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'No way answers the question': Frustrated CNN host hammers GOP rep over Jan. 6 backtrack

A Republican lawmaker was reduced to incoherent rambling on live television Wednesday when a frustrated CNN host slapped down his claim about former President Donald Trump's position on Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) grew increasingly defensive as anchor Boris Sanchez quizzed the Republican, who helped Capitol police and later condemned the violence, about Trump's promise to pardon convicted rioters.

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Sam Alito's latest Supreme Court dissent 'written from another planet': ex-prosecutor

A far-right lawsuit accusing President Joe Biden's administration of coordinating with social media companies to help tamp down COVID-19 misinformation proved too much even for the right-leaning Supreme Court — but as an expert put it, a conservative justice's dissenting opinion was simply out of this world.

In a majority decision, Justice Amy Coney Barrett slapped down the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday in the Murthy v. Missouri case, finding the right-wing parties had no standing to sue. The high court's decision reversed the conservative Fifth Circuit, which said communications between government officials and social media platforms meant that the government officials were regulating content-moderation decisions for the platform.

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A bad review for a diner led the Secret Service to man who threatened to kill Biden

Seamus Hughes, a senior researcher at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, has sorted through recent court documents and found that a bad review of a diner led to finding a potential assassin.

The suspect in question, Troy Kelly, was arrested this week after threatening to shoot President Joe Biden.

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Biden offers gay vets clemency following green light for Defense Department lawsuit

President Joe Biden said he was using his clemency authority to pardon LGBTQ service members who were convicted of violating the military policy against homosexuality. This comes less than a week after a magistrate judge ruled a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over the discharges of gay veterans could move forward.

Biden issued a statement on X Wednesday morning announcing the decision.

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'Fraud': Trump campaign denies federal filing naming Michael Flynn as VP running mate

A new political committee registered with the Federal Election Commission indicates Donald Trump will name his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as his vice presidential running-mate.

But the committee, “Donald J. Trump and Michael Flynn for President 2024 Inc.”, is bogus, the Trump campaign confirmed to Raw Story.

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'I can't process it': Marjorie Taylor Greene takes Supreme Court ruling as personal blow

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she was personally harmed by the U.S. Supreme Court after President Joe Biden's administration won a case related to social media censorship.

In a Wednesday 6-3 ruling, the high court reversed a lower court's decision that limited the Biden administration's ability to communicate with social media companies. Two states brought the case, claiming they were harmed by the government's efforts to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and elections.

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'People want to murder him!' Marjorie Taylor Greene in full hysterics over Trump debate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lost her temper while claiming that former President Donald Trump's upcoming debate with President Joe Biden was "rigged."

During a Wednesday interview on convicted criminal Steve Bannon's podcast, Greene said she had faith in Trump's ability to win the debate before throwing a tirade about the rules and CNN's debate moderators.

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Republican senator ridiculed for lauding Trump's rise as 'return of normalcy'

A Republican Senator was subjected to ridicule Wednesday after urging Americans to vote for Donald Trump — the first former president to be convicted of criminal charges linked to hush money paid to a porn star — so the nation can return to "normalcy."

Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty made this bold claim in a Wall Street Journal editorial that stunned MSNBC columnist Steve Benen.

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'Cocktail of drugs': Trump makes wild new claims in email begging supporters for cash

Former President Donald Trump pushed out a hyperbolic and conspiracy-laden fundraising email to his supporters with just a day to go before the CNN presidential debate between himself and President Joe Biden, headlined, "THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF!

"I'm bringing out the BIG GUNS before I step into the ring with Crooked Joe Biden tomorrow - THAT MEANS [recipient's name]!" stated the email. "Sleepy Joe is relying on a cocktail of drugs to keep him upright and awake. He's relying on highly-biased moderators like FAKE Tapper to feed him softball questions. And he's relying on his army of so-called fact checkers to spread LIE AFTER LIE on his behalf."

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Amy Coney Barrett slaps down conservative lower court in latest ruling

In a majority decision, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett slapped down the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision Wednesday.

Red states and conservatives sued President Joe Biden's administration for coordinating with social media companies to help tamp down misinformation about the pandemic in 2021.

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'Won't happen': Legal reporter dumps on GOP's latest anti-Merrick Garland stunt

House Republicans are preparing for a vote on their latest scheme to try to attack Attorney General Merrick Garland — and, noted Politico's Kyle Cheney, there's no chance it will come to anything.

This comes as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is announcing a press conference on the action, writing on X, "We will hold Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress. No one is above the law."

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'Scared out of his mind!' Morning Joe shreds Trump for 'whimpering' instead of prepping

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump for running a public relations campaign for the first presidential debate instead of preparing.

The former president's campaign spokeswoman bragged to Fox News that he was taking part in campaign rallies and "hostile media interviews," when Trump was over on Newsmax talking to former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and the "Morning Joe" host mocked his allies' outlandish efforts to manage expectations for his face-off against president Joe Biden.

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'Whiny weak victim': Adam Kinzinger crushes Trump as he crosses the aisle to back Biden

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) opened up on CNN Wednesday morning about his decision to endorse President Joe Biden's re-election — one of the most prominent Republican politicians to have crossed the aisle so far in this way.

Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and a longtime critic of Trump, was one of a handful of conservative Republicans who voted to impeach the former president, and went on to join the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack. In his latest interview, he emphasized just how much harm he believes Trump has done to America and why it's important to keep him out of power.

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