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Trump Demands Microsoft Fire Ex-Biden Appointee
“President Donald Trump is demanding that Microsoft fire former Biden Justice Department official Lisa Monaco, who Trump has previously blamed for federal investigations into his mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference, furthering his retribution campaign against his former antagonists,” Politico reports.
“Trump urged the software giant to remove Monaco, who it recently appointed as its president of global affairs, and argued her tenure as former deputy Attorney General and connections to investigations he views as illegitimate discredit her.”
Justice Department Seeks Information on Fani Willis
“The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena for records related to the travel history of Fani Willis, the Georgia district attorney who charged President Trump in a sweeping election interference case,” the New York Times reports.
“The scope of the investigation is not yet clear. Also unclear is whether Ms. Willis is the target of the inquiry and whether she will ultimately face charges. Grand jury proceedings are secretive by law.”
Ex-GOP Lawmaker to Plead Guilty to Child Porn Charges
Former South Carolina state Rep. R.J. May III (R) will plead guilty to distributing child sex material, the Columbia State reports.
May, the married father of two young children, has agreed to plead guilty to five counts of distributing child pornography on the internet and faces 20 years in prison.
Trump’s Role in Comey Case May Be Key to His Defense
“President Donald Trump’s push for federal charges against James Comey could become a centerpiece of the former FBI director’s defense, legal experts said Friday, noting that the president’s intervention in the criminal case and public criticisms of Comey could lead a judge or jury to reject the charges as improperly motivated,” the Washington Post reports.
Politico: Why the case against James Comey may end in humiliation for Trump’s DOJ.
New York Times: The testimony at the heart of the Comey indictment, examined.
Congressional Trips Canceled Ahead of Possible Shutdown
“Several official congressional trips that were scheduled for next week have been canceled due to the possibility of a government shutdown,” Axios reports.
“It’s one of the starkest indicators yet that lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hunkering down for a shutdown as Republican and Democratic leadership appear far from a deal.”
Federal Workers Brace for Shutdown
Federal employees from agencies across the US government say they’re “terrified,” “disoriented” and filled with anxiety as they brace for a possible shutdown that the Trump White House has threatened will pave the way for new rounds of fast-tracked mass layoffs, CNN reports.
Vance Says He Gets ‘Dumber’ Listening to Kamala Harris
Vice President JD Vance had some choice words for Kamala Harris saying she had no “substance” and that each time he listened to her he felt “dumber in the process,” The Wrap reports.
Said Vance: “The problem is not that Kamala’s campaign was too short. It was too long. When people actually listened to what she had to say, per polling, it went down and down and down. A 150-day campaign, three additional senators, and Donald Trump would have won by an even bigger landslide.”
Sinclair Got Nothing It Demanded
“Conservative broadcaster Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air… even though ABC and owner Disney haven’t accepted its request for an ombudsman and other changes,” ArsTechnica reports.
FBI Fires Agents Photographed at Racial Justice Rally
“The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers,” the AP reports.
GOP Lawmaker Tries to Fend Off Restraining Order
“Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) tried to convince a Florida judge Friday that he never planned to circulate ‘salacious’ videos of his ex-girlfriend or harm any of her future lovers, suggesting at one point he knew it would be politically damaging to take any such action,” Politico reports.
“Mills spoke in court as he tried to fend off a request for a restraining order from Lindsay Langston, the 2024 Miss United States and a Republican state committee woman, who is accusing Mills of causing her extreme emotional distress.”
Trump Asks Justices to Curb Birthright Citizenship
“President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to uphold his planned rollback of automatic birthright citizenship, setting up a high-stakes showdown as he seeks to topple what for more than a century has been widely understood to be a constitutional right,” Bloomberg reports.
Justices Allow Trump to Freeze Foreign Aid
“The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid for now, a victory for the president’s push to exert greater control over federal spending,” the Washington Post reports.
“The justices lifted a preliminary injunction from a federal judge who found the president had usurped Congress’s power of the purse by refusing to spend billions it had budgeted for food, medicine and development around the world.”
New York Times: “In its brief order, the court’s conservative majority said the president’s ability to conduct foreign affairs appeared ‘to outweigh the potential harm’ faced by foreign aid recipients.”
Des Moines School Superintendent Arrested by ICE
“Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts has been arrested by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement for allegedly being in the United States illegally,” the Des Moines Register reports.
Nextar Brings Back Jimmy Kimmel
“Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show back to its local TV stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities across the U.S.,” the AP reports.
“The move means ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will return to local TV on Nexstar’s ABC affiliates in 28 cities, along with the 38 stations where Sinclair agreed to restore the show.”
Schumer’s Shutdown War Room
“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his staff are closely coordinating their government shutdown strategy with outside liberal groups,” Axios reports.
“The same groups slammed Schumer earlier this year for caving on government funding. This time, the Democratic leader is playing to his base.”
Trump Expands Tariffs Beyond Supreme Court’s Reach
“The fate of many of President Trump’s tariffs hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court, but he is rapidly building out a backup plan,” the New York Times reports.
“The Supreme Court is set to begin considering whether the tariffs that Mr. Trump has placed on countries including Switzerland and India earlier this year are unconstitutional. But the Trump administration has been erecting another system of tariffs that is impervious to the legal challenge.”
Hegseth Puts Us All at Risk
Timothy Snyder: “My historian colleagues might correct me, but I do not think anyone at least in recent history has done what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is about to do: put all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room (next week, in Virginia) just to say something to them.”
“There is no practical reason to do this: he has easier and more secure ways to communicate with the commanders. And there are obvious risks: the entire armed forces of the United States, spread around the world, will be without its leaders. Given that the government could well shut down the next day, the separation of commanders from their command might be indefinite.”
“And if Hegseth has his way, those generals and admirals will all be in one site, announced in advance, which means that the entirety of the American command structure will be more vulnerable, physically, than in any conceivable military scenario, including nuclear war. There is no scenario other than this one in which they would all be in the same place at the same time.”
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