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'So satisfying': Alex Jones fantasizes about hanging Anthony Fauci to death

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones fantasized about killing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, by hanging him.

Speaking on his Tuesday broadcast, Jones argued that Patrick Joseph White had gone about retribution for the COVID-19 vaccine the wrong way when he allegedly fired 180 rounds into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters this month.

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MSNBC host hits back at conservative's downplay of GOP embrace of Christian nationalism

Conservative David Drucker downplayed a recent interview with an influential Christian nationalist pastor embraced by President Donald Trump's White House.

CNN spoke to Doug Wilson, who advocates removing women's right to vote. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth then posted it on social media, promoting his personal pastor and ally.

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Jeanine Pirro trashes ‘yoga rehab’ for criminals as Maxwell lands in posh prison with yoga

Jeanine Pirro appeared on the local Washington, D.C. Fox outlet to complain about criminals being "rehabilitated with ice cream socials and yoga."

Standing next to President Donald Trump on Monday for a press conference, Trump claimed that he was going to take over the city's police to eradicate crime. He and Pirro also advocate changing city laws to make 14, 15, and 16-year-olds adults under the law. It would allow them to prosecute teenagers more harshly and put them in adult prisons.

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Karoline Leavitt won't rule out Medal of Freedom for ex-DOGE staffer 'Big Balls'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer known as "Big Balls" is something President Donald Trump "would consider."

During Tuesday's White House briefing, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson noted that Trump initiated a federal takeover of policing in Washington, D.C. after Edward Coristine — better known as "Big Balls" — was assaulted in an attempted carjacking.

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Jeanine Pirro shrugs off Trump fact check: 'Doesn't really matter' if crime is down in DC

Jeanine Pirro, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, said it "doesn't really matter" that crime rates had dropped in the nation's capital after President Donald Trump initiated a temporary federal takeover of policing.

Pirro made the remarks during a Tuesday interview with MAGA influencer Benny Johnson.

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'Too dadgum dangerous!' MAGA Republican complains he's too frightened to leave DC office

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) complained Tuesday that he's living in his office in Congress because he's too afraid of Washington, D.C. to step outside.

The three-term lawmaker confessed on CNN that he's scared of the nation's capital, but host John Berman listed off some of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. that are far worse than D.C.

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Watch: MSNBC's Symone Sanders Townsend snaps back as Joe Scarborough defends Trump

"Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough faced some fierce resistance from MSNBC colleague Symone Sanders Townsend after he defended Donald Trump's plan to take over the Washington, D.C, police force with an emergency declaration.

After Scarborough and his panel spent much of the morning claiming they believe the city has serious crime problems, despite statistics showing crime is on the decline, Sanders Townsend pushed back — and then lectured Scarborough after he alluded that she is part of the "defund the police" movement.

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JD Vance 'implicitly throwing Trump under the bus' with latest 'blunder': analyst

Vice President JD Vance may not be doing the president any favors in his attempts to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein story, according to one analyst.

Bill Kristol, executive editor of The Bulwark, said on a recent episode of The Bulwark Podcast that Vance appears to be "implicitly" knifing Trump with silence. Kristol was referring to comments Vance made during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on her Sunday morning show, "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo."

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'What evidence do you have?': GOP podcaster's claims about crime shocks CNN panel

The panel on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" exploded after a right-wing podcaster gave President Donald Trump credit for declining crime rates across the U.S.

Ben Ferguson, host of the conservative talk show "The Ben Ferguson Show," claimed that the decline in violent crime seen across the U.S. was due to Trump's leadership.

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Jasmine Crockett gets heated as she slams MAGA gov: 'Don't tell me it's not about race!'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) issued a fiery takedown of the GOP's scheme to rig the 2026 primary elections.

Crockett joined "The Lead with Jake Tapper" on Monday afternoon after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appeared on the show. Crockett responded to many of the claims Abbott made, including about whether Texas's efforts to redraw its electoral map are about improving voter choice or silencing votes from communities of color.

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'Weakling!' Texas gov gets brutal civics lesson from Jasmine Crockett

A prominent Democrat gave Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott a brutal civics lesson on Monday.

Abbott has claimed that Texas Democrats who broke quorum during a special session have violated their constitutional duty and called for their removal from office. He further insulted the Democrats on Monday afternoon during "The Lead with Jake Tapper" by calling them "chickens" for fleeing to Illinois.

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'Opening salvo': Professor warns Trump’s DC takeover an attempt at something 'more severe'

President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police is just the beginning of something much darker, University of Maryland political science professor Dr. Niambi Carter told MSNBC's Jason Johnson on Monday evening.

"When Trump sent in federal troops and everything else like that, you know, sending the Marines to try and take over Los Angeles — Los Angeles is a huge city," said Johnson. "People were still having brunch and didn't know what was happening in downtown. Washington, D.C. is a lot more compact."

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‘Major step’: Ex-official warns Trump just moved closer to dark goal ‘he’s always wanted’

A top former Trump White House national security official is warning that the president’s federalization of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police and deployment of the National Guard and other federal agents to the nation’s capital is a “major step” toward martial law.

Olivia Troye is a Republican who worked at the National Counterterrorism Center, the United States Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis, as well as serving as Vice President Mike Pence’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor.

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