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'Political heroin': Morning Joe rips GOP primary voters for getting hooked on Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough wondered whether Republican primary voters had become addicted to losing, because they keep picking candidates who stand no chance of winning a general election.

The "Morning Joe" host has been keeping a list of GOP election losses since Donald Trump won the White House in 2016, and he has been laying the blame at the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted ex-president's feet.

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Voters signal 'it's going to be a long year' for Trump and GOP 'radicals': Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said Tuesday's election results should serve as a warning to Donald Trump and "radical" Republicans heading into next year.

Democrats notched wins in Kentucky's gubernatorial race and Virginia's legislative races, while voters overwhelmingly approved abortion rights in Ohio, and the "Morning Joe" host said the GOP losing streak since the right's handpicked U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade could very well bleed into the 2024 election because voters don't believe Trump is a moderate on women's rights.

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Trump wants to call 127 witnesses in New York fraud trial: report

Donald Trump's extensive list of potential witnesses in his New York civil fraud trial is more than 100 people long, MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin revealed Tuesday.

According to Rubin, Trump's lawyers filed a list of 127 potential witnesses they might ask to take the stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial.

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The View's Whoopi Goldberg mocks Trump lawyer Alina Habba as a whiny baby

Donald Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, rushed to the press on Monday afternoon to complain that Judge Arthur Engoron slammed his hands on his desk, reprimanded her and told her to "sit down," which made her feel like he was being mean to her.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg announced the segment after a discussion about a Broadway smash with Joy Behar.

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Trump's 'train wreck' testimony would have been shut down in a jury trial: legal expert

Donald Trump took the witness stand in his $250 million fraud lawsuit, but MSNBC's Chuck Rosenberg said the former president didn't do himself any favors in court.

Judge Arthur Engoron repeatedly admonished the twice-impeached ex-president to answer the questions as asked by prosecutors and stop giving "irrelevant" testimony more suited to a campaign rally than a courtroom, and the legal analyst told "Morning Joe" that Trump was trying to fight the law on two fronts.

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Rachel Maddow points to poll numbers being ignored amid Biden 2024 freakout

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow highlighted some significant poll results that spell big warning signs for Republicans on her Monday night show.

This comes despite a recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College that appeared to show former President Donald Trump surging over President Joe Biden in a handful of key battleground states. While Trump may have good numbers now, progressive policies are far more successful.

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'He's a child' Trump is imploding because he thinks 'rules don't apply to him': biographer

Former President Donald Trump had a bad day on the witness stand at his civil fraud trial in New York, snapping at state attorneys and offering contradictory stories about his company's dubious property valuations in a case that could cost him his entire New York business. Ultimately, he helped prove part of the AG's case.

All of this cuts straight to the former president's psyche, argued biographer David Cay Johnston on MSNBC Monday.

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Michael Cohen reveals document he found showing Trump's recycled attacks

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen found a document among his papers at home from his ex-client, showing how he recycles rhetoric and attacks, thinking that they'll be successful.

Holding up a stack of papers, Cohen showed a note written in what seemed like Trump's handwriting, but Raw Story has not independently verified the note.

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'Bloviating' Trump was ruder to the judge than 'murderers': expert

Former President Donald Trump had his day on the witness stand in his civil fraud trial in New York — during which he behaved aggressively toward prosecutors and boasted about his wealth, even as he admitted some of the key valuations of properties under the Trump Organization were not correct.

His behavior was way out of the bounds of normal, said former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal on MSNBC's "The Beat."

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Donald Trump proved a massive piece of AG James' case on the stand: law professor

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace compared Donald Trump to a toddler throwing a tantrum while in court Monday. That's exactly how Judge Arthur Engoron treated Trump, she explained. At the same time, he helped the AG prove a big piece of her case.

"Are you done?" she said, impersonating Engoron. "This is incredible."

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Trump is trying to 'bait' N.Y. fraud case judge into misconduct: former prosecutor

Former President Donald Trump is trying to build a case for mistrial after a "disaster" of a day on the witness stand in his $250 million civil fraud trial, in which he's already been found liable, former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade argued on MSNBC on Monday.

Part of that, she argued, includes "baiting" Judge Arthur Engoron into misconduct by levying accusations of bias against his clerk.

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MSNBC cuts from Trump amid 'mistrial' rant

When former President Donald Trump doubled down on accusations against the New York City civil court judge overseeing his $250 million-plus fraud case, MSNBC host Katy Tur opted to cut from the press conference.

"Okay," Tur sighed, "Donald Trump again sounding again like he normally does, calling this whole thing unfair and calling the judge all kinds of names."

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Trump celebrates his 'conclusive' testimony after day of brutal grilling on witness stand

Former President Donald praised himself for what he called "conclusive" evidence after he testified at his $250 million fraud trial.

During his contentious appearance on the witness stand, prosecutors grilled Trump to prove damages in the fraud case. The witness repeatedly gave them the ammunition they were looking for.

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