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Red state AG caught orchestrating fake protest campaign to discredit lawmaker probing him

New evidence has emerged that the Florida attorney general's office incited protests against a lawmaker who was investigating him.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, "In an apparent bout of political payback, a spokesperson for [James] Uthmeier reached out to faith groups falsely alleging that Rep. Alex Andrade was proposing cutting funding for the chain of anti-abortion clinics known as the Florida Pregnancy Care Network. Uthmeier’s spokesperson asked groups to protest and carry signs in the House budget committee Andrade oversees on Monday."

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Another MAGA lawmaker has lost all faith in Trump DOJ

Another MAGA lawmaker said on Monday that she's lost all faith in the Trump Department of Justice to hold anyone in the U.S. accountable for the crimes of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) discussed the renewed calls for Trump's DOJ to arrest and prosecute people who aided in Epstein's crimes on a new episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Monday. Mace's comments happened at a time when authorities in the United Kingdom appear to be ramping up efforts to hold Epstein associates Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson accountable for their actions.

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Frustrated Trump warned he may 'turn Americans off' with this move at State of the Union

An analyst suggested Monday that President Donald Trump's upcoming State of the Union speech this week could repel or further annoy Americans if he continues to blame people for feeling unappreciated.

CNN senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes revealed that voters, who have shown a serious disapproval for Trump's second presidency in a series of dismal polls, could be put off by his potential comments.

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Trump fumes over 'fake' reports top general claimed US is headed to war

President Donald Trump raged on Monday at alleged "fake news" reports that his administration is considering going to war with Iran.

Speculation grew last week that the Trump administration would approve a new series of strikes against Iran. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Trump administration officials met in the Situation Room last Wednesday to discuss their options. Negotiators from Iran are scheduled to meet with their U.S. counterparts this week to go over a final offer, the Times reported.

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'Recipe for trouble': Key GOP senator comes out against Trump's voter restriction effort

President Donald Trump's SAVE Act, an aggressive attempt to curtail voting rights, has earned a Republican opponent in the Senate.

The bill would place nationalized voter ID requirements, put draconian new restrictions on the process of registering to vote, and require voter rolls be purged more aggressively using an infamously unreliable Homeland Security system that frequently flags citizens as noncitizens. It has already earned support from almost the entire Republican Senate caucus, but Republicans currently lack the votes to either overcome a Democratic filibuster or change the Senate rules to avert one.

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Busted: Nicki Minaj's MAGA rise powered by 'sophisticated army of bots'

One of MAGA's most prominent supporters seems to have gained notoriety within the movement on the backs of social media bots, according to a report.

Nicki Minaj, a Grammy Award-winning rapper, has spent the last year or more steadily shifting her brand toward MAGA and away from traditional pop culture. That shift has included attacks against prominent Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and repeating MAGA talking points about former President Joe Biden's health and his economy. Minaj was also present at the White House for the launch of President Donald Trump's so-called "Trump Accounts" and was pictured on the red carpet alongside the first lady for the premiere of her self-titled documentary.

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Mike Johnson admits Trump's tariffs are dead on arrival in Congress

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Monday that he doubted Congress would pass any legislation to reinstate President Donald Trump's tariff policy following the Supreme Court decision last week that the president's levies were illegal.

He described how it would be unlikely for lawmakers to reverse that decision, Politico reported.

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'Disgusting': Republicans turn on House colleague amid 'predator' accusations

As more revelations come to light for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), a growing number of Republicans have called on him to step down.

Gonzales was reportedly having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who ran his congressional branch office in Uvalde, and died after setting herself on fire last year. Newly revealed text messages show that Gonzales pressured Santos-Aviles to send him "sexy pics," which appeared to make her uncomfortable. Both the congressman and his deceased staffer were married.

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Explosion of protests in Trump 2.0 prove experts were dead wrong about America: analysis

America is in full revolt against President Donald Trump, according to a new analysis.

New data revealed a staggering reality: President Donald Trump's second term triggered more than 40,000 protests by Jan. 31 — quadruple the roughly 10,000 that erupted during the same timeframe of his first presidency, Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox, wrote Monday.

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Health guru ​Peter Attia out at Bari Weiss' CBS News after Epstein revelations

Health and longevity influencer Dr. Peter Attia has left CBS News after newly released files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed email correspondence between him and the late financier and convicted child sex offender, according to reports.

The fallout over his relationship with Epstein prompted Attia to leave his contributor role, which he was recently given by Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss just days before the Department of Justice released a new batch of materials in the Epstein files, The New York Times reported. More than 1,700 documents included Attia's name and conversations between the two men.

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MAGA infighting erupts with right-wing influencer demanding Trump referee the brawl

Far-right influencer Laura Loomer demanded that President Donald Trump reprimand former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in the latest MAGA feud following reports that Carlson was visiting the White House on Monday.

Loomer launched multiple, ongoing attacks against Carlson in response to his lengthy and combative interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, where Carlson pressed the former Arkansas governor on what regions in the Middle East he believed Israel to be Biblically entitled to, The Daily Beast reported.

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Jared Kushner's father punished by France over Trump admin remarks on activist's death

France has revoked government access to U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, after he "did not appear" when he was summoned over comments made by the U.S. administration about the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, AFP reported.

On Monday, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot summoned Jared Kushner's father in reaction to a State Department posting on X, which claimed that "reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all."

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Whistleblowers find $1.7B in payments to Iran from crypto firm whose CEO Trump pardoned

A cryptocurrency firm accused of involvement in shady overseas dealings had internal whistleblowers flag $1.7 billion in payments to Iran before President Donald Trump pardoned its CEO, The New York Times reported on Monday.

"People in Iran had gained access to more than 1,500 accounts on the Binance platform over the previous year. About $1.7 billion had flowed from two Binance accounts to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions. And one of those accounts belonged to a Binance vendor," said the report. "After uncovering the transactions, the investigators reported them to top executives, according to company records and other documents."

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