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Man who called 911 for help after crashing car is shot and killed by police during apparent 'delusional' episode

Christian Glass, 22, called Colorado police back in June after he crashed his car and got it stuck in a bush, but the ordeal ended with police shooting and killing him, 9News reported.

Deputies and officers from several agencies tried to persuade Glass, who was apparently having a mental episode, to exit his vehicle, but he wouldn't, saying he was terrified.

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New MAGA 'brain trust' reveals a 'worldview' that is 'more dangerous' than Donald Trump: conservative

Among Never Trump conservatives, there has been a lot of debate over whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be more dangerous to have in the White House in 2025. One school of Never Trumper thought argues that Trump would be more dangerous because he is undisciplined and lacks self-control; another Never Trumper argument, however, is that DeSantis would be more dangerous because he is a more focused and disciplined version of Trump. But one thing those Never Trumpers agree on is that the MAGA movement in general has an authoritarian mindset.

Conservative Daily Beast opinion columnist Matt Lewis, in a September 13 column, analyzes some of the MAGA Republicans who are being mentioned as possible post-Trump options for the GOP — namely, DeSantis and Blake Masters, who is running against incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in Arizona’s 2022 U.S. Senate race. And the main thing they have in common, according to Lewis, is an affinity for “heavy-handed” authoritarianism.

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'Marjorie Taylor Greene pushed the Big Lie and drove those people to the Capitol': Marcus Flowers pushes back

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced a trio of impeachment resolutions against President Biden on Friday, calling for him to be removed from office over his handling of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and over his investments in renewable energy.

Here's a look at Greene on Real America's Voice with Steve Bannon:

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Trump faces new legal threats amid investigation into 'Stop the Steal' fundraising scheme

People close to Donald Trump are facing new legal problems connected to the DOJ's investigation of the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, this time it's related to the "We Build the Wall" fundraising scheme. According to The Washington Post's Greg Sargent, "it couldn’t be happening to a nicer bunch of grifters."

"There are approximately 40 new subpoenas, according to the Times, and some are aimed at probing efforts to get fake presidential electors appointed to further Trump’s plot to thwart certification of President Biden’s victory," Sargent writes. "That’s commanding much attention, as the Justice Department’s investigation of that particular scheme appears to be seriously advancing."

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Failed GOP candidate accused of groping employees and offering $15,000 raises for sex: report

According to a report from the Columbia Post-Courier, a Midlands, South Carolina attorney with an impressive string of election losses as a Republican candidate for various offices, including the U.S. House of Representatives, has been accused of sexual harassment, taking accused prostitute clients into the backroom for sex and offering female employees up to a $15,000 raise for providing sex as part of their duties.

The Post-Courier reports, "Billy Oswald, a 74-year-old personal injury attorney who has been active in Lexington County politics for decades," is on the receiving end of a lawsuit from former secretary Sharon Ross who worked for him for over a decade before quitting in 2020.

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Republicans baffled by Lindsey Graham's abortion ban: 'There’s obviously a split of opinion'

Sen. Lindsey Graham's abortion ban legislation caught his fellow Republicans off guard.

The South Carolina Republican announced a bill barring abortion access after 15 weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, which has seemingly galvanized Democrats and women voters ahead of the midterm elections, and other GOP senators questioned the timing, reported Politico.

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Trump's 'battle' is just beginning after judge agrees on special master pick: legal expert

According to former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore, the battle over documents taken by Donald Trump to his Mar-a-Lago report that DOJ is blocked from reviewing is only just beginning as it appears a special master pick by Trump's lawyers has been approved by the DOJ.

Speaking with host Kate Bolduan, Moore said a whole host of questions about what Trump-nominated Judge Aileen Cannon will allow will still need to be litigated as the former president's attorneys tried to limit the scope of the investigation.

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Republican county election commissioner is arrested and charged by the FBI

A New York Republican board of elections commissioner was arrested this Tuesday by the FBI while on his way to work, the Times Union reports.

Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner Jason T. Schofield was under investigation for his use of an online portal to obtain absentee ballots -- an investigation that led to the guilty plea earlier this year of a Troy councilwoman. The charges against Schofield remain sealed pending his first court appearance.

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Armed man wearing rainbow wig said he'd restore Trump as 'president king' and 'kill Democrats': police

A Pennsylvania Trump supporter has been arrested after he barged into a local Dairy Queen and informed patrons he was working to restore Trump as "president king" while also vowing to "kill Democrats."

TribLive reports that 61-year-old Jan Stawovy of Hempfield, Pennsylvania this week walked into a local Dairy Queen carrying a loaded handgun and started raving about his "undercover" work to "to restore Trump to President King of the United States."

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Alex Jones punished by Connecticut judge before latest defamation trial begins

A Connecticut judge imposed sanctions on Alex Jones for his “egregious” refusal to turn over evidence to Sandy Hook families suing him for defamation.

Judge Barbara Bellis sanctioned the right-wing conspiracy theorist Tuesday morning at the start of his second defamation trial after his legal team failed to turn over Google Analytics to the plaintiffs, which she said had been a troubling pattern from previous cases, reported Law & Crime.

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'How much more obvious can it get?' QAnon believers ecstatic over Trump's endorsement in latest meme

On Tuesday, VICE reported that QAnon adherents are rejoicing over former President Donald Trump's increasingly open embrace of their movement, symbols, and slogans.

" Trump shared a picture of himself wearing a Q lapel pin, overlaid with the QAnon phrases 'The Storm is Coming' and 'WWG1WGA,' on his Truth Social account on Monday evening. The post had been originally shared on Truth Social by an account called 'Patriots in Control,' before Trump re-shared it," reported David Gilbert. "'How much more obvious can it get?' one QAnon follower asked in the QAnon-focus Great Awakening forum."

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'Out-maneuvered' Trump lawyers' 'desperation' is showing in latest filing: legal expert

According to criminal defense attorney Shan Wu, the recent legal filing from Donald Trump's lawyers objecting to the Department of Justice's counter-argument on appointing a special master and what constitutes a "classified" document is an embarrassment to the legal profession.

In a column for the Daily Beast, the attorney who specializes in white-collar crime claims that, from what he has seen from the dueling motions, the former president's lawyers are overmatched and have no clue how to defend their client.

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Legal experts demand action after bombshell book details rampant DOJ corruption

It shouldn't be a surprise that corruption was running rampant throughout the government of Donald Trump. The last six years have been filled with stories about ethics problems by Cabinet officials, political retaliation, self-protection, political promotion and more.

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig addressed Republicans grappling with Trump's scandals, saying, "this is a person that has crossed so many lines: legal, ethical, moral, every line you can imagine, presidential norms be damned. Every single things we can think of."

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