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Kyle Rittenhouse hit with new lawsuit from man he shot in Kenosha

A man who was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, back in 2020 has filed a lawsuit against Rittenhouse and Wisconsin government officials, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

Gaige Grosskreutz, who admitted during testimony that he pointed a firearm at Rittenhouse before he was shot, is seeking financial losses, "damages for emotional distress, humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life, and other pain and suffering on all claims," and punitive damages.

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Trump's PAC spent $10M to cover his legal bills

According to federal election filings obtained by the New York Times, former President Donald Trump has spent an estimated $10 million directly from his political action committee to cover his own legal fees in 2022.

The same filings show that over $16 million was spent on Trump's legal expenses in both 2021 and 2022, including spending for attorneys who represented witnesses in Trump-related investigations, however $10 million did directly go to legal firms representing the former President's investigations and lawsuits.

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Utah's GOP governor slams Marjorie Taylor Greene over her 'evil' comments

In a post to Twitter this President’s Day, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for red states in the U.S. to “separate” from blue states and for shrinking the federal government.

“We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” Greene wrote. “Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”

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'Stay in Hollywood': Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests movie ban in 'national divorce' rant

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for new residents in red states to be stripped of voting rights as part of her plan for a "national divorce."

In recent days, Greene has repeatedly called for a national divorce and insisted that she did not want a civil war. Under her plan, many federal government agencies would be disbanded, and red states would enact strict moral laws in the name of liberty. She said there would be a law to govern the placement of sex toys in stores, for example.

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How a failed screenwriter used QAnon to smear people he blamed for rejected scripts

Rolling Stone has published another excerpt from Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer's just-released book about the QAnon phenomenon and it details how a failed Hollywood screenwriter used the conspiracy theory to smear the people whom he blamed for his scripts getting rejected.

The screenwriter in question is a man named Robert Cornero, who until two years ago posted online as a QAnon influencer known as Neon Revolt and who garnered a particularly obsession with a writer named Franklin Leonard, who publishes influential reports about promising unproduced movie scripts, many of which eventually get picked up and made into movies.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson scolds conservative justices over Black teen's appeal of 162-year sentence

On Tuesday, Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with an assist from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, issued a dissent that scolded the conservatives on the court for refusing to hear an appeal from a Black man who was sentenced to 162 years for armed robbery when he was a teen because his lawyer screwed up.

Quartavious Davis was arrested in 2010 when he was 19 for a string of robberies in Florida and, due to mandatory sentencing rules at the time, received 162 years after being "convicted of seven counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime," reported MSNBC.

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Conservatives blame 'far-left prosecutor' for MSU massacre

Conservatives are blaming a "far-left prosecutor" for a mass shooting last week at Michigan State University that left three students dead and wounded five others.

The New York Post argued in an editorial that Ingham County prosecutor Carol Siemon allowed gunman Anthony McRae to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, and not a felony that would have prevented him from buying the murder weapons, in 2019 after a police office found him carrying a concealed handgun, but legal experts told MLive the case isn't unusual.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene details 'national divorce' — including 'rules' for 'sex toys'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) explained in detail on Tuesday how her vision for a "national divorce" would work.

On Monday, Greene's repeated calls for a "national divorce" raised concerns that she wanted a new civil war.

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The View suspects there is a nefarious source behind Greene's 'national divorce' outburst

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's call for a "national divorce" alarmed panelists on "The View."

The Georgia congresswoman said red states and blue states should break apart into separate countries, and co-host Sunny Hostin wondered how much she knew about the last time that happened.

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Fake Trump elector leads push to take over Atlanta area elections: report

A movement in the northern suburbs of Atlanta is seeking to strip election administration powers from officials in Fulton County — and one of the leaders of this push is a Republican who signed on as one of the fake Trump "electors" in Georgia, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday.

"The cities of Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton and Roswell are planning for the possibility of running their own elections this fall. The city of Milton already voted to approve the change," reported Mark Niesse and Adrianne Murchison. "The idea sprung from a Milton committee that included city officials and two residents: Mark Amick, one of 16 Republicans who tried to award Georgia’s votes to Donald Trump in 2020, and Lisa Cauley, the president of Fulton County Republican Women. Neither returned messages seeking comment."

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'A big freaking deal': Trump Georgia grand jury foreperson describes witness immunity deals

In an interview with the Associated Press, the foreperson of the special grand jury convened by Fulton Couty District Attorney Fani Willis divulged some details about what went on during the eight months the 23 jurors and three alternates heard testimony about Donald Trump's attempts to meddle with Georgia's election results.

Foreperson Emily Kohrs tells the AP that she had no prior idea that she would be taking part in proceedings that could lead to a historic indictment of a former president, although she quickly figured out that it was "a big freaking deal."

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'Really sick' Marjorie Taylor Greene 'hates Americans': Morning Joe

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for a "national divorce" to "separate red states from blue states," and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said that revealed that many Republicans "hate" other Americans.

The Georgia Republican has made similar suggestions in the past, but the "Morning Joe" host said her chatter, which came as President Joe Biden showed support to Ukraine by visiting war-torn Kyiv, showed the Republican Party was an extremist threat to the country.

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GOP 'buffoons' hate Biden so much that they're giving 'aid and comfort to Russia': Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Republican "buffoons" who delivered a propaganda victory to Russia by attacking President Joe Biden.

The president visited Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, and GOP lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs and others issued sharp criticism of Biden and U.S. assistance for the conflict -- and the "Morning Joe" host said their comments echoed Kremlin propaganda.

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