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Pool boy reveals how Trump fixer secured endorsement by getting Falwell Jr out of blackmail jam

A new documentary explores how Donald Trump's attorney helped broker a deal that got Jerry Falwell Jr. out of a blackmail scheme and landed the evangelical leader's crucial endorsement.

Giancarlo Granda, the one-time pool boy who carried on a sexual relationship with Becki Falwell with her husband's blessing, tells his story in explicit detail in "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty," a new film directed by Billy Corben ("Cocaine Cowboys") and produced by Adam McKay ("The Big Short"), reported The Daily Beast.

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'She's gone': Marjorie Taylor Greene flees local TV interview after she didn't like the questions

Hosts of a local Georgia call-in show were confused this week when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green suddenly disappeared (R-GA) when questions came in.

The show "Night Talk" on UCTV in North Georgia has citizens call in to ask questions. While Greene was happy to answer questions from co-host Judy O'Neal, about the scandals she's faced over the past few years, including the text messages she exchanged with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about attempting to overthrow the 2020 election.

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'Not sure the ruse works': George Conway says Dinesh D'Souza publisher's plan to avoid lawsuits may flop

Earlier this year, right-wing publisher Regnery recalled author Dinesh D'Souza's book on fears that it could lead to Dominion Voting Systems-style defamation lawsuits due to its allegations of voter fraud against a host of nonprofit entities.

NPR this week got a copy of the new edition of the D'Souza book "2,000 Mules" and found that sections of the book that "accused specific, named nonprofit organizations of involvement in illegal 'ballot trafficking' has been rewritten, softening certain claims and outright removing the names of the groups."

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Trump cited infamous tweet to Bob Woodward as proof he wanted to unite the country

Donald Trump left office as the most unpopular president since modern polling began, but he expressed some sense of regret in an interview with Bob Woodward.

The Washington Post journalist released hours of recordings he made with the former president, who conceded that many Americans didn't like him, and he cited his infamously habitual holiday greetings as proof that he could bridge that divide.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene swatted at her Georgia home for the sixth time

Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was the victim of another "swatting" incident at her home, Fox 5 Atlanta reports.

Greene said this is the sixth time someone has called police to her Georgia home by making false report.

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Judge calls fake billionaire Justin Costello an 'economic danger' to the public

A fake billionaire was blasted by a federal judge on Tuesday, calling him an "economic danger" to the American public.

CNBC reported that Justin Costello was denied bail by U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Butcher, who called him a "serious" flight risk.

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Pennsylvania man buried 6-year-old daughter alive in backyard and left her overnight: police

A southwest Pennsylvania man has been arrested for brutally abusing his 6-year-old daughter.

John Kraft, of Waynesburg, was jailed after police interviewed the girl and her siblings, who said their father buried the girl alive in a hole in their yard overnight that left her smelling like sewage, reported KDKA-TV.

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New Secret Service documents reveal shocking knowledge of Jan. 6 threats well before the Capitol attack

The U.S. Secret Service is continuing to come under fire for its behavior around the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol and the overall efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

In new documents obtained by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) it was revealed that the Secret Service failed to notify the Capitol Police for over an hour of an assassination plot against Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who serves as the Senate Majority Leader.

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Mark Meadows still trying to wriggle out of Georgia subpoena in Trump election probe

Mark Meadows is resisting a subpoena to appear before an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia.

The former White House chief of staff has asked a judge in Pickens County, South Carolina, where he now lives, to reject an order by Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors to compel his testimony next month into Trump's wide-ranging efforts to subvert the 2020 election, including a January 2021 phone call with secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, reported Politico.

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'You say it's your body': Marjorie Taylor Greene battles Georgia woman over abortion rights

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tangled with a Georgia voter who disagreed with her on whether or not a 10-year-old girl should be forced to have her rapist's child.

The confrontation occurred during a Monday night call-in show on UCTV. The clip was first reported by Aaron Rupar.

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Christian nationalists gain influence over US politics -- even as their numbers shrink: analysis

Republican candidates have openly embraced Christian nationalism, but the actual number of Americans who agree with their viewpoint has decreased in the last five years.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has declared herself a Christian nationalist, and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano claims the U.S. is a Christian nation and that church and state should not be separate, while right-wing activists like Michael Flynn and ReAwaken America tour organizer Clay Clark promote those same ideas -- and research shows their influence is growing even as their numbers shrink, reported the Washington Post.

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Abortion, inflation and assault rifles: the US midterms ad war

From a rapping granny to assault rifles, candidates in the US midterm elections have sparred on the airwaves with viral-worthy stunts to stand out to voters.

Here's a look at some of the most talked about campaign ads:

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Sean Spicer berates Marjorie Taylor Greene for looking 'horrible' in NY Times interview

Newsmax contributor Sean Spicer blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for looking "horrible" in an interview with The New York Times.

On Tuesday, Spicer told Newsmax host John Bachman that conservatives should not participate in traditional media interviews.

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