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'That's on us': Christian broadcaster berates churchgoers for allowing themselves to be 'seduced' by Trump

In a column for the Christian Post, Christian broadcaster Michael Brown questioned whether churchgoers should be happy about another Donald Trump presidential run considering how he changed Christian behavior over the past six years.

As Brown wrote, he is not saying it is a bad thing if the former president makes another bid for the Oval Office, but he is concerned that Trump's Christian followers will continue down the path of adopting Trump's "nasty" and divisive rhetoric instead of following the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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'Yikes': Experts stunned after Trump's late-night release of NARA document

Former President Donald Trump reportedly released a new document very late Monday night that legal experts believe is incredibly damning.

Conservative journalist John Solomon, who is one of Donald Trump's official representatives for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), released a May 10 letter on his JustTheNews.com website.

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90% of marine species face extinction under emissions status quo: study

A new study details the disastrous consequences that would result for marine life across the world's oceans if current levels of fossil fuel emissions are maintained, with up to 90% of ocean species facing extinction.

Daniel Boyce, a research scientist at Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, Canada, led the study examining 35,000 species of marine flora and fauna as well as bacteria and protozoans, devising a new analytical tool called the Climate Risk Index for Biodiversity (CRIB).

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Man who tried to extort $25 million from Matt Gaetz over sex trafficking investigation gets 5 years: report

On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Stephen Alford, the man behind a bizarre scheme to try to extort $25 million out of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) by taking advantage of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, has been sentenced to five years in prison for the scheme.

"Alford, who admitted to wire fraud in the scheme last November, had promised the Gaetz family that, if they gave him $25 million to help free a U.S. hostage in Iran, President Joe Biden would pardon the Republican in connection to an ongoing child sex trafficking investigation," reported Roger Sollenberger. "Alford faced up to 20 years and a $250,000 fine."

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Former Fox News editor blasts his ex-employer for promoting 'black-helicopter-level paranoia'

On Election Night 2020, Fox News scooped the competition when its decision desk, under editor Chris Stirewalt, called Arizona for Democratic now-President Joe Biden — a bombshell that confirmed how much of a swing state Arizona, once a deep red hotbed of conservatism, has evolved. Other media outlets subsequently confirmed Fox News’ reporting.

Fox’s decision desk was ahead of other media outlets when it came to Arizona, and Political Editor Stirewalt was the person who, more than anyone, Fox News had to thank. But instead of giving Stirewalt a promotion, they fired him.

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Karl Rove: Midterms 'tightening' because Trump's legal chaos 'dampens Republican enthusiasm'

Republican strategist Karl Rove warned members of his party on Monday that President Donald Trump's legal problems are dampening Republican voters' enthusiasm to participate in the midterm elections.

During an interview on Fox News, host Martha MacCallum told Rove that enthusiasm among Democratic voters had spiked in recent weeks.

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Defense urges Florida jury to spare life of Parkland school shooter

By Julia Harte and Brian Ellsworth

(Reuters) -A defense attorney on Monday implored a Florida jury to spare the life of Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in a 2018 high school mass shooting in the city of Parkland, citing brain damage linked to fetal drug and alcohol exposure as reason not to impose the death penalty.

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Judge in Texas border crackdown accused of using racist slur against migrants

A prominent judge in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security operation to arrest and jail migrants on trespassing charges has been accused of using a racist slur against Latino defendants.

A defense attorney told the State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week that Judge Allen Amos told her the trespassing defendants weren’t “your regular wetbacks,” according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Texas Tribune.

“They have phones and clothes and all kinds of other things,” Amos reportedly said in July to defense attorney Emily Miller, whose complaint was first reported by The Daily Beast.

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Donald Trump Jr. fights rumors Matt Gaetz is Mar-a-Lago 'informant' at Gaetz campaign event

Donald Trump Jr. insisted at a campaign event on Monday that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was not the person who informed the FBI about documents illegally stored at Mar-a-Lago.

In an attack ad released on Monday, Gaetz's opponent, Mark Lombardo, suggested that the congressman was the "informant" who prompted an FBI raid on the former president's Florida estate.

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Swing voters in Florida have serious reservations about Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio: analysts

According to a focus group finding conducted with Florida swing voters, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R) may have problems attracting voters who aren't rock-sold Republicans if they decide to run for president in 2024 -- but first they have to get through their respective re-election bids in November.

In a report for the Bulwark, campaign analysts Rich Thau and Matt Steffee note that voters who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and then Joe Biden in 2020, are not sold on the two Republicans with national aspirations.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci leaving government after decades of work in disease prevention

Dr. Anthony Fauci announced on Monday that he is stepping down from his role as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after decades of service.

The New York Times reports that the 81-year-old Fauci, who was the public face of health advocacy during the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than a million Americans, will "pursue the next chapter" at the end of the year.

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Conservative grassroots groups are floundering due to the GOP's obsession with Trump's problems

According to a report from Politico, conservative grassroots groups more interested in impacting policy instead of engaging in the culture wars are finding their messaging being ignored because the Republican Party is focused on Donald Trump's legal travails and impending presidential run in 2024.

Case in point, Politico's Meridith McGraw and Caitlan Oprysko wrote that the passage of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act that provides massive subsidies for climate change and health care initiatives normally would have been met with massive resistance but instead was sent to President Joe Biden with only token resistance.

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Calls mount for release of Saudi woman facing 34 years in prison over tweets

Human rights advocates around the world this week called on Saudi Arabia to free Salma al-Shehab after she was sentenced to 34 years in prison and a 34-year travel ban for tweets criticizing the kingdom's repression of women.

Liz Throssell, a spokesperson for the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Friday that "we are appalled by the sentencing" of al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother and graduate student in the United Kingdom.

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