Marjorie Taylor Greene

GOP Trump rivals need to 'get indicted or lead an insurrection' to compete with him: Dem lawmaker

Polls suggest that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would come in a distant second place in the Republican primary fight against former President Donald Trump -- but Democratic Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani thinks she has a good idea for DeSantis to close the gap.

Appearing on CNN Saturday, Eskamani argued that DeSantis' big problem is that he's trying to "out-Trump" the former president, even as Trump has shown that he is very hard to top when it comes to outrageous and even illegal behavior.

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Republicans struggle getting their voters to 'face reality' Trump will likely lose in 2024

A new dispatch from Politico suggests that elites within the Republican Party desperately don't want to see former President Donald Trump to be their 2024 presidential nominee, but also seemingly have no plan to do anything about it.

During the Republican National Committee's big gathering this weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, many politicians and right-wing donors argued that something needed to happen to get GOP voters to realize Trump would most likely lose again in 2024, especially given the poor performances of so many of his hand-picked candidates in swing states during the 2022 midterm elections.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene stuns experts with scientifically illiterate rant on climate change

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Saturday posted a scientifically illiterate tweet about climate change that left many of her followers stunned.

In trying to play down the threat posed by a warming planet, Greene wrote a lengthy, nonsensical post that did not even attempt to discuss the actual science behind climate change.

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GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw spent almost $20K of campaign funds on 'promotional' eye patches

Buried deep in Rep. Dan Crenshaw's new Federal Election Commission filing is an expenditure for close to $20,000 on eye patches with a notation they were designated as "promotional items."

The Texas Republican, who started serving in Congress in 2019, lost his right eye in 2012 while serving in Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL and required surgery to save his left eye. During his service, he was awarded two Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal before retiring as a lieutenant commander in 2016.

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Unusual circumstances in classified docs case makes outcome hard to predict: NYT

When a legal case fits neatly into a category, it’s much easier to predict the outcome.

But if what can be gleaned from charging documents is any indication, the case against Airman Jack Teixeira, who is accused of leaking highly sensitive classified documents, it will be difficult to predict the outcome, according to new reporting in The New York Times.

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'Bloated nothingburger': Andy Biggs shredded for threats to 'defund' Manhattan D.A.

Far-right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) announced on Twitter that he would be "defunding" the Manhattan District Attorney's office in retaliation for the indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Writing for The Arizona Republic on Friday, opinion columnist E.J. Montini raked Biggs over the coals, blasting it as a stunt at taxpayer expense that will never go anywhere.

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'No chance' Trump's gambit to shut up witnesses in J6 case will work: legal expert

Former President Donald Trump is once again trying to stymie special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the January 6 attack, asking a court to block former Vice President Mike Pence's testimony.

In a panel on MSNBC's "The Beat" on Friday with Ari Melber and former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, former Solicitor General Neal Katyal outlined why Trump's options to block Pence are dead ends.

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Mike Pompeo rules out 2024 presidential run

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided, after prayer, that he will not run for president against former President Donald Trump in 2024.

Pompeo posted on Twitter than he and his wife, Susan Pompeo, had decided "after much consideration and prayer" that he "will not present" himself "as a candidate to become President of the United States in the 2024 election." Pompeo has been open about criticizing Trump, even saying in March that a "true conservative" wouldn't run up $6 trillion in debt.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene spent more than $65,000 in campaign funds on home fence

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spent more than $65,000 on fencing for her home this year using campaign funds, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission records.

The line-item from Greene's schedule B itemized disbursements list for her campaign shows she spent $65,257.49 on "additional security fence for residence" in March of this year. The funds appear to have gone to Bartow Fence Company Inc., which is based in Georgia.

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'Republicans need a new set of heroes': Critics slam GOP leaders’ support of 'racist' doc leaker

Right-wing leaders and voters are glorifying the recently arrested leaker of highly sensitive classified documents, calling him a "hero."

GOPers like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Tylor Greene (R-GA) and former President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., both lauded Jack Teixeira following his Thursday arrest.

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‘Doomsday mom’ believed her children were zombies, her best friend says

The best friend of an Idaho woman accused of killing her two children in a bizarre religious ritual testified on Thursday that the “doomsday mom” believed her children were “zombies” and that her son, JJ, was possessed by a demonic spirt, ABC News reports.

Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, was charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft. She faces life in prison if convicted.

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George Santos ridiculed for saying Biden 'lied'

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) hit out at what he called President Joe Biden's lies on Friday – and was hit by a tidal wave of mockery.

"Joe Biden has lied to the American people for 40+ years costing us lives & Tax payer dollars," the disgraced New York Republican tweeted. "Biden has FAILED to protect American interests here or abroad without accountability."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wants us to focus on 'evidence of war crimes or treason' — not leak

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is doubling down on her defense of the man who has been charged under the Espionage Act for his alleged release of confidential military documents.

Just one day after complaining that Jack Douglas Teixeira was being treated as a “traitor and criminal” and crediting him for “exposing the truth," Greene posted on Twitter that the true focus should be on the content of the leak, and not on the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member who allegedly leaked government secrets in an online discord group.

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