RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Donald Trump

THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: TRUMP MUST BE INDICTED

With democracy itself under siege, Attorney General Merrick Garland must uphold his oath to defend the Constitution.  By Mitchell Zimmerman | June 22, 2022 A Roosevelt Island Daily Feature Article The bipartisan congressional commission investigating the January 6 coup attempt has found…

TIP OF THE ICEBERG

Khalil Bendib / OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small A federal indictment against the Trump Organization might be just the beginning of Donald Trump’s future legal troubles. By Khalil Bendib | July 14, 2021 Also from Assorted Ideas, Large & Small

Faith in numbers: Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the nonreligious vote he lost in 2020

Ryan Burge, Eastern Illinois University For all the predictions and talk of a slump in support among evangelicals, it appears Donald Trump’s election loss was not at the hands of religious voters. As an analyst of religious data, I’ve been…

Documents Show Trump Officials Skirted Rules to Reward Politically Connected and Untested Firms With Huge Pandemic Contracts

by J. David McSwane, Propublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.   Series: Coronavirus The U.S….

Breaking: Trump Supporters Now Say Joe Biden Was Born In Dublin

Joe Biden was born in Dublin, Ireland, according to new findings by a Trump birther researchers. They say they have proof, and they’ve challenged Biden to produce a genuine U.S. birth certificate.

Trump Out, New York Said, Then Finally Makes It Stick

New York wants Trump out. A move toward erasing the president from the city scene grew with a push from the City Council. A resolution asks for termination of the Trump Organization’s contracts. Now, Yankee fans jump him too.

Twitter permanently bans President Trump, claiming potential to ‘incite violence’

By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 8th, 2021 (The Center Square) – When Donald Trump rose from a political outsider to claim the most powerful political job in the world – president of the U.S. – at least a portion of…

Twitter, Facebook suspend Trump from posting; Twitter threatens permanent ban

By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 6th, 2021 (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump saw his Facebook and Twitter account suspended Wednesday evening after the nation’s two dominant social media platforms accused him of inciting violence through his posts. Twitter…

Women in President Donald Trump’s White House earn 69 cents for every $1 paid to male staffers

The gender pay gap is wider than the national pay gap and wider than the gap in the Obama White House. Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th During the Republican National Convention, the high-ranking women in Donald Trump’s White…