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Trump's 'bilious tantrum' at Mar-a-Lago shows his 'political potency is fading at a rapid rate': columnist
April 12, 2021
Former President Donald Trump went off on an angry rant about Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Republicans over the weekend, and The Week columnist Damon Linker argues that it shows Trump is looking more impotent than ever.
In his latest column, Linker writes that Trump's "political potency is fading at a remarkably rapid rate," as evidenced by the fact that he is still obsessed with relitigating the 2020 presidential election that he lost decisively to President Joe Biden.
<p>The former president's decision to focus on personal grudges at his big Mar-a-Lago speech made him look like "a pathetic, weak, and comical figure," writes Linker, who describes Trump's lengthy off-script rant as a "bilious temper tantrum."</p><p>In fact, Linker believes that Trump's fixation on last year's election is so self-defeating that even some longtime Trump loyalists might feel deflated by it.</p><p>"Either Trump is the sorest loser in the history of American democracy -- the Big Baby his critics always claimed he was -- or else he really did win in a landslide and yet nonetheless allowed himself to be deposed and banished to South Florida while Joe Biden effortlessly took over the White House in a coup," he writes. "Either way, he looks very small indeed."</p><p><a href="https://theweek.com/articles/976786/trump-finally-jumps-shark" target="_blank">Read the whole column here</a>.</p>
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'This is their blood': Civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump fights for George Floyd's family
April 12, 2021
By Makini Brice (Reuters) -As the world follows the often-emotional testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd, members of Floyd's family watch a live feed in a separate room in the courthouse. Frequently by their side is civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, who heads the family's legal team. Floyd and his brothers often slept in the same bed as children, with Floyd playing the role of protector, Crump says. "For us, it's a case. It's a cause. It's a hashtag," Crump told Reuters. "For them ... it's their family. This is their...
Questions raised after OAN personality raises $150,000 for Trump ballot audit in Arizona
April 12, 2021
According to a report from 12News/NBC, questions are being raised about $150,000 reportedly raised by a One America News personality that is supposed to go toward an audit of ballots in Arizona despite the fact that the audit is already funded.
That audit, approved by Arizona Republicans, is being undertaken in an effort to prove -- in part -- that Donald Trump lost his re-election bid due to voter fraud -- a cause that OAN host Christina Bobb has pushed on her show.
<p>According to a tweet posted by Bobb (which can be seen below): "Our goal is to fund $150,000 to cover the expenses of the audit, which will ensure its complete scope of work. We don't want any portion of the audit cut out. We're $10k away from our goal. Hope to have a "mission complete" message for you by the weekend! " followed by "Mission accomplished!! Thank you, Patriots! We've met our goal. Anything extra we receive will be added and we can donate more than planned."</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9284e022832b96fa3e04fd4ba45d9aba" id="e8f85"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1380710253696856066"><div style="margin:1em 0">Mission accomplished!! Thank you, Patriots! We’ve met our goal. Anything extra we receive will be added and we c… https://t.co/wIz7GBEFUA</div> — Christina Bobb (@Christina Bobb)<a href="https://twitter.com/christina_bobb/statuses/1380710253696856066">1618021951.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p>That audit is being conducted by <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-big-lie-2651348139/" target="_blank">Florida-based Cyber Ninjas</a>, with News 12 reporting the owner "has also promoted false conspiracy theories about the election."</p><p>According to Ken Bennett, the former Republican secretary of state who is the Senate's audit spokesman, the existing funding may not be enough to cover the costs, saying, "We're probably going to have a mechanism for people to donate to help defray those costs. Maybe it won't end up costing the Senate one dime, but it won't be more than 150."</p><p>At issue is the fact that the audit is being already being funded with $150,000 in taxpayer dollars and Republican Governor Doug Ducey has a "signed a bill that <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/04/09/arizona-gov-doug-ducey-signs-bill-bar-private-funding-elections/7165585002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bans the use of private funding for elections.</a>"</p><p>Add to that, questions are being raised about where the OAN host's donation money came from.</p><p>"There are many, many red flags about what is happening that would potentially result in a finding that the use of private funding is improper," explained Roopali Desai, an election law attorney from Phoenix.</p><p>"Are they making sure that the money that they're raising for this audit isn't being paid for by Russian operatives or some other country that is interested in finding fraud in our elections and undermining the public trust? It smells bad. It looks bad. There are no safeguards in place."</p><p>You can<a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/sunday-square-off/promoter-of-false-election-fraud-claims-is-raising-money-for-arizona-senate-gops-election-audit-is-that-even-legal/75-a00e4e89-20d8-4588-b91d-50a32abbe9e8" target="_blank"> read more here</a>.</p>
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