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The Republican Party has had multiple chances to distance itself from former President Donald Trump, including most recently when he sent the RNC a cease and desist letter warning them to not use his name or image for fundraising. But as usual the RNC just reinforced its ties to Trump, moving a major donor dinner to Mar-a-Lago.
"The weekend retreat in early April for the party's most influential donors will be at a luxury hotel in Palm Beach, as in past years," The Washington Post reports. "But the RNC has decided to move the Saturday evening portion of the schedule to the former president's private club to accommodate Trump and guests who would like to visit the site."
<p>The move will line Trump's pockets with cash and give him another opportunity to bask in the spotlight of the donors' adulation.</p><p>At least 350 are expected to attend the Mar-a-Lago event.</p>
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Conservative media stars side with the British royal family over American Meghan Markle: report
March 08, 2021
Conservatives in the United States have been siding with the British royal family more than 240 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
"Oprah's riveting and occasionally cringe-worthy interview with Meghan Markle and Harry Windsor has—as if the United States needed any more polarization—laid bare a peculiar political virus: the truculent loyalty that ostensibly patriotic media conservatives (at least via Twitter and the occasional op-ed) harbor for the Queen and her famously priggish progeny," Daily Beast editor-at-large Lloyd Grove reported Monday. "On the other side of the partisan divide are various liberal-leaning celebrities and pundits, along with Joe Biden, president of the United States, who are siding with Meghan and Harry in the uproar."
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"The Duchess of Sussex, in this case, is absorbing nearly all of the body blows from American right-wingers, Fox News personalities, and steadfast Trumpists—mainly for the mixed-race former television actress' revelation of prejudice among her relatives-by-marriage (although the virulent racism of Queen Elizabeth's first cousin-by-marriage, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ten-most-outrageous-princess-michael-of-kent-quotes" target="_blank">Princess Michael of Kent</a>, the daughter of a Nazi SS officer, has long been a matter of public record). For instance, an <a href="https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2021/03/08/piers-morgan-demolishes-the-meghan-markle-interview-with-a-few-simple-points-and-questions-n339334" target="_blank">article</a> posted Monday morning by the right-wing clearinghouse RedState effusively praised vicious Meghan troll and Donald Trump pal <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-cnn-cancels-morgan-larry-king-says-i-could-come-back" target="_blank">Piers Morgan</a>, whose prime-time talk show years ago on CNN ended in tears, noting "that when it comes to his positions on the mewling and foot-stomping of social justice advocates and the eye-roll worthy self-victimization of some of the most privileged people in the world, he's spot on." Morgan, the blustery co-host of <em>Good Morning Britain</em>, has been brutal on Meghan both <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9337613/Piers-Morgan-blasts-shameful-Prince-Harry-allowing-Meghan-portray-Royals-racists.html" target="_blank">on TV </a>and <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9338343/PIERS-MORGAN-Meghan-Harrys-nauseating-two-hour-Oprah-whine-athon-disgraceful-diatribe.html" target="_blank">in print</a>," he explained.<span></span>
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Morgan wasn't the only right-wing figure defending the crown and criticizing Markle.</p><p>"Trump acolytes Ric Grenell and Charlie Kirk, both prized guests on Fox News, likened Markle to another Black actor, Jussie Smollett, who fabricated a story to the cops about being attacked on the street by MAGA supporters," The Beast reported. "While another Meghan—McCain—professed sympathy for Markle on <em>The View</em>, her husband, Federalist editor Ben Domenech <a href="https://twitter.com/iamchanteezy/status/1368952753989558272" target="_blank">accused</a> the Duchess of being a liar."</p><p>Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly also blasted the young couple.</p>
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<p>The Beast analysis also focused on comments by Newmax anchor Greg Kelly (no relation to Megyn), RedState's Erick Erickson, and Ben Shapiro.</p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-media-stars-triggered-by-meghan-markles-claim-of-royal-racism?ref=scroll" target="_blank">full report</a>.</p>
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DC insider floats an interesting theory about Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump's relationship
March 08, 2021
Extremist groups are turning on themselves as prosecutors close in on those who took part in the fatal January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol and a similar dynamic may be playing out among those who incited the insurrection.
The theory was broken down by former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, who was interviewed on MSNBC to answer questions about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hiring racketeering expert John Floyd for the investigation into whether Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) may have violated the law with efforts to overturn the election results in Georgia.
<p>"Racketeering is often really about violent crimes like murder or kidnapping, but Georgia defines it more broadly to include false statements made to state officials," Katyal explained.</p><p>"And here Trump does have a defense, he continued. "What he's going to say is "I wasn't falsifying information, I genuinely believed I had won the election.' Now ordinarily, that kind of defense wouldn't pass the smell test, but when you're dealing with delusion of grandeur Donald, maybe he's got a defense there."</p><p>"The investigation is not just about Trump. It's also about Lindsey Graham, Rudy Giuliani, the former U.S. Attorney, Mr. Byung Pak and some others," he said. "And any of those folks can flip on Trump."<br/></p><p>"And I heard you in last segment talking about Lindsey Graham, why is he still paling around with Donald Trump? Well, one shouldn't rule out ... the possibility that he might be paling around with Donald Trump because he's hoping Trump will let something slip that Lindsey Graham can use in exchange for a deal."</p><p>Watch:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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