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Trump makes eye-popping prosecutor assignment in Georgia election raid

President Donald Trump's Justice Department went out of its way to send a prosecutor he appointed to Georgia to handle a raid on the Fulton County Board of Elections.

"One of the many mysteries about the federal raid of Fulton County's election system is why a federal prosecutor from Missouri is listed on the warrant," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein wrote after 2020 election records were seized from the Fulton County office. "That would be Thomas Albus, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District and a recent appointee of President Donald Trump."

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Trump uses photo of Dem senator to attack Alex Pretti after fatal DHS shooting

President Donald Trump used Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) tribute to Alex Pretti in an attempt to smear the slain 37-year-old nurse.

In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump shared a video of what was thought to be Pretti getting into an altercation with DHS agents days before his death.

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Bannon warns Trump Dems are 'going on offense' with 'catchy' new Springsteen anti-ICE song

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon warned that Bruce Springsteen's new song protesting against President Donald Trump's immigration policies could embolden the resistance.

In his song "Streets of Minneapolis," released this week, Springsteen laments the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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Melania Trump tells Fox News US citizens on the street are 'harassed or murdered or raped'

First Lady Melania Trump suggested that "all the people" who walk on the street in the U.S. are "harassed or murdered or women raped."

During a Thursday interview on Fox News, Trump opened up about her husband's vision for his country.

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GOP lawmaker downplays Ilhan Omar attack: 'What happened to her was a peaceful protest'

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) insisted that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) experienced a "peaceful protest" after she was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall-style event.

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, host Gina Loudon lamented that political meetings were "not safe places to be anymore."

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Trump felt 'even worse' after learning ICE victim's parents were 'big fans' of his

President Donald Trump said he felt "even worse" when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent killed Renee Good in Minnesota because he found out that her parents were "Trump people, Trump fans."

During a Tuesday interview on Fox News, host Will Cain asked Trump about the killing of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol officer.

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'What about the 2nd Amendment?' Trump confronted as he repeats 'you can't have guns' claim

President Donald Trump was confronted after he responded to the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by insisting that "you can't have guns."

Before a trip to Iowa on Tuesday, Trump took questions from reporters about Pretti's killing at the hands of federal agents.

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'A moral stain': Top Catholic paper blisters JD Vance for choosing 'MAGA over Jesus'

One of the nation's top Catholic newspapers lambasted Vice President J.D. Vance after he falsely claimed that 37-year-old slain nurse Alex Pretti was an "assassin" who intended to kill law enforcement.

In an op-ed this week, The National Catholic Reporter's John Grosso noted that Vance was not "choosing to serve" Jesus Christ following Pretti's killing at the hands of federal officers.

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'Pure evil': MAGA hosts freak out over drag queen dressing as Erika Kirk

The pro-MAGA hosts of Real America's Voice lashed out after a drag queen dressed up as Turning Point USA leader Erika Kirk.

"A mockery of a conservative icon," co-host Emily Finn complained on Tuesday. "A firestorm is erupting online as a drag performer goes viral, mocking Erika Kirk, widow of the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk."

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Trump whines that he's facing possible midterm losses: 'Doesn't make sense'

President Donald Trump complained Tuesday that he could lose control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.

During a Tuesday interview with WABC's Sid & Friends, Trump argued that Democratic leaders opposing his immigration policies were "not good people."

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Karoline Leavitt throws Stephen Miller under the bus over calling Alex Pretti 'terrorist'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to defend aide Stephen Miller after he described Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse gunned down by Border Patrol, as an "assassin" who "tried to murder federal agents."

During Monday's White House briefing, one reporter noted that the Department of Homeland Security had accused Pretti of wanting to do "maximum damage" and "massacre law enforcement."

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Kash Patel squirms under MAGA backlash over Alex Pretti killing

FBI Director Kah Patel reversed course after receiving backlash over his assertion that it was illegal to bring a firearm to a protest.

On Sunday, Patel responded to a DHS officer killing Alex Pretti by suggesting the 37-year-old nurse had deserved it because he legally carried a handgun while video recording ICE and Border Patrol agents.

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'You cannot de-escalate': Trump urged to increase violence against Minnesota 'insurgents'

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon called on the Trump administration to double down after officers from the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, over the weekend.

"In Minneapolis is just the center of an outright revolution, highly organized, highly financed, with our enemies, the Chinese Communist Party in back of this, but Soros, many other groups, highly organized, as sophisticated as what they did against our troops in Baghdad during the insurgency there," Bannon argued on his Monday War Room program. "And during the Iraq War, this is highly sophisticated. Under no circumstances can we de-escalate. Under no circumstances can we blink."

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