He keeps telling us exactly what he’s going to do.
He said he’d take Venezuela. We laughed. He invaded. He said he’d put troops in American cities. We said that was campaign talk. Troops remain in DC and have been deployed to Los Angeles, Chicago, and the Texas border. He told 20,000 people, “I am your retribution.” His Justice Department has since filed criminal charges against the FBI director who investigated him, the attorney general who prosecuted him, and a former CIA director who criticized him.
Last week the FBI raided a Georgia election warehouse and seized ballots from 2020. His intelligence director confirmed today that Trump personally told her to be there and she patched him through to the agents on site. Tonight he posted that Republicans should “nationalize” voting and take control of elections in at least 15 states he calls “crooked.”
He is telling you what comes next. Stop laughing.
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Source: Wired
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Source: WBFF Baltimore
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Source: USA Today
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Source: The Hill
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Source: CNBC
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: CNN
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Source: The Hill
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Source: Politico
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Source: Axios
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Source: CBS News
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Source: Statista
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Source: KMSP Minneapolis
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Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard over antisemitism claims and calls for criminal charges after a federal judge blocked his $2.2 billion funding freeze in September.
Source: Mediaite
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Intelligence director Gabbard says Trump personally requested she attend FBI search of Georgia election center, then facilitated a call between Trump and agents.
Source: The Associated Press
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Source: UPI
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Source: The Bergen Record
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Source: NBC News
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