Ligas facing additional charge of obstruction in Capitol riot case. Chicago activist Lawrence Ligas faces new felony charge in Jan. 6 US Capitol attack
For the Anti-Trump Wing of the G.O.P., It All Comes Down to Tuesday excerpt: "The first-in-the-nation primary could be the last stand for the anti-Trump Republican. Since 2016, a shrinking band of Republican strategists, retired lawmakers and donors has tried to oust Donald J. Trump from his commanding position in the party. And again and again, through one Capitol riot, two impeachments, three presidential elections and four criminal indictments, they have failed to gain traction with its voters. Now, after years of legal, cultural and political crises that upended American norms and expectations, what could be the final battle of the anti-Trump Republicans won’t be waged in Congress or the courts, but in the packed ski lodges and snowy town halls of a state of 1.4 million residents."
DC bar charges three Trump attorneys for knowingly providing false information in court to help Trump overthrow the 2020 election. DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers
Trump has been through a number of funerals during the past year and a half. Melania's mother, his sister, and his ex-wife Ivana who is buried at Trump's golf course. . Why Ivana Trump Was Buried at Bedminster Golf Course: 3 Theories
The party has decided — on Donald Trump excerpt: "Small sample size caveats apply, but every candidate so far who has amassed at least 30 percent of the available endorsement points before Iowa has gone on to win the nomination. In other words, it would be unprecedented for Trump to lose the nomination with the kind of institutional backing he has."
A remaining question is whether the rest of the big donors will fall in line and support Trump after he wins the nomination (which it currently looks like he will). Bigelow had said he wouldn't support Trump after the riot at the Capitol. He changed his mind. Trump picks up backing from two major GOP donors | The Hill excerpt: "Former President Trump on Thursday picked up support from two major GOP donors, serving the latest blow to his GOP rivals as they struggle to make a dent in his sizable lead. Robert Bigelow, one of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) most prominent donors, said he is switching his support from the Florida governor to Trump. Bigelow, owner of the Budget Suites of America and founder of Bigelow Aerospace, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that DeSantis is “not strong enough,” nor is he the commander in chief the U.S. needs. “At this point in time, we need the guy in the White House who scares the hell out of every other leader in the world who intends to do harm [to] to this country,” Bigelow told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday."
Trump unnerves the leaders of countries in the free world that have been allies to the U.S. by insulting and crippling them and siding with the dictators.
Scaramucci remarks. Scaramucci's Trump warning for Davos excerpt: “The business leaders were generally okay with Mussolini. They were generally okay with Hitler. Until it goes crazy,” he said. “Then five years into it the cronyism kicks in, the unpredictability of the law kicks in, the expansion of autocratic powers kicks in. ... [Trump] has told you he wants to be a dictator. He has told you that he wants to expand the executive powers. He has told you he’s going to go after his enemies.”
Considering the direction Trump's mind has been going, if he loses the 2024 election, he could call for a mass suicide of his followers.
Haley claims she 'sat Trump down' over Putin 'bromance' excerpt: "She mocked Trump for his Friday night gaffe in Concord, N.H., when he referred to Haley instead of Pelosi as he discussed the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. The man was going on a rant about how I was keeping Capitol police from going in on January 6. He went on and on,” Haley said. “I wasn’t in DC on January 6. I had nothing to do with the Capitol.” She also slammed Trump’s cozy relationships with foreign dictators like Russia’s Vladimir Putin “Do you know I had to sit down with him when we were in the administration and tell him to stop this bromance he had with Putin?” “It’s dangerous, you don’t do that,” she said sternly."
Nikki Haley needs to sing to Trump: "I'm not Nancy my name is Nikki. Nancy left you years ago." YouTube video: Jessi Colter - I'm Not Lisa
VA man arrested for rioting at Capitol and faces felony charge of obstruction. Virginia man arrested on charges connected to Jan. 6 Capitol riot - WTOP News
Haley questions Trump’s mental fitness after he confuses her with Nancy Pelosi | CNN Politics excerpt: A senior Trump campaign adviser, Chris LaCivita, posted on X Saturday, “Nancy ….Nikki ….its a distinction without a difference.”
Trump's handlers might also say: 'Bomb Iran, bomb Europe. It's a distinction without a difference.' 'Oh, did I say bomb Ukraine?: I meant Iran. Silly me. Now back to the chocolate cake.'
During an interview with Fox in April 2017, Trump said he bombed Iraq when he meant Syria. Trump knew more about the chocolate cake. YouTube video:
Trump describing the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake to Fox interviewer while he erroneously says he bombed Iraq. image:
That was in early 2017, about 7 years ago. Consider his state of mind now and five years from now when leaving office in 2029 if he's reelected.