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Hunter Biden's lawyer claims he has proof J6 masterminds also 'fabricated' laptop lies

Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman (VA) has joined the legal team for Hunter Biden, similar to what he did for the Jan. 6 committee in exploring the tech pieces of the conspiracies that the GOP has pushed for the past three years.

Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday, Riggleman explained he has been working on the "technical and analytical report compared to phone forensics" as it pertains to the infamous laptop. "And I've been tracking data over the past two years."

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Alex Jones begs for God to destroy the Earth 'for the children'

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has a new desperate prayer to God: kill everyone.

Speaking on his Sunday show, Jones' logic was a little convoluted, but essentially he wants the world to be blown up before anyone else can do it.

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Dead birds pop up in Oklahoma City: Like 'a Hitchcock movie'

"Like a scene out of a Hitchcock movie," said one Oklahoma woman while standing outside of a Starbucks. She sent Raw Story a video of the grass and parking lot.

At a number of spots around the Oklahoma City and Mustang, Oklahoma area, dead birds are covering the ground.

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Fox correspondent miffed reporters didn't ask Biden about cocaine during a flight to Europe

President Joe Biden is en route to London ahead of a NATO meeting this week. Reporters aboard the plane asked the president a number of questions during the "gaggle," but there was one question that was not asked that Fox's Lucas Tomlinson was very upset about: cocaine.

"Well, a gaggle was just held aboard Air Force One with President Biden heading to Europe," Tomlinson told host Eric Shawn. "Sadly, no reporters asked about the cocaine, so we do not have an immediate update."

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Jack Smith might want to chat with former Homeland Security aide after bombshell book leak: ex-prosecutor

A leak from former top Homeland Security aide Miles Taylor's new book "Blowback" revealed Donald Trump was flashing classified information around to reporters. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner explained on Sunday that a key piece of this information can be used by special counsel Jack Smith in the classified document scandal.

Speaking to MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian, Kirschner explained that this isn't directly related to the classified documents that Donald Trump took upon leaving the White House. What there does appear to be, he explained, is a lot of "factual overlap."

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Peggy Noonan reveals the moment she mocked a former GOP officeholder and Trump loyalist to his face

Writing in her column for the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, conservative Peggy Noonan described one of her New York parties in which a Republican voter implored her to see reason and support former President Donald Trump.

"A former officeholder quickly made his way to me to speak of his hero," she wrote. "He referred to the Abraham Accords and the economy and said: 'Surely you can admit he was a good president.'"

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DeSantis at risk of losing it all 'in the next couple of weeks': former GOP House member

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has struggled to explain why he's still considered a viable candidate when his poll numbers are sinking despite a heavy campaign schedule. Headlines all include words like "stalling," "sagging," and "struggling to find its footing," MSNBC's Alex Witt explained at the top of the hour.

She played a clip of DeSantis appearing on Fox with Maria Bartiromo, who asked how he can still justify his campaign when he's such a failure. DeSantis blamed it on the media.

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Ex-senator says Rudy Giuliani is inches from turning on Trump given news of new agreement

Rudy Giuliani has been invited to speak to special counsel Jack Smith more than once, according to multiple reports. One was about the shouting match inside the Oval Office about seizing voting machines and other arguments.

Speaking to former prosecutor and former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) and legal analyst and former prosecutor Harry Litman, MSNBC substitute host Ayman Mohyeldin asked how much trouble Rudy Giuliani might be in given campaign finance schemes.

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The fake electors scheme was 'a straightforward crime': Ex-prosecutor warns Boris Epshteyn

Donald Trump's longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn might be part of the forthcoming indictments involving the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election if former prosecutor Harry Litman is correct.

Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday, substitute host Ayman Mohyeldin played a clip of Epshteyn in an interview with Ari Melber on Jan. 22, 2022.

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Josh Hawley demolished by hometown newspaper for tweeting fake founding father quote

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was bashed by his home state newspaper after an Independence Day Twitter post that promoted a fake Founding Father quote that promotes Christian nationalism.

Hawley sang the praises of what he said was abolitionist Patrick Henry's words: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ," Hawley quoted.

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Judge orders more details of the FBI's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate be made public

The vast majority of information released thus far in Donald Trump's classified documents trial has been redacted, with large black squares appearing on page after page. That secrecy was reduced Wednesday – but only by a little.

Court documents show that Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered that more details of the justifications given to secure a search warrant letting FBI agents into Mar-a-Lago be revealed to the public. However, he denied the release of the entire affidavit.

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J6 rioter threatened Raskin and McCarthy before targeting Obama: feds

The Washington Post is reporting court documents reveal that the man accused of heading to Barack Obama's Washington, D.C. home with a gun had threatened lawmakers in the past.

Prosecutors on Wednesday detailed the criminal history of Taylor Taranto, the Jan. 6 participant and QAnon loyalist who was arrested on June 29.

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'A whole new world': Former FBI counsel calls new social media ruling a danger to national security

Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann sounded off Wednesday about the recent decision to restrict communication between the government and social media companies.

Speaking to MSNBC, Weissmann explained that the ruling from a conservative Donald Trump-appointed federal judge is a result of the issue being politicized by the GOP.

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