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'As crazy as can be': Ana Navarro hammers Trump for making Jesus comparisons

Former Republican turned anti-Trump strategist Ana Navarro laid into the GOP on CNN Tuesday for their growing use of Jesus analogies to hold up former President Donald Trump as a martyr for the people.

This came in response to a discussion about Trump's speech this week to a radical absolutist anti-abortion group, and Rick Patrick, a senior pastor from a church in Alabama, saying of the speech, "He sounded more like a politician who wanted to be elected. I voted for him and I plan to vote for him again, but he was not like the other speakers who were here talking about religious things."

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Legal expert flags 'startling' detail about Trump's interview with probation officer

Donald Trump underwent a pre-sentencing interview with the New York probation office, but a legal expert expressed surprise the former president's attorney also took part in the meeting.

The first former president to ever be convicted of a crime completed a half-hour interview Monday with a probation officer, but Trump's was unusual in a couple of respects – he conducted his virtually from Mar-a-Lago, instead of in-person at the courthouse, and most of those meetings do not include a defense attorney.

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'Oh-kay...' CNN's Kasie Hunt taken aback by Martha-Ann Alito's 'Jesus flag' rant

CNN host Kasie Hunt appeared visibly taken aback after listening to a recording of Martha-Ann Alito's rant about erecting a Christian-themed flag to counter the rainbow LGBTQ Pride flags she sees every June.

During a report on the recordings, which were made by progressive activist Lauren Windsor while posing undercover as a conservative Christian, Hunt played a section in which the wife of Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito fantasized about triggering her Pride flag-flying neighbors with a flag of her own.

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Steve Bannon predicts his final appeals will fail: 'On July 1, I'll be in federal prison'

Steve Bannon, a former Trump strategist, conceded that his final appeals before reporting to prison were likely to fail.

During an interview on Monday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked Bannon if he would be successful in blocking a federal judge's order that he must report to prison on July 1 for contempt of Congress.

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'I really can't be fact-checked': Alina Habba doubles down on bizarre childhood claim

Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney and spokeswoman, doubled down on a previous claim that she had to "survive" on peanuts and Coca-Cola as a child.

Habba's remarks went viral over the weekend after she told the story at Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit.

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'What’s he smoking?' The View highlights 'glaring warning signs' of Trump 'decline'

Former President Donald Trump spoke at a Las Vegas rally over the weekend in extreme heat and he remarked that he didn't have access to the TelePrompters that he normally does — before launching into a speech that was apparently completely off the cuff.

The co-hosts of "The View" commented that it showed how much the Republican candidate has devolved over the years. They first played a clip of Trump at Sunday's Nevada rally.

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Constitutional Sheriffs founder: Gun owners are being treated like Rosa Parks

Former Sheriff Richard Mack, founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, argued this week that gun owners are facing oppression like Rosa Parks faced before becoming a civil rights icon.

Mack, who has promoted his organization to groups like the Oath Keepers, made the remarks on Monday while speaking to podcaster and convicted criminal Steve Bannon.

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Trump has to tell probation if he is 'associating with criminals' Bannon and Roger Stone

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann pointed out over the weekend that former President Donald Trump will have to explain at a probation hearing whether he is "associating with criminals" like former strategist Steve Bannon.

During an interview on Sunday, MSNBC host Jen Psaki noted that Trump was scheduled to participate in a probation meeting via Zoom after he was convicted of 34 felony counts in a New York hush money trial.

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Watch: Leopard-like animal seen at India's swearing-in ceremony

As India's government took the oath of office at the presidential palace flanked by honour guards, a fleeting sight was spotted -- a leopard-like animal seemingly prowling past.

The animal was seen crossing through the highly guarded palace in the heart of the capital New Delhi, moving within a whisker of red carpeted steps just above where scores of India's newly elected lawmakers sat, including Prime Minster Narendra Modi.

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Expert doubts 'bomb' dropped onto Trump's verdict will derail sentencing

Donald Trump's attorneys will almost certainly try to delay sentencing due to a comment about the case left on the court's Facebook page, but a legal expert cast doubt on their chances of halting the process.

New York Justice Juan Merchan brought the comment, in which a social media user claimed their cousin was a juror and thanked them for their hard work, to the attention of Trump's lawyers and prosecutors but did not ask either party to take any action, and MSNBC's Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" the post would not likely pause sentencing.

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'Sick and depraved' Trump buried for exploiting woman's tragedy in rambling Vegas speech

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski recoiled in horror after watching clips of Donald Trump's rambling speech in Las Vegas, saying his incoherence was further proof he was "unfit" to serve again as president.

The presumptive Republican nominee's campaign hired extra medics, and allegedly some attendees, to attend the rally Sunday as temperatures ran above 100 degrees, and the "Morning Joe" co-host was disturbed by Trump's inability to stay focused and deliver meaningful remarks after his teleprompters apparently failed to work.

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Watch: MAGA-rioting GOP candidate storms off stage during debate

A Georgia Republican candidate who was convicted on charges related to storming the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 stormed out of a primary debate on Sunday.

As reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, congressional hopeful Chuck Hand walked off stage after he accused his Republican opponent, Wayne Johnson, of "orchestrating attacks on my wife."

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Trump defied 'any sense of reality' in Vegas rally speech: MSNBC analyst

Reacting to Donald Trump's speech on Sunday at a rally in scorching Las Vegas, MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch hammered the former president for calling the Jan. 6 rioters "hostages," before accusing him of creating a fake "reality" for his supporters.

Speaking with Deutsch, "Way Too Early" host Jonathan Lemire suggested Democrats will use footage of Trump's fans storming the Capitol and attacking Capitol police as the election nears.

"Let's start with Donald Trump," Lemire prompted his guest. "This is not a new refrain, him praising the January 6th insurrectionists; now, calling them heroes and contrasting them with the Capitol police, just a new low."

"Also using the word hostages," Deutsch replied. "You know, with what's going on in Israel. We have hostages we know all too well and sadly. To call them hostages is ridiculous. J6, all of the sudden now it's a thing because he's branded it, J6 and that the police said, 'come on in, come on in.'"

Texas AG Ken Paxton campaign ad mistakenly implicates Donald Trump

"It's just as if the videotape never existed as if we never saw the footage," he continued. "It's just amazing how he can defy any sense of reality, and his followers believe it."

"You know, it's been a few years, and we've got to just continue to refresh people's memories," Deutsch elaborated. "When you see it, you just wonder, how can anybody vote for this side, who relishes these people, who calls these people champions, who calls these people heroes, victims, hostages. You're staring at this and going, 'What planet am I on?"'

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