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'You were in charge': Jim Jordan gets shredded by MAGA after latest Trump case statement

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) may be one of Donald Trump's top elected allies, but the former president's supporters appear to be holding a grudge against the conservative lawmaker, based on their response to his last statement.

Jordan, who has been called out for "hypocritical" comments in the past, took to social media on Saturday to support Trump in his efforts to battle the legal system in several criminal cases.

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Trump allies in AZ just made it easier for 'Biden to take that state': ex-GOP strategist

An indictment of Donald Trump's allies and associates in Arizona is one of the things that will make it easier for President Joe Biden to win that "battleground" state in the upcoming election, a former GOP strategist said on Saturday.

Former Republican strategist Tara Setmayer appeared on MSNBC's Ayman, where she was asked about what the indictments "spell out for the broader Republican party in Arizona, and nationally, due to these cases they are facing."

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Dark shift in Trump’s tone is 'how fascists campaign': expert

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign speeches have been largely focused on highlighting differences between his MAGA movement and his political opponents, whom he accuses of destroying the country and harboring values antithetical to American ideals. One political expert recently told the New York Times that this is a key example of the ex-president's embrace of fascism as a political strategy.

In a lengthy Saturday article in the New York Times magazine, author Charles Homans explored how the 45th president of the United States' campaign rallies have lately taken on a much darker, more ominous tone. He noted that Trump has vowed to be an agent of "retribution," likening his opponents to "vermin" who will "do anything, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America and to destroy the American dream."

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The Biden impeachment is over despite 'the best efforts of the House GOP’s worst people'

Based upon the fact that the Fox News daily drumbeat about President Joe Biden's impeachment being right around the corner has gone noticeably silent, House Republicans have seemingly admitted defeat.

That is the opinion of political columnist Paul Waldman who wrote for MSNBC that the search party for Biden's criminal acts came up empty-handed and the GOP leaders of the House committees are privately telling their colleagues they are giving up.

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5 more Trump attorneys, aides publicly named in AZ fake elector indictment

Attorney General Kris Mayes has released the names of five more people who were indicted by a grand jury for the part they played in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House.

Mayes announced on April 24 that a grand jury had indicted 18 people, including all 11 fake electors, for their actions related to the fake elector plot. But she did not initially release the names of seven of the 18 since they had not yet been legally served, although it was easy to figure out who some of them were through statements describing them in the indictment.

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'Wasted protest vote': Trump flips out on RFK Jr. after polls suggest appeal to GOP voters

A series of polls released this week show Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quixotic candidacy might attract more Republican-leaning voters in 2024 than Democrats. That may have been what prompted former President Donald Trump to release a three-post screed attacking him.

On Friday night, The 45th president of the United States set his sights on RFK Jr., insisting to his millions of followers that the independent presidential candidate was actually a "Radical Left Liberal" who was secretly working to help President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. He even attempted to assign Kennedy one of his patented nicknames: "Junior,'" notably with an unexplained apostrophe that he repeated throughout all three posts.

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With U.S. workers on the march, Southern states take aim at unions

Since six Southern Republican governors last week showed "how scared they are" of the United Auto Workers' U.S. organizing drive, Tennessee Volkswagen employees have voted to join the UAW while GOP policymakers across the region have ramped up attacks on unions.

The UAW launched "the largest organizing drive in modern American history" after securing improved contracts last year with a strike targeting the Big Three automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. The ongoing campaign led to the "landslide" victory in Chattanooga last week, which union president Shawn Fain pointed to as proof that "you can't win in the South" isn't true.

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An upbeat Biden ranges far as trial keeps Trump tied up

Meetings, interviews, fundraising events, official travel: Joe Biden tried this week to be everywhere at once while his rival Donald Trump was held up in court.

It was a tactical campaign move by an 81-year-old president who faces mixed polls and nagging questions about his age.

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CNN's Collins presses Trump A.G. Bill Barr on which candidate is a 'threat to democracy'

Former Attorney General Bill Barr remains ever a Donald Trump disciple.

During his Friday sit-down with CNN's Kaitlan Collins the lifelong Republican who served as Trump's second attorney general from 2019 to 2020 characterized President Joe Biden as a greater threat to American democracy and, even though he resigned over the 45th president's 2020 election interference claims — still wants to see a second Trump term given the binary choice between his former boss and the incumbent president.

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'I vehemently disagree': Trump supporters rebel against ex-president over his latest claim

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to tear down a candidate he hasn't frequently mentioned before: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Some of his supporters didn't like it.

"RFK Jr. is a Democrat 'Plant,' a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected," wrote Trump. "A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a WASTED PROTEST VOTE, that could swing either way, but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him. Junior’ is totally Anti-Gun, an Extreme Environmentalist who makes the Green New Scammers look Conservative, a Big Time Taxer and Open Border Advocate, and Anti-Military/Vet…"

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'Nancy Kerrigan situation': Fox News claims Biden will sabotage Trump to avoid debate

President Joe Biden's announcement Friday that he's willing to debate Donald Trump spurred Fox News host Emily Compagno to claim he'd orchestrate a “Nancy Kerrigan situation” to stop the debate from going forward, video shows.

Compagno made the comparison during a segment on the Fox News show "Outnumbered," drawing comparisons to the notorious attack on the Olympic figure skater orchestrated by competitor Tonya Harding's ex-husband and bodyguard.

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'Compelled to act': Maine plans counterattack if Trump's new election tactic works

A top Maine Democrat says her party will take action if Nebraska Republicans move to change their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump.

House majority leader Maureen Terry said Friday that if Nebraska’s Republican governor signs legislation that allows for a winner-take-all election in the state in 2024, the Democratic-controlled Legislature would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness," Politico reported.

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'This becomes a Rigged Election!' Trump demands judge lift gag order in hush money case

Former President Donald Trump's team sent out a rambling social media post demanding Judge Juan Merchan lift the gag order in his criminal trial.

Friday morning, Trump complained to the media that his trial would prevent him from spending the day with his wife for her birthday. Yet, when Trump returned from the lunch break, he entered the courthouse without a word to the press.

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