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Trump's just 'trying to please his daddy': laughing ex-GOP strategist explains new ad

The Lincoln Project, a group of former Republican strategists turned Donald Trump foes infamous for their ads goading him directly, took things a step further this month with a new ad featuring an AI recreation of the former president's deceased father, Fred Trump, proclaiming, "I'm ashamed of you!"

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday evening, Lincoln Project strategist Tara Setmayer explained a bit of the thinking behind this stunt.

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Jon Stewart's Tucker Carlson takedown spurs laughs on MSNBC: 'He's been neutered'

The Nation columnist Joan Walsh is worried Tucker Carlson is in crisis after he was lampooned on national television Monday night and she wants him to know testicular tanning is not the answer.

"It's a rough run for Tucker," Walsh told Ari Melber on the heels of a humiliating segment from Daily Show host Jon Stewart. "He's been completely neutered."

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Republicans cower 'like little bunny rabbits' as Trump pushes U.S. toward WWIII: analyst

Former President Donald Trump is on track to pull the U.S. into a global crisis with help from an unexpected source: "little bunny rabbits."

That's according to David J. Rothkopf, who Tuesday slammed the Republican Party for kowtowing to Trump as the former president himself kowtows to Russian President Vladimir Putin with threats to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization upon his return to the White House.

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The View mocks Trump fans buying 'tacky sneakers': 'Same people who complain about gas'

"The View" co-host Joy Behar mocked Donald Trump's fans for shelling out $400 for his sneakers while complaining about gas prices.

The former president unveiled shiny gold sneakers with "45" emblazoned on the side and uppers that resemble American flags, and panelists on "The View" found them ridiculous-looking and overpriced.

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Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads

The leading contenders in the 2024 presidential election are two of the three oldest people ever to serve as president. President Joe Biden is 81. Former President Donald Trump is 77. Ronald Reagan took office at 69 and left it at age 77.

Both Biden and Trump have faced criticism about what can appear to be obvious signs of aging, including questions about their memory and cognitive abilities.

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'They know he's a disaster': Trump opponent whacks own party for rallying behind candidate

Nikki Haley tried to juice up her longshot bid at winning the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by holding a press event where she took shots at her party for rushing to fall in line behind former President Donald Trump.

In her speech, she pointed to multiple recent special election results, as well as others dating back to 2018, to argue that Trump has long been an anchor around the GOP's neck.

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Actor Kirk Cameron gives up on The Rapture 24 years after starring in End Times film

Christian actor Kirk Cameron speculated that the End Times might not happen in the near future as many of his religious contemporaries believe.

Despite starring in the 2000 "Left Behind" film about The Rapture, Cameron suggested to right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon that he had given up on Jesus coming back anytime soon.

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Alina Habba confused after Newsmax host says her 'reputation' could suffer over Trump

Attorney Alina Habba doesn't worry about her reputation being harmed by representing former president Donald Trump.

Following a devastating judgment against her client in a New York fraud case, Habba was asked about her newfound celebrity in a Tuesday interview on Newsmax.

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'Street fighter' Fani Willis earns praise from former federal prosecutor

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner lauded Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in a video posted to X on Tuesday, calling her exactly the sort of "street fighter" necessary to take down former President Donald Trump.

Willis -- who is prosecuting the election racketeering case in Georgia that includes Trump, several of his lawyers, and a handful of state GOP operatives -- is currently defending herself in an ethics hearing on her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor in her office, and she has grown visibly frustrated as Trump's co-defendants have made accusations of misconduct without hard evidence.

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Trump's second-term plans 'should be scary to anybody': Former Trump official

Former Trump administration National Security Adviser John Bolton sounded the alarm about his former boss' plans for shaking up the world order in a second term on CNN Tuesday — and warned it would be destabilizing for western nations.

Bolton, a longtime neoconservative hawk, was reacting to the release of letters from now-deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who himself warned about the danger from former President Donald Trump taking power again.

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Fleeing GOP lawmakers 'can't be more excited to get out': reporter

Multiple high-profile Republicans — including Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Ken Buck (R-CO), and Mark Green (R-TN) -— have abruptly announced their retirement plans in recent months, and a CNN panel speculated on Tuesday that the reason has to do with the nonstop chaos engulfing the House Republican conference.

Speaking of the departures, Axios reporter Juliegrace Brufke told CNN that working in this current Congress, which has seen unprecedented leadership struggles, has been miserable.

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'Opposite of patriotism': MSNBC's Mika casts suspicion on Trump's deference to Putin

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski is raising questions about Donald Trump's loyalty to the nation he hopes to lead again.

The former president compared himself to the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in an Arctic prison after surviving multiple poisonings, and both Brzezinski and "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough cast suspicion on Trump's longstanding refusal to speak out against Vladimir Putin.

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'Grotesque!' Morning Joe stomps on Trump for comparing himself to Navalny

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned Donald Trump's "grotesque" comparison of himself to the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Tuesday.

The Russian opposition leader died last week in an Arctic prison, where he'd been sentenced on extremism charges as Vladimir Putin's leading domestic critic, and the "Morning Joe" host was appalled that Trump broke days of silence to make the suspicious death about himself.

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