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Senator joins group of far-left lawmakers who think Trump has — again — committed impeachable offenses
Sen. John Ossoff of Georgia has become the latest Democrat in Congress to signal that President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached, even though he has only been in the White House this term for less than 100 days.
During a town hall Friday in Cobb County, Georgia, Ossoff took questions from the audience, including from a fired-up local mother who questioned Ossoff about why there has not been a more concerted effort to impeach Trump.
«Why are there no calls for impeachment?» Ossoff was asked. «Do something more!»
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Ossoff told the woman at the top of his response that «there is no doubt» Trump has exceeded the standard for impeachment.
Sen. John Ossoff, D-Ga., has become the latest Democrat in Congress to signal that President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached, even though he has only been in the White House during his second term for less than 100 days. (Getty Images/Fox News)
«I saw just 48 hours ago, [Trump] is granting audiences to people who buy his meme coin,» Ossoff said. «There is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense. And the reality is that that’s just one of many [examples] — defying a federal court order, for example. So, I agree with you.»
Ossoff’s remarks make him the latest Democratic lawmaker in Congress who has either explicitly called for Trump’s impeachment or signaled their willingness to support such a move just 100 days into his presidency. While most Democrats have been willing to publicly admit the country is facing a constitutional crisis under Trump, most of them have refrained from going so far as to use the «I» word.
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Some though, such as progressive Sen. Al Green, D-Texas, have not shied away from supporting calls for impeachment. He was the first congressional lawmaker to call for it just weeks into the president’s second term. Green’s calls have been supported by other Democrats, such as Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Maxine Dexter of Oregon; Sam Liccardo and Maxine Waters of California; Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; Shri Thanedar of Michigan; and Hank Johnson of Georgia, all of whom have gone publicly on the record regarding their support, according to NBC News.
«Right now, it’s 218 to 215, so if you can find me two Republicans, I’ll go to work tomorrow,» Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who led impeachment efforts against Trump during his first term, told a reporter when asked about the matter.
From left: Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Rep. Al Green, D-Texas; and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. (Getty Images/Fox News)
Trent England, a presidential elections expert and founder of the nonprofit Save Our States, bashed Democratic lawmakers for «claiming to be all about democracy,» but when they don’t get what they want, «suddenly democracy is not what they’re all about.»
«It really undercuts Democrats’ message about elections when as soon as they get an election result they don’t like, they’re out challenging it through impeachment. Especially when Democrats claimed after 2016 that part of their issue with Trump was that he only won the Electoral College,» England added. «Well, now he’s won a resounding popular vote, in addition to winning the Electoral College. And, yet, they’re still out there trying to impeach him at the very beginning of his administration.»
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England also opined that the calls for impeachment were an easy way for Democrats to help boost their fundraising efforts.
«Efforts like this show how a lot of members of Congress are really operating as personal fundraising machines, as opposed to legislators,» England said. «They’re not trying to get things done. They know that using platforms like Act Blue, they can fly the impeachment flag and raise a lot of money from left-wing donors without ever believing that any of this is going to have any effect.»
The first-term Democratic senator is facing re-election later this year, as his term ends early next year. Ossoff’s office declined to comment for this story.
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Tim Scott said Ossoff’s push for impeachment illustrates «the desperation of his re-election campaign.»
«Not even 100 days into President Donald J. Trump’s terms, and Ossoff is already pushing impeachment,» Scott said. «His obsession makes clear just how out of touch he is with Georgia voters. The desperation in his re-election campaign is already showing.»
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Portland mayor condemns federal intervention, claims videos of anti-ICE riots were from years ago
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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to Oregon’s largest city, claiming there is no lawlessness or violence there.
Trump announced Saturday morning he plans to send troops to Portland at the request of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The president said he directed War Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide «all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,» adding he was authorizing full force, if necessary.
Hours later, Wilson said during a news conference the number of necessary troops is «zero» in Portland, «and any other American city.»
Police are seen dispersing the crowd outside the Portland ICE facility Sept. 1 in Oregon. (X/@KatieDaviscourt)
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«This is an American city,» Wilson said. «We do not need any intervention. This is not a military target.»
The mayor alleged the president would «not find» lawlessness or violence in the city, claiming video footage showing violence in the city was from five years ago was «recycled and then recycled again.»
«If President Trump came to Portland today, what he would find is people riding their bikes, playing sports, enjoying the sunshine, buying groceries or produce from a farmers’ market,» Wilson said. «We’ve had hard conversations, and we’ve done important work in the years since that footage was taken, we reformed our public safety system. We’ve refocused our community and on our economy, and we’ve redoubled our efforts to help our most vulnerable.»
Since June, protests have erupted near an ICE facility in Portland, where city officials cited land use violations, including improper detainee holding times and boarded-up windows.
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The building has been vandalized with anti-ICE graffiti and clashes between protesters and federal agents have occasionally turned violent, leading to the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital confirmed another violent protest in August, with footage showing protesters rolling out a guillotine, lighting fires and fighting with authorities — forcing law enforcement to disperse the crowd with munitions.
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Instead of sending troops to protect the federal facility, Wilson suggested the president send «hundreds of engineers, or teachers, or outreach workers» to Portland instead of a «short, expensive and fruitless show of force.»
«I am so deeply disappointed with the federal government’s irresponsibility,» he said. «At the end of the day, this may be a show of force, but that’s all it is. It’s a big show, and after the big show, everyone goes home. That’s what I want to happen here today in Portland. We have a long and proud tradition of peaceful protest. We have a long and proud track record of being at the forefront of positive social change.»
The action comes after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
«There are new risks today, risks that we do not yet fully understand,» he continued. «The administration has refused to elaborate on what they mean when they say they will deploy full force against our city and citizens.»
In his announcement on Saturday, Trump did not say he would deploy full force against the city of Portland and its citizens, as Wilson claimed.
The president said he would send «all necessary troops» to protect the city and its ICE facilities, authorizing full force against domestic terrorism «if necessary.»
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Portland, a sanctuary city since 2017, has resisted federal immigration enforcement, making it a focal point during the administration’s immigration enforcement initiative.
In August, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Wilson, warning the city’s sanctuary policies undermine U.S. interests. She demanded Portland affirm compliance with federal law and end practices that obstruct immigration enforcement.
The City of Portland did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Mircea Cărtărescu contra la Inteligencia Artificial: “Un escritor no debería usarla nunca”
El escritor rumano Mircea Cărtărescu, firme candidato a recibir el Nobel de Literatura, ha criticado el uso que algunos creadores están comenzando a hacer de la inteligencia artificial en sus trabajos: “Para mí no es admisible; es una especie de plagio, un robo literario. Un escritor no debería usar nunca, en ningún contexto, la IA en su trabajo. Yo nunca lo haré”.
Así lo ha dicho en esta entrevista en la ciudad de Murcia, donde el viernes recibió el Premio Internacional de las Letras “Exlibris” como reconocimiento a su amplia trayectoria, que comenzó en los 80 y que le ha llevado a publicar ocho poemarios, una quincena de novelas y media docena de ensayos, además de sus diarios.
Cărtărescu (Bucarest, 1956), que sigue escribiendo a mano desde que comenzó con esos diarios con solo 17 años, asegura que no está en contra de la digitalización, pero sí del uso de la IA como elemento creativo: “Para mí eso es inadmisible”, insiste, y asegura que no ha probado ChatGPT ni siquiera por curiosidad.
Sí ha comprobado, no obstante, los resultados: “Hace apenas una semana un amigo le pidió a ChatGPT que escribiera algo al estilo de mis libros… y lo hizo. Produjo un texto que era una especie de pastiche de mis escritos, pero de manera muy kitsch. Jamás me reconocería en un texto así”, ha subrayado.
El autor de Solenoide, Cegador y Nostalgia, entre otros, publicados en España por la editorial Impedimenta y traducidos a más de 25 idiomas, ha reflexionado también sobre el papel que las redes sociales juegan, en su opinión, en el auge de la extrema derecha a nivel global y cuyo comienzo sitúa en torno a la pandemia del coronavirus, en 2020.
“Se suponía que la redes debían unir a las personas, conectar al mundo. Pero ha ocurrido lo contrario. Han creado divisiones y odio entre la gente”, ha señalado, y ha considerado que estas tecnologías han generado “una nueva forma de percibir las cosas, que muchas veces evita la ética de la convivencia, e incluso las leyes internacionales”.
Por eso, apuesta por un mayor control de las redes en lo que a “propaganda y discursos de odio” se refiere para frenar ese “fenómeno extraño e inesperado”, como define al crecimiento de la extrema derecha e incluso del fascismo.
Su posición abiertamente antifascista y democrática en una Rumanía en la que la ultraderecha estuvo a punto de llegar a la presidencia del gobierno en las elecciones del pasado mayo le han generado críticas en su país, que rechazó por segunda vez este febrero su ingreso en la Academia Rumana, principal foro científico y cultural de ese estado.
Cărtărescu resta importancia a ese rechazo, porque asegura que nunca ha tenido un deseo muy fuerte de pertenecer a una institución en la que “aún hay muchas personas de la vieja guardia”.
Como escritor cree también que “no se puede dejar de ser un poeta”, y así se sigue considerando a pesar de que a finales de los años 90 decidió no volver a escribir versos, la que era su principal obra hasta ese momento.
“Sigo siendo poeta en mi forma de ver el mundo, incluso cuando escribo prosa o no ficción. Para mí, la poesía no es el arte de escribir versos, sino una forma de mirar el mundo, una forma genuina, casi infantil, de observar las cosas”, asegura, e insiste en que es una característica común de todos los grandes escritores: “Gabriel García Márquez fue un gran poeta. Dostoievski fue un gran poeta. James Joyce, también. Todos tenían una forma oblicua, especial, de mirar las cosas”, ha indicado.
Su particular estilo se debe también a que no suele editar o cambiar sus textos porque, defiende, “si no logras el sonido adecuado en el primer borrador, no lo conseguirás después, hagas los cambios que hagas”.
Eso le ha llevado a escribir obras “grandes, ambiciosas, que no son para todos, sino para lectores apasionados y entrenados”, pero también otras “amables y accesibles”, incluso libros para niños como La enciclopedia de los dragones, al que asegura, le tiene especial cariño.
“Pero debo decir que mi primer lector soy yo mismo. Escribo para mí, y amo tanto escribir que, aunque no hubiera más lectores en el mundo, seguiría escribiendo para mí”, ha asegurado.
Fuente: EFE
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Trump to meet with top congressional leaders at White House as government shutdown looms
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President Donald Trump plans to meet with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle on Monday, as a possible government shutdown looms, a White House official confirmed to Fox News.
The meeting comes after the president canceled one last week with Democrats, claiming they had «unserious and ridiculous demands.»
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., were set to meet with Trump on Thursday to discuss a path forward to avert a partial government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline.
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President Donald Trump plans to meet with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle on Monday as a possible government shutdown looms, a White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Schumer and Jeffries will now meet with Trump, along with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
Schumer and Jeffries put out a joint statement on Saturday on the rescheduled meeting.
«President Trump has once again agreed to a meeting in the Oval Office,» the statement said. «As we have repeatedly said, Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people. We are resolute in our determination to avoid a government shutdown and address the Republican healthcare crisis. Time is running out.»
The Senate is expected to return on Sept. 29 following the Jewish new year, and the House is expected to be out until the deadline to keep the government funded passes.
In a lengthy post on Truth Social last week, Trump blasted Schumer and Jeffries for pushing «radical Left policies that nobody voted for.»
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., were set to meet with Trump on Thursday to discuss a path forward to avert a partial government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline. They will now meet with him on Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
«I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive,» Trump added at the time.
The now-canceled meeting with Trump came on the heels of a letter from Schumer and Jeffries sent over that weekend where the top congressional Democrats laid the possibility of a shutdown on his and Republicans’ feet.
They argued that the Trump-backed short-term extension was «dirty,» which would mean it had partisan policy riders or spending attached to it, and panned it for continuing «the Republican assault on healthcare,» ignoring expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies, and possibly leading to the closure of hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the country.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will also be at the Monday meeting with President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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«With the September 30th deadline fast approaching, Republicans will bear responsibility for another painful government shutdown because of the refusal of GOP congressional leadership to even talk with Democrats,» they wrote at the time.
But Trump argued that their bill would allow for the nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in his «Big, Beautiful Bill» to be repealed, and also blasted the Democratic continuing resolution (CR) for ending his bill’s $50 billion rural hospital fund.
«We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed,» he said.
Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters near his office on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 18. He will also be at Monday’s meeting with fellow congressional leaders and President Trump. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
«I’ll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter,» Trump continued. «They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!»
Without any action, a shutdown would start at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
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Johnson said last week that he had encouraged Trump to cancel the meeting last Thursday.
«He and I talked about it at length yesterday and the day before. I said, look, when they get their job done, once they do the basic governing work of keeping the government open, as president, then you can have a meeting with him,» Johnson said on the «Mike & McCarty Show.» «Of course, it might be productive at that point, but right now, this is just a waste of his time.»
Fox News’ Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elkind and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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