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☆ Opinion | We’re Running Out of Names for Trump. At Least Polite Ones.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And that’s not principally because we used them too often in the past — though we’re somewhat guilty of that. We do our best, but finding words for worse than worst, a marker that Trump passed long ago, stumps us. Our society needs front pages beyond the usual front pages, superlatives beyond our superlatives, a thesaurus to supplement our thesaurus. Trump tests more than our sanity and surviving optimism. When you’ve been dwelling at Defcon 1, there’s no new emergency declaration for Americans deaf to Trump’s con.

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☆ Opinion | The Axe Is Sharp
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s what he has fought all his life for, even battling his way through “friendly fire,” as Hunter Biden told me, in the Obama White House, when some Obama aides undermined him. It must have been awful when Obama took his vice president to lunch and nudged him aside for Hillary to run in 2016. He needs to gather the sharpest minds in his party and hear what they have to say, not engage in petty feuds. Of course, if he’s convicted, that could turbocharge his campaign even more. It’s a perfect playing field for the maleficent Trump: He learned in the 2016 race that physical and rhetorical violence could rev up his base.

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☆ Paul Pelosi’s Attacker Found Guilty on Federal Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Footage released by a San Francisco Court on Friday shows the home attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the former House Speaker. The alleged intruder, David DePape, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges. Photo: San Francisco Superior CourtDavid DePape was found guilty in an attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband last year that deepened fears of political violence. DePape, 43, was charged in federal court last year with attempted kidnapping of a federal officer or employee and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official. A jury found him guilty Thursday on both counts, the Justice Department said.

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☆ Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +26 min

Three academics who reviewed the cases say they add to growing evidence that America is grappling with the biggest and most sustained increase in political violence since the 1970s. Political violence surged for nearly a decade starting in the late-1960s – 1970 alone saw more than 450 cases, LaFree said. In contrast, much of today’s political violence is aimed at people – and most of the deadly outbursts tracked by Reuters have come from the right. “Political warfare”There’s no official tally of how many Americans die each year from political violence. Most of the fatal political violence identified by Reuters was carried out by people who embraced far-right views.

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☆ Pelosi says it would be 'very hard' to watch body camera video of husband's brutal attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she's not sure whether she will watch soon-to-be released body camera video from an officer who responded to the brutal attack on her husband last year at their home in San Francisco. The police video is scheduled for release Friday, according to an advisory from San Francisco Superior Court following a judge's order. Asked whether she would watch the video, Pelosi, D-Calif., said she doesn’t know. Paul Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi at the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Pelosi, who was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the attack, said her husband's recovery is ongoing.

☆ Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape Pelosi planned to target Hunter Biden, Gavin Newsom and Tom Hanks, police officials says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Stella Chan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Gavin Newsom and actor Tom Hanks, a San Francisco Police Department official testified Wednesday. “DePape held to answer on all counts and allegations,” the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Following the attack, Paul Pelosi had surgery “to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands,” Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi, said at the time. Where’s Nancy?” He then threatened to tie up Paul Pelosi and prevented him from escaping via elevator, according to the documents. Nancy Pelosi announced last month that she would step down from her leadership post after leading House Democrats for two decades.

☆ Fact Check-Photo does not show ‘pox’ on Paul Pelosi’s face at Kennedy Center, contrary to claims online
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Claims that Paul Pelosi was photographed at the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors event with pox in his chin are false. Reuters photographs of the event show no pox-like bumps are viewable in his chin (here), (here), (here), including one depicting a clearer view of his entire face (here). Reuters also examined high-definition originals of these photographs and no pox are visible on Pelosi’s face. Comments include: “Should he be out spreading his monkeypox cheer around?” and “Is this a real pic or doctored? Paul Pelosi was not photographed with dark bumps in his chin during the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors event.

☆ The GOP has Paul Pelosi’s blood on its hands
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Arick Wierson | Arick Wierson Is A Six-Time Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer | A Former Senior Aide To Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He Advises Political | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The whole thing highlights how while the suspect, David DePape, may have invaded the Pelosi home, the GOP also bears its share of responsibility for it. It would be a mistake not to see how DePape was radicalized (at least in part) by a right-wing media that does the bidding of a Republican Party. Although some Republicans, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, did the right thing and publicly condemned the attack on Paul Pelosi, others on the right jumped at the chance to get some digs in. Following the attack on Paul Pelosi, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), said it best: “Somebody is going to die.” That’s very well what could have happened last week at the Pelosi residence. I came here to have a little chat with his wife,” DePape said he told Paul Pelosi, according to the memo.

☆ Fact Check-Existing records do not show Paul Pelosi’s alleged attacker David DePape told investigators they engaged in sexual relations and argued over drugs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Some social media users are saying that David DePape, the suspect in the Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi told investigators that the two engaged in sexual relations and argued over drugs without providing proof of the claim. One Twitter user sharing the claim said, “David Depape tells investigators that he and Paul Pelosi were engaging in gay sex and an argument ensued over drugs” (here). The Department of Justice released the criminal complaint and affidavit (here) detailing the attack on Paul Pelosi at his residence. Reuters found no credible news reports that proved DePape told investigators he was involved with Paul Pelosi before the attack ensued. There’s no evidence to back claims that DePape told investigators that he and Paul Pelosi had engaged in sexual relations or argued over drugs.

☆ Fact Check-Photo does not show Paul Pelosi’s attacker David DePape filming the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

However, the image shows DePape filming a wedding at City Hall in San Francisco in 2013. In the photos, DePape appears to be wearing the same blue clothing as in social media posts. DePape, 42, is accused of attacking Paul, 82, with a hammer after forcing his way into the couple’s home in San Francisco on Oct. 28. The image does not show DePape filming the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts (here).

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