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MSNBC guest: Manchin and Sinema 'are the white people Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about'

Elie Mystal, a justice correspondent for The Nation, asserted over the weekend that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) "are the white people that Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about."

During a Sunday interview on MSNBC, Mystal reflected on Democrats' failure to pass voting rights legislation.

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'That really hurt my feelings': Marjorie Taylor Greene is still upset about 'Jewish space lasers'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed that the phrase "Jewish space lasers" hurt her feelings after it was reported that she had complained about the idea.

The phrase "Jewish space lasers" became widely used by outlets last year after Media Matters found that Greene had blamed orbital lasers for wildfires in California. She claimed in a Facebook post that the lasers had been funded in part by the Rothschilds, a wealthy Jewish family.

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Fox News host forces Glenn Youngkin to admit critical race theory is not 'being taught' in Virginia schools

Fox News host John Roberts forced Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to admit that critical race theory is not taught in Virginia elementary schools although he insisted that the philosophy is "present."

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, guest host John Roberts noted that Youngkin had kicked off his time in office by signing executive orders that ban the teaching of critical race theory.

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'Stupid rules!' Fox News host has massive meltdown after unvaxxed tennis star is deported from Australia

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy attacked Americans who are under 30 years old after Australia banned tennis star, Novak Djokovic, over his refusal to get vaccinated for Covid-19.

"It is a warning," Campos-Duffy said during a Fox News segment. "And I think that the only reason that it hasn't happened here are, one, obviously we have some constitutional protections but just in terms of talking about the mindset. It's people from our generation on up who know what America always was and I think those are the people on the right, sensible people in the middle who are holding ground and fighting back and saying no to these masks."

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‘This is OUTRAGEOUS’: Team Trump whines about Dems celebrating Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter ban

Donald Trump's political action committee emailed supporters on Wednesday to complain about House Democrats celebrating Twitter's permanent banning of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

The email, sent from a joint-fundraising committee for Save America and the Make America Great Again PAC, complained about an email sent from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats.

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Mike Lindell is shelling out $250k per month for an election fraud website run by Capitol rioters: report

In an interview with the Daily Beast, MyPillow CEO and avid Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell admitted that he is underwriting a new election fraud website to the tune of $250,000 per month and he is employing two Jan. 6th riot attendees to run it for him.

Speaking with the Beast's Adam Rawsley and Asawin Suebsaeng, Lindell said that he is going through a million dollars each month in his quest to prove the election was stolen from the former president before talking about his new election-conspiracy group, Cause of America.

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Trump aides admit his Twitter ban has helped clean up his image: report

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, while Donald Trump has complained about his banning from social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, aides to the former president admitted that his inability to rant and rave about every little thing online has had a direct impact on his approval numbers.

Noting that the social media platforms not only weren't hurt when they booted the twice-impeached president -- and in fact have flourished -- the Journal also pointed out that he is no longer a hot topic on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram since his banishment with mentions plummeting 88 percent.

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'This has been a spiritual battle': Mike Lindell tears into 'evil' Fox News at Christian revival event

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell suggested over the weekend that Fox News has been infected by "evil" because the network will not back up his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.

While appearing at a Christian revival event in Florida on Saturday, Lindell lashed out at churches and media outlets that he accused of not speaking the "truth" about the 2020 election.

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Ron Johnson explains why he lied about term limits to run again: 'I'm just one of those truth-tellers'

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Sunday explained why he has decided to run for Senate again despite promising to impose term limits on himself.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo spoke to Johnson soon after he announced he is running again.

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'Frustrated' Trump staffers 'rolled their eyes' when he shared political advice from Fox News hosts: report

According to a report from the Washington Post, not only was former president Donald Trump in constant contact with Fox News hosts for political advice, but he continually shared their opinions with White House staffers who grew frustrated with abrupt changes in direction.

With the House select committee investigating the Jan 6th Capitol riot revealing that Fox News host Sean Hannity was attempting to sway the president to come out against the insurrection -- which has lead to Hannity being asked to testify -- the Post is reporting that Trump was making decisions based on the advice of Hannity as well as host Jeanine Pirro, among others..

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ABC reporter confronts man who wore body armor on Jan. 6: 'It's completely opposite of the Constitution'

ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz spoke to a man who wore body armor to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 and still defends members of the military who participated in the Capitol attack.

Brian Snow told Martha Raddatz that he wore body armor to the protest for protection from guns and knives.

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'I'm so appalled': Marjorie Taylor Greene loses it after Joe Biden calls Jan. 6 'darkest day'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at President Joe Biden on Thursday after he marked the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"I'd like to first talk about what President Biden talked about when he said the 'darkest days leading to light and hope,'" Greene told conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon. "I was so appalled at that because I truly feel like the darkest days in America have been over this past year and a half. It's been horrific."

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'Completely a farce': TV station marks Jan 6. anniversary by interviewing insurrection denier

Real America's Voice correspondent Ed Henry marked the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots by interviewing a Trump supporter who believes the attack was staged by the FBI.

Henry interviewed Allen Menser at Mar-a-Lago as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were speaking about the anniversary of the attack at the U.S. Capitol.

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