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GOP sparks outrage with 'despicable' Valentine's Day post: 'Reveling in unprofessionalism'

A GOP analyst skewered his party on Sunday for making an unprofessional Valentine's Day social media post.

On Saturday, the GOP posted a photo of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, wearing a red bib, eating unhealthy food ranging from pizza to burgers and everything in between. The picture included text that read, "My love for you is bigger than JB Prizker."

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Trump's acting ICE Director hit with brutal fact-check over Colorado operation claims

President Donald Trump's acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director, Todd Lyons, was hit with a brutal fact-check on Sunday over claims he made about a recent operation in Aurora, Colorado.

Last week, Lyons appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which oversees his agency, to answer questions about ICE's "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis. During the hearing, Lyons made comments about another operation in Aurora that a local journalist found specious at best.

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Damning report torpedoes Trump's 'central defense' about Epstein ties

A new report on Sunday torpedoed one of President Donald Trump's "central defenses" about his ties to convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump has often claimed that he has never been credibly accused of wrongdoing over the course of his relationship with Epstein. He has also claimed that he never knew of Epstein's crimes, even though the recently released Epstein files include a transcript of Trump calling a local police station and telling them about "creepy" Epstein.

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Fox News host forced to admit Pam Bondi fumbled hearing: 'Like a shrieking Karen!'

Attorney General Pam Bondi has faced extraordinary blowback over her performance at last week’s congressional hearing, including criticism from prominent conservative figures such as Fox News’ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, who recently joined the dogpile.

“She comes off like a shrieking Karen!” Kennedy said on Friday during an appearance on Fox News' "The Five," speaking of Bondi’s frequent heated exchanges with lawmakers.

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FBI releases new details about evidence collected near Nancy Guthrie's home

The FBI released new details on Sunday about the black glove recovered a couple of miles from Nancy Guthrie's home.

On February 13, investigators recovered a black glove that appeared to match the ones worn by Guthrie's suspected abductor. The FBI received a preliminary DNA profile from that glove on Sunday, MS NOW investigative reporter Marc Santia told host Alex Witt on "Alex Witt Reports." The agency is awaiting further test results, but is considering the glove to be a "promising lead," Santia said.

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Dem taken aback by Trump DOJ's laughable attempt to 'muddy the waters' on Epstein ​

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice just did something laughable as they try to clean up the mess that Attorney General Pam Bondi made last week, according to one House Democrat.

On Saturday, Bondi sent a letter to lawmakers in Congress stating that the government has released "all" files related to the Epstein Transparency Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that requires the Trump administration to release all Epstein-related files in its possession. That letter included a list of 300 high-profile names linked to Epstein, such as Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and the famous musician Bruce Springsteen, who has spoken out forcefully against the Trump administration.

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Fox News host dogpiled by own viewers after joking about Epstein crimes: 'Hit a new low'

Fox News viewers revolted against the network this weekend after hosts on its political talk show “The Five” erupted in laughter after joking about Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged crimes, and fiercely defended the Trump administration’s botched release of Epstein-related files.

“If you read the Epstein files, Epstein got his money from two Jewish billionaires – Les Wexner and Leon Black – and a little bit of money from the Jewish banking dynasty, the Rothschilds in Europe,” said Fox News’ Jesse Watters, who was among the five panelists.

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Ex-Trump ally warns GOP on Epstein: 'Good luck getting women to vote for Republicans'

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has a warning for MAGA influencers and the GOP more generally for the midterms.

Greene, who over the weekend said Trump was ultimately responsible for everything GOP officials do, on Sunday said that certain "MAGA influencers" are going to regret mocking survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.

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Trump insiders worry over 'fallout' as 'internal tensions' spur top official's departure

White House officials are questioning the “stability” of a key agency within the Trump administration after a top Treasury Department official appears poised to step down from their position amid rising “tension,” Bloomberg reported Sunday.

That official is John Hurley, the undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, who, according to “people familiar with the matter,” is set to leave his position after “friction with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.” While those same sources told Bloomberg that Hurley was being considered for an ambassador position, his apparent departure comes after a wave of departures from the Treasury Department, sparking concerns among White House officials.

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Republican insider disgusted by GOP attack on Dem governor's weight: 'Disgraceful garbage'

A prominent Republican insider was outraged after the GOP's official X account sent out an offensive image mocking a Democratic governor's weight.

The Republican Party's social media account sent out a special post for Valentine's Day, publishing what appears to be an AI-generated and exaggerated cartoon image of JB Pritzker eating a pizza and a cheeseburger. The caption reads, "My love for you is bigger than JB Pritzker."

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MAGA millionaire turns heads after being exposed as mystery buyer of Epstein complex

Texas real-estate mogul and MAGA millionaire Don Huffines, currently a candidate for Texas comptroller, turned heads Sunday after being revealed to have been the mystery purchaser of Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, a sprawling complex spanning over 7,600 acres in central New Mexico.

First reported on Friday by the Sante Fe New Mexican, Huffines had purchased Epstein’s ranch in 2023 using a limited liability company he created just weeks before the purchase. The ranch, which Huffines has since renamed Rancho de San Rafael, was at the center of Epstein’s supposed plan to “seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women,” the New York Times previously reported.

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Economist gives Trump 'basic economics' class: 'Neither Trump nor his advisors understand'

A new study showed that 90% of Donald Trump's tariffs are paid by Americans, and an economist delivered to the president a "basic economics" lesson.

Peter Schiff, a financial commentator and radio personality who has been raising alarms about America’s affordability crisis, weighed in over the weekend. Previously, Trump himself went nuclear when Schiff did an appearance on Fox News.

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Trump adviser admits citizen revolt spurred admin to change course from 'quagmire': report

The ongoing fierce resistance to the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota is striking real fear in the Trump administration, one adviser to President Donald Trump revealed Sunday, so much so that officials worry that resistance may spread elsewhere across the nation.

Late last year, the Trump administration deployed thousands of federal immigration officers to Minnesota in the wake of the controversial fraud investigation by MAGA influencer Nick Shirley into Somali daycares. The immigration enforcement operations have been met with fierce resistance by locals, however, particularly after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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