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Kayleigh McEnany: Trump would have never actually followed through on his own Afghanistan withdrawal plan

Under Donald Trump's presidency, a peace agreement was negotiated between the United States and the Taliban that many within the Republican Party called "historic" at the time.

However, as the Washington Post's Dave Weigel found earlier this week, the GOP has now deleted a page from its website in which it praised Trump's withdrawal plan.

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Nicolle Wallace: '95 percent of the American people will agree with Biden while 95 percent of the press won’t'

President Joe Biden addressed Americans on Monday afternoon to express his regret and frustration over the violence and desperation being seen out of Afghanistan. However, Biden made it clear that he does not apologize for drawing down troops and leaving the country.

"I am President of the United States of America. and the buck stops with me. I'm deeply saddened by the facts we now face. But I do not regret my decision to end America's warfighting in Afghanistan," said Biden.

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Black cop claims career derailed after 'racist' colleagues grew suspicious of his love for rap music

A Black police officer's promising career was allegedly derailed when racist colleagues became suspicious of his love for rap music and ability to interact in the community he served.

Brandon Hanks became arguably the best-known police officer in Syracuse, New York, after video of his one-on-one basketball games with youngsters went viral and earned him an honor from city officials, but he was passed over for a coveted promotion after white colleagues accused him of being a "gang member," reported the Washington Post.

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MSNBC’s Mika blames Trump’s ‘treasonous’ Taliban dealings for Afghan chaos — but finds a way to let him off the hook

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski trashed Donald Trump's dealings with the Taliban as "treasonous" -- but still laid blame for Afghanistan's collapse on President Joe Biden.

The Biden administration was surprised how swiftly the nation fell to Taliban forces, which officials see as confirmation of their decision to leave after 20 years, but the "Morning Joe" host said the current president owns the disaster even if it was set in motion by his predecessor's failures.

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HBO's John Oliver takes aim at 'upsettingly loud idiots' prolonging the pandemic -- and risking kids' lives

HBO's John Oliver took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for taking away local governments' authority to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The host of "Last Week Tonight" picked on the Republican governor and other GOP officials such as Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) who are scare-mongering COVID-19 mitigation efforts as the highly contagious delta virus spreads and misinformed individuals hector educators and medical professionals.

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'Begin a criminal investigation': George Conway explains what laws Trump broke after election defeat

George Conway called for a criminal investigation of Donald Trump's attempted "self-coup" after his re-election loss.

The attorney and husband to former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Senate testimony from former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen shows a clear violation of federal laws by the twice-impeached one-term president and former assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark.

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On eve of 'Trump reinstatement,' Mike Lindell says he knows he's going to win because of God

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell closed his symposium Thursday saying that he knows he's going to "win," though it wasn't clear what it was he would win.

Speaking to his friends at The Victory Channel, Lindell claimed that God gave him his platform, and that's how he knows he'll win. Lindell has promised that tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will resign and, somehow, former President Donald Trump will be reinstated.

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Trump is making Ashli Babbitt into a martyr — but he's totally responsible for her death: Rick Wilson

Former President Donald Trump this week issued a thinly veiled threat against the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot QAnon believer Ashli Babbitt as she was trying to break into the congressional chamber during the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building.

Addressing the QAnon activist Thursday, MSNBC host Medhi Hasan noted that Republicans are now wearing little plastic advocacy bracelets with her name on them.

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'Stop accepting the debate on Republican terms': Former GOP lawmaker says Dems must take stronger voting rights stand

Speaking with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace and John Heilemann on Thursday, former Republican Rep. David Jolly explained that Democrats are failing in their efforts to rally Americans around the cause of voting rights.

During the conversation, Jolly gave Democrats advice for making their language around voting more sensible and significantly more compelling.

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'Cynical and stupid': MSNBC's Morning Joe rips GOP 'clowns' imposing 'crazy' limits on schools and cities

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Republican "clowns" taking away authority from local governments and school boards to score political points.

Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have moved to block local authorities from imposing mask or vaccine mandates and other measures intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and the "Morning Joe" host bashed their actions as shortsighted and antithetical to political conservatism.

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'It's not over': CNN's John Avlon warns​ 'election subversion' will continue without new laws

This week, Americans learned of another official in Donald Trump's administration who quit instead of following his demands to overthrow the 2020 election.

A U.S. Attorney in Georgia quit suddenly before he was scheduled to leave, sending many to wonder what was going on. Seven months later, Byung "BJay" Pak explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, that the White House was miffed that he failed to bring any voter fraud investigations for Georgia.

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'Terrible for our country!' Mike Lindell throws seven-minute tantrum against judge who ruled against him in Dominion case

Mike Lindell, along with Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, lost their motion to dismiss the lawsuit against them from Dominion Voting Systems in federal court.

Lindell is in South Dakota where he is hosting a days-long symposium where he promised to deliver evidence showing that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

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Expect militants to carry out 'many insurrections under the banner of Trump': counter-terrorism expert

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid Wednesday, counter-terrorism expert and former Navy spy Malcolm Nance said that he can't help but notice that the right-wing extremists have now become GOP-sponsored "freedom fighters."

Addressing the continued fallout from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Nance explained that he foresaw it happening when Charlottesville happened.

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