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Should Biden go on Fox before the Super Bowl? 'The View' hosts ​split on traditional interview​

The Super Bowl will be broadcast this year on Fox, and "The View" co-hosts debated whether President Joe Biden should take part in the traditional pregame interview with the network's conservative news hosts.

Barack Obama sat down with then-Fox News host Bill O'Reilly before the 2014 game and endured questions about controversies about the Obamacare website, Benghazi and the IRS. "The View" panelists were split over whether Biden should put himself in the same position.

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GOP majority's 'awful and appalling' start torched in brutal Washington Post column

Republicans really covered themselves in glory in their most public week back in the House majority, according to one columnist.

President Joe Biden used their rude heckling to force them into a pledge to protect Social Security and Medicare during his State of the Union address, and both of their public hearings highlighting Hunter Biden's alleged misdeeds and supposed federal targeting of conservatives flopped, wrote Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson.

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Trump-bashing governor tap dances around pledge to vote for whoever wins GOP nomination

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu thinks Donald Trump might be "crazy," but he wouldn't rule out voting for him in 2024.

The potential GOP challenger confidently declared the former president would not win the Republican nomination next year, but he refused to tell MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist that he would vote for President Joe Biden or another Democrat if Trump did somehow emerge as party's standard bearer.

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White House pushes back against Ron Johnson with epic fact-check

President Joe Biden's White House quickly pushed back against a tweet shared by Fox News featuring remarks made by a Republican lawmaker.

According to HuffPost, the news network also featured a link to a report accusing the Biden White House of "tripling down" on the president's State of the Union claim that 'some Republicans' [want] to cut Social Security."

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Biden rule reclassifying some pistols as short-barreled rifles draws Texas lawsuit

Feb. 9, 2023

"Biden rule reclassifying some pistols as short-barreled rifles draws Texas lawsuit" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Morning Joe panelists cackle as 'Mitch McConnell kills another Republican senator'

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" cackled at Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sticking a knife in his biggest would-be Republican rival.

President Joe Biden called out Sen. Rick Scott's plan to wind down Social Security and Medicare during his State of the Union speech, and he has continued to remind supporters of the proposal floated by the Florida Republican -- who mounted an unsuccessful challenge against McConnell for the top seat on the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

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'Cartoon supervillain' Marjorie Taylor Greene is crippling the GOP again: Republican aide

Any progress Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made rehabilitating her image by becoming a Republican Party team player may have dissipated due to her antics during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this past week, according to GOP insiders who spoke with The Daily Beast.

Greene, took center stage that evening by yelling "liar" at the president as he spoke and seemed to revel in the attention despite what appeared to be disapproving glances from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy(R-CA) and now she is facing blowback from some of her colleagues, with one telling reporters, "That needs to be called out.”

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Biden to host Brazil's Lula for talks on Amazon protection

Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traveled to Washington on Thursday, invited to the White House by President Joe Biden in a visit that will focus on support for Brazilian democracy and shared environmental commitments.

The U.S. government is considering joining a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation in Brazil, an a contribution could be announced during their meeting, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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Larry the Cable Guy compares Marjorie Taylor Greene to angry ex-girlfriend — and his fans revolt

Comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney — a.k.a., "Larry the Cable Guy" — made a joke at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's expense and received a backlash from some of his fans.

In response to Greene's repeated heckling of President Joe Biden at this week's State of the Union address, Larry took to Twitter to compare her to a comedian's bitter ex-girlfriend who comes to heckle them at their shows shortly after a breakup.

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GOP 'heckling' during Biden’s SOTU warns of disturbing change in the party’s direction: analysis

A new analysis suggests Republican lawmakers' behavior during President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech is a disturbing look into the new norm in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a new piece published by The New York Times, Karoun Demirjian pointed out some of the most egregious aspects of lawmakers' antics as she noted that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) even warned them from partaking in "childish games."

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'Just screaming': 'Irrational' Marjorie Taylor Greene hurls profanity at spy balloon briefing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made a scene and disrupted a classified briefing about the spy balloon that traveled over the continental U.S., reported The Hill on Thursday.

"Biden administration officials briefed House members behind closed doors in the Capitol Thursday morning on this weekend’s downing of a Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast, which capped off a days-long saga of following the balloon as it floated over the U.S.," reported Mychael Schnell. "One lawmaker who attended the briefing said the exchange between Greene and the officials included profanities."

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GOP senator 'handing a gift' to Biden by doubling down on Social Security-trashing plan: analyst

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is on the defensive after President Joe Biden tarred the GOP during the State of the Union Address with Scott's plan to periodically "sunset" Social Security and Medicare — and traveled to Florida to give a roomful of people copies of his proposal to do so.

On Thursday, a CNN panel speculated that Scott's ongoing defense of his proposal is just making Biden's attack on the GOP that much more effective.

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Pence J6 subpoena 'couldn't come at a worse time' for him: expert

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by Jack Smith, the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump's involvement in the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Pence, who previously refused to give testimony to the House January 6 Committee last year, was the target of a coordinated pressure campaign by Trump to block the electoral count of various swing states that had voted for President Joe Biden.

On CNN Thursday, political commentator David Chalian outlined how this is coming at the worst possible moment for Pence, who is currently taking steps that suggest he wants to run for president in 2024.

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