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☆ This is the moment Trump changed American politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Being elected president shortly after surviving the publication of the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016 is the moment in which Donald Trump defied political gravity. The ‘Access Hollywood’ tape reexaminedTrump’s 2016 victory in the Electoral College seems only more improbable in the retelling. It is worth revisiting the earthquake the “Access Hollywood” tape set off in the 2016 campaign. Return of the tapeNow, the “Access Hollywood” tape is back. Video Ad Feedback Trump asked if he stands by comments from 'Access Hollywood' tape.

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☆ Opinion: Melania’s complicated ‘stand by your man’ routine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The days of women standing up next to their philandering husbands should be well in the rear view. Melania’s decision to stay married to Donald despite very public evidence of an affair is her choice to make. (Her decision to stay married to a man who very publicly cheated on his first wife, is virulently misogynistic and has stoked hatred of immigrants tells us something else about her character.) Former First Lady Melania Trump stands alongside her husband, former President Donald Trump at a fundraising event in Palm Beach, Florida on April 6, 2024. Would Donald stay married to Melania if she faced multiple very public affair accusations?

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☆ A Columbia professor called Hamas terror attacks 'awesome' and 'astounding' in an article. A petition for his removal has passed 34,000 signatures.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Columbia professor lauded Hamas "awesome" attacks on Israel and called them a "stunning victory." An online petition, signed by over 34,000 people, is calling for his "immediate removal." AdvertisementAdvertisementA Columbia professor who praised Hamas' "awesome" terror attacks on Israel in an online article is facing calls for his removal in an online petition that has now surpassed 30,000 signatures. AdvertisementAdvertisementPlatek added: "We call on Columbia University to hold Massad responsible for his comments and immediately remove him from the Columbia faculty." Columbia University did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside office hours.

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At one point, the indictment said, Menendez Googled the phrase "price of a kilo of gold." "People are salivating at the opportunity to have an open Senate seat, which might lead to an open congressional seat, which might lead to an open state Senate seat, which might call into question who might be the state Senate president," Harrison says. Democratic members of Congress from neighboring states – including a Latina, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have called on Menendez to resign. "It is hard for me to believe that Sen. Menendez can be effective in his job, given these allegations. But I think I want to get back and talk to my colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee before I recommend a path forward for Sen. Menendez,” Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, told MSNBC in an interview on Sunday.

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☆ Leaked audio of Trump saying he has a 'secret' document that he knows he can't declassify is 'more damning than indictment,' one expert said
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An audio clip obtained by CNN shows Trump saying he has a "highly confidential" document. Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, said on Twitter Monday the audio clip was "even more damning than it reads in the indictment." In the audio, Trump says "I have a big pile of papers" as it sounds like someone rifling through pages. "This totally wins my case, you know," Trump says, "except it is like highly confidential, secret — this is secret information." The audio clip shared by CNN ends with Trump saying to someone, "Hey, bring some Cokes in please."

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☆ Leaked audio of Trump saying he has a 'secret' document that he knows he can't declassify is 'even more damning than it reads in the indictment,' one expert said
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

☆ Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. Hear the conversation Listen to audio exclusively obtained by CNN of a July 2021 conversation during which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held on to a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran. “These are the papers,” Trump says in the audio recording, while he’s discussing the Pentagon attack plans, a quote that was not included in the indictment. The audio recording comes from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster resort for people working on the memoir of Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff. While that’s the last line included in the indictment, the audio recording obtained by CNN includes several additional lines from the conversation:Trump: “It’s so cool.

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☆ Tucker Carlson's next move
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aaron Short | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Tucker Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Nobody at Fox "was as connected to the MAGA base as Tucker Carlson," one ex-Trump official said. Whatever the reason, Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Last month, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top-rated program among all news channels with 3.25 million viewers including 421,000 viewers in the coveted age 25-54 demographic. His previous work includes the 2022 profile of Carlson, The Tucker Carlson Origin Story.

☆ Fact Check- Digitally altered images purport to show Obama awarding Medal of Freedom to Cosby, Weiner and Weinstein
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Thanks Democrats.”Clinton, Weinstein, Cosby and Weiner have each either been accused or convicted of sexual misconduct (here), (here. The image appearing to show Obama with Weiner instead shows a photo of Obama awarding actor Tom Hanks (here), (here). Meanwhile, the image purportedly showing Obama with Cosby was altered, with the original showing the president awarding musician Bruce Springsteen. Although a Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded by Obama to Clinton, no such medal was awarded to Wiener, Cosby or Weinstein. The images purporting to show Obama awarding those three men a medal were digitally altered.

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