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'Huge win for the Biden campaign': Fox News host predicts game changer in second debate

Fox News host Shannon Bream predicted that President Joe Biden would likely have a "huge win" if there were a second debate with former President Donald Trump.

Bream spoke to the hosts of Fox & Friends on Sunday about Biden's poor debate performance.

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Chief Justice Roberts put on notice for 'disregarding' the law to throw Trump a 'lifeline'

Chief Justice John Roberts went so far out of his way to throw Donald Trump a "lifeline" that he ended up ignoring the plain language of a law, a former prosecutor said.

Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor who frequently appears on MSNBC as a legal expert, called out Roberts for a recent decision in which Kirschner says the Supreme Court made legal issues easier for the former president and those who attacked the Capitol on his behalf in 2021.

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Ex-GOP voter tells CNN she'd 'rather vote for the corpse of Biden than Trump's lying face'

Despite a dismal debate performance by President Joe Biden, at least one formerly Republican voter recently told CNN she would rather vote for Biden's dead body than for former president Donald Trump.

CNN over the weekend displayed a clip package including voters who were asked about the state of the presidential race after a debate that caused some, including the editorial boards of Raw Story and the New York Times, to call for Biden to withdraw from the race. On Saturday, a major newspaper in a critical swing state put out a piece mirroring the Times, but calling on Trump to bow out for the good of the nation.

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Lindsey Graham finally answers why he hasn't deleted Trump-bashing tweet from 2016

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, finally answered a burning question for many who follow United States politics.

Graham ferociously criticized Donald Trump when the now-former president first entered the political scene, but Graham was one of Trump's top defenders once he was elected as president, and has continued to be a staunch ally ever since. But his well-publicized political switch-up also means Graham has been haunted by his Trump-bashing past.

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Biden in 'meeting with his campaign co-chair in the Hamptons' amid growing concern: report

President Joe Biden is in a meeting in the Hamptons with the co-chair of his campaign as some Democrats are calling for him to drop out of the race, CNN reported Saturday.

Biden has been the subject of numerous calls to withdraw from the race, including in media Editorial Board pieces by Raw Story, the New York Times, and other news outlets. The new push to get Biden out of the race stems from a disappointing, halted debate performance on Thursday night.

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NYT reporter puts distance between himself and editorial calling for Biden to step aside

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker was cornered by host Alex Witt over an editorial published by his paper on Friday that called for President Joe Biden to drop his bid for re-election.

The controversial proposal from the editorial board came less than 24 hours after Biden's poor performance on a CNN stage where he faced Donald Trump, with the editors writing, "the president is engaged in a reckless gamble. There are Democratic leaders better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency. There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr. Biden."

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Judge Chutkan will allow the DOJ to put on a 'mini-trial' after immunity ruling: expert

Appearing with her colleague Alex Witt on MSNBC, former prosecutor and host of her own show, Katie Phang made her prediction on how the Supreme Court will rule on Donald Trump's bid for absolute immunity on Monday and how Judge Tanya Chutkan will proceed afterward.

According to Phang, she expects the nation's highest court — which has been dragging its feet on the highly anticipated ruling — will instruct Chutkan to define which acts Trump committed fall under presidential powers and which ones are outside the scope of protection.

Phang suggested Chutkan would jump into the case with both feet immediately after all of the delays.

'"I believe, as do others, that Judge Chutkan will be told she needs to make a determination as to what conduct that is alleged in the indictment is quote 'official acts as president' and what conduct is quote 'unofficial acts.' The unofficial acts do not get the immunity."

"I'm a believer and I've been pushing this idea you will see an evidentiary hearing that Judge Chutkan will do and I think very quickly, she's going to put the pedal to the metal on this," she added.

"And the evidence you'll be hearing will be an opportunity for special counsel Jack Smith to present the entirety of the indictment because I believe the indictment against Donald Trump is all unofficial acts; none of that was kosher, none of it was supposed to happen, it was all illegal."

"You will see special counsel Jack Smith put on what I'm going to call a mini-trial through the course of the evidentiary hearing so Americans can hear what Donald Trump did."

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'Betrayed' Black businessman accuses Trump aides of misleading him for a campaign event

Speaking with both Atlanta News First and News 11 Alive, the Black owner of an Georgia barbershop claimed he was suckered into becoming part of a Donald Trump campaign event after the former president's aides got him to host what he thought would be a private business roundtable aimed at boosting Black businesses.

According to Rocky Jones, owner of Rocky's Barbershop in Buckhead, he was blindsided when Trump called to the get-together and the exchange was filmed and used to promote the former president who was in town for his debate with President Joe Biden.

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'Shut the hell up': Michael Steele blisters Trump over his latest racist attack

On MSNBC's "The Weekend," co-host Michael Steele hammered Donald Trump over his "Black job" comments made during his Thursday night debate with President Joe Biden.

Simply put, the former RNC chair told the convicted felon ex-president to "shut the hell up."

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MSNBC host buries Democrats over their 'big freakout' immediately after Biden stumble

On Saturday morning, MSNBC host Michael Steele hammered Democratic insiders for their knee-jerk response to President Joe Biden's poor debate performance, saying they need to calm down.

As co-host on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Steele cautioned Democrats and liberal commentators to settle down and think it through before making a full-fledged effort to force Biden to drop out of the race.

Reacting to the panic expressed after Biden stumbled his way through his debate with Donald Trump, former RNC head Steele told his co-hosts, "The big freak out Thursday night even stunned me. I mean, in politics it was so immediate to me, so fast."

"We were talking with former Lieutenant Governor [Mandela] Barnes about the fact that, you know, on the Republican side it's like 'We're good, our guy is a criminal, our guy is a sexual predator, we're good.' Democrats: 'Oh my god, he slurred a word!'"

"He did not just slur a word, it was a bad performance," co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend interjected.

"I will not take away from that, I got it, it was a bad performance, it did not meet anyone's expectations," Steele replied. "The thing that amazes me is just the immediate decision by so many in the party to just go: 'Okay, I'm done, I can't do this.'"

"Explain some of this, I don't understand," he continued. "On my side of the aisle, I would hunker down, get the press release out, close the doors, we are going to work it out and when we get outside, we will steamroll."

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'Land Schlade': Social media roasts Trump as he 'slurs badly' to 'crowd of empty chairs'

Donald Trump followed up Thursday's presidential debate with a rally on Friday, but onlookers complained that he slurred his way through the speech.

President Joe Biden was highly criticized for his debate performance, which caused some -- including the Editorial Boards of the Raw Story and the New York Times -- to suggest that he should drop out of the race.

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'Could end up hurting him': Expert warns Trump's next move puts D.C. trial before election

If Donald Trump attempts to get his election subversion case tossed he could compel Special Counsel Jack Smith to lean out his indictment and bring a trial ahead of the general election.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman said as much during an appearance on CNN.

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'Hard to understand': Expert questions competency of Supreme Court after website flub

Legal experts gathered Friday to trash some of the recently released decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Slate Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick explained the unwriting of a 40-year precedent in the Chevron case, which the High Court had not made. The federal government decides a number of regulations, employing experts, scientists, doctors, chemists, and others to determine what is or isn't safe for the American people. Some examples are how long meat can be unrefrigerated during transport, how much lead is safe for drinking water, and even recommendations about cooks washing their hands after using the bathroom.

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