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Trumpism continues to thrive despite Trump himself suffering 'effectual exile': columnist

Donald Trump persists in projecting the image of a guy who's going to run for president (again). He basically makes that declaration at his "rallies" around the country, in online statements and fundraising emails. While Trumpism thrives in today's GOP in the personification of the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ron DeSantis and others, some are questioning how viable a candidate Trump would be in the 2024 election.

One of those is Guardian opinion columnist Rebecca Solnit. She writes: "One of the assumptions is that Trump will still be alive and competent to run, but the health of this sedentary shouter in his mid-70s, including the after-effects of the Covid-19 he was hospitalised for in 2020, could change." Solnit also lays out a long list of factors that would make for serious headwinds if Trump decides to run again.

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REVEALED: Marjorie Taylor Greene purchased Lockheed Martin stock two days before Russian invasion

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) purchased stock from the largest military contractor in the United States less than a week before Russia invaded Ukraine, according to financial disclosures.

In a filing that was dated Monday, Greene said that she had purchased between $1,001-$15,000 worth of Lockheed Martin (LMT) stock on Feb. 22. The purchase was first reported by congresstrading.com.

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'No longer inevitable': British admiral casts doubt Putin's 'decimated' forces can win in Ukraine

Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday Morning program, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces speculated that Vladimir Putin's "decimated" military forces currently involved in the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will not be able to provide him with the victory he desires.

Cautioning that he expects the Russian president to ramp up attacks on Ukrainian armed forces and citizens, Admiral Tony Radakin claimed the incursion "is not going well," reports the Independent.

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Republicans treading carefully on Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination with fears about midterm impact: report

According to a report from Politico, Republican senators who will be taking part in a historic vote that could place the first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court are weighing their options on how hard they should oppose her with an eye on the midterm election in November.

With Republicans expected to reclaim the House and make a run at possibly making inroads in the Democratic-controlled Senate, senators are treading carefully on her nomination, mindful that it is likely inevitable she will be seated.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene won't deny being 'pro-Putin' during argument with Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) clashed with retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman after the Ukraine expert accused her party of being on the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a series of tweets on Sunday, Greene blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the "weakness" of President Joe Biden.

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Top midwestern paper calls out the GOP for allowing white nationalists to 'flourish' in scathing editorial

On Monday, the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch took the Republican party to task for doing virtually nothing to clamp down on members of their caucus for appearing at a white nationalist convention in Florida and aligning themselves with some of the leaders of the growing racist movement that gained strength during Donald Trump's four years as president.

White House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) did condemn Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), but the paper's editors believe the GOP leadership has not done enough.

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'I want them to shut up': Republicans angry Kevin McCarthy is impotent in dealing with GOP extremism

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says many things, mostly because he desperately wants to become Speaker of the House. He recently promised that he's going to have a talk with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA.) and and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) about their "appalling" decision to speak at a conference organized by a far-right fringe figure and self-proclaimed white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

Greene smiled and waved to the crowd right after Fuentes asked for a “round of applause for Russia” as Vladimir Putin rained down missiles and mortars on Ukraine. It's not clear exactly what McCarthy plans to say to Greene and Gosar or when, but as Politico reports he might be postponing "the talk" because there's really nothing he can do to control their behavior.

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'Threatening their livelihood': Democrats target pro-Trump attorneys for disbarment

Democratic operatives are working behind the scenes to expose and disbar more than 100 attorneys who worked on Donald Trump's election-related lawsuits.

The 65 Project, a dark money group with ties to Democratic Party donors, plans to begin filing complaints this week and airing TV ads in battleground states to prevent other right-wing lawyers from working on future Republican attempts to overturn election losses, reported Axios.

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Paul Gosar's long list of white-supremacy ties exposed in a detailed report

CNN's investigative unit the KFile made a detailed analysis of Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-AZ) long history with white supremacists. It's been over the past few years that Gosar's statements have been highlighted as he grows more and more extremist.

It was only last year that he posted a video showing himself attacking and assassinating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and newly elected President Joe Biden. In Oct. 2021, he tweeted then deleted white supremacists and antisemitic meme that made major news back in his home state.

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Putin's media allies flipping out after being flooded with 'thousands of texts and photos' of Russian military dead: report

According to a report from the Daily Beast's Russian media expert Julia Davis, Russian media personalities, who have been making excuses for Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, are bitterly complaining that they are being flooded with texts critical of their positions as well as upsetting photos of dead Russian soldiers supposedly killed during the invasion.

Writing that Putin's "top propagandists are most concerned about getting bombarded with text messages and losing the information war to Ukraine," than with the invasion itself, Davis provided examples of their complaints.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene on Ukraine: ‘The people that are suffering the most are the ones that are dying’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "madman" but said that President Joe Biden is "the worst part" and "responsible" for the war in Ukraine.

At a rally in support of gun rights on Saturday, Greene seemed to condemn Putin for the war in Ukraine while blaming Biden for the conflict.

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Speaker at Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2nd Amendment rally cites Ukraine as reason to buy guns

Former Sen. David Perdue (GA) used the war in Ukraine over the weekend to push gun ownership in the United States.

At a Second Amendment rally organized by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Perdue connected the conflict in Ukraine to gun rights in the United States.

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