Trump says investigating plane 'of thugs in black uniforms' at RNC

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-investigating-plane-of-thugs-in-black-uniforms-at-rnc/ar-BB18zEqr

Donald Trump appeared on Fox News on Monday night to claim that 'a plane full of thugs' boarded a flight intent on causing chaos at the Republican National Convention.

The president spoke to Laura Ingraham for an interview on Monday which, at times, even made her raise her eyebrows.

Trump said that someone was on a flight to Washington DC, ahead of his Thursday speech, and saw the crowd of 'thugs'.

'This person was coming to the Republican National Convention and there were like seven people in the plane [with] this person, and then a lot of people were on the plane to do big damage,' Trump insisted.

  When asked for details, he replied: 'I'll tell you some time. It's under investigation right now.'

Trump suggests 'some very stupid rich people' are funding protest groups, rioters at RNC and across US

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-stupid-rich-people-funding-riots

President Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham in an exclusive interview Monday night that he believes demonstrations outside the White House on the final night of the Republican National Convention last week were bankrolled by "some very stupid rich people."

Trump added on "The Ingraham Angle" that an RNC attendee had traveled to Washington "on a plane from a certain city, and in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear and this and that."

The president declined to say who had told him the story, but promised Ingraham he would reveal it "sometime."

 

Biden Has Eight-Point Lead Nationally Over Trump In New Polling | Morning Joe | MSNBC

US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead - Trump or Biden?

 https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53657174

 At the moment, polls in the battleground states look good for Joe Biden, but there's a long way to go and things can change very quickly, especially when Donald Trump's involved.

The polls suggest Mr Biden is ahead in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - three industrial states his Republican rival won by margins of less than 1% to clinch victory in 2016.

 

Pompeo nixed filming campaign ad in Israel after Jerusalem speech furor – report

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-nixed-filming-campaign-ad-in-israel-after-jerusalem-speech-furor-report/

 Plans were scrapped for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to film a Republican campaign ad in Israel in the wake of criticism surrounding his speech from Jerusalem to the Republican National Convention, according to a Tuesday report.

Channel 12 news cited sources with knowledge of the discussions, who said plans for Pompeo to participate in the campaign by the Republican Party in Israel — primarily to target local voters in the US election — were canceled after strong criticism over his recorded message last week.

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Rep. Scalise promoted doctored video of Joe Biden on Twitter

Murphy Reacts To Trump's Defense Of Teen Charged With Killing 2 Protesters In Kenosha | MSNBC

Mike Flynn & Bill Barr Lose in DC Appellate Court, Case Returned to Judge Sullivan for a Hearing

Trump Card? Surprise Legal Loss For Flynn, Trump, AG Barr | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

Watch: Heads ROLL as Michael Moore predicts Trump win

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286316

 The Rising" talk show discussed the possibility of another come-from-behind Trump election win as radical activist Michael Moore predicted it would come to fruition.

The talk show hosts pointed out that Moore had been the only "pundit" on the left to have predicted Trump's victory in the 2016 elections.

In a call-to-action tweet, Moore questioned whether Democrats were prepared to again taste the misery of defeat and urged people to go out and vote, telling them that "[they] had to get rid of Trump."

Twitter labels Scalise tweet of Biden interview about police funding 'manipulated media' before he took it down

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/31/politics/twitter-scalise-tweet-manipulated-media/index.html

 Twitter labeled a video promoted by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of a progressive activist interviewing Joe Biden about police funding "manipulated content," and Scalise later deleted the tweet Sunday night.

DC Circuit court rules against Flynn case dismissal

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-circuit-court-denies-doj-request-dismiss-flynn-case

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an 8-2 decision that D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan does not have to grant prosecutors' motion to dismiss the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

 The 8-2 decision restores power to a judge to question the Justice Department's moves in the politically divisive case, when Attorney General William Barr dropped charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser earlier this year despite twice pleading guilty to lying under oath to lying to the FBI.

 The en banc review by the full court (minus Judge Gregory Katsas, who recused himself) reverses the decision of a three-judge panel, which had issued a writ of mandamus ordering Sullivan to toss the case. Flynn had argued that Sullivan overstepped his authority by appointing a third-party amicus curiae (friend of the court) to argue against dismissal, even though Flynn and the Justice Department agreed to dispose of the case.

Appeals court denies Michael Flynn and Justice Department's effort to end his case