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'You just can't let it go?' CNN host fact-checks Trumper twice after he claims the inflation bill was useless

CNN host Pamela Brown refused to allow Donald Trump appointee David Urban to lie on her show about the Inflation Reduction Act that was just passed by Democrats only in a partisan vote in the Senate.

Urban told Brown that the trillions of dollars that will help inflation, deal with climate change disasters, incentivize Americans who want to buy electric vehicles and a slew of other things is not free. Republicans argue that it will make U.S. inflation worse, and Brown conceded that economists are split on whether it would help inflation. When the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office scored it, they called it a revenue gain for the government.

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Former ethics czar warns of 'pattern of obstruction of justice possible the DOJ' must investigate in Secret Service

President Barack Obama's former ethics czar and Trump impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen told CNN that the revelations this week that many of the same agents whose communications were completely deleted from Jan. 5 and 6 were also the same people conducting a whisper campaign against Trump administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson after she testified to the House Select Committee.

"It's a very troubling pattern," Eisen explained. "You know, if you see one or two instances of records missing around a critical set of events, you say, well, maybe it's a coincidence."

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Chuck Grassley says he voted for insulin reduction — but videos show him voting 'no'

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) tweeted on Sunday during the debate over a component in the Inflation Reduction Act that would put a cap on the cost of insulin to $35.

In the United States, insulin costs over $98 per unit, whereas the rest of the world it costs less than $10. The medication keeps many people alive.

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‘What a dope!’ Morning Joe unloads on Ron DeSantis for punishing prosecutor for stating his beliefs

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough dumped on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for suspending an elected prosecutor who vowed not to enforce laws against abortion.

The Republican governor removed Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren from office after he signed letters pledging he would not enforce laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors or laws limiting abortion, and the "Morning Joe" host blasted him as an authoritarian.

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Mike Lindell hosting summit to introduce right-wing sheriffs to election officials

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell is hosting a conference later this month that will fold government officials and right-wing sheriffs into the "big lie" ecosystem that has developed after Donald Trump's election loss.

The pillow magnate, who says he has spent up to $40 million of his own money promoting Trump's fraud claims, is hosting a two-day "Moment of Truth" summit starting Aug. 20 in Missouri, where he expects 200 federal and state officials and staffers to join hundreds of representative from pro-Trump "election integrity" groups and right-wing "constitutional sheriffs" and other sympathetic law enforcement officers, reported The Guardian.

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Trump dropped 'neutron bomb' on Wisconsin primary in grudge match against top Republican: Charlie Sykes

Former President Donald Trump dropped a "neutron bomb" into Wisconsin's primary election by endorsing a challenger to the most powerful Republican in the state legislature, according to Wisconsin conservative Charlie Sykes.

The former president gave his "Complete and Total Endorsement" to far-right candidate Adam Steen in his long-shot campaign against Assembly speaker Robin Vos, and Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the legislator had brought these troubles on himself by going along with Trump's election lies.

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Trump should be indicted for violating the Insurrection Act -- or seditious conspiracy: ex-DHS secretary

Donald Trump should be prosecuted for violating the Insurrection Act, according to former Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson.

The former DHS secretary appeared Thursday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where he discussed the deletion of communications across several federal agencies at the end of the Trump presidency, which he said appeared to be a violation of the Federal Records Act, and he said the former president also appeared to have broken federal law.

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Alex Jones lawyer closes court case comparing him to Holocaust survivor

The closing statements of Alex Jones lawyer unfolded on Wednesday afternoon as F. Andino Reynal argued that the fringe host was the same as a Holocaust survivor.

After arguing that the Sandy Hook families couldn't even spend all the money if they were awarded it, Reynal explained that coming after Jones means no one is safe.

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Conservative gets shut down on The View as Joy Behar says by banning abortion 'you are judging' women

The co-hosts of "The View" began their Wednesday with a conversation about abortion and religion after Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that could have eliminated the state's constitutional rights for women.

The group welcomed back conservative Christian Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a former co-host of the show, who returned to promote her 2021 children's book.

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Morning Joe reacts to Kansas abortion stunner: Voters 'repulsed by the radicalism of the Republican Party'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reacted to the stunning rejection by Kansas voters of an amendment that would have allowed state legislators to ban abortion.

The vote made Kansas one of the only red states where abortion remains legal after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the "Morning Joe" host said the results were a stunning rejection of the GOP's rapidly increasing radicalism.

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Alex Jones scolded by judge

Alex Jones appeared in the Austin, Texas courtroom Tuesday after the jury heard testimony from the parents of the Sandy Hook children who were killed in 2012. Jones didn't appear in court until after the families spoke. The trial is to decide the amount that Jones must pay to the families after questioning the legitimacy of the mass shooting. The families spent years being attacked by conspiracy theorists motivated by Jones.

The InfoWars founder (now officially called InfoW, LLC), testified in court Tuesday afternoon after taking an oath to swear to tell the truth. It didn't go well. Ultimately, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble told the court staff that she was sending the jurors home after prosecutors took issue with Jones lying on the stand.

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The View's Joy Behar suggests Jan. 6 attacker sentenced to 7 years should also clean Pelosi’s floors

One of the Capitol attackers that brought a handgun to the riot on January 6, Guy Reffitt, was sentenced in court on Monday to a little over 7 years in prison. Among the things that Reffitt was caught on video threatening is that he wanted to kidnap House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and drag her down the steps of the Capitol.

When speaking about the sentence, "The View's" Whoopi Goldberg introduced the segment by noting the length of his sentence to applause from the audience.

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Jon Stewart rails against Republican senators: 'I've never seen corruption like this and I'm from New Jersey'

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart is back on Capitol Hill Tuesday to press the Senate to support the legislation to provide healthcare to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

"This country hangs by a thread, and that thread is the hundreds of legislative aides that work in these buildings that work really hard and they keep this thing going," Stewart told Raw Story on Tuesday. "The senators themselves, a lot of them, don't really know what's in this stuff. And there are egos, like — I've never seen egos like this and I'm in show business. And I've never seen corruption like this and I'm from New Jersey. So, you can imagine how f*cked this place is."

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