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Former CIA director compares Edward Snowden to Trump stealing documents: He's 'hiding in Russia'

Donald Trump's stolen White House document scandal continues to move forward in the courts, with intelligence revealing what Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago when he left.

According to former CIA director Leon Panetta, Trump might want to look to Edward Snowden to see what happens to those who take classified documents.

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Fox News host holds Republican Nancy Mace's feet to the fire for GOP plot to cut Social Security and Medicare

Fox News host Arthel Neville desperately tried to hold Nancy Mace accountable for her lies, but there were simply so many and there wasn't enough time.

Appearing Sunday, the South Carolina representative, Neville asked about the Republican Party's threat to hold the government hostage if President Joe Biden doesn't cave into their demands. Speaking last week, GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he would use the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip to force Democrats to cut services to Americans.

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Russian state-funded media director calls for Ukrainian children to be burned or drowned

The Daily Beast's Julia Davis has been monitoring Russian state media and analyzing Russian media for years, only to reveal some of the more startling aspects of what Russian people hear throughout the invasion of Ukrainian in Crimea and now the country as a whole.

Davis posted another startling video, this time of Russian state-funded RT media director of broadcasting Anton Krasovsky. In an interview, Krasovsky suggested drowning or burning Ukrainian children. The comments have been part of the Russian attacks on Ukraine since the beginning. Supporters of Russia have suggested genocide, and have specifically mentioned children because they hope to end the future of the Ukraine people.

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'Do whatever it takes!' Bellowing right-wing pastors demand army of 'angels' to capture Arizona election win

Hundreds of right-wing worshipers gathered at an Arizona megachurch to "take authority" over the state's election.

A coterie of right-wing activists, Christian nationalists and self-proclaimed "prophets" addressed the two-night closeout of the "Take Back America" tour at Dream City Church in Phoenix, where they prayed for God to send hordes of angels to deliver a "sweeping victory" in the state, according to Right Wing Watch.

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‘I’m genuinely afraid’: GOP pollster Frank Luntz fears Trump’s lies will spark post-midterm ‘civil war’

Republican pollster Frank Luntz warned of post-election chaos if MAGA candidates refuse to accept losing results.

The veteran political consultant sounded genuinely spooked Friday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where he said that voters have lost faith in democracy because the candidates they backed didn't always do what they promised, and he said similar dynamics were playing out in other countries.

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GOP sending clear signals they’ll ‘scream and shout’ and ‘blow everything up’ if they win in November: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned that Republicans intend to "blow everything up" if they retake congressional majorities next month.

The "Morning Joe" host has been noticing more calls to impeach President Joe Biden from supposedly mainstream conservatives, after the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected GOP challenges to his laws and executive orders, and he thinks that's a preview of the agenda they'll pursue with midterm election wins.

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Trump economist Stephen Moore ridiculed after heaping praise on career-ending Liz Truss policies

Far-right economist Stephen Moore was ridiculed on MSNBC Thursday after he sang the praises of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss for her tax policies. Truss was forced to resign after just 44 days when it was discovered she couldn't actually usher in the policies she spoke about.

"I love what Liz Truss is doing," Moore said, singing her praises. "I think it's exactly the right agenda of cutting taxes, reducing government spending, deregulating, moving back towards fossil fuels. It's exactly what the United States should be doing."

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Eastman ruling is the latest nail in the coffin for Rudy Giuliani: ex-Mueller prosecutor

One of the major pieces of the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter highlighted some of the emails in John Eastman's Chapman University account that proved Donald Trump knew that there was nothing fraudulent in the Georgia election.

Trump and his attorneys claimed falsely in court that "Fulton County improperly counted a number of votes including 10,315 deceased people, 2,560 felons, and 2,423 unregistered voters," said the Court documents.

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Video shows Lauren Boebert ranting about the end times at GOP event: 'We are in the last of the days'

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was welcomed at a Tennessee GOP Lincoln Day event in Knoxville where she was championed for her belief that the world was going to end.

Far-right Christians believe that if they can usher in the end times that they will bring about The Rapture or the second coming of Jesus Christ, as told in the Bible.

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Watch: Conservative gets hammered on The View after blaming inflation on Democrats

In a discussion about inflation and economic issues, Republican Alyssa Farah Griffin was quick to say that Democrats are the only ones in charge. But the co-hosts of "The View" fired back that the Democrats don't control corporations that are jacking up prices despite record profits.

Speaking to the top issue to Americans on Thursday, Whoopi Goldberg showed the video of Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), who said that corporations are drawing in about 54 percent of additional profit. Because Democrats are in power, Republicans have blamed them, despite inflation being a global issue that all countries are facing in wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Trump biographer explains why ex-president 'is a time-bomb in a deposition'

Former President Donald Trump was forced to appear for a deposition on Wednesday in the case over E. Jean Carroll, who is suing him for defamation after he verbally attacked her over accusations that he raped her in a department store fitting room.

Less than 24 hours before being put under oath, Trump took to his social media account calling her claims "a hoax." Trump biographer Tim O'Brien explained that Trump appearing under oath is "a lawyer's worst nightmare" because he can't stay on message.

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Mike Pence gets a tiny bit closer to attacking Donald Trump — while bashing Kevin McCarthy on Russia

Mike Pence spoke to the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday in a speech that is about as close as he's ever gotten to trashing Donald Trump on anything.

Pence, who was the target of death threats in a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, told the room that the conservatives cannot lie about public policies antithetical to the movement simply because they sound good.

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'Shame, shame, shame on you': The View calls out Ron DeSantis’ latest voter arrests

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has dispatched his "election police" to arrest Florida voters who were told they were allowed to vote by election staff but they weren't supposed to.

A few years ago, Florida citizens overwhelmingly voted in support of a ballot measure that restored voting rights to felons who had served their time. So, those felons went to the polls and relied on government employees to tell them what to do. Now they're being arrested.

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