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Trump reacts to Biden speech: 'Not a time for us to have a mentally challenged president'

President Joe Biden’s condemnation of Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric Friday was met by the former president with insults and false claims about who won the 2020 election.

"The Democrats rigged the last election and they are trying it again…but it won’t work because they have shown how bad and incompetent they are," Trump told Fox News. He added, "This is not a time for us to have a mentally challenged president."

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U.S. Supreme Court finally reveals if it will hear Trump's ballot removal appeal: report

The U.S. Supreme Court has set Feb. 8 as the date to hear former President Donald Trump's 14th Amendment appeal in which he argues that he should be eligible to remain on the Colorado primary election ballot, CNN reported.

The decision comes shortly after Trump’s legal team filed an appeal to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling barring him from the primary ballot. Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, also issued an order disqualifying Trump from the state’s ballot over his alleged actions in the the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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Ex-GOP leader warns his party: Impeaching Biden will blow up in your face

Former Republican lawmaker Trent Lott, who was on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment investigation of Richard Nixon and the Senate Majority Leader during the Bill Clinton impeachment trial, has a stark warning for his party: Don't impeach President Joe Biden. It's going to backfire.

Lott, a Mississippi politician who was a towering figure in Republican politics for decades, exclusively told The Messenger that he believes a revenge-based impeachment would be a disaster.

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'I will not help the Democrats': GOP rep admits he’ll torch border deal to deny Biden win

A major criticism that Never Trump conservatives have of MAGA Republicans is that they are more interested in "owning the Democrats" than making strong policy decisions.

And they typically cite President Ronald Reagan's relationships with House Speaker Tip O'Neill during the 1980s or Joe Biden's alliances with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) as examples of Republicans and Democrats — disagreements and all — being able to find common ground and get things done.

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MAGA fooled by satirical report shared by Trump that seems to back election 'conspiracy'

Donald Trump Friday shared a report apparently backing his 2020 election fraud claims and including the phrases “orchestrated efforts,” a “conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes,” and “Trump was right.”

Truth Social followers were quick to reply with memes and messages accusing President Joe Biden and Democrats of corrupt election interference and political witch hunts linked to the former president's multiple criminal court cases.

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'Simple questions': Fake Michigan Trump elector put on the spot by reporter

Craig Mauger, a reporter for the Detroit News, put former Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock on the spot Friday after she decried his reporting as "fake news."

Mauger this week reported on new evidence showing that the Trump campaign directly orchestrated the plot to create fake slates of electors to send to Congress on January 6th, 2021 in a bid to keep former President Donald Trump illegally in power.

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Trump hires new attorney who worked for judge leading charge for ballot ban

Anticipating a historic battle before the Supreme Court to keep himself on the 2024 ballot, Donald Trump has hired a new lawyer with not only more experience addressing the nation's highest court, but also a surprising connection to the battle over how the 14th Amendment should be interpreted.

According to a report from Bloomberg Law, Trump has tapped former Texas solicitor general Jonathan Mitchell to advocate for him as the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the former president can be banned from ballots for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection aimed at thwarting the certification of President Joe Biden's win.

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Jamie Raskin ratchets up attacks on Trump taking payments from 'murderous Saudi monarchs'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Friday ramped up his attacks on former President Donald Trump amid revelations that foreign officials from countries such as China and Saudi Arabia spent lavishly at his properties while he was president.

While speaking outside the United States Capitol building, Raskin reiterated the importance of the so-called emoluments clause of the United States Constitution that prevents the president from receiving foreign payments during his term in office.

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Mike Johnson fights to quell GOP rebellion over 'one sentence' in proposed funding bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is starting 2024 with an increasingly tenuous majority, and his troubles may only have just begun as infighting within his caucus threatens a government shutdown before the spring.

According to a Friday report in Politico, House Republicans are growing increasingly divided regarding the latest debate over funding for the Southern border. While Johnson faces a deadline of January 19 to fund several government agencies and military construction, a separate February 2 funding deadline looms for remaining federal agencies.

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House Republicans move to hit Hunter Biden with contempt of Congress charges

House Republicans aim to hit Hunter Biden with a contempt of Congress charge after he refused to submit to their closed-door subpoenas last month, they announced Friday.

“Hunter Biden blatantly defied two lawful subpoenas when he did not appear for his December deposition,” the public announcement reads.

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'A sign of weakness': Trump hurls election fraud accusation at unexpected target

There’s a new target for Donald Trump’s election fraud accusations — and it’s not President Joe Biden.

“Reject DeSantis on January 15,” a new Iowa campaign flier reads. “Stop the fraud.”

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Trump snarls DOJ is 'setting a horrible precedent for the future' by investigating him

As he heads off to Iowa for a two-day, four-rally tour, Donald Trump took a parting shot at the Department of Justice on Truth Social, once again complaining about "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!"

According to the former president, what the DOJ is doing by investigating his part in the Jan. 6 insurrection, as well as his absconding with and hiding sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, is nothing less than damaging the future of the country.

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Bombshell report reveals evidence Trump campaign 'directly orchestrated' fake elector plot

The effort to submit slates of so-called "fake electors" in Michigan — which then-President Donald Trump narrowly lost in 2020 — appears to have been a project of the Trump campaign itself, according to a recent report.

The Detroit News reported on internal emails from the Trump campaign that showed how the former president's top legal advisers like John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn and Kenneth Chesebro, who are now cooperating in multiple states' fake elector investigations, "directly orchestrated" the effort to steal Electoral College votes from then-candidate Joe Biden.

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