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Donald Trump's alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta had a hearing on Thursday where he alleged "selective" and "vindictive" prosecution from "Joe Biden's Justice Department."

While Nauta's own lawyer acknowledged that there is no real "selective" and "vindictive" prosecution, the hearing presented the opportunity for more commentary from Judge Aileen Cannon that gives further indications about how the trial may unfold.

A pair of former Bernie Sanders backers are using outrage over the Gaza war to promote their incoherent "MAGA communism" ideology, and it's winning over influential fans like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones.

The movement's two most prominent spokesmen, Haz Al-Din, 27, and Jackson Hinkle, 24, have been repeatedly kicked off social media platforms for spreading disinformation, mainly about Gaza and Ukraine, and they've been mocked as pseudo-intellectual grifters who try to piggyback off other political communities that organize online, reported The Guardian.

During an appearance on CNN on Friday morning, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for refusing to extend an invitation to Kenyan President William Ruto to speak to Congress during a rare visit to Washington, D.C.

More than 500 guests attended President Joe Biden's red carpet event on Thursday night celebrating 60 years of relations between the two countries, with former President Barack Obama making an appearance along with "business leaders, typical Washington types and a few random celebrities, such as actor Wilmer Valderrama, 'American Pie' singer Don McLean and author Barbara Kingsolver," reported the Washington Post.

An interview with the uncle of one of the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas ended with CNN host Kate Bolduan in tears on Friday morning.

On the two-year anniversary of the murderous rampage by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos that left 17 students dead while police waited outside the classrooms for more than 70 minutes, Bolduan spoke with Jesse Rizo who lost his niece Jackie Cazaraes who, the CNN host pointed out, would have been graduating from sixth grade this month.

CNN Senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s claim he’s “going to win New York,” calling the former president’s assertion “ridiculous.”

Trump made the comment Thursday at a rally in the Bronx’s Crotona Park. According to the New York Daily News, “hundreds” of supporters gathered to see the former president promise to “renovate New York’s subway system” and bring Americans together.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump insisted his “energetic” and “entrepreneurial” voting block is “going to save New York.”

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“And we’re going to win New York, and if we win New York, the election’s over,” Trump said.

Asked about the former president’s chances of winning the state, Dovere seemed unconvinced.

‘No, he’s not going to win New York.” Dovere said. “Okay, first of all, it's ridiculous.”

The CNN reporter continued:

Raw Story editor-in-chief Dave Levinthal went on CNN Friday to discuss how former President Donald Trump crafts wildly misleading or dishonest fundraising pitches.

At issue was Trump's attempt to fundraise this week off revelations that FBI agents had authorization to use deadly force if confronted with a life-threatening danger when they executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago.

The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" downplayed the impact of Donald Trump's rally in the Bronx on Thursday night, questioning crowd number claims while noting that a substantial number of the attendees only showed up out of curiosity.

Add to that, one member of the panel pointed out that the former president has lost his ability to entertain and shock crowds as his routine has gotten stale.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), considered a contender for former President Donald Trump's 2024 V.P. shortlist, refused to back down from a false conspiracy theory about President Joe Biden ordering his assassination during an appearance on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip on Thursday.

During the interview, Phillip brought up the false claim that the FBI was out to assassinate Trump because documents related to the search said that agents were authorized to use deadly force if faced with a life-threatening danger.