Weekend Report: What's happening?

Trump posts image promoting violence against Biden. Federal judge speaks out against Trump's attacks on "rule of law." Obama talks about why Trump must be stopped.

Donald Trump posted a video Friday afternoon on Truth Social depicting President Biden hog-tied. It’s yet another example of Trump’s dangerous promotion of violence—and the Secret Service is aware of it—but coming at this time, I think it also tells us a lot about Trump’s mental state and how Biden is getting under his skin, causing him to lash out impulsively in ways that only hurt him.

In a rare occurrence, a sitting federal judge spoke out in an interview against Trump’s attacks on courts, prosecutors, judges, and their families. U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, appointed by Ronald Reagan and by George W. Bush to federal court seats, warned in a TV interview about the threat to the rule of law. Walton was lauded by conservative former federal judge Michael Luttig, who urged others to speak and called on "the Supreme Court of the United States... to protect the federal courts.”

And President Obama, onstage with President Biden and President Clinton at the record-breaking fundraiser in New York City this week for Biden, talked about what kept him up at night during the Trump years and why Trump must be beat. A video from the event—which was closed to the press—of Obama’s words went viral on X, and it gives a window into how the three presidents are coming together to take down this threat to democracy.