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The Case(s) Against Donald Trump

EARLY AND OFTEN UPDATED 10:12 A.M. The Case(s) Against Donald Trump It’s hard to keep track, so we made a guide. By Nia Prater, Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-are-the-legal-cases-against-donald-trump.html?utm_source=flipboard.com&utm_medium=social_acct&utm_campaign=feed-part Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images Donald Trump is under three separate indictments and is currently awaiting a fourth as the 2024 election draws near. In addition to the charges levied against him by special counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is expected soon to reveal whether she will charge Trump over election interference in Georgia. And, if that weren’t enough, the former president is facing several civil suits including one led by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, who is alleging that Trump committed business fraud. Here’s what

How Donald Trump tried to undo his loss in Georgia in 2020

How Donald Trump tried to undo his loss in Georgia in 2020 (Natalie Vineberg/Washington Post illustration) By Amy Gardner, Kati Perry and Adriana Usero Aug. 14 at 6:00 a.m. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2023/trump-georgia-election-investigation/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f002 2020 Two days after Election Day in 2020, President Donald Trump’s eldest son traveled to the Georgia Republican Party headquarters in Atlanta to deliver a message. The presidential race was still too close to call in the state and in the country. Georgia Republicans were scrambling to prepare for two runoff elections that would determine control of the U.S. Senate. But Donald Trump Jr. urged them to focus on another task: helping his father win the state by proving that widespread fraud had tainted the results. If you do not support my dad 100 percent, we have a problem, Donald Trump Jr. told the group, a Trump campaign staffer familiar with the meeting testified to the Hou

How Americans Got So Mean

How America Got Mean 500+The Atlantic by David Brooks / August 14, 2023 at 04:42AM//keep unread//hide Is this article about Health? YES NO Illustrations by Ricardo Tomás Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been obsessed with two questions. The first is: Why have Americans become so sad? The rising rates of depression have been well publicized, as have the rising deaths of despair from drugs, alcohol, and suicide. But other statistics are similarly troubling. The percentage of people who say they don’t have close friends has increased fourfold since 1990. The share of Americans ages 25 to 54 who weren’t married or living with a romantic partner went up to 38 percent in 2019, from 29 percent in 1990. A record-high 25 percent of 40-year-old Americans have never married. More than half of all Americans say that no one knows them well. The percentage of high-school students who report “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” shot up from 26 percent in 2009 to 44 percent in 2021

Trump Shell Companies

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This Is the Case

This Is the Case Special Counsel Jack Smith has sounded the call, but voters must answer it if they wish to preserve American democracy. By Tom Nichols Trump's back in darkness Drew Angerer / Getty Images AUGUST 1, 2023, 7:13 PM ET https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/08/trump-indictment-charges-overturn-2020-election/674887/ This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump stands indicted for attempting to thwart the peaceful transfer of power and subvert the rights of American citizens. This is the moment that will decide our future as a democracy. First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: The first great crisis of a second Trump term The ugly honesty of Elon Musk’s Twitter rebrand Ignore the histrionic attacks on the Supreme Court. ENJOY A YEAR OF UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE ATLANTIC—INCLUDIN