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Fox News host’s response to white supremacist rally leaves ex-GOP lawmaker floored

As dozens of masked men from the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched in the nation’s capital Saturday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham floated a theory in an apparent attempt to distance the GOP from the neo-fascist march, a theory that left one former Republican lawmaker floored.

On Saturday afternoon, journalist and writer Richie McGinniss uploaded a video of himself questioning people who appear to be members of Patriot Front standing in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.

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Trump’s assault on nation’s founding promise hands the left perfect opportunity: historian

Donald Trump's assault on the nation's founding democratic promise has handed the political left a perfect opportunity to reclaim its legacy, argued historian Harvey Kaye in an analysis published in Zeteo on Saturday.

Kaye, professor emeritus of democracy and justice studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, wrote that the nation is marking its 250th anniversary even as "Donald Trump and his minions" pursue their "reactionary ambitions" – a timing he called "nothing less than ironic, as if history were playing a cruel joke on us."

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Newsmax concedes Trump fair failures as exhibits shut down: ‘Are they just hotboxes?’

As soaring temperatures continue to rock President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., several state exhibits at the event were forced to shut down Saturday, leaving the pro-Trump network Newsmax wondering whether exhibits had essentially become “hotboxes.”

“Looking at the state displays... we're assuming there's no portable air conditioners in there,” a Newsmax anchor said, speaking with Newsmax’s Alana Austin, reporting from the fair. “Are they just hotboxes?”

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Trump wants to sabotage his own party to send a message about himself: biographer

A Trump biographer suggested that Trump is sabotaging his own party ahead of the midterms for a selfish reason.

On an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Michael Wolff said that he believes Trump's strategy is to lay the groundwork for the Republicans to take the blame for losing the midterms, and his goal is to prove that the party needs him.

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What Jack Smith wouldn't say about Kash Patel raises major red flag: journalist

Former special counsel Jack Smith's refusal to answer questions about FBI Director Kash Patel during his first television interview since resigning is raising red flags, journalist Kaitlyn Pierce, who writes under the name “Kait Justice,” argued in an analysis published Saturday.

Smith sat down with MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace on July 2 for his first on-camera interview since stepping down from the investigations into President Donald Trump. When Wallace pressed him on the classified documents case – the probe into national security records Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office – Smith repeatedly declined to answer, citing the sealed status of Volume II of his final report.

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Lawyers remain in disbelief over ‘fascist Hellscape’ July 4 display in DC

Hundreds of members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front descended on Washington DC Saturday morning as the nation’s capital prepared to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Members of the group, wearing masks and carrying Confederate and US flags, rode the DC metro and marched around parts of Capitol Hill before departing the city by train, as WUSA reported. Beyond the march itself, no other incidents were reported connected to the group.

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Historian dismisses Trump Independence Day rhetoric as 'Red Scare idiocy'

A presidential historian slammed Trump's Independence Day speech as nothing more than "Joe McCarthy Red Scare idiocy."

During an appearance on MS NOW on Saturday, Doug Brinkley tore into the speech that Trump gave in front of Mount Rushmore to kick off the Independence Day weekend. In particular, Brinkley found it "deeply offensive" that Trump would spend time warning about communists because of recent primary victories by democratic socialists.

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‘Going to be brutal’: Trump’s ‘dangerous’ July 4th finale hit with ominous predictions

President Donald Trump’s record-breaking fireworks show slated for Saturday night has a growing number of critics worried about the safety of Washington, D.C. residents, with one commentator offering a particularly disturbing prediction as to how the event could take a turn for the worse.

Trump announced the fireworks show in June, and proudly touted that it would be “the LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY” in a post on social media. Around 850,000 fireworks are expected to be launched during the show, scheduled to begin around 11 p.m. Saturday night.

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'It won't work': Columnist claims massive Trump's July 4 stunt is act of revenge

Fears are mounting over President Donald Trump's massive Independence Day fireworks display for one simple reason. His administration "couldn't even paint a pool blue."

That's the criticism from MS NOW editor Ryan Teague Beckworth in an opinion piece detailing his pending dread of a 40-minute pyrotechnics "stunt" slated for 11 p.m. in Washington D.C.

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'Say no to drugs': Stephen Miller heaped with scorn for pious Trump praise

Online critics slammed top White House aide Stephen Miller after he implied President Donald Trump's second term was an act of God.

Miller praised the Trump presidency in a Saturday post on X.

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DOJ whistleblower torches 'staggering' Trump move that gave fraudster a 'second chance'

A Justice department whistleblower on Saturday tore into President Donald Trump for what she described as a "staggering" decision to give a fraudster a "second chance."

During an episode of The Lincoln Project Podcast, former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer argued that Trump's pardons were "fundamentally different" from others made in the past.

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Mitch McConnell's wife did something 'bizarre' after he was hospitalized: report

The wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) did something "bizarre" three days after he was hospitalized for a possible heart attack, according to a new report.

Elaine Chao, Transportation secretary during Trump's first administration and McConnell's wife since 1993, left the country, the Daily Beast reported Saturday.

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'Such cowards': Masked men marching with Confederate flags in D.C. spark outrage

Footage of hundreds of masked men storming Washington, D.C., with Confederate flags spurred an outcry online Saturday.

An estimated 400 masked men, whom Reuters reported were with the right-wing extremist group Patriot Front, marching into D.C. on July 4 with Confederate flags, online video shows.

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