A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on September 30, 2024.
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The day’s through line was simple: Trump saw a catastrophe and reached for the same old script. The result was confusion, pushback, and another reminder that his strongest instinct is to make every crisis about himself.
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Donald Trump visited Valdosta, Georgia, on Sept. 30, 2024, after Hurricane Helene and repeated false claims that President Joe Biden was not responding to Gov. Brian Kemp. The White House said Biden had spoken with Kemp the day before, undercutting Trump’s account.
Federal prosecutors made public a new filing laying out in sharper detail how Trump pushed state officials and Mike Pence in his bid to overturn the 2020 election. The filing did not just revive the case; it underscored how much of Trump’s election-denial machine was built on using official power to force a result voters had already rejected.