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'He's freaked out': CNN analyst taken aback as Trump move showed he's 'clearly rattled'

Political analyst David Chalian practically spat fire Friday on CNN after President Donald Trump announced he was canning a labor official because he didn't like the job numbers she released Friday.

Trump posted to Truth Social that Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of Labor Statistics and a Biden appointee, published an "inaccurate" report revealing weaker-than-expected job numbers for May and June.

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'Very curious': Legal experts stunned by Maxwell's sweetheart transfer after DOJ meeting

Legal experts are raising questions about the movement of Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security prison in Texas after she agreed to speak with Justice Department official Todd Blanche.

"Hmmm…after 9 hours with Trump law-lackey Todd Blanche, Ghislaine moves prisons? As they say, timing is everything. And it’s not because she’s going to hang out with Elizabeth Holmes," questioned independent journalist Katie Phang.

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'Struggling' Americans are skipping meals — and blaming Trump: 'shocking' poll

With inflation and unemployment rising, a majority of Americans say President Donald Trump is to blame for increased prices and the high cost of living, as many turn to credit cards and other high-interest vehicles to pay for their purchases, a new poll finds. Some are skipping meals just to make ends meet, some spend time daily worrying about how they are going to pay their bills, and many are forced to turn to friends and family for financial support.

“American families are struggling financially, and 6 in 10 place blame on Donald Trump for driving up their cost of living,” reported progressive think tank The Century Foundation, with data from a Morning Consult poll that it sponsored. “More than half believe that billionaires, corporations, and congressional Republicans have made their lives harder,” while the “majority of voters feel the Trump administration’s actions are making their problems and anxieties worse—not better.”

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'No integrity!' Furious sheriff slams Noem’s DHS for raiding his ranks using his own data

Florida sheriffs are furious that the Department of Homeland Security used data provided to them from sheriffs' departments around the country to poach their staff for their own desperate efforts to meet deportation quotas from the White House.

Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, Sheriff Grady Judd said that in their capacity as local law enforcement, they are already working with immigration officers as part of their current role.

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'Trying to trap me!' Chaos as 'all but hopeless' Republican takes CNN interview off rails

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) unravelled as CNN's Manu Raju asked her about Donald Trump during an interview Friday, hitting out at the host for focusing on "the past" and trying to "trap" her with his questions.

Raju began asking about why President Donald Trump hadn't endorsed her in her run for governor — a contest many Republicans are nervous about because they consider her "all but hopeless."

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'Absolutely hate it!' CNN data guru warns GOP reps about to be 'eaten alive' by voters

CNN data analyst Harry Enten claimed Friday that constituents hate President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill so much that the issue is threatening to eat lawmakers alive this summer.

All across the country, voters have been voicing their displeasure with the bill that gives tax breaks to the rich and puts conditions on Medicaid and Social Security, among other provisions.

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Dow plunges as latest jobs report shocks market

President Donald Trump's administration revealed Friday that the last few jobs reports don't demonstrate the economic success that he's been touting — and it sent the market tumbling.

As of mid-morning, the Dow Jones had dropped 542.70 points, which is 1.23%.

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Fox News corners CEO for trying to spin Trump's abysmal job numbers

The latest jobs report that showed a “striking” slowdown of economic growth left even Fox News Host Bill Hemmer questioning the economic optimism of a guest on his show, India Index's CEO Samir Kapadia.

Kapadia, who heads the business-to-business platform company, suggested that President Donald Trump’s newly-imposed tariffs, some of which came with pledges from several countries to invest in the United States, would largely offset the economic slump indicated in the new jobs report, which saw July post just 73,000 new jobs — and job number from June revised from 147,000 to just 14,000.

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Trump flattened on MSNBC for using a 'Suicide Squad of misfits' to promote new order

Donald Trump's choice of "athletes" to surround himself with as he announced the return of the Presidential Fitness Test got a big thumbs down on MSNBC on Friday morning, with several of his choices called out as "problematic."

During the White House press availability to promote his latest executive order, the president was accompanied by golfer Bryson DeChambeau, controversial Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, a registered sex offender dating back to 2011.

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MSNBC's Lemire stunned by 'frankly jaw-dropping' new attempt to 'rewrite history'

MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire jumped all over a report that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History chose to pull all mention of Donald Trump's two impeachments from public view in July.

According to a report from the Washington Post, that move came about due to pressure from the White House, with the official explanation stating that someday, "a future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments.”

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'You're not the right fit for us anymore': GOP lawmaker runs into buzzsaw at town hall

Despite warnings from the House GOP leadership to avoid holding town halls during the summer break, Rep. Bryan Stiel (R-WI) decided to give it a shot on Thursday night — and was promptly showered with boos and told that he is "an embarrassment" to the state for supporting Donald Trump.

On Friday morning, MSNBC shared clips from the event in Elkhorn, where the embattled Republican was pressed on ICE raid conducted by masked agents -- with answer being drowned out by jeers and booing.

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MAGA delights as Elizabeth Warren falls on Senate floor: 'Boom!'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren took a tumble on the Senate floor on Wednesday — and Donald Trump’s MAGA fans went wild.

The 76-year-old stumbled as she leaned against a desk during a confirmation vote on Trump’s nominee to run the U.S. Marshals Service, and it gave way.

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Wall Street fears Trump will toss execs in jail if they speak out: 'There's no winning'

Wall Street executives are staying silent on the need for gun laws in the wake of the shooting in Manhattan this week, in part because they fear President Donald Trump would find a reason to throw them in jail for it, New York Times columnist and "Sqawk Box" co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Thursday evening.

The revelation came amid a broader discussion about how Trump is adopting a "command economy," the Republican Party long claimed was un-American, bullying companies, academic institutions, and law firms and using threats to make them change diversity and hiring policies he opposes.

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