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MAGA Rep stuns when asked, 'Aren’t some things bigger than politics?'

A GOP lawmaker on Wednesday continued to stand by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) despite growing calls for the embattled Republican to step down over sexual misconduct allegations following the grisly suicide of a House staffer last year.

CNN anchor and congressional correspondent Manu Raju asked Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) whether he felt Gonzales should step down. Nehls defended Gonzales and explained why he should not leave his position in the GOP majority House, especially ahead of the high-stakes midterm elections, in an interview shared by Raju on X.

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Disbarred Rudy Giuliani offers to represent NYC cops over snowball fight with 'illegals'

Despite being disbarred, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has offered to represent members of the NYPD who were on the receiving end of a snowball fight started by residents.

During an interview on Wednesday, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson alleged to Giuliani that the people throwing snowballs at the officers after a recent storm were guilty of "attempted murder."

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Busted: Prominent MAGA influencer account revealed to be White House sock puppet

A high-profile MAGA influencer on X with hundreds of thousands of followers has been exposed as being secretly run by a White House staffer.

According to Wired, "To its audience, Johnny MAGA looked like an independent voice, another outraged supporter in the MAGA media ecosystem. The account regularly boosts Trump’s Truth Social posts and goes to bat for the administration, attacking Democrats like California governor Gavin Newsom."

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‘Arsonist as fire chief’: Quiet new Fed appointment triggers alarms

The Federal Reserve board has quietly appointed a prominent Wall Street lawyer and lobbyist as the central bank’s director of supervision and regulation, a move that one critic said was worse than “putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.”

“This is like appointing a lifelong arsonist as a fire chief,” Dennis Kelleher, president and CEO of Better Markets, said in response to the Fed’s decision to put Randall Guynn in a position to regulate the industry he has long represented.

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'They kept the worst stuff': House lawmaker makes explosive accusation on DOJ Epstein drop

WASHINGTON Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) uncorked explosive claims Wednesday about stonewalling from the Justice Department, claiming the Trump administration kept the "worst" documents from the public eye.

In an interview with Raw Story, Khanna said the House Oversight Committee is proceeding with Clinton depositions and is coordinating a legal strategy with federal prosecutors in New York to compel the release of restricted documents.

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Key Trump accuser documents mysteriously disappear from explosive Epstein files

Records from a woman who accused both President Donald Trump and late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault were missing in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, according to a New York Times report Wednesday.

The uncorroborated accusation stems from a woman who came forward to the FBI in 2019 after Epstein was arrested, The Times reported. In the bureau memos, she said she was attacked by both men in the 1980s, when she was a minor.

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Trump's 'stale' SOTU performance exposed the 'brutal' reality he faces: analysis

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address revealed an actuality that MAGA can't ignore ahead of midterms.

Salon's Sophia Tesfaye described on Wednesday how the president's "bragging" about destabilizing the nation appealed to some conservative media outlets; however, some right-wing media have seen the noticeable shift underway in the Republican Party.

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Trump snubbed by women's hockey team for second time in a week

The gold-medal-winning U.S. women's hockey team delivered its second rejection to President Donald Trump this week.

On Monday, the team first snubbed Trump after he issued an invitation to hear him speak at his State of the Union address.

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Judge strikes down Trump policy in order dripping with sarcasm: 'Not fine nor legal'

A judge struck down a Trump administration policy to deport immigrants to countries where they had never been before.

In a decision dripping with sarcasm, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy found the third-party removal policy was unlawful and gave the government 15 days to respond before his ban on the practice goes into effect.

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'Angry little man': MAGA loses it on Hollywood icon over blistering Trump response

Hollywood icon Robert De Niro launched a series of blistering attacks against President Donald Trump this week – remarks that prompted Trump to suggest De Niro should be deported and ignited outrage among many MAGA supporters.

“Giant acting talent. But a sad, angry little man,” wrote Fox News’ Laura Ingraham in a social media post on X Wednesday in response to De Niro’s comments.

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Alex Jones unloads racial tirade on 'rat-like' Dem: 'A slave masterpiece of filth'

MAGA conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she criticized President Donald Trump during his Tuesday State of the Union Address over the killing of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal immigration enforcement agents.

"I mean, she is shouting, she is yelling," Jones said on his Wednesday broadcast. "And when you know about Ilhan Omar, it's incredible... Her grandfather was basically the number-two dictator under the dictator. Her dad was a top general. And they killed a quarter million people, and their family are famous slavers in the ruling class."

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Insiders reveal top Trump general is bypassing Pete Hegseth: 'He's the president's guy'

President Donald Trump's top general has been drafting plans for a potential military strike on Iran — but he's being careful not to contradict the commander in chief during their meetings.

Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been summoning top officials from the Air Force, Army and Navy to his office to develop military options, but the concerns raised in those meetings about the scale and potential for U.S. casualties have not matched the belligerent rhetoric coming from the White House, reported CNN.

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Trump's surgeon general pick scrambles to blame Dem senator as she's accused of corruption

President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, claimed that a Democratic lawmaker's staff had manipulated data concerning her ties to wellness products she has endorsed and her financial connections to those companies.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) accused Means of not disclosing her endorsed social media posts — and she criticized his team in response.

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