Trump spews xenophobic conspiracy at Bronx rally that China is building migrant sleeper cell army: Latest updates

Joe Sommerlad has the total story:

On the Libertarian Nationwide Conference right this moment in Washington, DC, impartial presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr stated of Donald Trump’s report on civil liberties: “With lockdowns, the masks mandates, the journey restrictions, President Trump presided over the best restriction on particular person liberties this nation has ever identified.”

Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, have despatched a letter to Supreme Court docket Chief Justice John Roberts imploring him to take acceptable steps to make sure Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from instances regarding the 2020 election and the January sixth rebellion.

The senators’ letter comes on the heels of two experiences from The New York Instances that Justice Alito flew at two separate residences MAGA battle flags that have been carried by insurrectionists on the Capitol on January sixth.

“By displaying the upside-down and ‘Attraction to Heaven’ flags exterior his houses, Justice Alito actively engaged in political exercise, did not keep away from the looks of impropriety, and did not act in a way that promotes public confidence within the impartiality of the judiciary. He additionally created affordable doubt about his impartiality and his means to pretty discharge his duties in instances associated to the 2020 presidential election and January sixth assault on the Capitol. His recusal in these issues is each needed and required,” wrote Whitehouse and Durbin.

The senators’ letter repeated their name for Justice Roberts to implement an enforceable code of conduct on the courtroom and requested a gathering with him to debate the Supreme Court docket’s worsening ethics disaster.

Right here’s our earlier reporting on the flag incidents at Justice Alito’s houses:

Jurors will get the case within the coming days after listening to closing arguments from either side on Tuesday.

So what’s going to they be as they weigh the decision and resolve whether or not to make historical past and convict a former US president on prison prices?

The Impartial speaks to authorized specialists to search out out:

Former White Home press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stated throughout a Fox Information panel right this moment that Donald Trump doesn’t assault Joe Biden’s voters and he or she has by no means seen examples of it.

Evidently, there have been examples available:

It hasn’t even been rolled out but, however Donald Trump is livid about congestion pricing being carried out in Manhattan south of sixtieth St.

He wrote on Reality Social:

“Congestion Pricing” is a catastrophe for NYC. I finished it for years on the Federal degree, however Crooked Joe railroaded it by way of. An enormous enterprise killer and tax on New Yorkers, and anybody going into Manhattan. I’ll TERMINATE Congestion Pricing in my FIRST WEEK again in Workplace!!! Manhattan is on the lookout for enterprise, not trying to kill enterprise!

Trump Tower lies three blocks inside the approaching congestion cost zone.

An more and more giant proportion of voters in key swing states say they’re assured in Vice President Kamala Harris’ means to function president if President Joe Biden is unable to serve out his time period for any purpose, doubtlessly neutralizing a Republican assault line over Mr Biden’s age.

Based on a ballot commissioned by Bloomberg Information and carried out by Morning Seek the advice of earlier this month, almost half of swing state voters — 48 per cent — now belief Ms Harris to take over the presidency in Mr Biden’s stead.

The survey outcomes on that subject are probably the most constructive set of responses for Ms Harris since voters have been first requested about their confidence in her final October.

THIS WAS A BIG, IMPORTANT, AND EVEN STARTLING EVENT, AND YET MUCH OF THE LAMESTREAM NETWORK MEDIA REFUSED TO COVER IT. Gee, I’m wondering why???

Besides that everybody did, from cable information to native information, from print to online-only media shops… 🤔

He then considerably undermined his level by posting an article from Proper Facet Broadcasting Community that opens with the road: “President Donald J. Trump held a significant rally within the South Bronx that blew expectations out of the water and fully dominated media protection.”

Whereas RSBN wildly claimed that 25,000 individuals attended the occasion (and others claimed extra), the allow was for simply 3,500 individuals and aerial pictures of the location present a comparatively small crowd as Trump spoke on stage.

As his prison hush cash trial attracts to a conclusion, Donald Trump has but once more taken to Reality Social to lash out at Choose Juan Merchan.

The previous president wrote:

Corrupt, Deeply Conflicted, Democrat Appointed Performing Choose Juan Merchan is doing all he can to even additional RIG the Manhattan Sham “Trial.” He’s denying me the chance to placed on a Extremely Revered Election Legislation Knowledgeable who will say, as soon as once more, that THERE WAS NO CRIME. This Choose, whose conflicts are fully disqualifying, isn’t even requiring a unanimous determination by the jury on key parts of this Legal Hoax, which is UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNAMERICAN. The entire Case ought to be ENDED IMMEDIATELY, and all the fees THROWN OUT, as a result of all the pieces was finished proper, with Authorized Bills being reported as Authorized Bills! The Choose CANNOT be allowed to do additional harm to Justice in New York and our Nation, and each Authorized Scholar and Knowledgeable agrees with this. The entire Sham is a disgusting Political Witch Hunt by Crooked Joe Biden’s White Home. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!

He doesn’t sound assured in how the jury would possibly see issues…