nationalists attacked counter-protesters in Charlottesville, killing one person.
There were many unique points in Mr Biden’s speech on Thursday as the president made his most aggressive case yet that Donald Trump and his allies’ continued efforts to sow distrust in America’s election systems represents a clear threat to the future of US democracy.
Here are a few notable points to think about after the president’s address to the nation:
Democracy or violence: Five key takeaways from Biden’s primetime speech
In primetime address, President Biden makes his clearest case against Trump
Oliver O’Connell3 September 2022 00:00
Donald Trump picked a fight with the National Archives. It may be the end of him
The National Archives is responsible for collecting, cataloguing and storing all federal government records. It takes its job very seriously, reports Richard Hall.
Trump is learning an important lesson in the hard way: Don’t mess with librarians
The National Archives is responsible for collecting, cataloguing and storing all federal government records. It takes its job very seriously, reports Richard Hall
Graeme Massie2 September 2022 23:44
Wisconsin GOP candidate calls for ‘pitchforks and torches’
The Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin endorsed by Donald Trump is calling for people to take up “pitchforks and torches” in reaction to a story that detailed his giving to anti-abortion groups, churches and others — rhetoric that Democrats say amounts to threatening violence.
Wisconsin GOP candidate calls for ‘pitchforks and torches’
The Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin endorsed by Donald Trump is calling for people to take up “pitchforks and torches” in reaction to a story that detailed his giving to anti-abortion groups and others
Graeme Massie2 September 2022 23:33
Bill Barr tears apart Trump’s secret papers defence on Fox News saying Justice Department was being ‘jerked around’
Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Bill Barr tore apart the one-term president’s defence of having secret papers at his home during an appearance on Fox News.
Mr Barr defended the FBI’s raid of Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and said that his former boss had been “jerking around” the Justice Department.
Bill Barr tears apart Trump’s secret papers defence on Fox News
Former Attorney General defended FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago
Graeme Massie2 September 2022 23:07
MAGA Republican candidate’s ex claims she threatened to crash car to kill him and their daughters
The former husband of MAGA–Republican Michigan secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo claims she threatened to crash her car — with intent to kill him and their two children — after he asked for a divorce, court filings suggest.
Jezebel obtained copies of the court documents in which Ms Karamo’s ex-husband, Adom Karamo, said she threatened to kill him and their young daughters over a divorce dispute.
Graig Graziosi reports.
GOP candidate’s ex-husband claims she threatened to crash car to kill family
Kristina Karamo’s husband claims she spent time being evaluated in a mental healthcare facility after she made the threats
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 22:40
Trump spokesperson says FBI search was “smash and grab”
Taylor Budowich, director of communications for Save America and Donald Trump, claims that the detailed inventory of what the FBI uncovered during their court-approved search of Mar-a-Lago proves it was a “smash and grab” operation.
He tweeted: “The new “detailed” inventory list only further proves that this unprecedented and unnecessary raid of President Trump’s home was not some surgical, confined search and retrieval that the Biden administration claims, it was a SMASH AND GRAB.”
Mr Budowich added: “These document disputes should be resolved under the Presidential Records Act, which requires cooperation and negotiation by NARA, not an armed FBI raid.”
Pushing back on the notion that the operation was a “smash and grab”, Politico notes that the search warrant “specifically contemplated seizing items found alongside classified documents”.
Further: “The government indicated in filings earlier this week that the placement of classified materials among personal items were part of the potential evidence of a crime.”
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 22:10
Biden poll numbers above Trump, Reagan, Clinton at same point in presidency
Bloomberg Opinion writer Conor Sen has taken a look at where Joe Biden’s current opinion ratings stand in comparison to other presidents at this point in their first (or only) term.
Using FiveThirtyEight’s data, Mr Biden is currently rated higher than presidents Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, and level with Jimmy Carter.
Mr Sen points out that the Mr Biden’s numbers are pretty typical for a post-Watergate president.
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 21:40
Devin Nunes begs Google to approve Truth Social for Android devices
Former US Representative and current Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes is pleading with Google to reverse its decision to block Donald Trump‘s personal social media platform back onto its app store.
Google made the decision to block the app from its store after it determined that content moderation on the Twitter-clone social media app was not meeting the necessary minimum standards to be included in the marketplace.
Graig Graziosi has the story.
Devin Nunes begs Google to approve Trump’s social media platform for Android devices
Truth Social notably uses AI moderation in place of a human-powered review system
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 21:10
Biden: Support for violence – not voting for Trump – is ‘threat to democracy’
President Joe Biden on Friday shot down criticism from Republican pundits over his condemnation of the way many of former president Donald Trump’s allies have embraced violence as a means to their political ends.
The president was speaking in the White House’s South Court Auditorium regarding the success of the American Rescue Plan Covid relief package when a reporter questioned him about comments he’d made on Thursday during a primetime speech from Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.
Andrew Feinberg reports for The Independent.
Biden says support for violence — not voting for Trump — is ‘threat to democracy’
Mr Biden says his remarks on Thursday were directed at supporters of violence and overturning elections, not at those who simply voted for his opponent
Oliver O’Connell2 September 2022 20:40
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