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WaPo: Trump Tried To Sell Truth Social To Elon Musk

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist would be interested in buying Trump’s social network Truth Social, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation. The overture to Musk, whose business empire includes SpaceX, Tesla and the social networking site X, did not lead to a deal. But the …

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Trump Hires Lawyer To “Watch The Money” At RNC

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s new team at the Republican National Committee has tapped former RNC executive Sean Cairncross to help run the party’s operations and watch its spending in the run-up to the November election, two people familiar with the move tell Axios. Cairncross is a lawyer with a reputation of enforcing financial discipline — someone who can “watch …

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EU Leader Issues Dire Warning After Trump’s Iowa Win

The Daily Beast reports: The European Union presidency on Tuesday said that democracy will be “put to the test” with the looming 2024 U.S. election, warning that ties between America and Europe could be undermined. Without explicitly naming Donald Trump, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo—whose country currently holds the rotating presidency—gave the somber assessment in the EU legislature hours …

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Epstein Victim Email: Trump Had Sex With “Many Girls”

The Daily Mail reports: In the latest dump of papers – made public on Monday – are emails sent by Epstein victim Sarah Ransome to DailyMail.com columnist Maureen Callahan in 2016. At the time, Callahan worked for The New York Post and was reporting on Epstein. Ransome claimed in those emails that Trump had sex with ‘many girls’, including a …

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Trump: Megyn Kelly Was The “Biggest Loser” Of Debate

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: So many people are asking what I thought of history’s lowest rated “presidential” debate, & how would I rate the players. It’s so easy to be a critic, but who on this subject would be better than me. To begin with, I thought Ron DeSanctimonious was terrible, with his bobble head facial movements & …

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Scathing Essay Explains Why Brits Don’t Like Trump

Nate White writes for the London Daily: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, …

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Rioter: Trump Wanted Violence At The Capitol [VIDEO]

“A lot of people are starting to recognize Trump is a cult leader. He turned MAGA into a cult, and so they’re listening to– he gaslights ’em and gives out a lot of lies. First, he started with the love bombing, and he keeps doing that, but actually, I don’t think we need to be afraid of Trump as much …

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Cheney: We’re Sleepwalking Into A Trump Dictatorship

“He’s told us what he will do. It’s very easy to see the steps that he will take. People who say, ‘Well, if he’s elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all of these checks and balances,’ don’t fully understand the extent to which the Republicans in Congress today have been co-opted. One of the things that we see …

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Haberman And Swan To Write “Definitive” Trump Book

Axios reports: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan have signed a deal for the definitive book about Donald Trump’s final act in public life — whatever that final act is. The two have owned the Trump beat for years, with deep, wide sources in his orbit and throughout the Republican Party he has transformed. Simon and Schuster won a furious competition …

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Univision Anchor Rips Network: Don’t Normalize Trump

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos writes on his personal site: Due to the strong criticisms after Univision aired an interview with Donald Trump on Nov. 9 -that put in doubt the independence of our news department, and created discomfort and uncertainty within the newsroom- it is necessary to take a step back from what was broadcast that day and explain, as …

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BOOK: Trump Called Evangelicals “Real Pieces Of Shit”

The Guardian reports: In the heat of the Republican primary of 2016, Donald Trump called evangelical supporters of his rival Ted Cruz “so-called Christians” and “real pieces of shit”, a new book says. The new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta, an influential reporter and staff writer for …

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Trump’s Truth Social Sues 20 Outlets Over Loss Reports

Bloomberg News reports: The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social wants $1.5 billion in damages from news organizations which reported that the platform had lost $73 million. Lawyers for Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. said in a lawsuit filed Monday in state court in Sarasota County, Florida, that the number was “an utter fabrication” and accused 20 …

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Experts Tie Trump To Extremists In Colorado Ballot Case

The Hill reports: The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the ballot in Colorado in 2024 focused their case Tuesday on signals he sent to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Chapman University professor Pete Simi, who studies political violence and extremism, argued that Trump cultivated …

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Maddow: Trump Wants To Execute MSNBC Employees

The Hill reports: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow warned a second stint in the White House for former President Trump could be dangerous for the free press, going as far to say Trump wants to “execute us.” “He wants to cancel the news, so they’re done,” Sara Haines, a co-host of “The View” said as Maddow appeared on the weekday table …

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Trump Hated Masks Because They Smeared His Bronzer

The Daily Beast reports: Ex-aide Cassidy Hutchinson claimed the president snapped during the pandemic when she told him his classic orange shade got all over the straps of his white face mask. When he looked at the straps of his mask, he saw they were covered in bronzer.”  Trump sharply responded, “Why did no one else tell me that” and …

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Gambling Site Takes Bets On Trump’s Skin Color In His Mugshot: MAGA Mango, Terrorist Tangerine, Russia Rust

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The site BetOnline is dealing only in facts. As the world waits for what could be the first-ever presidential mug shot, the betting site is letting gamblers lay odds on all sorts of stats, including Trump’s weight at booking. The site Bovada is taking bets on whether the former president will be handcuffed and what sorts …

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NJ Man Whose $230M Ponzi Scheme Sentence Was Commuted By Trump Is Charged In New Fraud Scheme

Politico reports: A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Donald Trump was charged on Wednesday in a new, sophisticated fraud scheme that included falsely promising deals to send supplies to Ukraine. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey charged Eliyahu Weinstein and four others in a plan that allegedly cost investors millions of dollars. Weinstein …

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Zelensky Mocks Trump’s Vow To End War In One Day

“It seems to me that the sole desire to bring the war to an end is beautiful. But this desire should be based on some real-life experience. Well, it looks as if Donald Trump had already these 24 hours once in his time. We were at war, not a full-scale war, but we were at war, and as I assume, …

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Book: Trump Made “Shocking Comments” About Ivanka

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump’s “naked sexism,” including toward his own daughter, is described in a new book by Miles Taylor, the former Trump administration official who famously wrote a scathing op-ed about the former president under the pen name “Anonymous.” “Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with …

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Anti-Abortion Leader Declares Trump “Disqualified”

Fox News reports: Live Action founder and pro-life leader Lila Rose told Americans to trust their conscience when voting for president in 2024, and argued that former President Trump was backsliding on pro-life issues, despite his role in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She made waves on Twitter after she declared in April that Trump “disqualified” himself from the …

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