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Trump special master stunt backfires as DOJ deploys 'legal battering ram' in late-night filing

Legal and political experts said Donald Trump made a self-inflicted blunder when he pushed for a special master to review the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago, which allowed the Department of Justice to address his claims in a 36-page document filed shortly before midnight on Tuesday, which included 18 pages of exhibits including a photo of documents with highly classified control labels.

"I have read the entire Government filing. I spend all day, every day, litigating against the Government, so some of this is familiar stuff to see. This particular brief is very well-done," attorney Bradley Moss tweeted.

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How Biden’s student-debt relief is helping these borrowers: ‘I can pay rent and utilities’

PHILADELPHIA -- For some of the 43 million federal student loan borrowers, President Joe Biden’s cancellation of $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt, announced last week, could be life-changing. “By itself, this will not fix a failed system. But this cancellation is an immediate step, the biggest single step we can take” to help student loan debtors, said Persis Yu, policy director and managing counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, based in Washington, D.C. And she added that the program might have trouble reaching the potential chief beneficiaries of the forgiveness program: ...

Trump freaks out over brutal new editorial from Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post

Former President Donald Trump complained on his Truth Social website after the NY Post posted a harsh editorial online on Tuesday evening.

"Attorney General Merrick Garland’s raid on Mar-a-Lago has ex-President Donald Trump back in the news. That’s a problem for Republicans, who need to move beyond him," argued the tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

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'Trump is one with the fringe and crazy': Nicolle Wallace unloads on latest Truth Social rants

Donald Trump's social media website has been authorizing QAnon fanatics, but now Trump insiders on the site have taken the next step to promoting the QAnon world of conspiracy theories.

Speaking about the shocking morning of memes that Trump reposted, MSNBC reporter Ben Collins explained that Trump shared a meme referring to "The Storm," a QAnon conspiracy that says the so-called "deep state," Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden will be "rounded up and executed in public."

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Biden says he is 'determined' to ban assault weapons in the United States

During a speech in Philadelphia this Tuesday, President Joe Biden addressed what he sees as the "continued battle for the soul of the nation" and slammed former President Donald Trump and his supporters as hypocrites on the subject of law enforcement, specifically in their latest attacks on the FBI.

Biden also spent a significant portion of the speech talking about guns and reaffirmed his commitment to an assault weapons ban.

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Trump's truth social rants are reason to wonder if he's trying for 'insanity defense'

Donald Trump is having a meltdown on his Truth Social platform, posting about 30 times in the past 24 hours.

The former president, believed to be under multiple criminal investigations, is lashing out at his opponents, rapidly reposting memes from his supporters celebrating him and attacking President Joe Biden and other Democrats, and promoting falsehoods about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and vaccines.

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DOJ has an ‘obligation’ and can then ’deal with the repercussions of MAGA violence: Alberto Gonzalez

Former George W. Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales argued on CNN on Tuesday that current Attorney General Merrick Garland has an obligation to enforce the law and should not be deterred by Donald Trump supporters threatening violence if their MAGA leader is arrested.

CNN's Kasie Hunt played a clip of President Joe Biden discussing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol while campaigning in Pennsylvania.

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Three Arizona Republicans must pay ex-Dem lawmaker’s $75,000 legal fees for ‘groundless’ lawsuit

Republican secretary of state nominee Mark Finchem, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar and former GOP state legislator Anthony Kern must pay $75,000 in attorney’s fees to a former Democratic state lawmaker they sued after a judge said the lawsuit was “primarily for purposes of harassment.”

In February 2021, the three Republicans filed a lawsuit against Charlene Fernandez, then a Democratic legislator from Yuma, accusing her of defaming them by making disparaging remarks, connecting them to the violence of Jan. 6 and conspiring against them.

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'My bike is not bent': Herschel Walker answers 'mental fitness' question with rant about bicycles

Georgia Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker was asked about his mental fitness on Tuesday and responded with a rant about bicycles.

During an interview on Newsmax, the host noted that Walker's "mental fitness" had been questioned throughout his campaign.

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'Neighbor from hell': Trump fan terrorizes local woman by hanging mutilated dolls and pro-gun posters on his fence

A seemingly minor property dispute in Wasilla, Alaska, has erupted into a bitter feud after a gun-loving Trump supporter decided to hang mutilated dolls and threatening signs on the fence facing his neighbor's property.

Alaska's News Source reports that Wasilla resident Ms. Moore, who declined to give her first name, is no longer able to enjoy her backyard because her neighbor has hung multiple threatening displays on their fence, including multiple signs that refer to shooting trespassers, signs that refer to her as a "neighbor from hell," and even a sign that accuses her of voting for President Joe Biden.

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'Let's do it': Steve Bannon plots for 'new election' to reinstate Trump 'this week'

Conservative podcaster Steve Bannon on Tuesday agreed with former President Donald Trump's plan to retake the White House by nullifying President Joe Biden's 2020 win with a "new election."

"We're never giving up," Bannon told Rudy Giuliani on his War Room: Pandemic podcast. "Trump put up last night that, hey, because of the Hunter [Biden] situation, because the FBI guy either getting fired or quitting, because of Facebook saying the FBI told them not to do it that he wants -- that he won and he wants another election immediately."

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Trump is losing it on Truth Social as his legal troubles continue to mount

Donald Trump is having a meltdown on his Truth Social platform. The former president, believed to be under multiple criminal investigations, is lashing out at his opponents, rapidly reposting memes from his supporters celebrating him and attacking President Joe Biden and the Democrats, and promoting falsehoods about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and vaccines.

Trump’s meltdown, which includes dozens of posts and reposts per hour, comes amid his baseless demand on Monday to either be named president again or have the nation hold a new election “immediately.”

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'We are losing America!' Trump promotes multiple inflammatory memes while ratcheting up attacks on FBI

Former President Donald Trump spent early Tuesday morning whipping up violent anger toward his political enemies.

The former president amplified numerous posts from supportive accounts on his social media website, including one from the user "God & Country" that showed an extreme closeup of Trump's glowering face urging followers to possibly give up their lives -- an apparent copy of a Nike ad featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick that uses the same slogan and similar graphics.

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