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Donald Trump's debate rout feeds his dictatorial desires
After watching Thursday night’s presidential debate, I needed to go for a walk to clear my head. As is my habit during these last eight or so years, I walked down Michigan Avenue here in Chicago. I stopped at a 24-hour Walgreens store and purchased a bottle of Pepto Bismol for my sour stomach. I walked for a few miles and then stopped at Trump Tower. I looked up at his ugly building, that foul obelisk, and muttered “this is far from over.” I put the bottle of Pepto up to my lips and drank about half of it.
Republican glee over "immunity" decision shows they don't fear Donald Trump — they desire a dictator
Even though attempted murder is not one of his 34 felony convictions, Donald Trump has never been coy about his longing to kill people. During the 2016 campaign, Trump famously mused in a speech, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters." In 2020, he threatened to murder Black Lives Matter protesters by tweeting, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." Throughout and after his presidency, there was a steady stream of stories from aides alarmed at how Trump would repeatedly ask if they would kill people for him. He requested bayonets and spikes on the southern border, hoping for grisly deaths of migrants crossing. He had Oval Office meetings in which he demanded the military "crack skulls" and "shoot" lefty protesters. Former Attorney General Bill Barr appeared to confirm reports that Trump regularly ordered him to "execute" government staff for speaking to the media. Barr did pretend Trump wasn't serious, despite how often he circled back to the topic of extra-legal executions.
Is the COVID summer wave here? Here's what the FLiRT variants mean for rising infections
If a lot of people suddenly seem sick with COVID to you, you’re not alone. Once more, the disease is on many people’s minds as infections, emergency room visits, hospitalizations and even deaths are all trending up, according to the latest data from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Entirely wrong": Experts skeptical of Trump bid to dodge felony convictions after "immunity" ruling
An effort by Donald Trump and his legal team to throw out his recent hush money trial following Monday’s SCOTUS decision is being heavily criticized by legal experts, who are predicting the attempt will fail. On Monday, Trump’s legal team asked the judge presiding over the case in which...
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