Mike Johnson’s Trump Charm Offensive

Donald Trump’s record of hypocrisy and grifting now appears to extend to his “God Bless the USA” Bible. A new report from the Associated Press reveals that nearly 120,000 copies of the former president’s $60 Bibles are printed in China, the same country he’s spent most of his political career lambasting. Those copies, according to records obtained by the AP, were shipped in February and March, likely making a $7 million profit for Trump. As we previously wrote, these Bibles aren’t just average publications of a holy text.

At a pair of fundraisers on Tuesday, Gov. Tim Walz called for abolishing the Electoral College. “I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go,” he told Democratic donors at the home of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We need a national popular vote.” The Harris campaign said that it did not support Walz’s position and the New York Times wrote that his statement risked “rocking the boat for the Harris campaign as it tries to deliver a message focused on economic concerns, abortion rights and the threat of former President Donald J.

The scale and depth of the lies about Hurricane Helene have been breathtaking—and they are far from over, even as the next storm gathers force. Hundreds of people have died or lost their homes and been displaced from Helene, as lies about the storm and recovery have emanated from politicians, conspiracy peddlers, and far-right figures.

Aurora city officials are delaying plans to close dilapidated — and now politically infamous — apartment buildings after control of two of the owners’ properties was transferred to a court-ordered caretaker. The court took action after the property owners defaulted on millions of dollars in loans. Attorneys for U. S. Bank Trust Company filed two lawsuits in recent weeks to force Aurora’s Whispering Pines and 200 Columbia apartment complexes into receivership.

When Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, a board-certified OB-GYN based in New Orleans, walks into a hospital room to deliver a baby, one of the first things she does is ask the nurse on duty, “Do we have our hemorrhage meds?” Postpartum hemorrhage, or severe bleeding after childbirth, is a leading—but preventable—cause of maternal death in the US and around the world.

The Longmont City Council unanimously approved a plan on Tuesday for a roughly 26-acre property to go through the city’s annexation review process for possible future development. The land is currently zoned for agriculture in unincorporated Boulder County. The property is northwest of the U. S. 287 and Park Ridge Avenue intersection on the far north side of Longmont’s planning area. The project applicant, NLA Investors LLC, is requesting that the property be zoned “Residential – Mixed Neighborhood,” which would allow attached residential units at densities ranging from six to 18 units per acre. A concept plan attached to the council’s packet of materials indicated that higher-density residential units might be built closer to U.