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Here's how Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA has sent Trump-Vance off the rails: analysis

The conservative group Turning Point USA has a knack for producing some of the most damaging moments in a politician's career, an MSNBC columnist argued this week -- and he said it could come back to bite former President Donald Trump.

Ja'han Jones, who has written extensively about the group's embrace of some of the most extremist activists on the fringe right, singles out the group's leader Charlie Kirk, whom he writes has managed to maintain his "conservative clout" despite the group "repeatedly backing failed candidates."

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'Dadgum patriot': QAnon-embracing sheriff may outperform Kari Lake — but she's in his way

There's a new sheriff in town in Arizona. After years of the state being known for its ex-lawman, Joe Arpaio, it is now Mark Lamb, who scored a New York Times profile 24 hours before the primary election.

Lamb is challenging Donald Trump's pal Kari Lake in the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema.

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'That's a problem': Karl Rove warns Dems outspending GOP 10-1 amid Harris 'excitement'

Republican strategist Karl Rove warned Republican leaders that they have a "problem" as Democrats are outspending them 10 to one at the local level.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Rove faulted Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance for failing to pivot after responding to Democratic claims that he was "weird."

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'Weird tweet from an even weirder guy': Montel Williams confused by MAGA spokesman's post

Former talk show host and actor Montel Williams found himself getting dragged into politics this week as conservatives press photos of him with his daughter and Vice President Kamala Harris before she entered politics.

The saga escalated on Sunday night when Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a photo of Williams sitting on a couch, in an apparent effort to combat internet jokes that have baselessly claimed Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has had sexual relations with a sofa.

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'Ironic twist': Expert says Harris is slaying Trump team with his own campaign tactic

Vice President Kamala Harris is slaying former President Donald Trump's campaign with his own campaign tactic, a new political analysis contends.

Harris' message boils down to one simple sentence Trump and his team have of yet proven unable to disprove, MSNBC contributor Ryan Teague Beckwith argued Monday.

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'Whining' DeSantis mocked as he tries to take down Harris with 'Mean Girls' quote

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took to social media on Monday using the film "Mean Girls" to allege that the media is "gaslighting" the American people by promoting the enthusiasm surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

"Is it possible to completely manufacture a cultural phenomenon by taking a vapid, leftist San Francisco Democrat and turning her into something that she’s not through nonstop gaslighting? Corporate media is certainly trying to make “fetch' happen," DeSantis posted.

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Lawyer predicts Aileen Cannon's Trump trial dismissal will stand

A legal expert called Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of Donald Trump's classified documents case a "bad ruling from a bad judge" — but another said it will likely stand, according to a new report.

New York attorney Colleen Kerwick outlined three serious hurdles Special Counsel Jack Smith faces as he challenges Cannon's dismissal of his Florida federal court case at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Newsweek reported Monday.

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The View hosts laugh as they create new nickname for J.D. Vance

The co-hosts of "The View" continued to express their befuddlement about why Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate as they chatted Monday opening.

Former Republican consultant Ana Navarro sang the praises of Vice President Kamala Harris, who she said she saw on Thursday.

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'Ignorant on his part': Analyst schools J.D. Vance on family law

U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) may have attended Yale University Law School, but one political correspondent is questioning his "ignorance" concerning laws that help children and families.

Vance spent his few days as Donald Trump's running mate defending comments he made in 2021 attacking "single, childless cat ladies" and claiming that people without children should pay more in taxes.

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'A mistake': Fox Business host shreds Trump for 'insulting' women with attack on Harris

Fox Business host Stuart Varney cautioned former President Donald Trump that he was making a "mistake" by insulting presumed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as "dumb."

During a Fox Business interview on Monday, Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) blamed Harris' candidacy on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

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CNN guest bursts out laughing as Republican dismisses shock Trump comment as 'no big deal'

A Republican's attempt to brush off a controversial comment Donald Trump made over the weekend spurred a torrent of laughter from a political analyst.

Lance Trover, Gov. Doug Burgum's (R-ND) former campaign spokesperson, failed to impress political commentator Bakari Sellers with his justification of Trump's message to Christians that "they won't have to vote anymore" should the former president return to the White House.

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Triggered ex-Trump spokesman lashes out against Harris campaign's 'weird schtick'

A triggered ex-spokesperson for Donald Trump lashed out at Kamala Harris for a quirky campaign tactic making national headlines.

Trump's former communications strategist Jason Osborne railed against the campaign on CNN Monday morning for its reliance on a word making national headlines: weird.

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'Collapse': J.D. Vance finally addresses 'weird' attacks — and it backfires

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) on Sunday addressed allegations that he is "weird," and it did not go well.

Vance, who was chosen by Donald Trump as the former president's running mate in the 2024 election, has been accused of being "weird" and "strange" by Democrats who have picked apart his current and past statements. This has been connected to Vance's attacks on "childless cat ladies," as well as his fixation on Diet Mountain Dew and his dolphin-based search history.

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