The Daily Populous

Sunday January 14th, 2024 morning edition

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Former President Donald Trump wrapped up his massive civil fraud case with a trademark personal touch: An attack on the judge, right in the courtroom.

This case could force Trump to hand over flagship New York properties, including even his Trump Tower headquarters in Manhattan.

In a pretrial ruling, the judge already revoked some Trump’s business licenses, including for Trump Tower, and ordered that the Trump Organization itself be “liquidated.”

In a pretrial ruling, the judge already revoked some Trump’s business licenses, including for Trump Tower, and ordered that the Trump Organization itself be “liquidated.”.

Now, there’s little Trump can do except sit back and wait to hear what the fallout will be. »

Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election

Authored by aljazeera.com

William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won Taiwan’s presidential election, despite warnings from China – which claims Taiwan as part of its territory – not to vote for him.

With votes from all polling stations counted on Saturday, the Central Election Commission said Lai won 40.1 percent, ahead of Hou’s 33.5 percent.

Responding to Lai’s win, Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua said in a statement carried by state news agency Xinhua that “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan”. »

Trump ally Laura Loomer: Nikki Haley and the deep state might be using “weather manipulation” to “rig the Iowa Caucus”

Authored by mediamatters.org

HAARP “has long been the center of wild speculation that the program is designed to control the weather — or worse,” NBC News reported.

Conspiracy theorists have invoked it for decades; Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Russian state media outlet RT reportedly blamed HAARP for the 2010 Haitian earthquake, for instance.

Donald Trump Jr. praised Loomer and called for her to be appointed as White House press secretary in a second Trump term. »