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'Mind-blowingly wild, reckless and stupid': MSNBC's Morning Joe unloads on Trump's 'Kraken' attorneys

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough went off on Donald Trump's campaign lawyers who are facing possible sanctions for lying about his election loss in various legal challenges.

Former Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and others clashed with a federal judge and each other during a six-hour hearing over their lawsuits seeking to overturn Michigan's presidential election results, and the "Morning Joe" host called for them to be disbarred over their ill-fated "Kraken" lawsuit.

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‘This was a full-on riot’: MSNBC's Morning Joe calls for punishing charges against MAGA insurrectionists

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called for punishing charges against Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol to send a message to others.

The "Morning Joe" host said federal judges must impose the harshest punishments possible against the MAGA rioters who attempted to violently overturn the certification of President Joe Biden's election win during the Jan. 6 assault because other Trump supporters are already plotting violence.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe rips 'phony populists' for railing against tech giants instead of breaking them up

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped "phony populist" Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for railing against tech giants without doing anything substantial to lessen their power.

The "Morning Joe" host upended claims in Donald Trump's lawsuit against Facebook, Google and Twitter that tech companies had gathered governmental powers to violate his First Amendment rights to post on their platforms, and accused Cruz and other Republicans of lying to voters about laws governing social media.

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'It's stupid!' MSNBC's Morning Joe slams JD Vance for shredding his reputation to imitate Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough lambasted J.D. Vance for disavowing his criticism of Donald Trump and remaking himself as a caricature of the twice-impeached one-term president.

The "Hillbilly Elegy" author has apologized for since-deleted tweets criticizing Trump during the 2016 election as he campaigns for the Republican nomination Ohio's U.S. Senate primary, and the "Morning Joe" host and conservative contributor Charlie Sykes debated the wisdom of Vance's position.

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'I'll say it right to his face!' MSNBC's Eddie Glaude unloads on critical race theory opponent Christopher Rufo

MSNBC's Eddie Glaude Jr. on Tuesday clashed with a conservative activist who's whipped up hysteria over so-called critical race theory lessons in American classrooms.

Conservative activist and filmmaker Christopher Rufo appeared Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where he insisted his arguments against classroom lessons unraveling the historical role of racism and white supremacy were inherently biased against white students, but Glaude explained why his claims were intentionally twisted.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe hoots with laughter as 'business genius' Trump admits his accountant broke tax laws

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough hooted with derision after Donald Trump apparently confirmed the crimes his longtime accountant was indicted on.

The "Morning Joe" host rolled video of Trump's rally speech over the weekend, where the twice-impeached one-term president claimed he didn't know his chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg had to pay taxes on fringe benefits the Trump Organization doled out.

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Trump watching warily as DeSantis rises as 2024 candidate: 'He built him -- and he could tear him down'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly seen as a likely 2024 presidential candidate, and Donald Trump is reminding allies that he could put an end to those White House ambitions.

The Florida governor has been careful not to anger Trump as his own political fortunes rise in the Republican Party, but Politico reporter Marc Caputo told MSNBC's "Way Too Early" that DeSantis remains wary of upsetting the twice-impeached one-term president ahead of a potential campaign of his own.

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Rudy Giuliani may have bigger problems on the horizon

Rudy Giuliani's law license has been suspended and he's being sued for spreading lies about Donald Trump's election loss -- and there's a chance he could even face criminal charges.

The ex-president's former lawyer and other Trump allies face potential criminal liability for inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, but New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the First Amendment will face a test in those cases.

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Matt Gaetz’s attack on Joint Chiefs is part of the GOP’s long-running attack against the military: report

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was schooled by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday, leading to a right-wing meltdown on Fox News. Overnight, the Republican-promoting network lashed out at Gen. Milley saying that his comments about race and being well-read was enough for the military to be defunded.

"Before this, there are no known examples of one of the two major political parties in the United States calling for defunding the U.S. military over a simple desire to understand what was behind an attack against the United States Capitol and Constitution, as Milley made clear," said MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "Nor is there any precedent for defunding the military over intellectual curiosity but here we are."

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'Absolute insanity!' MSNBC's Morning Joe rips Republicans for trying to take elections away from voters

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reacted to the news that nearly half of Republicans say it would have been appropriate for state legislatures to overturn Donald Trump's election loss.

A recent poll found 46 percent of Republicans would support a substantial departure from democratic norms to keep their party in power, which GOP-led state legislatures are trying to codify into law, and the "Morning Joe" host was stunned.

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MSNBC's Morning Joe busts Ron DeSantis for pushing Trump's election lies: 'There is no voting fraud'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans for pushing Donald Trump's election lies to undermine the will of voters.

The "Morning Joe" host said no credible evidence of fraud has emerged, but Republican legislatures are setting up a process to throw out the results of future elections if they don't like what voters choose.

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‘Pivotal’ new video evidence released in Capitol riot investigation

Newly released videos from the Jan. 6 insurrection shows how a small number of Donald Trump supporters instigated the breach of the U.S. Capitol.

The Justice Department released videos showing Charles Donohoe and other members of the Proud Boys militia preparing to storm the Capitol, and they were soon joined by other Trump supporters who had been encouraged a short time before by the former president to "fight" his election loss.

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MSNBC’s Morning Joe hilariously trolls ‘impotent’ Trump as Ron DeSantis grabs control of GOP

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed Donald Trump as a potential Republican challenger emerged, and he seemed to relish the fact the former president was powerless to respond.

The "Morning Joe" host opened the segment by archly hyping the news that Gov. Ron DeSantis had narrowly beaten Trump in a recent conservative straw poll, seemingly intended to infuriate the ex-president, if he was watching.

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