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MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace puzzled over J.D. Vance's nodding at Trump’s word salad

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace can't understand what is happening with J.D. Vance and Donald Trump.

Anthony Scaramucci, Trump's short-lived communications director, and "All In Together" co-founder Lauren Leader discussed the bizarre relationship between the GOP team.

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'Did Donald Trump actually vet this guy?' Conservative confused about 'liability' of Vance

Now that the dust has cleared from the Republican Party convention, Donald Trump's choice of vice presidential running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is prompting questions from conservative Charlie Sykes.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday's episode of "Deadline: White House," the editor-in-chief of The Bulwark questioned how Trump landed on Vance.

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Dem lawmakers say Trump ‘foolish enough to think he can win’ in Harris debate: strategist

A Democratic strategist said that top lawmakers anticipate Vice President Kamala Harris will wipe the floor with Donald Trump if the two meet in the presidential debate.

Speaking to MSNBC's Chris Jansing on Thursday, Michael Hardaway, a former aide to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), said that he's had calls from officials, donors and business leaders who are excited about Harris as the new nominee.

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DA Alvin Bragg responds to Trump's demand to kill verdict in hush money case

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued a response Thursday to Donald Trump's attempt to dismiss the ruling in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for official acts carried out when president. Justices left it to lower courts to decide what is and is not an "official act."

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J.D. Vance gets dropped by German publisher after becoming Trump's running mate

J.D. Vance's book "Hillbilly Elegy" has been dropped by it's German publisher.

According to Newsweek, the Berlin-based publisher Ullstein will no longer produce the translation of the senator's book after he became Donald Trump's running mate.

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Trump biographer points out ex-president's 'desperate and crazed' campaign email

Donald Trump's campaign sent an email to supporters that one of his former biographers is calling "desperate and crazed."

David Cay Johnston, author of "The Making of Donald Trump," pointed to the Thursday Trump email, which reads: "I'm putting together a MASSIVE response right here and now that leaves no doubt about our resolve in the face of PURE EVIL."

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Host raises Trump 'cognitive decline' after ex-president forgets talk he had weeks prior

SiriusXM Progress host Michelangelo Signorile is questioning Donald Trump's "cognitive decline" after he appears to have forgotten a potential nominee for Treasury Secretary.

Trump spoke with Bloomberg earlier this month and agreed that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon could be a potential candidate for the position.

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'Anyone ever see Trump laugh?' Analyst says those who don't laugh 'probably sociopaths'

One of the attacks Republicans have deployed against Kamala Harris is making fun of her laugh, a similar tactic used against Hillary Clinton, who was described in 2016 as "cackling," a sound a witch would make.

Republican Party social media accounts posted a video of Harris chuckling with the caption, "Kamala Harris brought her cackle to Milwaukee: 'Good afternoon, Wisconsin! Ha ha ha ha!'"

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MSNBC host pleads with Republicans to continue insulting Kamala Harris as 'DEI hire'

Current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) begged their party to stop attacking Vice President Kamala Harris's race and gender because it is hurting them.

But on Wednesday, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace sarcastically begged the GOP to continue promoting her as a "DEI hire," a pseudonym — which many have blasted as racist — insinuating she's an unqualified Black woman hired over other qualified candidates. Wallace spent years in Republican politics and served in George W. Bush's White House.

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'Extraordinary': Expert details how Bill Barr's team gave 'steer' on Roger Stone sentence

The Department of Justice Inspector General released a report Wednesday that cleared Donald Trump and his staff from any wrongdoing in the sentencing of far-right firebrand Roger Stone. The information it gives about the part played by the officie of Trump's Attorney General William Barr, however, was described by one national security expert as "extraordinary — but not illegal."

Commentator and writer Marcy Wheeler sorted through the 85-page report into how Stone's sentencing drew questions.

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'I had to turn the sound down!' Kamala Harris leaves fans ecstatic with latest speech

Vice President Kamala Harris' second speech as the Democratic Party's presumed presidential nominee was so raucous fans "had to turn the sound down," social media posts showed Wednesday.

Harris was speaking to the Grand Boulé of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority in Indiana, with electrifying response.

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'Anyone with a heart!' Furious 'The View' hosts bash J.D. Vance for childless women diss

"The View's" co-host Sara Haines blew up at Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) Wednesday over his claim that "childless" Democrats" "don't really have a stake" in the future of the country.

The all-female panel of hosts, in front of a heavily female audience, laid into the far-right lawmaker after he told the Fox network that "childless cat ladies" have taken control of the Democratic Party.

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'Republicans can't help themselves': Ex-GOP lawmaker warns Harris attacks are backfiring

Republicans are fumbling with attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris that are also offending women and people of color across the country, critics say.

As one former GOP lawmaker stated, they "can't help themselves."

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