Who would have thought that the conviction of his former campaign manager would be the good news for President Trump yesterday?
Cohen Plea
From a political standpoint, the guilty plea of the president’s lawyer Michael Cohen is the more damaging news. Cohen pled guilty to eight felonies. While the five counts of failure to pay taxes on over $4 million in income are the most consequential to him, most significant to the country are two counts of illegal “in kind” campaign contributions. These, of course, involve $280,000 in hush-money payments made prior to the 2016 election to two women who claim to have had sexual liaisons with Donald Trump, many years before. In entering his guilty plea in Manhattan federal court (the Southern District of New York), Cohen acknowledged that he was directed to make the payments by Donald Trump — referred to as “the candidate.” [Read More]
Mike Pence, ‘Christian supremacist’: 6 key takeaways from a new book (USA Today)
Democrats may not like President Donald Trump, but do they want the alternative?
“That is probably what we hear most from Democrats,” said Kevin Mack, lead strategist for the “Need to Impeach” President Donald Trump campaign. ” ‘Well, if we get rid of Trump, then we end up with (Mike) Pence.’ “
As Trump’s presidency became more endangered this week with the conviction or guilty plea of two of his former aides, a new book about the vice president will stoke concerns about Pence. [Read More]
Sneak Peek at Gina Gershon in The 1st Annual Trump Family Special (Playbill)
Stage and screen actor Gina Gershon portrays First Lady Melania Trump in the New York premiere of The 1st Annual Trump Family Special, a musical comedy that will play at the Triad Theatre Thursday nights beginning September 13. In the new satirical cabaret show, Ivanka Trump interviews members of her family as they wait to perform a televised event for the Trump TV network.
The show held a press preview, hosted by former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, August 22.
The limited engagement of The 1st Annual Trump Family Special will run through December 6.
Joining Gershon—who has played Melania Trump on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon— is Lisa St. Lou as Ivanka Trump, Marissa Mulder as Marla Maples, Suzanne Sole as Ivana Trump, Peter Hargrave as Eric Trump, Brian Sills as Donald Trump Jr., Michael Sheehy as Jeremiah, the director, and Glen Pannell as Mike Pence. [Read More]
Facebook temporarily bans Salena Zito’s pro-Trump NY Post article (Washington Times)
Author Salena Zito says Facebook has removed her latest column published in the New York Post explaining Midwestern support for President Trump and how the latest legal troubles for Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort will not lessen those voters’ enthusiasm. [Read More]
In Prince George’s, Jealous pitches free community college for DACA recipients (Baltimore Sun)
At the CASA multicultural center in Hyattsville, Democratic candidate for governor Ben Jealous pledged Wednesday to provide free community college to all the young, undocumented immigrants in Maryland known as DREAMers.
The expansion of Jealous’ plan to offer tuition-free community college to all Maryland residents would cost about $3 million a year, the candidate said. But he argued the cost is well worth it because a better educated population could boost Maryland’s annual gross domestic product by $1.6 billion.
“The immigrants in your family tree may not have always had their papers lined up but all made contributions to make us as strong a nation as we are now,” Jealous said. “How can you deny the opportunity for other immigrants whose parents may not have had their papers lined up?” [Read More]
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