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'How stupid we are!' Right-wing host melts down because GOP 'got nothing' in debt ceiling deal

Right-wing radio host John Fredericks lashed out at Republicans on Tuesday for agreeing to a debt ceiling deal that he said gives them "nothing."

"You have to digest the con that was played on us, the lies that were given to us, the gaslighting that was shoved down our throat," Fredericks said on his radio program. "How many times are we going to be lied to?"

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Fox News poll finds 56% doubt Trump's 'mental soundness' to be president

A Fox News poll found that 56% of Americans do not believe former President Donald Trump has the "mental soundness" to be president.

A survey conducted by the conservative outlet gave Trump a 33-point lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

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'It absolutely can': Dem dismantles Chuck Todd for claiming Congress can't regulate Supreme Court

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) corrected NBC host Chuck Todd after he argued Congress does not have the power to regulate ethics rules for the Supreme Court.

"The work that we're doing on ethics in the court ought to be easy, and yet it's not; it's partisan also," Whitehouse said during a Meet the Press special program on the Supreme Court. "So I think that the first step is going to be for the judicial conference, the other judges, to put some constraints around the Supreme Court's behavior and treat the Supreme Court the way all other federal judges are treated, and that happens inside the judiciary."

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'I will not be intimidated!' Lindsey Graham goes into hysterics over McCarthy's debt ceiling deal

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday lashed out at Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) deal to raise the debt ceiling because it effectively cuts military spending.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Graham told host Shannon Bream that he was unhappy with parts of the debt ceiling bill.

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'They have a STEAM room!' Confused Fox News host says schools using Covid money to install saunas

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy accused public schools of using Covid-19 relief funds to install saunas in the facilities.

Fox & Friends co-host Joey Jones kicked off a segment on Sunday with the story about a third grader at Public School 145 who wrote a letter about her school being overcrowded.

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Donald Trump says DeSantis fired his top campaign official 'like on The Apprentice'

Donald Trump on Saturday said his biggest opponent in the 2024 race for the Republican nomination for President, Ron DeSantis, fired his friend and top campaign official, just like on Trump's former show, "The Apprentice."

The former president, who earlier in the day attacked the conservative advocacy group called "Club for Growth" on social media for its support of DeSantis, posted on his Truth Social platform that DeSantis fired Phil Cox, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association. He also had some words for Cox, who was reportedly chosen for the RGA post based on "close relationships with a number of Republican governors."

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'Club for No Growth': Trump slams conservative advocacy group for supporting DeSantis

Donald Trump late Saturday leveled an attack against the "Club for Growth," a conservative advocacy group that recently criticized the former president in an ad, for supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

Trump posted on Truth Social, his own social media platform that he created after being banned from most other platforms in the wake of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection attempt, that the group is attempting to counter DeSantis' own policy decisions.

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'We're all at blame': GOP rep. sidesteps question over Republican credibility on debt debate

A Republican congressman on Saturday avoided directly answering a question on the GOP's credibility when it comes to the debt ceiling.

Rep. Tim Burchett, of Tennessee, appeared on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta, and was asked about issues surrounding the debt ceiling. While Burchett said the debt ceiling debate was plagued by "rumors" about what might be in the final deal, he noted that he does believe negotiators are "close" to reaching one.

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Man who served time for Jan. 6 Parler threats demands $370 million for being banned: report

A man who was convicted for threatening a follow-up attack after the Capitol Hill insurrection, and suggested bringing enough people and weapons to overcome any "standing army or police agency," is now suing right-wing social network Parler for banning him for those very threats.

Troy Smocks is suing Parler, which was recently shut down after it was sold, leaving former employees to plot their own new platform, for $370 million, according to a Gizmodo report.

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Fact checking on social media is becoming a thing of the past due to tech layoffs: report

As financial belt tightening and layoffs rippled throughout the tech industry in recent months, fact checkers and researchers who were tasked with keeping disinformation and extremism off of social media platforms are becoming scarce, CNBC reported.

"The cuts come at a time of increased cyberbullying, which has been linked to higher rates of adolescent self-harm, and as the spread of misinformation and violent content collides with the exploding use of artificial intelligence," the report stated.

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'Self-inflicted disaster': Former CNN contributor nails network for still not learning from Trump blowback

Reacting to announcements that CNN will be holding town halls for 2024 GOP presidential nomination contender Nikki Haley to be followed by another one starring former vice president Mike Pence, former CNN contributor Wajahat Ali shook his head at the network execs who have failed to learn from blowback after the Donald Trump town hall.

The surprising decision to hand primetime spots to Haley and Pence -- that latter of which has yet to announce he's running -- appears to be due to the network execs "doubling down" despite the post-Trump plunge in ratings for the already beleaguered network.

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Ron DeSantis says he would consider pardoning Trump for Jan. 6

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (FL) confirmed on Thursday that he would consider pardoning former President Donald Trump for any charges stemming from the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.

During an interview on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, DeSantis was asked if he would consider pardons for Trump and other Jan. 6 defendants.

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'An active coup!' Marjorie Taylor Greene rants that Biden is trying to take over his own government

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused President Joe Biden's government of running an "active coup."

Greene told War Room host Steve Bannon that she suspected a "coup" because the FBI had not charged the president's son, Hunter.

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