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'There was violence’: Morning Joe shocked by delight Alito took in ‘radical’ ruling taking away abortion rights

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough was astonished by the "violence" implied by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned abortion rights.

The majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito took a confrontational tone in striking down Roe v. Wade, and the "Morning Joe" host said he and his fellow lawyer friends noticed the delight he seemed to take in the "radical" move.

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Illinois Republican thanks Trump for giving 'white life' an edge up with overturning of Roe

Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) is being targeted for a comment she made Saturday night at a rally for Donald Trump.

Miller told the crowd how thankful she was for Trump appointing three Supreme Court justices that ensured the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. What followed, however, left people questioning whether she revealed herself to be a white supremacist or it was an accidental slip.

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'Asking for pardons is pretty close to a confession': Democratic congresswoman says of GOP pardon pleas

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) spoke to Raw Story last week about her observations of the Republican reconnaissance tours that happened ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks. She explained on Saturday evening that about 30 or so members saw the tours.

Speaking to MSNBC on Saturday, however, Scanlon noted that the Republicans haven't been confessing, "although asking for a pardon is pretty close to a confession."

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Trump in 'uncensored' documentary footage will unveil 'a lot of little treasures': ex-Justice Department official

Former Assistant Deputy Attorney General Harry Litman addressed the revelation that on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump had a film crew following him and documenting him in the White House.

Speaking about it on MSNBC, Litman explained that the goal of the film from the Trump end was to lionize the former president.

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Legal expert walks through how DOJ raid on Jeff Clark could lead to Trump indictment

Ahead of the fifth public hearing for the House Select Committee investigating the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, Donald Trump's former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark was raided by federal agents.

Clark whined to the Fox network, "12 agents and two Fairfax County police officers went into my house, searched it for three and a half hours." The agents "took all of the electronics from my house."

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Rhode Island cop put on leave after punching his Democratic opponent for state Senate at pro-Roe rally

A police officer was put on leave after he became too emotional at a rally in support of Roe v. Wade and he punched his Democratic opponent for state Senate, who happens to be a mother of four, The Providence Journal reported.

According to the video posted by reporter Bill Bartholomew, Officer Jeann Lugo was shown punching Jennifer Rourke in the face at least twice. Lugo is fighting Rourke for state Senate District 29.

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Documentary shows Trump ranting that Kemp and Raffensperger are cowards and 'stupid people': filmmaker

Among the most bizarre things that happened in the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency is his White House and top adviser Jared Kushner allowed British filmmaker Alex Holder to document 11 hours of the former president, including on Jan. 6, 2021, and the days after.

Speaking to CNN on Saturday, Holder recalled a few unusual moments, the first being Trump's rant about Georgia Republican officials, Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who both refused to overturn the state's election for the president. The comment happened days after former Attorney General Bill Barr told the Associated Press that there was no election fraud in 2020. He was then attacked by Trump in person and publicly.

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Susan Collins 'had to know this day was coming' when she voted for Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: CNN legal expert

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has become a target after the judges she supported brought down women's reproductive rights and healthcare privacy.

Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Saturday, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin explained that it was due to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who stopped former President Barack Obama from being able to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court for almost a year.

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Exclusive: Lawmakers join protest outside Supreme Court over abortion ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Throngs of protesters, including some Democratic lawmakers, marched on the U.S. Supreme Court after the right-wing majority struck down abortion rights.

The justices ruled 6-3 in Dobbs v. Jackson to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade, and protesters chanting "we won't go back" walked to the barriers that have been placed around the court.

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Jan. 6 panel went after GOP pardon-seekers with ‘guns blazing’ — and will ‘nail them to the wall’: MSNBC’s John Heilemann

MSNBC's John Heilemann was shocked to see the House Select Committee take direct aim at their fellow Congress members in their investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The latest hearing on Thursday revealed that multiple Republican lawmakers asked for pardons related to their role in helping former President's Donald Trump's effort to overturn his election loss, and the "Morning Joe" analyst explained why that was a major development.

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GOP suffered 'profoundly embarrassing day' after Jan. 6 hearing exposed party's 'seditionist liars': conservative

Republicans cannot possibly support former President Donald Trump or any of his allies who tried to help him overturn the 2020 election after the public revelations from the latest House select committee hearing, according to conservative commentator Charlie Sykes.

Some of Trump's top Justice Department officials testified that the former president pressured them to declare the election corrupt, so he could try to hold onto power, and other witnesses revealed that GOP lawmakers who assisted his attempted coup -- including Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene -- had asked for pardons before he left office.

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‘Very bad day for Trump’: Morning Joe says latest Jan. 6 hearing exposed ‘sheer idiocy’ of his presidency

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the latest hearing of the House Select Committee exposed the "sheer idiocy and sheer terror" that characterized Donald Trump's presidency.

Two of his former top Justice Department officials testified Thursday before the panel investigating Jan. 6 and told lawmakers that Trump pressured them to chase down baseless conspiracy theories and, when that failed, told them to simply call the election results suspect.

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CNN's Chris Wallace stunned by the 'close call' democracy came to exploding under Trump

On CNN Thursday, anchor Chris Wallace reacted to the bombshell revelations about Trump ally Jeffrey Clark in the day's January 6 hearing.

The chain of events laid out in the hearing, Wallace argued, shows the whole plan came far closer to succeeding than anyone realized.

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