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Fact-checker buries celebration of 'disciplined' Trump by using barrage of furious posts

No, former President Donald Trump is not showing surprising new discipline with his Truth Social rants — Americans just aren't reading them, a recent fact-check from a Washington Post reporter found.

Tech reporter Drew Harwell shared on X Wednesday a slew of messages from the former president he says flatly contradict a recent Washington Times editorial that claims Trump has diligently kept himself out of the limelight.

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Biden dropped one point in polls since debate, needs to get in front of public: journalist

In the seven polls showing a before the debate and after the debate number, President Joe Biden dropped an average of one point, despite his disastrous performance, and Donald Trump's average stayed the same, notes award-winning journalist Josh Marshall. He writes, "nature abhors a vacuum," and says, "this is a show, don’t tell situation," where the Biden campaign has to "put him out there at rallies or calling into shows, demonstrating his vitality and command."

Marshall, the founder and publisher of Talking Points Memo, and an occasional MSNBC guest, at TPM writes: "we need to look clearly at those numbers as a counter to what from the world of commentary and chatter has the look of a collapse of support for Biden and even Democrats generally."

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'That's treason': Project 2025 leader shocks with veiled threat of bloody revolution

The president of the conservative think tank behind former President Donald Trump's controversial Project 2025 platform shocked the nation with a veiled threat of bloody revolution.

Heritage Foundation chief Kevin Roberts appeared on the far-right streaming service Real America's Voice Tuesday to explain to viewers how conservatives were in the process of "taking the country back" from the "radical left," video shows.

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'Absolutely false': White House scrambles to deny report that Biden mulled quitting

The White House slapped back at the New York Times over its breaking report that President Joe Biden is considering stepping aside.

"That claim is absolutely false," spokesperson Andrew Bates snapped on X. "If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so."

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'Praying': Insiders reveal unlikely allies quietly plotting to keep Biden on the ballot

President Joe Biden has garnered a slew of unlikely allies who are taking quiet yet bold steps to ensure he remains on the presidential ballot in 2024, insiders say in a new report.

Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation is rallying Republicans around Biden, the candidate they feel most confident their own controversial candidate — the first former president to be convicted of criminal charges — can beat, nonprofit news site NOTUS reported Wednesday.

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Newsmax host stomps on Trump spokesperson’s call for ‘total surrender’ by Democrats

Trump campaign spokesperson Caroline Sunshine called for the "total surrender" of Democrats after the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Sunshine, deputy communications director for Trump's campaign, made the remarks Wednesday on Newsmax.

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Disgraced governor's ex-aide reveals $240M reason Biden won't step down

Democrats have only days to decide between two lackluster options if they want to prevent the "existential threat" a second Trump administration represents, a well-heeled political strategist argued Wednesday.

Melissa DeRosa — a state-level campaigner for former President Barack Obama and former staffer of disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — delivered a walloping reality check to her political party Wednesday in the form of a Daily Beast editorial.

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'Smart': Expert lauds judge for quietly killing Trump's chance to appeal before election

The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial showed the nation he's playing chess and not checkers when he delayed the former president's sentencing hearing this week, a legal expert argues.

New York City Justice Juan Merchan's decision to bump Trump's sentencing from July 11 to Sept. 18 shows he is one step ahead of the former president and his legal team, former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissmann argued Tuesday.

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'No one is being Trumpy here': MSNBC's Mika snaps at ex-Dem lawmaker over Biden demand

On Wednesday morning's edition of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Mika Brzezinski snapped at former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) for his panicky demand that President Joe Biden step aside immediately so that Vice President Kamala Harris can be the Democratic nominee for president in November.

Brought on to defend his editorial published in Newsweek on Tuesday, Ryan, who left his House seat to run for the Senate in 2022 only to lose to Republican Sen J.D. Vance, stated his case — based upon Biden's fumbled debate appearance last week — under questioning from "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist

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Democratic attorneys general ramping up plans to make their states 'Trump-proof'

Anticipating Donald Trump might become president once again, Democratic attorneys general in multiple states are making plans to be ready to defend their constituents from whatever plans he may have as he seeks "retribution" for his 2020 election loss.

According to a report from Politico, state legal authorities in predominantly blue states are seeking outside assistance from experts in their fields for what is expected to be an onslaught of executive orders while, at the same time, "dispatching staff to study areas of the law anticipated to come under attack, like reproductive health, immigration and the environment."

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Evangelicals terrified after key RNC delegates stripped of positions: report

Republican ideologues are worried the party platform may soften its stance on abortion at the behest of former President Donald Trump over a fear of losing this year's races.

Donald Trump has tried to distance himself recently from evangelicals who pressed for judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Trump failed to beat Biden’s fundraising in June: report

Despite a debate performance that sent Democratic officials into a frenzy last week, President Joe Biden exceeded ex-President Donald Trump's fundraising haul for the month of June, according to Politico.

Per Politico, the MAGA hopeful failed to surpass Biden's cash intake "for the first time in months."

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Trump sentencing delayed until Sept. 18 'if such is still necessary': judge

Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in New York has been pushed back from July 11 to Sept. 18 — if it happens at all.

In a letter on Tuesday, New York Justice Juan Merchan responded to an unopposed request from Trump's attorneys to delay sentencing in light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the former president enjoyed some immunity for acts he made while in office.

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