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Company taking Truth Social public warns it might have to liquidate as Trump becomes 'less popular'

A company that agreed to take former President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform public issued a warning this week that the former president's popularity and ongoing investigations could derail the deal.

CNBC reported that a special purpose acquisition company named Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) presented the information in a securities filing on Monday.

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Jennifer Granholm smacks down Fox News host for mansplaining how renewable energy works

President Joe Biden's secretary of energy schooled a Fox News host on Sunday after he tried to teach her a lesson about how renewable energy works.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told host Trace Gallagher that the administration was promoting renewable energy technologies like wind and solar.

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Chuck Todd confronts GOPer opposing IRS agents: 'Stop cheating on your taxes, Congressman'

NBC host Chuck Todd on Sunday confronted Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) about his opposition to funding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

"I just don't get it," Todd said of Republicans who oppose funding for 87,000 IRS employees. "A lot of Republicans have talked about dealing with waste, fraud and abuse. The current head of the IRS, which was a Trump appointee, said he didn't have enough people, that the biggest problem we have is that people don't pay their taxes that they're supposed to pay."

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Oprah Winfrey breaks down in tears in first trailer for Apple TV+’s upcoming Sidney Poitier documentary

The first trailer for Oprah Winfrey’s forthcoming documentary of late, great actor Sidney Poitier is out — and it tugs at the heartstrings. In one excerpt from the clip, the media mogul breaks down in tears when discussing the Hollywood trailblazer she considered a close friend. “That’s the summary of him, I love him so much,” she says. Directed by Reginald Hudlin, “Sidney,” explores Poitier’s journey from his early life in the Bahamas to becoming a movie pioneer and civil rights activist. “I left the Bahamas with this sense of myself,” Poitier said in an interview. “And from the time I got of...

Fox News hosts melt down after book ban crusade causes Bible to be removed from schools

A panel of Fox News hosts expressed outrage on Thursday after one Texas school district temporarily removed the Bible for review during a push by conservatives to ban certain school books.

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany reported the news on the Outnumbered program. She said Anne Frank's diary is also facing review. In total, about 40 books are being reviewed by the Texas district.

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Jenna Ellis to appear at Mike Lindell's 'summit' despite court order to testify in Georgia

Mike Lindell said that Jenna Ellis will appear at his election fraud summit despite facing a subpoena in the Georgia election interference case.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell confirmed on Wednesday that former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis will speak at his latest election fraud "summit" after she received a subpoena from a grand jury investigating election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia.

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Fox News’ Laura Ingraham says 'exhausted' Americans may finally be done with Trump

Fox News host Laura Ingraham, a substantial supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently suggested that Americans might be prepared to move on as she argued a fresh Republican presidential candidate may fair better in 2024.

The television anchor made her remarks during a recent discussion with podcaster Lisa Boothe. When she appeared on Boothe's show, she admitted that she believes it may be time “to turn the page.”

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Johnny Depp to direct first movie in 25 years with ‘Modigliani’

Johnny Depp is returning to the director’s chair. The actor will direct his first feature film in more than two decades with “Modigliani,” a biopic about Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani that will be produced by Al Pacino, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “The saga of Mr. Modigliani’s life is one that I’m incredibly honored, and truly humbled, to bring to the screen,” Depp said in a statement. “It was a life of great hardship, but eventual triumph — a universally human story all viewers can identify with.” The announcement comes 2½ months after a jury sided with Depp in his d...

'Might as well plead guilty': Rudy Giuliani laughs off being a target of Georgia investigation

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that he "might as well plead guilty" on Monday after finding out that he is a target of an election interference investigation in Georgia.

On his Monday WABC radio program, Giuliani said that he was confused by the news.

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Steve Bannon vows MAGA will destroy 'Gestapo' FBI: 'We are a threat to the American state'

Conservative podcast host Steve Bannon on Monday declared that his followers "are a threat to the American state."

During opening remarks on his War Room: Pandemic podcast, Bannon argued that the FBI should be defunded because agents served a search warrant to recover classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

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Fox News host asks Trump to call off 'violent rhetoric' against FBI for 'just doing their job'

Fox News host Steve Doocy asked former President Donald Trump to denounce violent rhetoric and threats against law enforcement by his supporters after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate.

During a Monday segment about the FBI search on Fox & Friends, Doocy reported that there had been "very specific threats" against FBI agents and government officials.

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Russia expert tells Fox News: Mar-a-Lago is a 'counterintelligence nightmare'

A Fox News segment on Sunday examined reports that former President Donald Trump may have "illegally transferred" documents to foreign adversaries.

"Did former President Trump try to sell, share the highly classified material to the Russians or to the Saudis or others?" Fox News host Eric Shawn asked. "Or were the documents innocently mishandled and stored because he thought he had a legal right to have them?"

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ABC analyst: Trump faces '20 years behind bars' for 'serious felonies' at Mar-a-Lago

A legal analyst for ABC News pointed out that former President Donald Trump is potentially facing 20 years in prison for "serious felonies" after the search of his Mar-a-Lago home.

Dan Abrams told ABC host Jonathan Karl that the Department of Justice could indict Trump for multiple crimes after finding classified documents during the search.

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