• The Ugly Origins of Trump’s “America First” Policy

    People’s choice of words can be revealing. That’s certainly the case with respect to one of Donald Trump’s favorite slogans, “America First.” In April 2016, Trump initially used the term in a campaign speech, proclaiming that “America First” would be “the major and overriding theme of my administration.” The following year, in his inaugural address, More

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    Asked about foreign bond money, Trump’s lawyer fails to reassure

    Donald Trump has faced financial difficulties throughout his adult life. In May 2019, The New York Times shined a light on the Republican’s finances from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, when the future president went from one failed venture to another, losing money at an extraordinary pace. At one point, the report noted, Trump “appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer.” That said, conditions now are significantly worse. In fact, in the wake of a $464...

  • Trump says he’s 'allowed' to accept foreign money to pay legal fines

    Donald Trump had several different reactions to questions about money on Monday after a five-judge appeals court panel slashed the amount he needs to post bond.Asked if he if has ever accepted foreign money for legal fines or bills, Trump meandered, saying the thinks he is allowed to, before insisting that he doesn’t need to and never did.“Did you ever accept money from a foreign government to pay the bond, or your fines, or any of your legal bills?” CNN’s Kate Sullivan asked the indicted...

  • The Racist-Fascist-Imperialist — or ‘nazi’ — Network That Enforces U.S. Foreign Policies

    Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On March 16th, I emailed to the editor at Strategic-Culture.org a message that when I tried to see their https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/06/01/new-generation-of-us-trained-extremists-fighting-russia-are-we-prepared-for-blowback/, I got a notification that, “This site can’t be reached. Check if there is a typo in www.strategic-culture.org.” This sort of thing (and similar lies falsely ‘explaining’ why the given […]

  • Trump criticizes Biden’s Israel policy, says president ‘dumped’ Netanyahu

    Former President Trump criticized President Biden for his Israel policy in an interview set to air Sunday. “And all of a sudden, he dumped Israel, that’s what he’s doing, he dumped Israel,” Trump said in reference to Biden on Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” with host Howard Kurtz. "He just said, essentially, that Bibi Netanyahu should take

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    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the discovery issues that led to the delay of the trial on charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney related to hush money payments until at least the middle of next month. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business...

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    Trump’s hush money trial was set to begin Monday. Here’s what’s happening instead

    By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s first criminal trial was supposed to begin Monday. Instead, his lawyers will get the chance to argue for a lengthy postponement and even a dismissal of the charges. Judge Juan Merchan is holding a pre-trial hearing in New York on Monday to discuss the

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    DWAC stock jumps 35% on Trump’s reduced bond, post-merger ticker news

    A potential windfall from selling shares could help pay for Trump's legal bills and his damage judgments of over $500 million in three separate cases.

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    S Jaishankar on India's historical foreign policy: Patel warned Nehru against China, it was a 'bubble' | Mint

    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on March 20 called former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy stance towards China a "bubble". Speaking at the News18 'Rising Bharat Summit 2024', Jaishankar was critical of early India's foreign policy direction under then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru."This is a bubble we have created. In the earlier years, it was very much a Nehruvian ideological bubble. Nehru was against America, so everybody was against America. Nehru says China is a...

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    JJ’s That’s Trending: Trump Trial to Begin, Kevin Hart Honored, Wendy’s By Drone and More

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Here are today’s 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 1. A terrifying scene in Baltimore like something out of a movie. A ship struck the Francis

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    'She’s green': How Judge Cannon’s inexperience is affecting Trump’s classified documents case

    Former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg joins The Weekend to discuss how Judge Aileen Cannon's lack of experience is impacting Trump's classified documents case.

  • Trump’s Reduced Bond Doesn’t Make Letitia James’ Election-Meddling Lawfare Any Less Scandalous

    The Appellate Division in Manhattan on Monday gave Trump 10 days to post a bond in the still-exorbitant amount of $175 million.