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Conservatives jump to defend man accused of election fraud scheme against Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump Jr. is among those conservative influencers who are defending an extreme right-wing social media influencer who was sentenced to seven months in prison for an election interference scheme against Black voters in 2016.

Despite consistently beating the drum of alleged "voter fraud," Republicans like the ex-president's son are lining up to support Douglass Mackey, who used his 58,000-follower social media account to push misinformation intended to trick Black people into believing they could vote by text message, shortly after discussing with his supporters the importance of limiting "Black turnout."

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White nationalist who killed Muslim family says he was radicalized by Alex Jones

A self-proclaimed white nationalist who ran down and killed a Muslim family says he was radicalized by watching outlets including Alex Jones' Infowars, Vice News reported.

Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is facing four murder charges, one charge of attempted murder, and terrorism charges. He has pleaded not guilty but does not deny he ran down the family after he wrote an anti-Muslim manifesto. He also said he hoped to inspire more anti-Muslim attacks.

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'This is an insurrection': Marjorie Taylor Greene loses it at Capitol protesters

In a clash on Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused pro-Palestinian protesters of being "insurrectionists."

Broadcasting from a balcony at the Capitol, Greene shared a live stream of the protesters she was filming. She accused them of being insurrectionists while griping about the treatment of Jan. 6 defendants.

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'War is coming': Marjorie Taylor Greene tests new conspiracy theory about violence

It has been just a few weeks since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) begged the anti-war group Code Pink for a photo with their activists, but she's now anticipating a war.

"The war in Ukraine must END!" posted Greene the first week of October. "Today, I met brave @codepink activists who protested for peace in Bernie Sanders’ office. He had 11 of them arrested! Peace & free speech shouldn’t be a partisan issue. We don’t agree on most things, but we do agree Congress should STOP fueling the war in Ukraine!"

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MTG's political rise followed same path as Capitol rioter's radicalization: op-ed

In a post to X this Sunday, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene commented on a clip from Alexandra Pelosi's documentary "The Insurrectionist Next Door" in which Pelosi tries to get Jan. 6 defendant Paul Hodgkins to admit that he was misled by former President Donald Trump.

Then Pelosi, the filmaker daughter of Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), interviews him eight months later. She finds Hodgkins is still consuming right-wing media.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene received $10K from McCarthy ahead of vote to keep him as speaker

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) received donations from Rep. Kevin McCarthy's political action committee (PAC) ahead of her vote not to remove him as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a FEC fundraising report released on Sunday, McCarthy's Majority Committee PAC is listed on two of six PAC donations made to Greene's congressional campaign between July 1 and Sept. 30.

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'Dumpster fire time': Conservative has little hope after Jim Jordan nomination

Despite the fact that the House GOP caucus has settled on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as their second choice to become House speaker, after a brief flirtation with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) fell apart, one conservative claims he sees no end to the madness that has mired the party in infighting and chaos.

In his column for the Daily Beast, Matt Lewis succinctly summed up the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) with no real plan for his replacement as a complete embarrassment to the party he belongs to.

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Bill Maher mocks Donald Trump with comparison to world record-winning pumpkin

Bill Maher on Friday night took a shot at Donald Trump while highlighting a news story showing a 2,749-pound pumpkin that broke a world record.

Maher, who also slammed Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert earlier in the same episode, was covering a recent news story about a pumpkin named Michael Jordan that reportedly smashed world size records.

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'Where were the space lasers?' Bill Maher slams Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert

As U.S. and Israeli officials pondered what went wrong that the recent Hamas attack was allowed to happen, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was left thinking, "Where were the space lasers?" Bill Maher joked Friday night.

On Real Time with Bill Maher, the host spent much of his introduction talking about people who appeared to side with Hamas in its attack of Israel.

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Cancer survivor Jamie Raskin shames GOP for tanking Scalise speaker bid over diagnosis

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was nominated by his Republican colleagues for speaker of the House, but many of them subsequently refused to back him – in part because of his cancer diagnosis.

Scalise announced earlier this year that he has multiple myeloma – a type of blood cancer that is treatable but not curable.

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GOP's Nancy Mace scrambling to be Trump's running mate – but he 'absolutely hates' her

A new wannabe contender for Donald Trump's running mate has emerged, but she's got a major obstacle to her goal.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has drawn attention to herself with frequent appearances on cable news, attention-seeking stunts and brash social media posts, and three South Carolina Republicans told The Daily Beast that she's been floating herself as a vice president pick, but a source close to Trump said he "absolutely hates Nancy Mace," while one of her former aides put it more bluntly.

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Far-right lawmakers' plan would bring House GOP infighting into full view of citizens

One lawmaker wants to bring the backdoor brawls for the next speaker out in the open.

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is fed up with the secret jockeying in the recesses of the Capital Building as the Republicans try to pick the party’s next leader of the House, pushing for the decision to be made in the open.

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Steve Scalise may drop out after winning nomination for Speaker: report

Less than 24 hours after the House GOP nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be the next Speaker, the Louisiana Republican who has served in Congress for 15 years reportedly is expected to drop out of the race. Nine days ago Republicans ousted their elected Speaker, Kevin McCarthy.

Newsmax late Thursday morning (video below) reports Scalise is unable to corral enough votes, and, according to their sources, "is expected to drop out of the race" as soon as today.

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