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Liz Cheney Doubles Down: Trump’s Lies Are “Poison”

CNN reports: Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said on Monday her party cannot accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen and should not “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riot – and Donald Trump’s role in fomenting it. “We can’t embrace the notion the election is stolen. It’s a poison in the …

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Trump Lawyers Up In Riot Suit Brought By Capitol Cops

The Daily Beast reports: Former President Donald Trump has retained attorney Jesse Binnall as his counsel in the Jan. 6 MAGA riot lawsuit brought by two Capitol police officers, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Binnall will represent Trump in a suit brought by officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby in late March. The suit alleges that …

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Cheney Blasts Trump’s “BIG LIE” About Stolen Election

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump announced via an official statement that, heretofore, he would like everyone to refer to the election results of 2020 as “THE BIG LIE.” “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!” he wrote in a statement released Monday morning by his Save America PAC. Pro-Trump …

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Facebook To Rule Wednesday On Reinstating Trump

Politico reports: Facebook’s oversight board will announce its ruling on whether former President Donald Trump’s account should be reinstated or remain suspended on Wednesday morning, the group said. An imminent decision on a blockbuster case: The ruling, which Facebook has said will be binding, could usher in Trump’s return to the world’s biggest social network — or cut him off …

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Pelosi: I Will Never Forgive The Instigators Of The Riot

“What I’m concerned about is the behavior of members of Congress, who on the one hand, want to have the luxury of criticizing the president, and on the other hand not wanting to do anything about it. “I will never forgive those people and the president who instigated the insurrection for the trauma that they caused to the workers in …

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Cheney On Prosecuting Trump For Riot: It’s Up To DOJ

Mediaite reports: Rep. Liz Cheney is the third-ranking member of the House of Representatives and when asked if former President Donald Trump should be prosecuted for his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol Building led by his supporters, she demurred and said that should be left up to the Department of Justice. This according to reporting by …

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Migrants Scale Trump’s $15B Wall With $5 Ladders

Changing America reports: The $15 billion border wall built under former President Trump is being scaled by people using $5 ladders, according to Texas Monthly. The report cites U.S. Border Patrol agents, who monitor the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that crosses into southern Texas, who stated they often find ladders left behind by undocumented migrants who use them to …

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“Impotent” Trump Ad Launches In Palm Beach [VIDEO]

The Palm Beach Post reports: The presidential election is over but The Lincoln Project has not finished poking fun at former President Donald Trump — and has chosen Trump’s home county to launch its latest salvo. The group’s latest ad, launching Thursday, touts Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as the true respected leader of the Republican Party. The ad claims …

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Cheney: I Didn’t Invite Trump To Florida GOP Event

The Hill reports: House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (Wyo.) said Tuesday she did not invite former President Trump to address House Republicans at their policy retreat next week in Florida. Trump, who has been hunkering down at his Mar-a-Lago resort, is just a short flight away from Orlando, where Republicans are holding their annual gathering from April 25 to …

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Chelsea Clinton: “It’s Never Too Late” For Trump To Release Photos Of Himself Getting The COVID Vaccine

Forbes reports: Chelsea Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump should do “the right thing” and release photos of himself getting vaccinated against coronavirus, which, she argued, would encourage Republicans, who are disproportionately hesitant to be immunized, to get the shot. During an appearance on ABC’s The View, Clinton said, “Given that we know white Republican men are currently …

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Cheney Would Not Back Trump As Nominee In 2024

The Insider reports: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, told Fox News on Wednesday that she would not support former President Donald Trump if he were nominated as the Republican Party’s 2024 candidate. Nikki Haley and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, who have criticized Trump for instigating the insurrection on January 6, have said they would support Trump should he …

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FB Oversight Board To Consider Reinstating Trump

Politico reports: Facebook’s oversight board is expected to rule in the coming weeks on whether to uphold or overturn Trump’s indefinite suspension from the platforms, which the company imposed after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots over fears he might incite further violence. So far, the panel of scholars, lawyers and other outside experts has bucked Facebook’s judgment in five of …

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Twitter Won’t Let Natl Archives Revive Trump Tweets

Politico reports: Twitter will not allow the National Archives to make former President Donald Trump’s past tweets from his @realDonaldTrump account available on the social media platform, the company told POLITICO on Wednesday, in the latest display of Silicon Valley’s power over communications channels used by the U.S. government. The statement came as the National Archives and Records Administration has …

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John Boehner: Trump “Incited That Bloody Insurrection”

The New York Times reports: John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, issues a stinging denunciation in his new book of Donald J. Trump, saying that the former president “incited that bloody insurrection” by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and that the Republican Party has been taken over by “whack jobs.” The criticism from Mr. Boehner in …

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SCOTUS Boots “Moot” Case On Trump’s Twitter Blocks

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case challenging former President Donald Trump for blocking people on Twitter. The case is one of the last Trump-era lawsuits to be tossed after the president left office. The court earlier this year declined a case alleging that Trump had violated the obscure emoluments clause of the Constitution through …

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S.E. Cupp: No, The Media Can’t Just Ignore Trump Now

Political commentator S.E. Cupp writes: I’m here for a post-MAGA America, one that resides permanently within a history book and not in a newspaper, but we don’t yet live in that America. I’m sad to say Trump is not “irrelevant” — the “nightmare” is not over. For one, he’s trying to influence the 2022 midterms, and is likely to play …

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National Portrait Gallery To Get Painting Of Trump

The Washingtonian reports: When the National Portrait Gallery reopens in the coming months, there will be a new face greeting visitors in the America’s Presidents gallery: that of Donald J. Trump. The permanent exhibit has a painting of every former commander-in-chief, so the inclusion of a Trump portrait isn’t a surprise. But that likeness won’t be Trump’s official portrait—the specially …

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Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over DC Riot

The Washington Post reports: Two Capitol Police officers who battled the mob of pro-Trump supporters that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 are suing the former president for the physical and emotional injuries they say they suffered in the attacks. In a federal suit filed Tuesday in D.C., Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby allege that for months, Trump rallied …

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Fauci: Trump’s “Liberate” Tweets Felt Like A Punch

CNN reports: Dr. Anthony Fauci didn’t mince words when he described how he felt seeing his previous boss, President Trump, calling on states to “liberate” themselves in April 2020 while large swaths of the country remained shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The thing that hit me like a punch to the chest was then all of a sudden he …

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JFK’s Family Honors Romney For Impeachment Vote

The Deseret News reports: The family of John F. Kennedy gave Utah Sen. Mitt Romney an award Friday for being the only Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial in 2020. Romney received the Profile in Courage award created by the Kennedy family and bestowed upon public figures in both parties who risk their …

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