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Trump spokesperson claims he will follow 'real Constitution' to secure border

A spokesperson for Donald Trump insisted that the former president secured the U.S. border during his term in office because he follows the "real Constitution."

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Liz Harrington claimed the U.S. border had been secured during Trump's tenure because the former president "took his oaths very seriously."

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'Losing the battle but winning the war': Legal analysts on Trump's immunity court delay

It has been over a month since the Washington, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals began deliberating Donald Trump's claims that he should have "presidential immunity" from criminal charges.

And a Politico report Wednesday said Trump is the one benefitting from the court's delay.

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Trump's 'living in fairyland' if he thinks he's not getting convicted: conservative pundit

Donald Trump is "living in fairyland" if he thinks he can escape conviction in all of his criminal cases, a conservative cable news pundit pointed out Wednesday.

Host John Roberts noted during a panel discussion on Fox News that a Trump conviction "could really swing people's preferences in terms of who they vote for for president."

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Bikers for Trump just hit a ditch

Bikers for Trump, the group Donald Trump once bragged would get “tough” on his political enemies, is looking weak on its balance sheet.

Very.

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Rachel Maddow producer thinks John Bolton is starting to sound like a Democrat

Writing for the Rachel Maddow blog, long-time producer Steve Benen explained that John Bolton's latest attack on Donald Trump is starting to make him sound like a Democrat.

“A mountain of facts demonstrates that Trump is unfit to be president,” Benen wrote, quoting Bolton but without initially identifying the source. “If his first four years were bad, a second four will be worse.”

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'Shake it off': Marsha Blackburn dodges after Taylor Swift calls her 'Trump in a wig'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) quoted a Taylor Swift song, "Shake It Off," after the singer called her "Trump in a wig."

During a Wednesday appearance on Newsmax, Blackburn was reminded about Swift's insult.

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'Don't unite': Trump ally tells fellow supporters to reject Ron DeSantis

Donald Trump is having Ron DeSantis speak at events as they both encourage all Republicans to rally around the former president, but one of the ex-president's allies is telling a different story.

Laura Loomer, who has been floated as a press secretary hire in Trump's potential future administration, already spilled the beans on her dispute with fellow Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who many say is seeking to be V.P. Now, she's apparently encouraging ongoing infighting between Trump world and team DeSantis.

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'Incredibly alarming': Expert says Trump's second-term plan threatens fresh water access

Former President Donald Trump's determination to eradicate abortion could threaten all Americans' access to fresh air and clean water, a legal expert said Tuesday.

Georgetown Law Professor Michelle Goodwin appeared on MSNBC to warn of the havoc Trump could wreak if he steamrolled various government agencies, removed career agency leaders, and replaced them with deputized loyalists, as he reportedly plans.

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VP Kamala Harris to make one last swing through South Carolina before primary

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris will make one last swing through South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary, capping the president’s Palmetto State campaign at an HBCU.

Harris will headline a get-out-the-vote event at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg on Friday, the state’s largest public HBCU and is part of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign to reach out to Black voters in the state.

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Biden to visit Michigan on Thursday ahead of primary election

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will visit Metro Detroit on Thursday for an event hosted by the United Auto Workers on the heels of his endorsement by the union last week, according to three Democratic sources familiar with his plans.

Biden's anticipated trip to Michigan comes three and a half weeks ahead of the state's Feb. 27 presidential primary election. It will be the president's first time in the state since September when he went to Van Buren Township to address autoworkers on a picket line amid their strike against the Detroit Three car companies

Sen. Josh Hawley is praying for your money

The text message seems perfectly godly.

“It’s Josh Hawley. Do you have a second to pray with me?” reads the message sent today from the first-term U.S. senator and Donald Trump loyalist.

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'Preposterous': Biden bookkeeper latest witness to shred James Comer's impeachment claims

President Joe Biden's business associate Eric Schwerin is answering questions about the former vice president's financial association with his son Hunter after the end of the administration but before he was president.

Capitol Hill CNN reporter Annie Grayer disclosed that House Republicans looking to impeach Biden for taking bribes from foreign countries, a long-time allegation that Donald Trump and his allies have claimed without evidence, yet again had their hopes dashed when they grilled Schwerin.

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'Donald Trump was Hitler?' Mayorkas impeachment hearing goes off the rails

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) stood his ground Tuesday after suggesting Donald Trump's rhetoric was like Adolf Hitler.

"Donald Trump speaks about immigrants with the same rhetoric that Hitler did, claiming that immigrants like me and my family, and I quote, pollute the blood of this country," Garcia stated at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing to consider the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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