Tuesday, August 22, 2023

8/22 WAKE-UP CALL: Trump Arrest Expected Thursday

Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to surrender on Thursday in Atlanta in connection with his indictment in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, he said on social media on Monday. "I'll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED," Trump, who is running for reelection in 2024, said on his Truth Social platform. He described the indictment as a politically motivated effort to derail his reelection campaign. The date was set during negotiations between Trump's lawyers and the Fulton County district attorney's office on Monday over Trump's consent bond and release conditions, according to CNN.

In a 98-page Georgia indictment revealed last week, Trump and 18 other defendants were charged with a total of 41 criminal counts in connection with efforts to reverse his defeat in the state's 2020 election. Donald Trump will face a $200,000 bond and orders not to send threatening social media messages as the former U.S. president awaits trial in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, a court filing on Monday showed. The document, a bond agreement signed by Trump's attorneys and Fulton Country District Attorney Fani Willis, sets out release terms including restrictions on intimidating witnesses and obstructing justice.

➤TRUMP LEADS:  Donald Trump holds a 23-point lead over his nearest rival in Iowa, according to a new poll. Forty-two percent of likely GOP caucus-goers say the former president is their first choice out of 14 different Republican presidential candidates tested, while 19% pick Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The GOP’s first primary debate is Wednesday in Milwaukee. Trump has said he won’t attend and is expected to offer his own counterprogramming. Iowa, the first state with a Republican presidential nominating contest, holds its caucuses on Jan. 15.

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➤MAUI MISSING 850: Nearly two weeks after a devastating fire tore through Lahaina, 850 people remain missing, the county’s mayor said ahead of a visit from President Biden.  Of the more than 2,000 people missing at the beginning of disaster-response efforts, more than 1,280 have since been located and are considered safe, said Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen in a video posted late Sunday night in Hawaii. At least 114 people died in the fire in Lahaina, the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The fire left behind a landscape of more than 2,200 destroyed buildings and burned-out vehicles in the historic former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom that became a popular tourist destination. Officials have estimated that rebuilding will cost nearly $6 billion.  About 85% of the disaster site had been searched as of Sunday, according to Maui County officials. 

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NOT A DAY AT THE BEACH FOR BIDEN: U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday praised the "remarkable resiliency" of the people of Maui, after wildfires killed more than 114 people on the Hawaiian island two weeks ago, and said America would stand by them for as long as it takes. “We’re focused on what’s next. That’s rebuilding for the long term …and doing it together,” said Biden, visibly moved after a tour of the blackened city of Lahaina. He added he would make sure “your voices are heard” and local traditions and wishes were respected.

"The American people stand with you," he told survivors of the Aug. 8 wildfires, standing alongside Governor Josh Green, Hawaii's senators and the representative for Maui in Congress. "For as long as it takes, we're going to be with you." Biden, wearing an ornate lei, later told 400 people at a community event that featured traditional music and heartfelt speeches by local leaders: "Jill and I are here to grieve with you but also we want you to know the entire country is here for you.”

➤HAWAIIANS ANGRY WITH BIDEN: Furious Hawaiians greeted Joe Biden with expletive-ridden chants and loud boos on Monday as he visited the island of Maui 13 days after deadly wildfires begun. The president and his wife Jill landed on Maui to be met with screams of 'F*** you!' as his motorcade passed. Some were seen waving Trump 2024 flags. The 80-year-old only compounded the anger by using a speech at a charred sacred Banyan tree to speak about his own loss - that of his wife and baby daughter in 1972 - and then reference his own experience of a house fire, at his Delaware home in 2004. His home in Wilmington was struck by lightning, causing a small fire to spark - but it did not spread outside the kitchen. Biden then made a clumsy joke while greeting rescue teams, asking a dog handler whether his boots were reinforced and noting: 'Hot ground.' 


➤HILARY LEAVES MASSIVE FLOODING:  In the wake of Hilary’s lashing of Southern California, the region awoke Monday to lingering damage from the historic storm, with debris flows and flash floods leaving paths of destruction from San Bernardino’s mountain towns to Riverside’s desert communities and along Hollywood streets. Residents of a senior living facility in Cathedral City, in California's Coachella Valley, were rescued by JCB machinery on Monday after roads became impassable due to mudslides. The town of 52,000 people has been hard hit by Tropical Storm Hilary, and many of the roads rendered impassable. Rescue workers were assessing the damage and attempting to restore power. No fatalities have been reported in the United States, although one man was killed in Mexico.

➤MUD SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE: Shocking video shows firefighters in San Bernardino County fleeing from a massive mudslide triggered by rain from Tropical Storm Hilary. The video, taken Sunday afternoon in the Forest Falls area, shows the moment a group of first responders run water and sludge barreling down a ravine.  The firefighters were responding to a loud noise but quickly retreated after seeing the mudslide taking out trees and other elements in its way.  No one was injured, according to KTLA , but the mudslide did block roadways in the area and briefly strand firefights at a nearby fire station. The mudslide is just one of many major weather-related incidents in Southern California which was hit hard by the heavy rain and high winds over the weekend.

In some areas, the storm’s damage is still being assessed as officials work to access cut-off communities and rescue those who were stranded. “Some places did see rather severe flooding, and that extends actually into Nevada,” Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, said Monday. But “some areas in Southern California did escape a worst-case flood event.” Although forecasters, in many cases, predicted the correct rain totals, Swain said, the extremely fast rainfall rates didn’t materialize — sparing the region from much of the “catastrophic” flooding that flashed in warnings.

➤CHINA BOOSTING RUSSIAN ECONOMY: Beijing’s total trade with Moscow in the first seven months of 2023 was $134 billion, up 36% from the same period a year earlier. Imports include goods with potential military applications such as microchips and trench-digging excavators. China also is buying sanctions-battered Russia’s oil and gas. The growing economic relationship is central to the two countries' efforts to unite against what their leaders describe as Western efforts to contain them. The pair also want to expand the Brics bloc of emerging economies to counterbalance Western influence, despite other members’ oppositions to entrants, such as Iran and Cuba, that could alienate the U.S.

➤FOX BANS TRUMP'S PEOPLE: Fox News has banned Donald Trump's surrogates from the debate spin room on Wednesday after the former president refused to come to Milwaukee for the Republican showdown. Only presidential campaigns participating in the debate will be allowed on media row, the area where surrogates argue for their contender and rip the competition, sources confirmed to DailyMail.com. Trump, who is leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination, announced on Sunday he wouldn't attend the first two debates of the primary season, both of which are sponsored by Fox News.

➤KILLER MILKSHAKES: Three people have died following a listeria outbreak at a family-owned burger restaurant in Tacoma, Washington. On Aug. 18, the Washington State Department of Health released a report confirming that listeria bacteria were found in all milkshake flavors sold at a Frugals burger restaurant in Tacoma, about one hour from Seattle.  The department reported that the bacteria led to six hospitalizations and three deaths. Those hospitalized were between the ages of 40 and 79. 

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➤SPELLING RECOVERING: Photographers caught the Beverly Hills, 90210, star, 50, being wheeled out of the medical center by a nurse on Sunday evening while looking worse for wear. The mother-of-five appeared to be unsteady and needed help from a friend as she stood up and got into a waiting car. 

The actress, who donned a baggy white T-shirt, black sweatpants, and white and blue Nike sneakers, looked somber as she exited the facility. She had a large bruise on her right cheek and another on her left arm, as well as a Band-Aid on her hand where the IV had been. Tori confirmed that she had been hospitalized hours earlier, sharing a photo of her hand hooked up to an IV on her Instagram Stories, but she did not specify why she had been admitted.

⚾MLB PHILLIES 10 GIANTS 4: Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper hit an inside-the-park home run during the team's 10-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night in a matchup of teams leading the National League wild-card race. Kyle Schwarber, Alec Bohm and Edmundo Sosa also homered for the Phillies, while starting pitcher Aaron Nola threw seven strong innings as they moved three games ahead of the Giants in the wild-card standings. LaMonte Wade Jr. and Joc Pederson homered for San Francisco, who have lost four of five and 11 of 15.

⚾MLB D-BACKS 4 RANGERS 3: If the Arizona Diamondbacks make the playoffs, they will reflect on games like the one on Monday as a reason why. The Diamondbacks scored three runs with two outs in the 11th inning to defeat the Texas Rangers 4-3, setting themselves up for a possible two-game sweep on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Tommy Pham was the hero for Arizona, delivering a walk-off, two-run double after Geraldo Perdomo hit an RBI double.

MLB Players of the Week
⚾MLB SCORES:

  • Cubs 7 Tigers 6
  • Pirates 11 Cardinals 1
  • Mets 10 Braves 4
  • Mariners 14 White Sox 2
  • Astros 9 Red Sox 4
  • Padres 6 Marlins 2
  • Reds at Angels PP


⚾LLWS WILLIAMSPORT:

  • Caribbean (Willemstad, Curaçao) def. Latin America (Maracaibo, Venezuela), 2-1
  • Northwest (Seattle, Washington) def. Southeast (Nolensville, Tennessee), 6-2
  • Asia-Pacific (Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei) def. Japan (Tokyo, Japan), 10-0
  • Southwest (Needville, Texas) def. West (El Segundo, California), 3-1
🏈SOURCES: COLTS GRANT RB JONATHAN TAYLOR OK TO SEEK TRADE: All-Pro running back Jonathan Taylor has been granted permission by the Indianapolis Colts to seek a trade, but the Colts will be seeking significant trade compensation for Taylor. According to separate sources, the team is looking for a first-round draft pick or a collection of picks that equates to one.

🏈SHANE RAY'S NFL COMEBACK HITS SNAG AS BILLS PUT DE ON IR: After making it back to an NFL roster following four years away from the league, defensive end Shane Ray's journey has hit another bump in the road. On Monday, the Buffalo Bills placed Ray on injury reserve. The move could end his season unless an injury settlement is reached. Coach Sean McDermott described him as "day-to-day" Sunday.

➤HEAT DOME DOMINATES: More than a third of Americans are under heat alert early this week as a monster heat dome stifles a huge swath of territory across the central United States, threatening the hottest temperatures of summer. As officials warn of “life-threatening” conditions, numerous records in parts of the Midwest could be reached as the heat continues to pummel the South. Excessive-heat warnings stretch from Texas and Louisiana to Wisconsin and Minnesota, including the entire states of Iowa and Missouri. Cities under excessive-heat warnings include Des Moines, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Little Rock. Combinations of heat and humidity will lead to feels-like values of 110 to 120 degrees across much of the Midwest and South, with some spots even surpassing those marks.

➤T-S HAROLD HEADED TOWARD TEXAS: Tropical Storm Harold formed in the Gulf of Mexico overnight and quickly took aim at the Texas coast, the National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday, capping an extraordinarily busy few days for an Atlantic hurricane season that saw three other storms form in quick succession. Harold, which follows the storms Emily, Franklin and Gert, was expected to move inland over South Texas by noon, the Hurricane Center said in an advisory. More than a million people along the eastern coast of Texas were under a tropical storm warning as of 1 a.m. local time, according to the National Weather Service.



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