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'How to shut Trump up': Expert explains why ex-president finally stopped defaming Carroll

E. Jean Carroll this week has been living the dream of many Americans facing a contentious presidential election year ahead. As former D.C. prosecutor Glenn Kirschner puts it, Carroll has managed “to shut Donald Trump up.”

Kirschner addressed viewers on his YouTube show “Justice Matters” Wednesday to note a significant development following the New York jury ruling ordering Trump to pay $83.3 million in defamation damages and penalties.

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Trump spokesperson claims he will follow 'real Constitution' to secure border

A spokesperson for Donald Trump insisted that the former president secured the U.S. border during his term in office because he follows the "real Constitution."

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Liz Harrington claimed the U.S. border had been secured during Trump's tenure because the former president "took his oaths very seriously."

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'What penalties?' Trump confused when asked about campaign funds to pay E. Jean Carroll

Donald Trump on Wednesday dodged a question about whether he would use campaign funds to pay the more-than-$80 million jury award for columnist E. Jean Carroll, instead asking, "What penalties?"

The former president was asked about using his political operation's money to pay the debt in that case as well as the civil fraud suit, but he appeared totally confused. Instead of replying, he asked about the penalties. When the reporter clarified, Trump appeared to still not understand, because he began ranting only about the civil fraud penalties he is expecting any minute from Judge Engoron in New York.

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Trump's 'living in fairyland' if he thinks he's not getting convicted: conservative pundit

Donald Trump is "living in fairyland" if he thinks he can escape conviction in all of his criminal cases, a conservative cable news pundit pointed out Wednesday.

Host John Roberts noted during a panel discussion on Fox News that a Trump conviction "could really swing people's preferences in terms of who they vote for for president."

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'I'm Singaporean': GOP senator slapped down after trying to tie TikTok CEO to China

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday tried to pin down TikTok CEO Shou Chew for ties to the Chinese Communist Party — despite the fact that he is not even from China.

During a Senate hearing about the societal impacts of social media, Cotton asked the executive about his history working as chief financial officer for Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi, and he acknowledged that he worked in Beijing for around five years while at that particular job.

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'Don't be ignorant': GOP senator snaps at Trump after 'betrayal' claim

Frustrated Republican senators pushed back against Donald Trump after the former president encouraged killing a bipartisan border security deal.

In remarks over the weekend, Trump suggested Republicans should vote down the bill because it was a "betrayal."

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'Shake it off': Marsha Blackburn dodges after Taylor Swift calls her 'Trump in a wig'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) quoted a Taylor Swift song, "Shake It Off," after the singer called her "Trump in a wig."

During a Wednesday appearance on Newsmax, Blackburn was reminded about Swift's insult.

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Lindsey Graham gets cheers as he tells Mark Zuckerberg: 'You have blood on your hands'

The Senate welcomed social media CEOs to the Capitol on Wednesday to discuss online safety and the plans for fixing the lack of internet safety laws, particularly when it comes to extortion and exploitation.

Family members attended the meeting, waving photos of loved ones they say were victims of the lack of online oversight — including some who'd committed suicide.

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'Took away her coloring books': Morning Joe mocks Alina Habba as Trump eyes new lawyer

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough could hardly keep a straight face discussing attorney Alina Habba's work for Donald Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.

The former president suggested Tuesday night on Truth Social that he might be shopping for a new legal team to appeal his $83.3 million penalty, and "Morning Joe" panelist burst into laughter the news.

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'Lots of luck': Morning Joe baffled by GOP hitching wagon to 'seven-time loser' Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough marveled that the Republican Party was once again hitching their wagon to "seven-time loser" Donald Trump.

The quadruple-indicted, twice-impeached former president is the clear frontrunner in the GOP primary three years after some leading Republicans denounced him for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the "Morning Joe" host said he would likely lead them into another losing election cycle.

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Morning Joe brutally mocks MAGA freakout over Taylor Swift

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski mocked the MAGA freakout over Taylor Swift.

The "Morning Joe" co-hosts showed a montage of right-wing media personalities complaining about Swift and her popularity, apparently hedging against her expected endorsement of President Joe Biden – whom she backed in 2020 – and Scarborough and Brzezinski burst into laughter at one commentator who complained that her fans were guilty of "idolatry."

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'No way': Legal expert debunks Trump's latest defense in 14th Amendment lawsuits

One of the amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court ahead of their decision to determine if former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 presidential tears apart the notion that he's immune simply because everything he did on Jan. 6, 2021 didn't amount to a Civil War.

Former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal highlighted this particular brief during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday.

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​Trump once ordered an assassination for 'credit' in the press: ex-official

Donald Trump's historic assassination of a notorious Iranian terrorist was driven largely by the then-president's ego, his former national security adviser said Tuesday.

John Bolton, appearing on CNN's "The Source" with Kaitlan Collins to plug the paperback version featuring a new foreword to his 2020 book "The Room Where It Happened," discussed the rationale that went into the ordering of the drone strike killing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard’s Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

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