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Glowing Trump praise shut down on Fox News by economist: ‘Quit gaslighting!'

Economist Robert Wolf, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, shut down a Fox News host and guest Tuesday after their relentless praise of the economy under President Donald Trump, praise that Wolf argued was unsupported by facts.

Conservative economist Stephen Moore spent several minutes praising the state of the economy under Trump’s leadership before Wolf jumped in to correct the record.

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'They knew': MS NOW's Morning Joe shames 'scared' Supreme Court for failure to stop Trump

John Roberts' Supreme Court is so afraid of President Donald Trump that it is actively avoiding standing up to him, an MS NOW host said Tuesday.

MS NOW's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough asked "where are the Republicans?" as he hammered the conservative majority Supreme Court for fearing Trump's backlash instead of facing him head-on. Scarborough argued it was time for the high court to "reaffirm the law of the land," as federal agents have detained American citizens and incited violence in Minnesota and Trump demands that Greenland be seized and potentially destroys NATO.

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ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been pulling guns on off-duty officers of color while illegally demanding their citizenship papers.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Bruley said he opposed abolishing ICE but disagreed with how federal officers were carrying out immigration enforcement.

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MAGA incensed as Ellen DeGeneres joins anti-ICE furor: 'Who asked you?'

Fox News personality Jimmy Failla lashed out at comedian Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday over remarks she made in support of Minnesotans protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement, joking that her comments were proof that every ICE protester is a “white lesbian.”

Protesters have taken to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota in recent weeks over the ICE killing of Renee Good, with thousands of ICE agents having been deployed to the city by President Donald Trump in response to a controversial investigation into Somali daycares.

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Trump official doubles down on oblivious inflation claim: 'Three meals and a snack' is $15

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doubled down after claiming meals in the United States cost $3 each.

According to the secretary, she asked a team of economists to estimate the cost of a meal.

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Republican compares peaceful ICE protest to Hamas' horrific Oct 7 Israel attack

Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) compared peaceful protesters who showed up to demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a church in Minnesota to the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

During a Tuesday Newsmax interview, Self was asked about the decision to interrupt church services over the weekend because the pastor was thought to work for ICE.

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Pouting Trump Cabinet member laughed at as he snaps at Davos panel's Greenland question

Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump's Commerce secretary, refused to answer specific questions about the United States' quest for Greenland when he was confronted at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

During a Tuesday panel, historian Adam Tooze asked Lutnick to explain how countries outside the U.S. were supposed to view the drive to take over Greenland from Denmark.

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CNN host mocks GOP guest's gushing over Trump's past year — then extracts admission

CNN's John Berman seemed impatient with a Republican congresswoman's detailed accounting of the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency — before finally extracting a concession that he's not focused on the topics voters care most about.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) appeared Tuesday morning on "CNN News Central," where Berman asked her to respond to a preceding segment that showed Republican voter enthusiasm was lagging on the anniversary of the 79-year-old president's second inauguration.

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'Words you might understand': Danish pol reprimanded for shockingly blunt message to Trump

Danish lawmaker Anders Vistisen delivered a shockingly blunt message to President Donald Trump Tuesday while on the floor of the European Parliament — one that saw the lawmaker censured for his use of an expletive.

“Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President f--- off,” Vistisen said in a clip from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, uploaded to social media on Tuesday and reported on by News 18.

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Epstein fiasco forces Morning Joe to demand answers: 'Who are they protecting?'

Reacting to a new motion from the Department of Justice to dismiss a request for an independent monitor to oversee the release of Jeffrey Epstein Files, the panel on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” once again posed the question of who Attorney General Pam Bondi is protecting.

A month after the deadline, mandated by law, to release the files, little progress is being made, which is once again raising suspicions.

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Newsom rips Trump groveling at Davos: 'Should have brought knee pads for world leaders'

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) lashed out at world leaders who were groveling to President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

During a Tuesday interview with Sky News, Newsom faced a question about how world leaders should handle Trump's effort to acquire Greenland.

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French leader fires jab at Trump from Davos stage: 'Crazy ideas'

French President Emmanuel Macron took an apparent jab at President Donald Trump while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Specifically, Macron appeared to be referencing Trump’s increasingly aggressive efforts to have the United States acquire Greenland – a territory of Denmark – including by slapping eight European nations, including France, with new tariffs until the territory comes under U.S. control.

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Scott Bessent contradicts Trump as he scrambles to clean up 'deranged' letter mess

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to play clean up Tuesday in the wake of President Donald Trump’s “deranged” letter he penned this week that sent shockwaves across the globe.

In doing so, he openly contradicted the president’s own words.

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