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Ex-GOP strategist warns Alina Habba she could be the next Mike Lindell

Trump fealty is costing many in his orbit plenty and they should serve as cautionary tales.

That's according to political consultant Tim Miller who fears some of former President Donald Trump's latest yes-people could follow down an expensive path that folks like Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell know all too well.

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Trump's GOP rival says ex-president's 'fingerprints' are 'all over' party's failure

Former President Donald Trump is responsible for the Republican Party's long string of failures, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday.

Haley, who is the final remaining Republican candidate opposing Trump for the nomination, warned that the GOP needs a new direction to avoid sliding further into disaster — and this is reflected throughout the party leadership.

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Hunter Biden informant re-arrested after special counsel objects to his release

Former FBI source Alexander Smirnov was arrested for a second time Thursday for making false statements to federal law enforcement.

"YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to arrest ALEXANDER SMIRNOV and bring him forthwith to District Judge, Otis D. Wright, II," the warrant stated, "to answer an Indictment charging him with False Statements to Federal Law Enforcement, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, and Creating a False or Fictitious Record, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1519."

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'Deaf ears': GOP strategist warns his party's 2024 tactic is going to backfire

Republicans have adopted a strategy for 2024 that focuses on President Joe Biden's advanced age and gaffes to the press. But according to a Republican strategist, that strategy will backfire.

In an op-ed this Thursday, Alex Conant contends that Republicans are sorely mistaken if they think voters "will not reelect a geriatric politician."

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'Bigger losses for the GOP': Ex-official says Trump's new plan will 'bankrupt' Republicans

Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor is sounding the alarm against Donald Trump's plans for taking over the Republican Party and installing his own family member, Lara Trump, as head.

Speaking to the press, Lara Trump said that the Republican Party should be paying the former president's legal bills as evidenced by the enthusiasm of a GoFundMe started for the self-described billionaire after he was handed a $355 million judgment in the fraud trial.

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Worse than Nixon: Conservative claims disgraced president respected U.S. more than Biden

During a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, the theme for the panel discussion was "Michelle vs Kamala." At one point, Townhall columnist Kurt Schlichter compared President Joe Biden to former President Richard Nixon.

Responding to co-panelist Monica Crowley, Schlichter said that the difference between Biden and Nixon is that Nixon "had respect for norms, he had respect for the United States of America."

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Even before FBI informant's arrest GOP impeachment was DOA: columnist

The Republican House's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden took a major hit after the GOP's star witness was accused of lying about his story to the FBI, but Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake wrote there were three major failures that had already started to unravel it.

First, he said, people don't care.

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A mind-boggling roundup of the MAGA swag CPAC vendors are selling

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conservatives with money in their pockets will be walking away from the Conservative Political Action Conference this week with merchandise you have to see to believe.

Images from attendees of CPAC — where Donald Trump, a host of Republican politicians, right-wing media celebrities, foreign leaders and conspiracy theorists are set to appear — hit social media with a bang this week.

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Interviews with 'lying' FBI informant erased from Republican's Biden impeachment website

Republicans are continuing to delete mention of the FBI informant on which they based their impeachment investigation.

Ian Sams, White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, noticed that 'evidence" listed on the House Republican Oversight and Reform Committee's Biden impeachment website is disappearing.

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'I don't see any smoking guns': Alan Dershowitz slams GOP's 'tit-for-tat' impeachment

Law professor Alan Dershowitz blasted House Republicans for pursuing the impeachment of President Joe Biden without a "smoking gun."

During a Thursday interview on Newsmax, Dershowitz was asked if the depositions of Biden's brother and son would produce significant evidence.

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Smirnov scandal: Experts call for investigations, warn GOP of possible conspiracy charges

Legal and national security experts including former prosecutors are calling for the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the U.S. Senate to conduct investigations into the Alexander Smirnov scandal to determine how a trusted FBI informant was able to allegedly plant false Kremlin propaganda attacking Joe Biden and Hunter Biden into the Republican House of Representatives in an effort to take down the President of the United States.

Other legal experts are warning House Republicans if they continue to assert what Special Counsel David Weiss stated in a court document are false claims, including that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden each took $5 million bribes, they could be subject to conspiracy charges.

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'More than stupidity': Analyst claims Comer was willing to use Russian lies against Biden

House Oversight Chair James Comer's seeming lack of embarrassment after his key witness in the drive to impeach President Joe Biden turned out to be a now-accused liar who the Department of Justice claims was a pipeline for Russian disinformation suggests he knew what he was doing, an analyst wrote Thursday.

With Kentucky Republican Comer joining Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in an attempt to blow off concerns that they had been duped — and argue they still have a strong case against Biden — fellow lawmaker Rep Dan Goldman (D-NY) suggested the two are more than willing to use Russian propaganda as a political tool in their war with Democrats.

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Trump furious at leaked report that could upend his re-election campaign: sources

Donald Trump and his senior staff are pointing fingers after a leak from his camp wound up on the front page of the New York Times.

The newspaper revealed that Trump had privately told allies he supports a 16-week national abortion plan, with some exceptions. The former president's campaign reportedly greeted the story with anger, frustration and paranoia that's left them scrambling to clean up the political fallout.

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