“Trump Defends Kenosha Shooting Suspect” https://www.npr.org/2020/08/31/908137377/trump-defends-kenosha-shooting-suspect
“President Donald Trump has suggested that a teen accused of killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week was acting in self defense.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-teen-accused-wisconsin-killings-he-probably-would-have-been-killed-1528801 “He was there to protect his community and to treat wounded protestors,” attorney John Pierce said on Twitter Monday. “We need a nation of Kyle Rittenhouses.”
During Monday’s briefing, Trump also declined to condemn his supporters who were videoed riding through a crowd of protestors in Portland, Oregon shooting paintballs and pepper spray.
“Paint is not bullets,” he said, claiming his supporters are protesting “peacefully” despite retweeting one of the videos over the weekend.”
“President Trump bragged about a supposedly secret nuclear weapons system in an interview with Bob Woodward, according to excerpts from the veteran journalist’s new book.
Trump discussed the weapons system while reflecting on how close the United States and North Korea came to nuclear war in 2017, according to excerpts from “Rage” published Wednesday by The Washington Post, where Woodward is an associate editor.” https://thehill.com/policy/defense/515700-trump-disclosed-secret-weapons-system-to-woodward-book
‘Dangerous’ and ‘unfit’: Trump’s former national security advisers say he has ‘no moral compass’ in new Woodward book” https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/president-trump-national-security-advisers-rage-book/index.html
“Journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage” sent shockwaves across Washington on Wednesday that left the White House, Trump campaign and congressional Republicans scrambling to react to revelations that President Donald Trump concealed what he knew early on about how dangerous and deadly the coronavirus was.
A source close to the Trump campaign told CNN many were shocked by the President’s comments so early about how deadly coronavirus is, noting that the President kept that information from his own campaign.
“Hard to say fake news when there is audio of his comments,” a Trump campaign adviser said.”
Lake County prosecutors said that the gun Kyle Rittenhouse used in the Kenosha shooting was bought, stored and used in Wisconsin. No charges will be filed against him in Lake County [Illinois].
Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, is facing charges in Wisconsin of first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2020/10/13/lake-county-prosecutors-announce-they-will-not-file-charges-against-kyle-rittenhouse/ (article includes the probable cause statement written by prosecutors based on information received from several police detectives with the Kenosha Police Department)
Kyle Rittenhouse’s arrest has become a rallying point for some on the right, with a legal defense fund that has attracted millions of dollars in donations. But others see Rittenhouse as a domestic terrorist whose presence with a rifle incited the protesters.
Defense attorneys have portrayed Rittenhouse as a courageous patriot who was exercising his right to bear arms during unrest over the shooting of Blake, who is Black. https://news.yahoo.com/accused-kenosha-gunman-wont-face-212048638.html
Rittenhouse, whose lawyers are fighting his extradition to Wisconsin, is due back in Lake County court on October 30 for an extradition hearing.
His lawyers have said that they are concerned for Rittenhouse’s safety if he were to be extradited to Wisconsin.
“Tucker Carlson Advertiser Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, Helps Bail Out Kyle Rittenhouse” https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-advertiser-mike-lindell-ceo-mypillow-helps-bail-out-kyle-rittenhouse-1549191
“Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, attempted homicide, reckless homicide, recklessly endangering safety and illegal possession of a firearm in connection with the shootings. Rittenhouse’s attorney Lin Wood has said that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. In August, Wood created a foundation designed to take donations for Rittenhouse’s defense. On Friday, Wood announced Rittenhouse’s release from jail and name-checked Lindell as one of those who made a contribution.”
“KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS OUT OF JAIL,” tweeted Wood on Friday. “God bless ALL who donated to help #FightBack raise required $2M cash bail. Special thanks to Actor Ricky Schroder @rickyshroder1 & Mike Lindell @realMikeLindell for putting us over the top.”
“Kyle is SAFE,” Wood continued. “Thanks to ALL who helped this boy.”
“Vigilante, volunteer, terrorist: how the US media covers Kyle Rittenhouse” (Guardian UK Aug 28, 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/28/vigilante-volunteer-terrorist-how-us-media-covers-kyle-rittenhouse
“There is perhaps no greater example of the polarization of American media than the coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who allegedly shot and killed two protesters and injured another at Kenosha this week.
On one side of the divide, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended Rittenhouse on Wednesday, due to the violence and property damage in Kenosha. “How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?” asked Carlson.
Ridiculing Carlson’s statement on Thursday, the Daily Show host Trevor Noah replied: “No one drives to a city with guns because they love someone else’s business so much.” He continued: “They do it because they are hoping to shoot someone. That’s the only reason people like him join these gangs in the first place – yes, I said it, a gang – because this is not the battle of Yorktown, it’s a bunch of dudes threatening people with guns.”
Hours after Rittenhouse was released, L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, who is a member of Rittenhouse’s defense team, tweeted a photo of Rittenhouse, Ricky Schroder and attorney John Pierce, under a title of “FREE AT LAST!!!” Lin earlier tweeted that a donation from Schroder helped put Rittenhouse’s bond fundraising effort “over the top.”
“Trump Defends Kenosha Shooting Suspect” https://www.npr.org/2020/08/31/908137377/trump-defends-kenosha-shooting-suspect
“President Donald Trump has suggested that a teen accused of killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week was acting in self defense.” https://www.newsweek.com/trump-teen-accused-wisconsin-killings-he-probably-would-have-been-killed-1528801 “He was there to protect his community and to treat wounded protestors,” attorney John Pierce said on Twitter Monday. “We need a nation of Kyle Rittenhouses.”
During Monday’s briefing, Trump also declined to condemn his supporters who were videoed riding through a crowd of protestors in Portland, Oregon shooting paintballs and pepper spray.
“Paint is not bullets,” he said, claiming his supporters are protesting “peacefully” despite retweeting one of the videos over the weekend.”
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers calls special session on reducing police brutality after shooting of Jacob Blake (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/24/wisconsin-governor-evers-calls-special-session-police-brutality-after-jacob-blake-shooting-kenosha/3430490001/
“Wisconsin special session on police reform lasts less than a minute. GOP not interested.” (NBC News) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gov-evers-calls-wisconsin-lawmakers-special-session-police-reform-gop-n1238863
The owner of a destroyed shop in Kenosha refused to pose with Trump – so they brought in the old owner : Proprietor of century-old camera shop said he did not want to become part of Trump’s ‘circus’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kenosha-visit-business-owner-pose-a9700546.html President Donald Trump toured the violence-ravaged Kenosha Tuesday and called rioters ‘domestic terrorists’ while praising police, who he argued shouldn’t be demonized for ‘choking.’
“Analysis: More than ever, Trump casts himself as the defender of white America” https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-nyt-analysis-trump-race-2020-election-20200907-mvhl7tmoc5fx7cdihoq7d4r6pm-story.html
“Lincoln Project Warns ‘Trump Is Radicalizing Our Young Men to Become Killers’ With New Viral Ad”
https://lincolnproject.us/video/radicalize/
“President Trump bragged about a supposedly secret nuclear weapons system in an interview with Bob Woodward, according to excerpts from the veteran journalist’s new book.
Trump discussed the weapons system while reflecting on how close the United States and North Korea came to nuclear war in 2017, according to excerpts from “Rage” published Wednesday by The Washington Post, where Woodward is an associate editor.” https://thehill.com/policy/defense/515700-trump-disclosed-secret-weapons-system-to-woodward-book
‘Dangerous’ and ‘unfit’: Trump’s former national security advisers say he has ‘no moral compass’ in new Woodward book” https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/president-trump-national-security-advisers-rage-book/index.html
“Journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage” sent shockwaves across Washington on Wednesday that left the White House, Trump campaign and congressional Republicans scrambling to react to revelations that President Donald Trump concealed what he knew early on about how dangerous and deadly the coronavirus was.
A source close to the Trump campaign told CNN many were shocked by the President’s comments so early about how deadly coronavirus is, noting that the President kept that information from his own campaign.
“Hard to say fake news when there is audio of his comments,” a Trump campaign adviser said.”
8AM MDT, tomorrow morning, 10th
Lake County prosecutors said that the gun Kyle Rittenhouse used in the Kenosha shooting was bought, stored and used in Wisconsin. No charges will be filed against him in Lake County [Illinois].
Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, is facing charges in Wisconsin of first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2020/10/13/lake-county-prosecutors-announce-they-will-not-file-charges-against-kyle-rittenhouse/ (article includes the probable cause statement written by prosecutors based on information received from several police detectives with the Kenosha Police Department)
Kyle Rittenhouse’s arrest has become a rallying point for some on the right, with a legal defense fund that has attracted millions of dollars in donations. But others see Rittenhouse as a domestic terrorist whose presence with a rifle incited the protesters.
Defense attorneys have portrayed Rittenhouse as a courageous patriot who was exercising his right to bear arms during unrest over the shooting of Blake, who is Black. https://news.yahoo.com/accused-kenosha-gunman-wont-face-212048638.html
Rittenhouse, whose lawyers are fighting his extradition to Wisconsin, is due back in Lake County court on October 30 for an extradition hearing.
His lawyers have said that they are concerned for Rittenhouse’s safety if he were to be extradited to Wisconsin.
“Tucker Carlson Advertiser Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, Helps Bail Out Kyle Rittenhouse” https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-advertiser-mike-lindell-ceo-mypillow-helps-bail-out-kyle-rittenhouse-1549191
“Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, attempted homicide, reckless homicide, recklessly endangering safety and illegal possession of a firearm in connection with the shootings. Rittenhouse’s attorney Lin Wood has said that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. In August, Wood created a foundation designed to take donations for Rittenhouse’s defense. On Friday, Wood announced Rittenhouse’s release from jail and name-checked Lindell as one of those who made a contribution.”
“KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS OUT OF JAIL,” tweeted Wood on Friday. “God bless ALL who donated to help #FightBack raise required $2M cash bail. Special thanks to Actor Ricky Schroder @rickyshroder1 & Mike Lindell @realMikeLindell for putting us over the top.”
“Kyle is SAFE,” Wood continued. “Thanks to ALL who helped this boy.”
“Vigilante, volunteer, terrorist: how the US media covers Kyle Rittenhouse” (Guardian UK Aug 28, 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/28/vigilante-volunteer-terrorist-how-us-media-covers-kyle-rittenhouse
“There is perhaps no greater example of the polarization of American media than the coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who allegedly shot and killed two protesters and injured another at Kenosha this week.
On one side of the divide, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended Rittenhouse on Wednesday, due to the violence and property damage in Kenosha. “How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?” asked Carlson.
Ridiculing Carlson’s statement on Thursday, the Daily Show host Trevor Noah replied: “No one drives to a city with guns because they love someone else’s business so much.” He continued: “They do it because they are hoping to shoot someone. That’s the only reason people like him join these gangs in the first place – yes, I said it, a gang – because this is not the battle of Yorktown, it’s a bunch of dudes threatening people with guns.”
Hours after Rittenhouse was released, L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, who is a member of Rittenhouse’s defense team, tweeted a photo of Rittenhouse, Ricky Schroder and attorney John Pierce, under a title of “FREE AT LAST!!!” Lin earlier tweeted that a donation from Schroder helped put Rittenhouse’s bond fundraising effort “over the top.”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnT9pJgXEAIMveg?format=jpg&name=small
Black Rifle Coffee, a coffee company beloved by right-wing Trumpworld characters, is under fire after Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse was pictured following his release from jail on Friday night in one of their t-shirts. The coffee company was quick to issue a statement saying that they have nothing to do with Rittenhouse’s legal efforts and are not sponsoring him in any way.
“Black Rifle Coffee Company does not sponsor legal advocacy efforts and does not have a relationship with Kyle Rittenhouse,” a company spokesperson told Mediaite via email on Saturday evening. https://www.mediaite.com/news/black-rifle-coffee-says-they-have-nothing-to-do-with-kenosha-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse-after-hes-seen-wearing-their-shirt/
See also “The New Right Wing Coffee Is Black Rifle Coffee” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-new-right-wing-coffee-is-black-rifle-coffee
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