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Kanye West spent 12.5m of own money on presidential run
Kanye West spent nearly $12.5 million of his own money on his presidential campaign. The 43-year-old rapper - who ran for office under the Birthday Party - self-funded the majority of his late-entry run for office, attracting just $2 million from outside contributors, and, having earned just 66,000 votes across the US, meant each tick in the ballot box cost an average of $200 each. According to a report from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the majority of Kanye's $14,538,989 campaign funds paid for "ballot access", and he was left with $1.3 million at the end of the campaign. $7.5 milli...
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Trump Family Spent More On Secret Service For Travel In 1 Year Than Obama Family Did In 7 Years
In the last fiscal year, the Trump family took more trips that required Secret Service protection than the Obama family took in seven years, according to a budget document released by the Treasury Department. Obama’s family took 133.3 protected trips per year, while Trump’s family has taken an average of 1,625 trips annually. Much of the Trump family’s known travel was to promote Trump Organization businesses, which former President Donald Trump still owns and profits from. Trump appointed his two adult sons to manage the international businesses that continue to make hundreds of millions of d...
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Jenna Ryan, Who Took A Private Jet To Participate In Capital Riots, Says ‘I Regret Everything’
Jenna Ryan participated in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 because former President Donald Trump‘s instigated her, the Frisco, Texas real estate broker now claims. For months after President Joe Biden was declared the election winner, Trump has claimed widespread voter fraud, which led to him to tell his supporters to protest at the Capitol in early January. “I bought into a lie, and the lie is the lie, and it’s embarrassing,” Ryan claimed. “I regret everything.” Ryan and several other North Texas real estate agents took a private jet to Washington to attend the January 6 “Stop the ...
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‘South Park’ To Air Second Hour-Long COVID-19 Pandemic Special Episode
It was announced this week that the hit satirical adult animated series South Park will be airing another hour-long special relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the second hour-long special developed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone that focuses on the crisis. The first special titled The Pandemic Special was released on September 30, 2020. South Park will air its second pandemic centered special titled South ParQ Vaccination Special on March 10 to start its 24th season. 2020 was the first year in which South Park did not release a season. However, The Pandemic Special was used as a wa...
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Prosecutors Say Oath Keepers Awaited ‘Direction’ From Trump Before Capitol Riot
On Thursday, new information was released regarding the Oath Keepers, a militia group, and their plan to attack the Capitol, armed with “heavy weapons,” and their months of preparation “for urban warfare, riot control and rescue operations.” The information was released after former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The ex-president’s potential involvement in the Oath Keepers’ plan was brought to light during the trial. Oath Keepers member Jessica M. Watkins wrote the following message in a text message: “POTUS has the right to activate units too. If Trump asks me to come, I will.” T...
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Trump Offered Kim Jong-Un A Flight Back To North Korea On Air Force One In 2019
Former President Donald Trump offered North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un a flight on Air Force One after the world leaders met for a summit in Vietnam in 2019. Kim declined the invitation. Details about Trump’s relationship with the North Korean leader were shared to the public after BBC aired the docu-series, Trump Takes On The World. Trump and Kim met in Hanoi, Vietnam in February 2019 for their second historic summit to negotiate North Korea’s nuclear program. The summit ended abruptly where the leaders weren’t able to agree on what Kim was willing to sacrifice in exchange for sanctions reli...
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Ivanka Trump Will Not Run Against Marco Rubio For Senate Seat In 2022
Ivanka Trump will not challenge Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for his U.S. Senate seat in 2022 after much speculation that she might when she move to the Sunshine State in January. “Marco did speak with Ivanka a few weeks ago. Ivanka offered her support for Marco’s reelection. They had a great talk,” said Nick Iacovella, a spokesman for Rubio told the New York Times. Iacovella’s statement comes after speculation over a potential future Senate bid by Trump. Rubio’s office apparently requested that Trump not address rumors about her potential political career before hosting an event with Rubio in...
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Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger Investigates Trump’s ‘Find More Votes’ Call
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is formally investigating former President Donald Trump to determine if he pressured Georgia election officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Walter Jones, spokesperson for Raffensperger, told Politico that “the Secretary of State’s office investigates complaints it receives,” and confirmed that the investigation will center around the phone call Trump made to Raffensperger on January 2. “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state,” said then-Presid...
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Trump Planning A Post-Acquittal Comeback
Former President Donald Trump promised after his acquittal in the Senate that his “movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun.” While quiet during his trial, insiders say Trump was in close contact with Washington allies and planned to revive his public persona after his acquittal. Axios managing editor for politics Margaret Talev wrote Sunday that “while Trump may well seek revenge in primaries against the GOP Senate and House members who sided with Democrats, he mostly held his fire in his statement. Instead he tried to rewrite history.” “I always have, and always will, be a ch...
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Trump On 2024 Run: “Too Early To Say”
Former President Donald Trump is unwilling to say whether he will run for president again in 2024. Trump spoke to Newsmax on Wednesday for one of his first interviews since the Capitol insurrection on January 6. Host Greg Kelly asked Trump about his future political plans, but Trump said, “It’s too early to say, but I see a lot of great polls out there.” When pressed on whether or not he will run again, Trump said, “we have tremendous support. I won’t say yet, but I have tremendous support, and I’m looking at poll numbers that are through the roof…. I’m the only guy who gets impeached and my n...
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