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George Conway: Ginni Thomas 'was always a little out there' — but now the GOP has come along with her

Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday, lawyer George Conway lambasted the corruption in the Supreme Court as "out there" Ginni Thomas dictates orders to Republicans in states around the country.

"I have to ask you about this," Acosta began. "You mentioned the judiciary. There's the judiciary in this country, the Washington Post obtained emails that show Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressing Arizona lawmakers to overturn [Joe] Biden's win in the 2020 election. She wrote in part, 'Please reflect on the awesome authority granted you and ensure a clean slate of electors is chosen for our state. I wish to request a meeting from you to learn more about what you are doing to ensure our vote count is audited and our certification is clean.' I love the use of the word clean there. It's anything but."

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The scandal isn't that McCarthy was lying — it’s that he can’t serve in GOP leadership if he doesn't lie: Adam Schiff

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) noted that his Republican colleague appears to be stuck in a world where if he doesn't submit to GOP overlords like former President Donald Trump, he'll lose whatever power he has in the House leadership.

After fighting to become the House Speaker for a decade, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was recorded lying to his caucus after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. When it was written about and McCarthy was quoted, he claimed that the reporters were lying about him. The reporters published the recording of him saying it, however.

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Legal expert explains why the Oklahoma anti-abortion law is now the most extreme law in the nation

Texas had passed the most extreme abortion law in the country until Oklahoma was able to craft its own. In fact, after Oklahoma became a refuge for women in Texas, the state lawmakers passed three different bans, each growing more extreme.

Speaking to MSNBC's Katy Tur, senior counsel Marc Hearron from the Center for Reproductive Rights explained that the Oklahoma law makes it the most extreme in the United States.

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'They just shoot us down like dogs': Buffalo woman sobs after the first funeral of massacre victims

The first of ten funerals began Friday as Deacon Heyward Patterson was laid to rest in Buffalo, New York, after an allegedly racist gunman opened fire at the Tops supermarket last weekend.

"He was truly called to do the work in the community and he will be missed greatly,” said decade-long friend Leonard Lane, according to WIVB. The two men had been sitting in the same pew together at church for the last ten years.

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Trump supporters were vastly outnumbered by Democrats at contentious Virginia voter fraud meeting

Former President Donald Trump's false claims about voter fraud in 2020 has inspired a group of his supporters, but in Virginia, it wasn't enough to combat the Democrats that have their own complaints.

WUSA News revealed that the battleground Loudoun County held an Electoral Board meeting Thursday to address allegations of the "stolen election." Trump's supporters were thin in the audience, however.

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‘Laughable’: Morning Joe mocks reports showing Trump’s unhappy with GOP candidate’s work ethic

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough laughed about reports showing former President Donald Trump was unhappy with the work ethic of one of the Republican candidates he had endorsed.

The former president has reportedly washed his hands of David Perdue, the former GOP senator who's running for Georgia governor on a platform based on Trump's election lies, but he won't be lending any more support as his low-effort campaigns sinks ahead of next week's primary.

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Hearing witness turns the tables on Republican for complaining about Florida textbook that mentioned racial bias

A Republican congressman challenged educators to defend a Florida textbook that used a bar graph charting the levels of racial prejudice by age group, and a Texas principal turned the tables on him.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is Black, complained that a math textbook mentioned racial bias in a lesson on graphs, and he demanded that witnesses called for a hearing of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to discuss ongoing efforts to ban classroom discussion on American history, race and LGBTQ+ issues.

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Former Trump insider tells The View that Jan. 6 committee is 'headed in a good direction'

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham confirmed news accounts about her testifying before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Wednesday.

While CNN reported that she was testifying for the second time, there was little information about why and what was being asked. But on "The View" Thursday, Grisham revealed some of what happened without giving details.

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‘Really painful’: MSNBC’s Mika cringes over George W. Bush’s ‘Freudian slip’ on Iraq invasion

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski cringed at George W. Bush's "Freudian slip" on Iraq.

The former president gave a speech Wednesday at the Bush Center at Southern Methodist University, where he compared Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to Winston Churchill, and he inadvertently condemned his own actions nearly 20 years ago that resulted in nearly 4,500 American troops killed and the deaths of countless Iraqis.

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Trump picked Dr. Oz because he's 'perfect prey' to be made into a slavish loyalist: MSNBC's Mika

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough predicted Donald Trump would help Mehmet Oz cheat in his tight Republican primary campaign, and hours later, the former president did exactly that.

The "Morning Joe" host was off Thursday, the day after he made the quickly realized prediction, but other panelists noted that Scarborough and co-host Willie Geist correctly speculated that Trump would lie about the too-close-to-call Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary as the votes were still being counted.

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Dem lawmaker puts abortion foes on the spot: 'After which failed pregnancy should I have been imprisoned?'

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) on Wednesday gave an emotional speech about her struggles to get pregnant and the miscarriages she suffered during a four-year effort.

Speaking in the congressional hearing on women's rights, McBath explained that she and her husband tried to start a family on their own and were successful. They were overjoyed until one morning she woke up covered in blood.

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The View's Whoopi Goldberg slams racist conspiracy theorists: 'Get over it -- you’re not being replaced'

The conversation over the racist "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory has grown since the man accused of the Buffalo mass shooting mentioned it over 20 times in his 180-page manifesto.

Speaking briefly about it on Wednesday, co-hosts of "The View" debated whether Democrats should be willing to point to Republicans and more specifically Fox hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham for promoting the theory.

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Former Trump aide bursts out laughing after hearing Madison Cawthorn praise former president's 'loyalty'

After losing the Republican Primary in North Carolina, Rep. Madison Cawthorn gave a speech in a small room of supporters before the race was called. He told the room that the one thing that became clear to him is that former President Donald Trump was a very loyal man to his allies.

"The thing I love about President Trump is that when you get your back pushed up against the wall I found that most people in politics if it's not politically expedient for them they'll turn their back on you in a heartbeat. But no matter what you are facing, when Donald Trump has your back, he has your back to the end," said Cawthorn.

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