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Anthony Scaramucci believes there's a 'civil war' raging inside Trump's campaign

Former Donald Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci believes a "civil war" is happening inside the ex-president's 2024 campaign.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday after Donald Trump's press conference, Scaramucci said the campaign was caught flat-footed in a battle that isn't about age.

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Read 10 Trump news conference claims that had fact-checkers scrambling

Donald Trump's apparently unscripted press conference sounded off several comments that left many spectators scratching their heads Thursday — with some saying it pointed to a candidate who's flailing to get his campaign back on track.

Trump spoke on numerous topics and voiced several old grudges he'd brought up before as he addressed the media at his Mar-a-Lago club — all as Kamala Harris' campaign shared clips of his speech online in real time.

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'Imploding on live TV!' Trump's press conference leaves many onlookers aghast

Former President Donald Trump held a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago country club on Thursday — and many viewers expressed shock at what they saw.

"Are we watching a mental breakdown in real time? What is going on," asked Chris Evans, a business owner and influencer with more than 250,000 followers on X.

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Trump agrees to face Kamala Harris in 3 televised debates

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump said he's agreed to take part in three televised debates with Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

Trump previously said he wasn't sure if he was going to do a debate because he'd initially agreed to face President Joe Biden, before he was replaced with Harris.

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'Flailing and ranting' Trump might be setting J.D. Vance up as 'fall guy': columnist

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) may be part of a set-up if one USA Today columnist is correct.

Humorist Rex Huppke confessed his thought was nothing more than a "liberal conspiracy theory," but he wondered if Donald Trump was setting up Vance to blame for his loss.

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'Get off the couch and vote': Ex-Republicans launch new ad welcoming Tim Walz to race

The "Never Trump" group the Lincoln Project released a new ad Thursday using the speech Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) made the night he was named Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate.

Mashing up videos of American flags and the images of a joyful Harris and Walz, the Lincoln Project contrasted it with videos of Donald Trump making an angry expression and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Walz's voice plays over it, promising things will be "much worse" if Trump's elected again.

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GOP looks like 'chimpanzees' flinging 'fecal remains at everyone': ex-White House reporter

The Republican Party and its candidates for president and vice president are really nothing more than "chimpanzees in the zoo" flinging their poo, wrote one columnist.

Veteran White House correspondent and reporter Brian Karem wrote on Thursday for Salon that Donald Trump and the GOP have been so woefully unprepared to run a campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris that they end up looking like petulant primates.

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Trump says liberals attack 'our brilliant and fair judges' — despite his own judicial jabs

Donald Trump had a multi-post meltdown on Truth Social Thursday morning and among his accusations were the allegations that Democrats are attacking "fair judges and justices."

"The Radical Left Lunatics always attack our Brilliant and Fair Judges and Justices," wrote the former president. "That’s the name of the game - They think they’ll 'cower,' and give them decisions that they don’t deserve."

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'Hangdog ex-husband' Vance set up for failure with 'stalker tour' of Harris: columnist

The Nation's Joan Walsh is out with a column calling J.D. Vance a "stalker" for following Vice President Kamala Harris around the country.

"The rollicking Harris-Walz lovefest was in sharp contrast with Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s dour appearance in Philly earlier in the day," Walsh described. "Vance is scheduled to trail the pair to all the swing states they plan to visit this week. What is Donald Trump doing, sending his weirdo running mate out to stalk the charismatic Democratic duo, like a hangdog ex-husband? The low-energy Trump has exactly one event this week, in the critical swing state of… Montana."

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'Laughing will be the undoing of your side': Fox News hosts erupt over 'Tampon Tim' jab

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) wants women to have tampons and pads if needed.

For generations, school restrooms have had ancient machines on the wall selling feminine hygiene products to kids who might need them if they start menstruating at school.

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Trump seems like he's 'telegraphing that he knows he's going to lose': MSNBC host Wallace

Former Republican communications staffer and current MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace has done her time on GOP campaigns and in George W. Bush's White House, but Donald Trump tends to leave her stumped.

Speaking to a panel of election experts Wednesday, Wallace said ongoing efforts to change election rules and certification laws contrast with Trump's desperation to appear strong. The reality, she said, is he's losing.

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Mike Pence's ex-chief of staff questions Vance's attacks on Walz's military service

Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, is a long-time Republican, but on Wednesday, even he couldn't understand the strategy behind J.D. Vance's attacks on Gov. Tim Walz's (D-MN) 24-year military career.

Vance, who served four years in the military and was a reporter for the Marines in Iraq, said Walz's retirement came before his unit went to Iraq and another Minnesota man complained to the New York Post that he was sent in Walz's place. Vance attacked Walz for "stolen valor" due to the report.

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'#BigDadEnergy': Internet claps as Walz pauses event to help rally-goer and pass out water

Social media erupted Wednesday afternoon as Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) took the stage in Wisconsin. But Walz shut down his speech momentarily when he saw someone fall ill under the hot Eau Claire sun.

Looking out across the large crowd gathered, Walz spotted the person off to his left, whom he immediately asked from the podium, "Can we get somebody to help?" He called, asking if someone could give the person water, noting the heat.

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