The Daily Populous

Tuesday November 21st, 2023 night edition

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When Trump was born, Harry S. Truman was president and Perry Como topped the year’s pop charts.

Trump has calculated that it’s better to be mocked as a fraud than to be patronized as a fogy.

DeSantis is implying that Trump isn’t as combative as he once was, and that he, DeSantis, can be.

Trump isn’t as freewheeling, but the plain fact is that he hasn’t lost any of the edge of his 2016 campaign.

Finally, detecting a decline in Trump may be challenging because his language and reasoning skills started at such a low place.

Asked at a recent event whether Trump was losing it, former Attorney General Bill Barr said, “His verbal skills are limited.”

But what Barr didn’t say was that Trump was slipping, perhaps because this is who Trump has long been. »

Supreme Court declines appeal from Derek Chauvin in murder of George Floyd

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, leaving in place his conviction for the killing of George Floyd in May 2020.

The state supreme court declined to review that decision in July, leaving in place Chauvin's conviction and 22 ½-year sentence.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. »

40 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in India for over a week and 3 attempts to drill through the debris have failed so far

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A partial tunnel collapse in the Indian state of Uttarakhand has left 40 workers trapped for a week.

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Rescuers have been working for over a week to extricate 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in northern India, and are now shifting strategies following three failed attempts to drill through the debris. »

Donald Trump's Colorado Ruling 'Worst Decision' He Could Get: Attorney

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Despite keeping him on the presidential ballot, a Colorado judge's ruling could still prove "devastating" for former President Donald Trump, a former solicitor general has said.

"There's a factual finding that the judge said, which is that Trump committed insurrection," Katyal said of District Judge Sarah B. Wallace's ruling.

This right was correctly preserved in Colorado today and we urge the swift disposal of any and all remaining Democrat ballot challenges. »