Ridgewood NJ, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced her endorsement of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump during a National Guard conference in Michigan. Gabbard, a retired Hawaii congresswoman and former Democratic presidential candidate who served in Iraq and Kuwait, praised Trump for his foreign policy during his first term as president.
Trump Found Guilty on 34 Counts in Hush-Money Case
New York NY, in a historic verdict, a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts related to falsifying business records in the hush-money trial against him. This decision marks Trump as the first former US president to be convicted of a crime.
Ridgewood NJ, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado lacks the authority to disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. This historic ruling preserves Trump’s eligibility to run for a second presidential term.
Ridgewood NJ, today, the US Supreme Court is set to deliberate on the contentious issue of whether states possess the authority to prohibit social media platforms from moderating political content on their platforms. This case is one of three social media-related disputes on the court’s docket for this term.
Davos Switzerland, “There are three reasons why Trump won’t reclaim the presidency, and the first is the prevailing belief here that he’s poised for a comeback,” Anthony Scaramucci, the former Trump aide turned critic, shared with Semafor’s Ben Smith this week. The U.S. presidential election officially commenced on the same day as the circus known as the “World Economic Forum” began, quickly becoming a constant topic of discussion among attendees .
Trenton NJ, former Governor Chris Christie is expected to announce next week that he is going to run for president. The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake writes that despite abysmal poll numbers, “signs are building that Christie will again decide to run for president at what is decidedly the wrong time — even more than 2016 was. And while he has insisted this isn’t just a kamikaze mission to take down Donald Trump, it’s difficult to see how it could amount to much else.”
Ridgewood NJ, voters are divided on whether former President Donald Trump should run again in 2024, but most would vote for him in a race against either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.
Ridgewood NJ, Republican pollster Frank Luntz told Fox News’ Bret Baier , that his “profession is done” if President Trump wins re-election come Nov. 3, and proves the national polls wrong yet again.
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Toms River NJ, Thousands of Trump supporters hold ‘Great American Boat Parade’ events over Labor Day Weekend and the largest one was held at the Jersey Shore .
The Toms River boat parade was billed for Law enforcement supporters, Trump Supporters and those looking for a way to honor American Veterans on the last official weekend of summer, you may want to make your way to Toms River this Saturday.
Washington DC, National President Patrick Yoes announced that the Fraternal Order of Police has unanimously voted to endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.
“Public safety will undoubtedly be a main focus for voters in this year’s election,” Yoes said. “Look at what the national discourse has focused on for the last six months. President Trump has shown time after time that he supports our law enforcement officers and understands the issues our members face every day. The FOP is proud to endorse a candidate who calls for law and order across our nation. He has the full and enthusiastic support of the FOP.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), today led 14 of his Senate colleagues in pushing appropriators to include in its 2021 appropriations bill language requiring the Administration to pay the full amount of dues for each international organization that the U.S. is a member of, including the World Health Organization (WHO).
President Trump has said, “Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China’s lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death,”
MAHWAH NJ, Today, Frank T. Pallotta, candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional District, made the following statement in response to reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. raid in Syria:
Wyckoff NJ, Democratic Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus Representatives Josh Gottheimer, Thomas Suozzi, Vincente Gonzalez, Anthony Brindisi, Dean Phillips, Max Rose, and Abigail Spanberger met at the White House to sit down with President Trump in the Situation Room regarding the shutdown. Entering the meeting, the Members released the following statement:
“Over the last weeks, we have been listening to our constituents and speaking with our fellow Members of Congress — in both parties and in both chambers. There is strong agreement across the aisle and around the country: We must reopen the government. Our security, safety, and economy have been compromised, and millions of families are suffering.
“There is also strong agreement that if we reopen the government, the possibility exists to work together and find common ground to tackle some of our country’s toughest problems and fix them. But that conversation can only begin in earnest once the government is reopened. We accepted the White House’s invitation to meet today to convey that message.”
Washington DC, “This new deal will be the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country, with the most advanced protections for workers ever developed. President”, Donald J. Trump
This deal could have major impact on New Jersey , Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving New York metropolitan area and the northeastern quadrant of North America. The busiest container port in the world in 1985, the Port was, as of 2004, the largest in the eastern United States and the third-largest in the country.
REBALANCING OUR TRADE RELATIONSHIP: President Donald J. Trump kept his promise to deliver a modern and rebalanced trade deal to replace NAFTA.
Seoul South Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said today that North Korea has expressed a commitment to “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, and is not seeking conditions.
“They have not attached any conditions that the U.S. cannot accept, such as the withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. All they are talking about is the end of hostile policies against North Korea, followed by a guarantee of security.” He added that a deal could be reached that includes denuclearization, a peace treaty, and normalization of relations between the two Koreas and the United States.
Moon’s announcement comes following President Trump’s statement that he’d walk away from talks if he didn’t think they were producing results. Trump also said during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that his campaign of “maximum pressure” on North Korea would continue until Pyongyang gave up its nuclear weapons.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea last week and formed a “good relationship” with Kim Jong Un. A summit between the Korean leaders and President Trump is planned for May or June.