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'Problem with his dentures': MSNBC host tries to decode what went wrong in Trump-Musk chat

An MSNBC host cracked jokes Tuesday over former President Donald Trump's interview with tech billionaire Elon Musk, which drew questions over Trump's slurred speech.

The slurred speech prompted responses from social media listeners on X, and on Tuesday, MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace questioned if it was something else.

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GOP candidate suggests raising retirement age amid Social Security shortfall in new video

Newly obtained video shows a Maryland Republican express support in 2020 for raising the retirement age to address a potential shortfall in Social Security benefits.

Neil Parrott, who is running for Congress in Democratic Rep. David Trone's vacated seat, told the Washington County Chamber of Commerce that the country needs to consider raising the retirement age to address a looming Social Security shortfall.

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Wisconsin Republican claims campaign ad defamed him — and sues TV stations

Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde has filed a lawsuit against several local television stations for running an ad from a Democratic political action committee. He's sued all of them except one, the Fox outlet.

Hovde is irate over an ad from WinSenate PAC, which he claims defamed him, WTAQ-WLUK reported Tuesday.

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Trump convinced no one — particularly women — during Elon interview: Ex-Nevada GOP chair

Former Nevada Republican Party chair Amy Tarkanian does not think Donald Trump's Monday interview with X owner Elon Musk won any new voters.

Speaking to International CNBC, Tarkanian explained that Trump's comments were nothing more than the same grievances over and over again.

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Judge with Tesla stock recuses from Elon Musk’s X lawsuit

A judge who owns stock in Tesla has recused himself from a lawsuit involving Elon Musk's social media site X, court documents show.

As an NPR report recently revealed, U.S. Federal Court Judge Reed O’Connor has been overseeing a number of lawsuits involving Musk and ruling in his favor.

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George Conway launches trolling campaign to bombard Trump with mental illness descriptions

Conservative lawyer and Donald Trump foe George Conway has started an online campaign designed to rile up the former president now he's returned to the social media site X.

Trump gave a wide-ranging interview with the platform's owner Elon Musk on Monday night, during which he was ridiculed for slurring his words and steamrolling the discussion.

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Report names '35 rogue election officials' already refusing to certify the election

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report Monday night identifying 35 "rogue election officials" who are refusing to certify the November election.

The report, available at this link, first addresses the eight states where officials refused to certify the 2020 election, identified in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

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January 6 investigator warns of another MAGA 'Big Lie' — this time involving Project 2025

Former investigator Timothy Heaphy, who served on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, is cautioning that the second "Big Lie" is already being crafted by Donald Trump and his allies.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said in a conversation with Heaphy on Monday that Jan. 6 and Charlottesville were horrible failures of law enforcement agents, who had ample intelligence ahead of the events.

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'Too good to be true': Ex-senator says it's karma that Trump may get 'taken out' by Harris

Former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is filled with glee as Vice President Kamala Harris takes on Donald Trump.

During the MSNBC show "Deadline White House" on Monday, host Nicolle Wallace called it "a phenomenon of a woman being underestimated." Meanwhile, Wallace talked about Harris' "political acumen" and "how much better she is than anyone expected."

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Fox Business host and Kellyanne Conway beg Trump: 'Less insults, more insights'

A Fox Business host and Kellyanne Conway — both former Donald Trump advisers — are on the outside looking in and neither likes what they're seeing.

Speaking Monday, Larry Kudlow ranted, "Don't wander off. Don't call her stupid and all kinds of names."

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A woman who stormed the Capitol for Trump is now backing Kamala Harris

Pamela Hemphill was one of the many supporters of Donald Trump who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, however, she calls it “the worst day in our history."

Heading into the 2024 election, where Donald Trump will once again be the Republican nominee, Hemphill said she is firmly on board with Vice President Kamala Harris, USA Today reported Monday.

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Reagan-appointed judge whacks Supreme Court's immunity ruling

Judge William G. Young was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1985 — but even he is drawing the line on the Supreme Court's decision on Donald Trump's immunity.

Newsweek reported Monday that Young wrote a footnote in a recent case in which he called out the Supreme Court for "eschewing historical analysis sought fundamentally to redesign the relationship between the sovereign people and the first citizen of the Republic" in their ruling over presidential immunity.

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Leaked memo sheds light on focus of upcoming $100M Trump ad campaign

An internal memo circulated to "interested parties" — and leaked to Politico — regarding Donald Trump's campaign against Kamala Harris sheds light on the tactic the former president's team is planning to take.

“Americans might vote for a liberal, but they won’t vote for a lunatic," top strategists David Lee and Chris Grant wrote in the memo, according to the news site.

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