RIT Professor of law, journalism, & public policy; 2001 Pulitzer; 4 bestsellers; DCReport co-founder; 8 grown kids, aka Mr. Jennifer Leonard for 42 yrs.
Rochester NY
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The Boss has a message for the ex-boss:
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No, Bruce Springsteen Didn’t Wear A Shirt With ‘Keep America Trumpless’. The original unaltered photo was taken in New York on October 12, 2017 during opening night for Springsteen on Broadway, performed at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Factcheck:
forbes.com/sites/mattnova…
Original unaltered photo:
gettyimages.com/detail/news-ph
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For decades I've been saying, and backing up with documents, what my former employer, The @nytimes, finally put in a headline today:
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.@HouseGOP members praying on the House floor offends both our Constitution and the New Testament, which denounces public displays of devotion.
The blasphemy of the new Speaker, who says God ordained him, is just as disgusting.
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Fellow journalists: stop attributing findings to Mueller.
We know only what AG Barr says Mueller reported.
Accurate attribution is Journalism 101.
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Donald Trump is no longer in business in New York State.
A judge canceled all of his business certificates and appointed a judge to monitor the assets.
Barring an unlikely reversal by an appeal court, the assets will be sold and Trump, Don Jr., & Eric are barred from business.
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Gee, Donald, your White House confirmed my story. POTUS fake Tweet. Sad!
Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, "went to his mailbox" and found my tax returns? @NBCNews FAKE NEWS!
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This should be Page 1 news everywhere - with Portland and Oregon authorities in federal court Friday morning demanding explanations from Trump administration.
Oregon Public Broadcasting confirms tweets today that federal officers in camouflage but no agency identification or badges, driving unmarked non-government rental cars, are grabbing protestors off streets in Portland and not talking w local authorities
opb.org/news/article/federal…
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As a father of eight, I think this is by far the best @nytimes letter to the editor today.
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The Donald Trump we saw on TV today is the dishonest, feral, ignorant nut job I’ve known for 31 years.
Donald will become more & more erratic as impeachment proceeds.
Expect ever crazier conspiracy theories & ever wilder accusations with no factual basis.
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I marvel at people who don't realize Donald is, and always has been, a con man who lies, cheats, steals, and got away with it using threats of ruinous legal action, etc.
My piece on the Trump Org getting the corporate death penalty he so richly deserves:
dcreport.org/2023/09/26/dona…
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The Trump campaign moves from courting donors to getting aggressive with them, a clear sign of desperation.
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Staged photo: time stamp is 95 minutes after raid, cords not plugged into laptops.
At time of raid Trump was at golf course. And his abrupt surrender of Northern Syria made raid much riskier, @nytimes reports.
Need bipartisan hearings into this mendacity.
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For more than 4 years I’ve tried to get Americans to understand that Trump is a dictator-in-waiting who has no idea what’s in our Constitution. Today his own words show exactly that:
“I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.”
WRONG.
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I'm watching a Republican operative on TV repeat Donald's lie that "inflation is an all-time high."
Inflation is under 3%, which is below the average since World War II.
In 1980 inflation was almost 15%, five times the current rate.
People need to call out these lies.
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If Pence is also impeached and convicted the 46th POTUS will be Nancy Pelosi. That’s how our Constitution goes.
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Every now and then an absolutely genius idea comes along. What could make more sense than this:
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Another SCOTUS scandal, per @LeverNews.
Justice Clarence Thomas voted to end federal tenant protections that his billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow’s company says threatened its real estate profit margins.
And another case is coming soon!
levernews.com/thomas-helped-…
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Swiss insurer @chubb, which gave Trump a $91.6m bond in the 2nd E. Jean Carroll defamation case, operates in Russia.
Given national security concerns about Donald— he trusts Putin but not American intelligence services— a court inquiry into the bond deal seems necessary, proper.
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Trump fans call & harass my wife & 1 of my children after I break story White House confirmed. Sad! Let's have open debate, not threats.
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I’m going to @DICKS tomorrow to buy some stuff now that management has destroyed $5m of assault-style rifles.
Companies that do the right thing deserve our support.
Companies that profit off mass murder should be shunned until they fail.
Vote with your wallet.
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Trumper Martha McSally, appointed Arizona senator, just sent me an email calling opponent Mark Kelly a Chinese dupe w/o naming him.
Putin & Xi must be laughing -- a retired AF Colonel calling a retired USN Captain & NASA astronaut a commie.
McSally's unworthy of any office.
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Fact check:
Both @Jim_Jordan & @newtgingrich tweeted that left wing journalists want a recession to hurt Trump.
So I searched Nexis, Google, Bing, etc.
Number of articles & transcripts found? Zero.
They’re lying.
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NEW LAW NEEDED:
While @realDonaldTrump thinks he is above the law, federal judges in Denver decided 12/27 that Supreme Court justices are, ruling that 83 Brett Kavanaugh misconduct complaints may not be reviewed because he is on SCOTUS.
Outrageous.
uscourts.gov/courts/ca10/10-…
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Superintendents of @WestPoint_USMA and @navalacademy,
Are you going to discipline the cadets & midshipmen who flashed white power signs at the Army Navy game?
Note: video shows they timed their racist hand signals to make sure they’d appear on the Jumbotron.
Expulsion?
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.@RepAdamSchiff successfully prosecuted Richard Miller, the FBI agent who was giving our secrets to the Russians, yet @SpeakerMcCarthy is removing Schiff from the intelligence committee.
Putin will be pleased. Patriotic Americans should be appalled.
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My description of @realDonaldTrump as a Kremlin asset & traitor vindicated by @NYTimes report DT was shown emails, other proof on 6Jan17 that Putin personally led elections interference. Trump’s every “witch hunt” remark was a criminal lie; accessory after the fact.
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If Joe Arpaio accepts Trump pardon he is admitting crimes against US, Constitution says. An innocent man would refuse pardon on principle.
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Single source report tonight by @Lawrence, when I was his opening guest, of Russian co-signers on Trump’s Deutsche Bank loans fits w/ what I’ve been saying for years.
Judge should review loan docs in chambers. If true, judge can - and should - put in public record ASAP.
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The video below is from President Biden's visit to Manhattan in April, but Trump's second son claims it's a crowd supporting his dad.
The Trumps just make stuff up, even palpably false stuff. That's because they don't have anything to sell but lies.
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This is beyond belief wrong. Cop in Louisville pointing gun at TV news crew and someone shooting at crew. Those cops should be fired; police chief needs to act.
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Racism and white skin privilege and different standards for the rich and the working folk, all in example #7,347:
14 days vs five years 🤔 the black woman trying to get a better education for her child in elementary school uses another address and gets 5yrs the white women bribes a while college and gets 2 wks #whiteprivilege #FelicityHuffman #ThisIsAmerica
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Bravo to Barnes & Noble @BNBuzz, which in Florida stores highlights books that the sanctimonious and freedom-hating Governor Ron DeSantis and his crew seek to ban in public schools.
h/t Lisa Green Dewberry @Green1966.
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No polling place exists in Dodge City, Kansas, a majority Hispanic city of 27,000. Voting takes place at just one location. Not only is it outside of town, it’s a mile walk from the nearest bus stop. To vote you have to get the hell out of Dodge. kansas.com/news/business/art…
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America's standing in the world, has gone up dramatically since Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump, as shown below by nonprofit @pewresearch.
These numbers fit what I've experienced in my travels around the world in the last seven years.
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Prosecutors are suspicious of Mar-a-Lago flooding that destroyed records - and they should be.
My 2016 book The Making of Donald Trump told how he used same scheme to cheat NYC out of $3m/yr in rents. Diligent auditors outsmarted Donald, got the money.
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How revealing that @realDonaldTrump feels “very badly” for Labor Secty Acosta, who as prosecutor gave Epstein an illegal sweetheart deal for sex trafficking minors, but not one word by Trump expressing sympathy for the young victims.
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Below. In a matter of seconds, is a master class in how to deal powerfully, politely, and properly with Moms for Liberty types who want to use taxpayer money to force your children and grandchildren into their hate-filled, ignorant, and narrow minded ideological box:
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Behold, the Faux Christian become a traitor.
make no mistake, our constitution, our democracy and our liberties are under siege from traitors.
After the best week ever for @realDonaldTrump - no obstruction, no collusion, NYT admits @BarackObama did spy on his campaign, & the economy is soaring. I now support reparations-Trump should have 2 yrs added to his 1st term as pay back for time stolen by this corrupt failed coup
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Trump claims @USPS subsidizes @JeffBezos' @amazon but internal postal memo shows $1.6 billion profit on $3.9 billion of Amazon revenue, a phenomenal 33% profit margin,. @washingtonpost reports.
WH reporters need to press Trump on his lie to see how he explains it away.
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SCOTUS waiting 54 days, more than 7 weeks, to hear oral argument on Trump's claim that as POTUS he enjoys total immunity.
The issues have been laid out well at the appellate court, so why 54 days of delay?
Not good for our democracy.
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Donald's lies are becoming ever more outrageous, yet this 13-seconds of craziness apparently didn't make the national news anywhere:
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A perfect @CNN chyron about the lying liar who has exactly zero qualifications to give advice on vaccines or anything else:
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Journalists: Open hearing on unsealing files that may show Trump Russian ties, Mon, 13:00, Federal Courthouse Brooklyn, Judge Pamela K. Chen
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Why would @RudyGiuliani say Trump lawyers have prepared a 34 page "rebuttal" to Mueller report, since Trump says the report vindicates him?
Who rebuts a report that clears them? No one.
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Any decent board would expel any director urging murder. Willl @NRA? Or will they tacitly endorse this incitement to another mass shooting?
Quick reminder: Ted Nugent, longtime NRA board member, said in an interview that if you see my friends in the street to shoot and kill us like dogs.
My friends and dogs just want to save lives.
Thanks.
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Trump-connected company’s auditor abruptly quits, says books and records aren’t believable.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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After Trump's comments today siding with the Kremlin against America, what more evidence is needed that Trump is not, and never has been, a loyal American? We have a Russian agent in the White House. Period. Full stop.
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