Trump News for Saturday, June 8, 2024
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'You and I both know it!' MSNBC host presses Trump-aligned lawmaker in explosive interview
Raw Story
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on Saturday was pressed on MSNBC on multiple issues, including Donald Trump's record while he was in office. Host Rev. Al Sharpton, who earlier in the extended discussion picked Donalds apart over the lawmaker's comments suggesting that "During Jim Crow, the Black family ...
Jun 8, 2024, 11:19 PM

Donald Trump to have probation interview ahead of New York sentencing
BreakingNews.ie
One of Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche, will be present for the interview.
Jun 8, 2024, 11:00 PM

Trump to hold rally in swing state Nevada during heatwave
BreakingNews.ie
Trump to hold rally in swing state Nevada during heatwave
Jun 8, 2024, 11:00 PM

'Telling': Right-wing host catches heat for saying pro-democracy talk is 'attack on Trump'
Raw Story
A right-wing media personality complained on Saturday that president Joe Biden turned his D-Day speech into an attack on Donald Trump, but was met with some backlash.Just last week, the internet piled on conservative media personality Erick Erickson, the founder of Red State, after he complained tha...
Jun 8, 2024, 10:49 PM

'How can you live with yourself?' Al Sharpton calls out visibly frustrated Byron Donalds
Raw Story
One of Donald Trump's top potential picks for his vice presidential nominee was picked apart on Saturday by MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton.Sharpton, a longtime acquaintance of Trump and a civil rights leader prior to his time hosting a show on the news network, interviewed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) over...
Jun 8, 2024, 10:03 PM

Trump speaks at sold-out campaign fundraiser in Newport Beach
KABC-TV
Former President Donald Trump spoke at a sold-out campaign fundraiser in Newport Beach Saturday.
Jun 8, 2024, 9:55 PM

Joe Biden calls out 'desperate and delusional' Trump's 'blatant lie' about cost of insulin
Raw Story
Donald Trump was blatantly lying on Saturday when he claimed credit for lower insulin costs, according to Joe Biden's campaign.The former president over the weekend took to his own social media network, Truth Social, to proclaim that he is the one who got millions of Americans low insulin pricing."L...
Jun 8, 2024, 9:08 PM

'Pardon me?' Internet reminds GOP lawmaker of controversial past after Trump trial comment
Raw Story
A Republican lawmaker who weighed in to support Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the former president's recent multi-count felony conviction in New York got a brutal reminder from social media. Congressman Andy Biggs, who was ordered to testify in front of a grand jury as Arizona Attorney Gene...
Jun 8, 2024, 7:38 PM

Polls suggest Labour’s Keir Starmer to trump Rishi Sunak, ‘Farage effect’ on UK election
The Indian Express
Data suggests that Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is poised to become the Prime Minister in the upcoming election and would continue on the post for another term as well.
Jun 8, 2024, 5:38 PM

Trump isn’t in the same league as Tony Soprano
Raw Story
Convicted felon Donald Trump has absolutely no heroic qualities. He’s a bully and a coward. There’s no doubt that he’d use a baby as a human shield like Martin Sheen in The Dead Zone. However, a specific demographic of Americans — “dummies” — still admires him. The Times ran an article Tuesday title...
Jun 8, 2024, 5:34 PM
Biden stinks at being Trumpy
Yahoo Canada Finance
Biden has gotten Trumpy on immigration and tariff policy. But without the Trump mouthpiece, these moves to the center could backfire.
Jun 8, 2024, 5:07 PM

Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap
CNBC
Donald Trump and President Biden are scheduled for their first presidential debate on June 27.
Jun 8, 2024, 5:00 PM

Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton warns 'trade war odds are very high' - and argues one of America's greatest allies is key
The Irish Sun
THE odds of a US-China trade war are very high if Donald Trump returns to the White House, former national security adviser John Bolton warns.But the
Jun 8, 2024, 4:00 PM

Mitt Romney bows to Trump - because that's what Republicans do
Raw Story
Utah Senator Mitt Romney has been one of Trump’s most vocal GOP critics. He voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial following the January 6 coup attempt. Since then, he’s called Trump a “demagogue” and a “whack job,” among other epithets. He’s made it clear that he thinks Trump is a danger t...
Jun 8, 2024, 2:03 PM

“A ton of aggravating factors”: Experts say Trump not helping himself ahead of sentencing hearing
Salon
An legal expert says the former president’s lack of remorse and findings of contempt could be grounds for jail
Jun 8, 2024, 2:00 PM

Trump’s post-conviction windfall shows democracy is increasingly a pay-to-play game
The Conversation UK
Even in places where democracy has not yet fallen off a cliff, all-powerful billionaires, broken political parties and angry voters are moving into destructive alignment.
Jun 8, 2024, 2:00 PM

Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison
The Guardian
The former president is likely to turn Merchan into public enemy number one in front of his supporters, sources say
Jun 8, 2024, 1:00 PM

Rushing to McDonald’s, sneaking into Trump Tower: the desperate struggle to find a public toilet in New York
The Guardian
The city has one bathroom for every 8,000 residents – and they’re ancient and disgusting. Can anything be done?
Jun 8, 2024, 12:00 PM

DNC targets Trump campaign rally with ‘convicted white-collar crook’ billboard
The Guardian
Democrats call Trump ‘unfit to serve’ on the advertisement in Las Vegas, where he’s due to speak on Sunday
Jun 8, 2024, 10:00 AM

Democrats torn over Trump conviction one week later
The Hill
President Biden and his party are trying to use the conviction to rally Democrats and turn voters against Trump. Biden himself tested out calling Trump a convicted felon this week.
Jun 8, 2024, 10:00 AM

'No one's clean on this': Potential VP picks have been critical of Trump over the years
NBC News
They’ve called Donald Trump a “whack job,” “reckless” and “reprehensible” and said they would not get into business with him.
Jun 8, 2024, 9:00 AM
Hunter Biden trial judge was appointed by Trump
The Associated Press
The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s gun trial is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by Donald Trump.
Jun 8, 2024, 8:01 AM

TfL allows pro-Trump preacher who said Hollywood stars drink children's blood advertise on Tube
Evening Standard
Critics have accused Rodney Howard-Browne of conspiracy theories ahead of event at ExCeL Centre
Jun 8, 2024, 8:00 AM

Americans split over Trump verdict? So are New York's criminal law professors
CBC.ca
The landmark criminal conviction of Donald Trump hasn't just divided U.S. voters, or the partisan political pundits. There are real disagreements in law faculties about this case. These were the reactions when CBC News reached out to two-dozen criminal-law professors in New York State.
Jun 8, 2024, 8:00 AM