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Trump's boast backfires into mockery: 'You'll never hear me call myself stupid'

President Donald Trump's brag on Friday at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, left the internet questioning his comments.

Trump was in Rockland County, New York — the first time a president has visited the town since Gerald Ford in 1976. He was there to deliver a midterm message on the economy and throw support behind Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is up for re-election in the fall, according to The Associated Press.

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'Don't hurt him!' Trump taunts crowd as he's repeatedly interrupted by protesters

Donald Trump was interrupted three times by protesters on Friday during a campaign-style rally in Rockland County, New York, held to boost one of the GOP's most vulnerable House incumbents heading into the 2026 midterms.

The first protester was swiftly removed by police as Trump introduced Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) — caught on video but without audio — before Trump had barely gotten started.

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Ron DeSantis drowned in ridicule as he's filmed fleeing questions about MAGA slush fund

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was confronted by reporters about President Donald Trump's planned $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" — and his reaction was to sprint away from the questioners.

"Governor, what do you think of the Weaponization Fund, the DOJ fund? Could you comment on that?" asked the reporter, as DeSantis broke into a run up the stairs and made for the exit onto the street.

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Notorious MAGA influencer gets max jail sentence for contempt of court: report

A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who showed up to support a racist livestreamer charged with attempted murder got himself thrown in jail — earning the maximum contempt sentence allowed under Tennessee law.

Jake Lang, a far-right provocateur and long-shot Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, was removed in handcuffs from a Thursday bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly — the white livestreamer known online as "Chud the Builder" — after the judge ordered him out of the courtroom.

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'Unconscionable': Fed-up lawmaker blasts Mike Johnson for yanking vote to rein in Trump

WASHINGTON — Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) told reporters on Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled a scheduled war powers resolution vote, saying that it was clear that Democrats had enough votes to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war.

"They just pulled it, unconscionably. It is beyond time that we address this issue," Scholten said. "Gas prices are $5. I'm getting $5 a gallon in Michigan. People on the West Coast are hearing that and they're planning a road trip to Michigan to put it in Tupperware and take it back home with them. I'm getting calls in my office about people cancelling their Memorial Day plans because they literally cannot afford to drive to their cottages in Michigan and celebrate this weekend how they normally would."

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Massive 'sighs of relief' as Tulsi Gabbard hits the exits: ex-CIA official

The abrupt resignation announcement made by DNI head Tulsi Gabbard on Friday, going into Memorial Day weekend, will decrease a substantial amount of tension inside and outside the White House.

That is according to MS NOW national security expert, Marc Polymeropoulos, who spoke with host Chris Jansing by phone moments after the news broke.

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Melania introduced Trump to his new 'security blanket': biographer

President Donald Trump's "latest questionable friend" — who even accompanied him to China last week — was introduced to him by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, according to the president's biographer.

Author Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast that Melania's close aide, Marc Beckman, connected her to "disgraced filmmaker Brett Ratner," who also had ties to late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Ratner has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women and directed Melania's self-titled documentary.

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'I was not happy': Trump throws mini tantrum as crowd applauds Fed chair instead of him

President Donald Trump could not hide his bruised ego Friday during the White House swearing-in of his new Federal Reserve chairman — complaining out loud that the crowd's applause was meant for Kevin Warsh, not him.

"I thought that was for me. I was very unhappy," Trump said, drawing laughs from the assembled dignitaries. "I saw they're all looking at you. I was not happy about that."

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Questions raised as Trump fails to stand in Oval Office address

A “Morning Joe” segment that was supposed to be about Donald Trump appearing to demur from attending the wedding of Don Trump Jr, went briefly off the rails over the 79-year-old president’s tendency to sit during his press availabilities in his second term.

Co-host Mika Brzezinski was the first to bring up the “optics” of the sitting president surrounded by “crotches and belly buttons” — a pointed reference to a man standing directly to Trump’s right on Thursday who had, what she called, a “distracting” protruding belly button.

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Supreme Court just revealed it used 'legal fiction' to reshape elections: lawyer

The Supreme Court revealed that a principle it used to rule on election cases was pure "legal fiction," according to one lawyer.

Marc Elias, a lawyer and lead plaintiff in multiple recent redistricting cases, said during a new episode of his "Democracy Docket" podcast that the Supreme Court has relied on the Purcell Principle to adjudicate election cases in the past, but seemed to forget that principle in Louisiana v. Callais. The Purcell Principle states that courts should not change election laws or procedures ahead of a major election.

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GOP leaders 'over' Trump as his disrespect of Congress reaches the limit: analyst

An MS NOW panel on Thursday evening was floored by the meltdown of Republicans on Capitol Hill, as Trump alienated them with his "Anti-Weaponization Fund" and demanded politically toxic votes from them.

Anchor Chris Hayes began by turning to Rolling Stone reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez. "There's ... this sense, I mean, today it was, again, I say the one poll ... 31% approval."

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'Confused' Trump's latest glitch astonishes analyst: 'He just can't do it'

President Donald Trump's latest apparent glitch astonished a political analyst on Thursday.

David Pakman, host of "The David Pakman Show" on YouTube, reacted to a video of Trump speaking with reporters ahead of his trip to give the commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy. During the clip, Trump seemed to freeze up when a reporter tossed him a softball question. He also confused former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden when discussing the military withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

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MAGA lawmaker spews conspiracy theories when pressed on Trump slush fund

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) broke with a number of his Republican congressional colleagues to enthusiastically endorse President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to pay out $1.776 billion to his allies who believe they were unfairly persecuted by the government — but when a reporter asked him about whether January 6 rioters would be eligible, things went off the rails.

When asked about "people who assaulted police," Norman, who is currently running for governor of South Carolina, replied, "Look, January 6 is an issue that was made up in the first place."

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