During a recent appearance Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Geraldo Rivera put his Trump Derangement Syndrom on full display, pushing back against support for the former president.
Rivera, who seemed upset at the idea of a second term for former President Donald Trump said, “Woe is us if we are so self-interested, so selfish” that we elected former President Donald Trump, as Breitbart News reported.
Rivera said, “He has in many ways coopted. It’s become in terms of ruthless pragmatism …
"That’s all I can attribute it to. There is the loyalty toward Trump but also to the party and also to the power that comes with being the party in power.
The television personality said in the Tuesday interview that he wishes he “had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner.”
“In retrospect, I wish I had bailed on the Trump train a lot sooner before he threatened the Constitution of the United States with its utter destruction."
Rivera, who was once known to support Trump, announced earlier this month that he will be voting for Vice President Harris instead of Trump in the 2024 election, describing Trump as "a sore loser who cannot be trusted to honor the Constitution" in a post on social media platform X.
“That is why I am voting for Kamala Harris to be our 47th President,” Rivera said in the post.
Sore Loser
With three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald J. Trump stands a reasonable chance of becoming the 47th President of the United States. Despite assassination attempts, impeachments, special counsels, felony convictions and hundreds of millions in civil penalties,…— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 14, 2024
While Rivera had almost exclusively negative thoughts about the former president, he did admit that he understands the "practical aspect" of supporting Trump
"I understand that there is that practical aspect at work. But what I urge people to recognize is that this is a man who would do or say anything. It’s very, very dangerous.”
He continued, “It is absolutely imperative that people whose names sound like mine understand that this guy says that we are poisoning the blood of the country.
The course of the interview left the listener with the impression that the longtime commentator with a roughly $20 million net worth hoped the American middle class would look beyond the economy, their pocketbooks, and the border crisis to see the vulgarity of what he considered a person of disinterest.
"He says that it is in our genes that we commit murder. This is a guy who promises mass deportation of our friends and relatives should he regain the White House.”
Rivera added that he believes there is a "broader phenomenon at work here," going on to explain that "I think it really is a case of self-interest. Yes, he, you know, defied the Constitution, but you know what, his tax policies would benefit me.
He concluded, “You know, there is a sense of other that he has cultivated. And you know, I think that we always say it’s the most important election of your lifetime, in this case, I really believe it.
"I believe that should Donald Trump regain the White House, anything goes. And woe is us if we are so self-interested, so selfish that we would not only hold our nose but suspend our principles to support him again.”
In a significant security operation, Israeli authorities have detained seven individuals on suspicion of providing intelligence to Iran, thereby intensifying the national concern over espionage, the Washington Examiner reported.
The arrests come amidst growing espionage activities facilitated by social media and recent leaks of sensitive military information through Iranian channels.
According to official reports, the network targeted Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) military bases, specifically air force and naval sites, ports, the Iron Dome defense system, and critical energy infrastructure such as the Hadera power plant. These activities drew the attention of both the Israeli police and the Israel Security Agency, commonly known as Shin Bet.
The arrests have highlighted concerns about potential vulnerabilities within Israel's military and civil infrastructure. A source from Shin Bet confirmed there was damage to national security due to the group's espionage activities. The unfolding situation has caused both governmental and public concern, emphasizing the need for tightened security measures.
The seven detained individuals face pending charges related to their alleged espionage activities. While the exact nature of the charges remains to be officially outlined, the implications of such activities are notable as they threaten the integrity of critical national security operations.
Authorities have indicated that this is part of a worrying trend where foreign agents exploit social media platforms to conduct clandestine operations. This method of communication underscores a modernized approach to espionage, making detection and prevention increasingly challenging.
Interestingly, these arrests coincide with recent intelligence challenges from other global powers. For instance, American officials recently expressed alarm over a leak of classified documents detailing Israeli military strategies against Iran, disseminated through an Iranian Telegram channel. This incident has amplified cross-border security tensions and highlighted the complexities of safeguarding sensitive information.
In a previous separate case, an Israeli citizen was reported to have plotted an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, allegedly in coordination with Iranian operatives. This underscores an escalation in Iran's targeted ambitions within Israel, with Shin Bet noting a marked increase in such attempts.
The individual involved in the assassination plot was reportedly smuggled into Iran twice for clandestine meetings. This development reflects a broader pattern of covert international interactions aimed at destabilizing Israel’s leadership and security apparatus.
In addressing the recent developments, Israeli security agencies have suggested a reevaluation of current national security policies to prevent further breaches. As foreign entities continue to probe Israel's defenses, the need for enhanced vigilance and strategic countermeasures is evident.
The country's efforts to identify and neutralize espionage networks are now more crucial than ever. As the landscape of security challenges evolves, so too must the strategies employed to protect national interests.
Security experts emphasize the importance of public awareness and governmental transparency in these matters to foster a collaborative approach to national security. Such measures are deemed essential in maintaining Israel's sovereignty and stability amidst increasing regional tensions.
The public response to these revelations has been one of heightened concern regarding external threats. Citizens and officials alike are calling for comprehensive investigations to ensure the full extent of these threats is understood and mitigated.
Moving forward, the expectation is that Israeli defense and intelligence operations will increase their focus on both internal and external threats. By doing so, authorities aim to reaffirm their commitment to national security and deter future attempts at espionage.
Melania Trump is ending years of rumors about her marriage - making it clear to critics that she supports her husband despite speculation of divorce.
The Former First Lady has long been the target of vicious rumors concerning a rift with her husband, with whom she shares one child, Barron.
Much speculation has centered on Melania's absence from the campaign trail this year, especially as Trump faced prosecution in multiple legal cases. But Melania has made it clear in her new book, and a series of interviews, that she supports her husband completely.
Melania surprised critics of her husband recently by describing him as "caring" and a "family man"
She also condemned "lawfare" against her husband in a recent Fox News interview, while blaming the "toxic" rhetoric of the left for provoking the two attempts on her husband's life.
"I think, you know, when they call him, he's a threat to democracy, let's ask ourselves who is really a threat to democracy," she told Fox News' The Five.
"They are ongoing with lawfare against the former president, as well as, you know, trying to get him off of the voting ballots and trying to silence him," she told Fox News' The Five.
Despite the constant rumors of tension in her marriage, Melania has made it clear she shares her husband's distrust of the media and federal government - which is understandable after all the suffering the family has been through at the hands of the "Fake News" and the Deep State.
“I have a great team in my [Secret Service] detail around me and my husband as well. I think there are some holes — something is going on at the top level,” Melania told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures.
“It’s hard to say that you trust, right? Who [do] you really trust? You want to, but it’s always a question mark."
While supportive of Donald, Melania has also made it clear that she has her own views, and her husband respects that. Despite President Trump's role in overturning Roe v. Wade, his wife recently revealed that she strongly believes in the right to abortion.
"He lets me be who I am, and he lets me believe what I believe," she told Sunday Morning Futures. "He lets me be my own person. And he does respect that, and I respect that as I let him be his own person. He has different beliefs and he will do what he believes.”
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration now is under fire for demanding that a law it previously endorsed not be enforced now – just as it needs all of the leftist votes possible to push Harris toward her term in the White House.
The fight is between the state of Virginia and the Biden-Harris Department of Justice.
The state is trying to remove 6,303 wannabe criminals from voter rolls, specifically those who identified themselves as noncitizens, but then joined the ranks of those on the voter rolls.
It's a crime for a noncitizen to vote in a federal election.
The Biden-Harris regime, however, insists that the National Voter Registration Act prevents actions that include "systemic" removal of criminal voters from voting rolls within 90 days of an election.
Virginia has explained it is undertaking individual actions triggered "automatically by citizens identifying themselves as noncitizens but then joining the voting rolls," according to a new report from constitutional expert Jonathan Turley.
The Biden-Harris administration has sued the state to keep all those, who by law cannot vote anyway, on the voter rolls.
Turley explained, "Virginia is not targeting any group and does not know how these voters might vote. It is responding to a notice coming from the Department of Motor Vehicle of a possible ineligibility and potential criminal act if the person votes, which is admittedly rare for noncitizens."
He commented, "I understand concerns over changes close to the election, but there seemed to be a host of options for the Justice Department short of this lawsuit, including working with the state to be sure that this relatively small number of voters are given ample opportunity to correct their records."
He also noted that the law was signed by then-Virginia Gov Tim Kaine, who had asked the DOJ to review the plan, drawing a response that there were no objections.
The DOJ did say it might objection at some future point.
Glenn Youngkin, now Virginia's governor, has pointed out that past governors have used the law within 90 days of an election with no opposition from the DOJ.
"Now, Kaine is on the ballot and there is a close election for the presidency. The Biden administration is suddenly claiming to be 'shocked, shocked' that alleged noncitizens are being removed from the ballot," Turley pointed out.
"Youngkin agrees that the state must 'block noncitizens from voting' and is using the very law Kaine signed (and the Justice Department approved) for that purpose," Turley wrote.
He suggested it's part of a larger fight, in which, "States have complained that the Biden administration has harassed and sued them at every turn as they sought to require voter identification or other laws."
He noted there are more than 165 election-related lawsuits already in the courts.
He wrote, "There is now a virtual army of lawyers deployed by both parties to secure or to protect the expected small margin of victory in the election. Indeed, lawsuits like the Virginia action constitute a type of 'harassing fire' to push back on states on identification and eligibility efforts. The Biden administration's move against Virginia shows how one person's voter integrity is another's voter suppression. Indeed, the man who signed this state law is now supporting the administration seeking to limit its use."
Democrat strategist James Carville said Monday that he and MSNBC "The Beat" host Ari Melber will be arrested if Republican nominee former President Donald Trump is elected in November.
Carville said,
Trump goes out, and he says I’m going to use the military to arrest my political enemies, and then Mike Johnson’s and Lindsey Graham, and the Wall Street Journal editorial pages say oh no, that’s not what he meant and then he comes back and says yeah, that’s exactly what I meant. You know what’ll happen? You pointed it out; if he wins, he will say, I told people I was going to do this. I have the legitimacy of an election behind me, and he will have a point.
He is referring to comments by Trump that the U.S. has an "enemy within" that might become violent on Election Day, and that any problems could be easily solved with law enforcement or military involvement.
These comments may have been misconstrued to mean something different than he intended, however.
When asked if he would use those systems against his political opponents, he did not say he would, but said that's what his political opponents are doing to him.
He then affirmed that he thought Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff (both D-CA) were part of the enemy within, but did not specifically say he could take any action against them.
But of course, Carville and Melber will conveniently ignore those nuances and pretend he's saying he plans to arrest his political opponents and jail them for opposing him.
Carville went on,
People say what’s at stake in this election, okay, the Constitution is at stake, the whole idea of I don’t know if you call a constitutional republic, whatever highbrow people call it, I get it, we live under a set of laws is literally at risk, and he is telling you that. People want to know about weakness among males of color. They are going to arrest all of you. You don’t think you have a stake in this election. Guess what? You are not going to do very well. I’m not going to do well. You are not going to do well.
"That will happen. It’s not far-fetched," he concluded.
This rhetoric by Carville is "threat to democracy" on steroids. Now Trump is not only a threat to democracy, but a threat to the personal liberty of his opponents, according to Democrats.
Never mind that he had four years to go after his former opponent Hillary Clinton, but didn't do so.
He even talked about it, formulated the "lock her up" slogan, but when it came down to it, he didn't.
What is Trump actually suggesting? That if people get violent on Election Day, they should be arrested and subdued by police and the military (if needed). Who doesn't agree with that?
But if Carville and his ilk can convince enough voters Trump is going to arrest them for being Democrats, they might get a few votes out of it. And that's really all the motivation they need.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The Democrats' lawfare war against President Donald Trump has been waged by multiple attackers.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who attacked Trump's business operations and got a leftist judge to fine him nearly half a billion dollars for what expert witnesses described during trial as ordinary business practices, was part.
It's on appeal, but evidence shows James spoke openly about her scheme to attack Trump before she took office.
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who took business misdemeanors for which the statute of limitations already had expired and called them felonies because they were in pursuit of some other, unspecified, counts, got a leftist jury to deliver guilty verdicts to 34 charges.
It's on appeal, but the evidence shows Bragg had publicly speculated about his plans to prosecute Trump before he took office.
Now there's confirmation from a congressional report that Fani Willis, the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who created a list of organized crime charges against Trump and a dozen others, was another.
She also talked about prosecuting Trump before she took office, and presumably before there was evidence to support her eventual charges.
It is a report in the Washington Examiner that explains the testimony about Willis comes from her paramour, Nathan Wade.
He was hired by Willis to orchestrate her campaign against Trump, but took himself off the case when one of the defendants challenged the legitimacy of the prosecution based on the personal, and very, very close, relationship Willis and Wade developed during that time period.
He told Congress, in a closed-door hearing, that Willis "began preparing to prosecute former President Donald Trump before she took office in January 2021."
The report documented that "Wade said Willis began outreach for a Trump-related search committee 'sometime after the [2020] election, but prior to her taking office.' Willis took office on Jan. 1, 2021, after winning her district attorney race the previous August."
Her case is in tatters right now, on appeal after a lower court judge said her actions reeked of bias but still allowed her to stay on the case.
Wade confirmed Willis "absolutely" reached out to him before the day she took office "to mobilize him and others to prosecute Trump for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election, a sign that Trump was a top target and priority for her," the report explained.
Willis has admitted the conflict that appeared, that she had a "personal relationship" with Wade as she hired him with $650,000 of tax funds.
He said he was pushed by a "search committee" assigned to "identify someone who would serve as lead counsel on the election interference investigation," to accept the leadership role.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A longtime political pundit, Frank Miele, retired editor of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Montana, now a commentator at RealClearPolitics, has written about what he expects when the presidential election ballots are counted in just two weeks.
The author of "The Media Matrix: What If Everything You Know Is Fake," explains at Real Clear Wire that President Donald Trump, "will win, and he will win convincingly."
"But that doesn't mean the progressive left won't have a meltdown. Just as in 2016, when Trump was first elected president, the media will be dismayed, the Democrats will be shocked, and there will be protests in the streets, possibly violent. Congressional Democrats such as Jamie Raskin will try to prevent Trump from being sworn in by declaring him an insurrectionist," he explained.
He says that while there are seven battleground states that "are supposed to decide the election," bigger is the fact that the American people "in large measure have come to regret the election that put Joe Biden in the White House four years ago."
That was the election that Trump is accused in court of trying to "overturn." It's the election he's cited as having been stolen. Actually, there were several undue influences on that result, in the midst of COVID. Mark Zuckerberg handed out $400 million plus to local election officials who often used the extra cash to recruit Democrat voters. The other was the FBI's interference when it falsely labeled the Hunter Biden laptop computer scandal as disinformation and told publishers to suppress it. Later polling showed that information, accurate as it was, very likely would have turned the results of the election around had it been reported ordinarily.
The commentary explained that in recent months polling has confirmed not even a third of Republicans think Joe Biden is a legitimate president, and 36% of all Americans have doubts about that result.
"That is only a feeling, not a fact, but feelings decide presidential elections, and the almost gleeful anti-American thrust of Biden's presidency has given more than 60% of potential voters a feeling that we are on the wrong track as a nation."
He explained he had spoofed, just before the 2020 vote, about Kamala Harris turning Biden out of office with the 25th Amendment as soon as the two gained the White House.
"It didn't quite happen that way, of course, but 3½ disastrous years later, Kamala along with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi seemingly used the specter of the 25th Amendment to force Biden to end his reelection bid. Life imitating art," he said. "In my pastiche, President Trump had appeared close to sealing his victory in the 2020 election, thanks to late mail-in votes in Pennsylvania. But 'in an emergency session, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court convenes and reverses its earlier ruling that late votes could be counted for up to three days. The new ruling asserts that late voting amounts to election interference 'on account of Trump winning,' thus handing the state and the Electoral College victory to Biden."
He pointed out that ultimately the courts ruled in favor of Biden in those election disputes by "refusing to look at the evidence of fraud or unconstitutional irregularities."
Trump's messaging about elections is being adopted by voters "because it matched their lived experience. They saw with their own eyes that the wide-open Biden border was being called secure by Biden, Harris, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. They saw that Biden's Supreme Court nominee couldn't say for sure what makes a woman a woman, and then they watched as boys began to dominate girls' sports. They watched prices on the rise and safety in decline. Worst of all, they stood helpless as the world seemed to be rushing headlong toward World War III, first in Ukraine, then the Middle East, all the while as China has been threatening to cripple the world economy by attacking Taiwan," he explained.
What's important in the aftermath of the 2024 vote, he said, is "whether the experience of Americans will reflect renewed prosperity, a safer world, and respect for tradition and common sense. Many will try to prevent that, but making America great again should be a unifying goal," he said.
Pointedly, he noted, "If I am wrong and Kamala Harris becomes the 47th president, I pray that divine providence takes hold of her and guides her to protect, defend, and strengthen these United States and their Constitution. Seems like a long shot, but without Trump, prayer is all we got."
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
There have been some serious questions raised about the behavior of Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris' husband, and now even a left-leaning personality is wondering why more reporters aren't grilling him about the truth.
The Daily Mail reports Bill Maher, a Time host, raised the issue.
The publication previously reported "Emhoff impregnated the family's nanny while married to his first wife, allegedly slapped an ex-girlfriend at the Cannes Film Festival, and was 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' at work."
It was during a recent "Overtime" show that Maher noted the reporting.
Would the leftist media keep ignoring the issue, he wondered.
"And wouldn't that make it look worse?" Maher asked.
A statement after publication confirmed that Emhoff did have a relationship with the family nanny, which resulted in a pregnancy.
"What I'm saying is if this becomes more credible and we don't know yet. I mean, a lot of the conservative outlets still aren't reporting it, so I wouldn't go after anybody for not reporting it yet because these things have to be checked out. But if it becomes more credible, certainly on the level of Brett Kavanaugh, which was that kind of thing was reported by everybody pretty quickly," Maher said. "Does the liberal media keep ignoring it?"
WND reported after the allegations had appeared, that Emhoff was asked about the claims, and did not deny them
It was the Daily Mail that now has updated its reporting on the man, who if Kamala Harris is elected, would be in the White House for four years.
It reported, "Doug Emhoff has dismissed bombshell stories that he slapped his ex-girlfriend and had an affair during his first marriage as a 'distraction,' but didn't deny them. … Emhoff was asked by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Friday whether the allegations about his personal life 'p—–' him off. The Morning Joe host didn't question him over the details or ask whether DailyMail.com reports about his past were true. Scarborough even reduced them to being 'tabloid' stories being pushed by Donald Trump and Republican critics. But Emhoff avoided the chance to slap them down and instead brushed them off while he insisted he was focused on his wife's presidential campaign."
The results of the Daily Mail's investigations already have been reported.
Those include that he "forcefully slapped" a former girlfriend allegedly for "flirting" with another man.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was confident on Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republicans will win the presidency, the House, and the Senate in the 2024 just two weeks away.
Johnson said, “The headline that I read about the rally in Pennsylvania yesterday was the big question, and it’s the one that Kamala Harris has not been able or willing to answer, and that is, are you better off now than you were under the Trump administration four years ago. No one can answer that question with a yes.”
He added, “I mean, no one, and that’s why Kamala Harris herself avoids the question."
Johnson told Jake Tapper that he has visited over 230 cities in 40 states and is "absolutely convinced there's an energy out there right now."
"I’m convinced that we’re going to win the White House, the Senate and the House," he said.
His visits now are to swing states, blue states, and toss-up House districts, intended to bolster support in the toughest areas, he said.
He described what he wants to see happen in the House if he can retain a very narrow GOP majority, or in the best case scenario, build on it.
“We’re going to have a very aggressive agenda to get the economy going again, to help everyone," he promised.
"Look everywhere I go, Jake — everybody has the same concerns," he explained. "They’re fed up, and they’re fired up about the cost of living that’s an affordable now, rising crime rates everywhere and, the weakness on the world stage, and the wide open border. They know that Kamala Harris is responsible for those things, and they know that President Trump is offering alternatives.”
Trump does seem to have the momentum in the race, with about a one-point advantage in battleground states according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.
If the polling average on the site is accurate, Trump would get 312 electoral votes to Harris's 226.
Harris is giving word salad interviews, and voters are giving CBS a black eye for trying to rescue her from them while Trump is being a beloved man of the people at McDonald's.
She's being ignored in hurricane-ravaged Florida while Trump is speaking words of comfort to those still suffering.
Maybe if she actually seemed like she had a real and genuine bone in her body, she'd have a better chance.
Republican nominee former President Donald Trump repeated on Sunday to Fox News's Howard Kurtz his contention that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff (both D-CA) are "the enemy within" and may have confirmed that he could potentially use law enforcement or the military against them if elected.
“I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people. Radical left lunatics,” Trump said on October 13 to Maria Bartiromo, also on Fox News.
“I think it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen,” he added, referring to the possibility of Election Day violence.
Kurtz tried to clarify Trump's comments during an interview Sunday on "Mediabuzz."
“Are you prepared to say now that you will not use law enforcement to punish or prosecute your political opponents?” Kurtz asked the former president on Sunday on "Mediabuzz."
“Excuse me, that’s what they’re using on me,” Trump replied before alluding to the classified documents case in Florida.
“They have weaponized the government against me,” Trump said, adding, “I don’t want to do that, because that’s a bad thing for the country. I don’t want to do that. I don’t know who said — I haven’t said that I would, but they have done it.”
“These are bad people. We have a lot of bad people. But when you look at ‘Shifty Schiff’ and some of the others, yeah, they are, to me, the enemy from within,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” that aired Sunday.
“He’s a political opponent of yours, but is he an enemy?” Kurtz asked.
“Of course he’s an enemy, he’s an enemy,” Trump said, adding that he tried to put Donald Trump Jr. in jail over the Russian collusion narrative, which turned out to be false.
“I think Nancy Pelosi is an enemy from within,” he went on. “She lied. She was supposed to protect the Capitol.”
Trump also said he offered Pelosi 10,000 National Guard troops, which she refused.
Some of Trump's Republican allies have defended his comments. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Trump was using hyperbole to "rev up his base" and that he didn't actually go after political opponents with law enforcement or the military when he was president.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Trump was talking about going after violent gangs on Election Day, not his political opponents. “Trump is talking about restoring law and order,” Johnson said. “That resonates with the American people.”