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Potential GOP Recruits Fear Running Alongside Trump

Politico reports: As Republicans start to assemble a crop of contenders that can retake the Senate and grow their excruciatingly thin majority in the House, they are running into a persistent complication. The current GOP presidential primary, and Trump’s early dominance, has spooked some potential down-ballot candidates, according to a dozen recruiters, operatives and congressional hopefuls who were granted anonymity …

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Biden +6 Over Trump In Reuters Registered Voters Poll

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden continues to hold an edge over potential Republican challengers Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as the 2024 U.S. presidential election draws closer, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. Among registered voters, Biden led Trump, his predecessor as president, by six percentage points in a hypothetical match-up, 44% to 38%, holding an advantage that has opened …

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Trump Cancels Iowa Rally Due To Tornado Warning

Fox News reports: Former President Trump canceled a scheduled rally in Iowa Saturday night in a move he says was due to inclement weather. “Unfortunately, due to the tornado warnings in Des Moines, we are forced to cancel today’s outdoor rally at the Lauridsen Amphitheater,” the former president posted on Truth Social Saturday afternoon. “Stay tuned, we will reschedule soon. …

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Michael Fanone: Why Is My Employer CNN Hosting A Town Hall For The Man Who Tried To Get Me Killed?

Michael Fanone writes for Rolling Stone: I woke up last week to a text from my mother. Its contents hit me like a sucker punch. “CNN is hosting a town hall with Trump; Kaitlin Collins is moderating. WTF!!!” Then came confirmation, CNN will in fact host a town hall on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in primetime. I can already hear …

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Pence: Voters Won’t Care About Trump Verdict [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence subtly defended former President Donald Trump in an interview Tuesday, hours after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. “I would tell you, in my 4½ years serving alongside the president, I never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature,” he said. Pence was in Cincinnati to speak at …

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Trump +6 Over Biden In New Washington Post/ABC Poll

The Washington Post reports: Throughout the 2020 campaign, Biden generally led Trump in head-to-head pre-election polls — and in November 2020, he won 51 percent of the popular vote to Trump’s 47 percent. Today, Biden is running behind the former president on the question of whom voters prefer for 2024. When asked who they would support in 2024, 44 percent …

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Trump: I’m “Shocked And Surprised” At Carlson’s Firing

“Well, I’m shocked. I’m surprised. He’s a very good person and a very good man, and very talented as you know. And he had very high ratings. So, we’re just learning about it almost as we speak. I just said, ‘Wow, that was something, that’s a big one.’ “I don’t know if it was voluntary or was it somebody fired …

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Romney: GOP Voters Don’t Care If Trump Is A Criminal

“I think it’s a problem for a party to be considered legitimate by people who care about America to have someone who’s been indicted, who’s had to plead the Fifth multiple times, who’s been surrounded by individuals who’ve gone to jail, one after the other, or been convicted of felonies, to be its nominee for president. “I don’t think that …

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GOP Senators To Trump: Stay Out Of Our Primaries

The Hill reports: Senate Republicans, including members of leadership and even Trump allies, say former President Trump should stay out of the 2024 Senate primaries, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s disappointing midterm elections. They view Trump as becoming more of a political liability in next year’s Senate races as his legal problems mount. Senate Republican Whip John …

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SNL’s Donald Trump Crashes The Last Supper [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” opened its latest episode with an Easter-themed sketch that had former President Donald Trump crashing The Last Supper and comparing his recent indictment to the persecution of Jesus. “Alas, one of you will betray me,” said Jesus, played by Mikey Day. “It is foretold. And though I have committed no …

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Colbert’s “Indictment Coin” Ad Mocks Trump’s Junk

Mediaite reports: A purported “artist’s rendering of Trump’s penis” was included in a parody ad for a coin commemorating ex-President Donald Trump’s indictment that aired on the CBS television network. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert opened with a gag commercial pegged to the idea of Trump raising money off of the arrest, and included a joke based on Stormy …

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Cultists Deluge NY Judge And His Family With Threats

NBC News reports: In the 24 hours since former President Donald Trump’s arraignment, the presiding judge and his family have received multiple threats, two sources familiar with the matter said. One official said “dozens” of threats have recently been directed at Judge Juan Merchan and his chambers but did not give an exact time frame for them. The New York …

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McConnell Silent After Trump’s Arrest And Arraignment

The Hill reports: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and his top deputies stayed silent Tuesday as former President Trump plead not guilty to 34 felony counts, signaling how far they have diverged from their former ally. Many Republican senators blame Trump for the loss of the Senate majority and the disappointing performance of Senate Republicans last year. McConnell, who …

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Trump Claims Immunity In Suit Over Death Of DC Cop

Axios reports: Former President Trump is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him and two others by Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of fallen U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, per Law 360. In the complaint obtained by Law 360, Trump’s legal time claims he has “absolute immunity” for actions taken while he was in office. “Officer Sicknick’s death …

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Trump Shares Message Of Support From Viktor Orban

Bloomberg News reports: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waded deeper into US politics with a message of support for former President Donald Trump before his arraignment, underscoring his pro-Republican leanings and his chilly relations with the Biden administration. The message was a highly unusual intervention from a head of government in US domestic affairs, especially from a European Union and …

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Truth Social Faces Deadline To Keep $300M In Funding

The New York Times reports: If the merger is not completed in the next six months, Digital World — established as a special purpose acquisition corporation — will have to return the $300 million it raised from investors in 2021 through an initial public offering. But it is not clear that the investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and …

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Secret Service Tours Manhattan Criminal Courthouse

The Washington Post reports: An advance team of Secret Service agents — mostly comprised of New York field office agents — conducted a site tour of the courthouse on Friday to map Trump’s path in and out of the building, according to a law enforcement official involved in the planning. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to …

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Netanyahu Condemns Trump Dining With Nazi Leader

Mediaite reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took former President Donald Trump, his one-time close ally, to task during a recent interview with Piers Morgan over his Thanksgiving weekend dinner with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and avowed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. “How did you feel about Donald Trump having dinner with Kanye West and the white supremacist Nick Fuentes?” Morgan asked …

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Trolls Push #DeSantis2024 To Top Of Trump Platform

Vice News reports: In the space of a couple of hours, and with the help of a single TikTok video, a group of three friends were able to hijack Truth Social and get the hashtag #DeSantis2024 to the top of the trending section on the site owned by former President Donald Trump. Then, the social network went offline. With Trump’s …

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Trump Predicts “Smart” Putin Will Defeat Ukraine

“Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after I win the presidency, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled. It would never have happened. “I got along well with Putin. I used to talk to Putin about it. It’s something he certainly had on his mind, never even talked about for four years. You …

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