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“The most stylish president and first lady in our lifetimes are Donald Trump and Melania Trump. Donald Trump is a style icon! He changed American fashion on The Apprentice. People spent the next 10 years trying to dress like Donald Trump. “So, if anybody deserves a puff piece on their sense of style, it’s Donald Trump and the first lady. …

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday joined the chorus of critics falsely claiming the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial won’t let the former president attend his son’s graduation, insisting Juan Merchan is “not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists.” A spokesperson for Giuliani insisted that any implication that the former mayor’s …

“The Civil Rights Act, though, let’s be clear, created a beast, and that beast has now turned into an anti-white weapon. Let’s talk about discourse and dialogue. This topic would have been even more forbidden four or five years ago, but it’s now becoming — in more and more mainstream circles. Is that because the problem is becoming worse, or …

CBS News reports: House Republicans are presenting the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off a confrontation over an impeachment trial that’s been brewing for months. More than two months after the lower chamber voted to impeach the Cabinet secretary, House impeachment managers are walking the articles over to …

Mediaite reports: Kash Patel, who served as chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense in former President Donald Trump’s administration and is widely expected to be tapped for a national security role in a prospective second term, is hawking pills that claim to reverse the effects of the Covid vaccines. In a Truth Social post over the weekend, …

Deadline reports: Smartmatic has reached a settlement with One America News Network over claims that the news outlet amplified false claims that the voting systems company rigged the results of the 2020 election. “Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement,” said attorney Eric Connolly, who is representing the voting company in the lawsuit. An attorney for …

The Daily Beast reports: A day after encouraging members of the public to “take matters into their own hands” to deal with peaceful protesters, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is doubling down on his endorsement of mob violence. The Arkansas Republican shared a video on X on Tuesday morning of climate protesters who were blocking a road in France being grabbed …

Reuters reports: Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward an obstruction charge brought by the Justice Department against a Pennsylvania man in the 2021 Capitol attack – a case with possible implications for the prosecution of Donald Trump for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. The justices heard arguments in Joseph Fischer’s appeal of a lower …

From the Justice Department: A California man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, and plotted other attacks, including an attack on the Orange County, California, power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQI+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of Jewish homes in Los Angeles was sentenced …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (HOST): When you approach these people, whether they’re migrants or outlaws, this is what we’re going to be looking at. Do you have any advice for Donald Trump if he assumes office again? Is he going to make you deportation czar? DUANE “DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER” CHAPMAN (GUEST): I would like a job …

“I think we ought to go back and learn the lessons of the 1930s. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was faced with a Nazi effort inside the United States. They locked people up. “I believe, frankly, we should say, ‘If you are for the victory of Iran, if you want to scream death to America, we are deporting you. If you’re an …

ABC News reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a high-stakes case that could invalidate felony obstruction charges for more than 300 individuals connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — including former President Donald Trump. At issue in the case of Fischer v. United States is whether a federal law enacted in 2002 to prevent …

The Associated Press reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ‘ office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that’s prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday. Legislative auditors referred the findings in the long-awaited audit of the lectern to local prosecutors and the …

Newsweek reports: Former congressman Madison Cawthorn reportedly crashed his vehicle into a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) cruiser on Monday. Alethea Shapiro shared on X, formerly Twitter, that she was driving on I-75 toward Miami at around 4:30 p.m. when a black sports car began tailgating her. “I ignored it, assuming the person would go around me if they were so …

The Independent reports: Disgraced ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s bid to reverse a massive defamation verdict was rejected, leaving him owing $146 million to two Georgia election workers that he defamed and possibly complicating his arguments in bankruptcy court. US district court Judge Beryl Howell ruled on 15 April that the verdict, in which Mr Giuliani owes the titanic …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), appealed to …

Axios reports: Donald Trump’s meme stock fell on Monday, just like it has fallen on most of the 14 days it has traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It closed at $26.61 per share, down 18% from Friday’s close and down 66% from its March 26 high of $79.38. The latest drop came after the social-media company released a 217-page …

Playbook reports:  Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Rob Schneider delivered a comedy set so off-color and off-putting to a group of prominent Republicans late last year that the host cut the performance short and later apologized to attendees. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) walked out during Schneider’s performance, which occurred at the holiday gala hosted at the Waldorf Astoria by …

“You can’t just sit there and let your guys get thrown into prison constantly. Peter Navarro is wasting away in a federal prison. They’re trying to throw Steve Bannon in prison. They’re putting praying grandmothers into federal jail. They’re trying to put Donald Trump in prison. Why have we on the right not retaliated?  “But if you think you are …

TechCrunch reports: Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a “small fee” to enable posting on the social network and to curb the bot problem. While replying to another user, Musk later added that new accounts would be able to post after three months of creation without paying a fee. As is the case with a lot of …