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Jim Inhofe does not want disgraced former Trump secretary to have his Senate seat

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) announced this year that he would retire after a career in politics that has spanned 55 years, beginning in the Oklahoma House in 1967. The announcement sent many GOP officials in the state scrambling to snap up the gig in a safe Republican seat.

One such Republican was disgraced former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who was asked to resign after many scandals involving bizarre purchases on the government dime and living in energy lobbyists' home in Washington, D.C. Trump was so angry with Pruitt that he fired him without even speaking to him.

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Anti-gay slur spewing man punches 22-year old in brutal NYC subway attack

"I'm sick of all you (expletive)," said a man on the New York City subway last Thursday evening during a vicious attack, reported ABC 7.

The victim said that they were riding the A-train near 190th Street Thursday night when a person sat across from them and began making threatening remarks.

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John Bolton says Trump's use of burner phones was 'deliberate'

National Security Adviser John Bolton spoke to CNN on Thursday morning to give further information about his claim that Donald Trump was lying when he said he didn't know what a "burner phone" was.

Bolton reiterated a Tuesday comment that he heard the ex-president use the words "burner phones a number of times... It was a term he kind of liked. He would say, 'they have these burner phones.' The former president's acquaintance with the truth is often very casual. This is a good example of it."

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Trump rages at Morning Joe and 'his psycho wife' for criticizing his Russia remarks

Former President Donald Trump has reignited his grievances with "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

In a statement, Trump gave to his press person to tweet for him, the ex-president personally attacked the MSNBC hosts because they refuse to report on discredited allegations about Biden's son.

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Ethics experts nail Trump for using taxpayer money to score profits post-presidency

Former President Donald Trump sent out an official statement from the Office of the Former President that he's got 100,000 copies of his picture book with hand-written post-it-notes. The book is essentially self-published by his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. through a company he co-founded.

Insider noted that Trump has also promoted his golf clubs in Miami, Los Angeles, and West Palm Beach, Florida, all through official government channels that are being paid for at taxpayer expense.

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'He's lost my trust': Kevin McCarthy implies Madison Cawthorn lied about salacious tales — and warns of consequences

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) didn't comply with President Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment about never speaking ill of his own party. Instead, Cawthorn yucked it up with an associate on camera about how Washington, D.C., is nothing more than a over-sexed version of "House of Cards."

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced that he would be speaking with Cawthorn after his tell-all conversation about "orgies" and officials fighting the drug war while also "doing a bump of cocaine."

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You 'can’t build consensus with insurrectionists!' The View battles conservative demand for bipartisanship

"The View" co-hosts got into a heated discussion on Wednesday about President Joe Biden's agenda being effectively killed by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) along with the GOP.

The show welcomed Lincoln Project's Tara Setmayer to debate the conservative perspective, who faced off against Sunny Hostin explaining that America supports progressive legislation. Setmayer claimed that the U.S. isn't a left-leaning country, the voters are centrists.

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The ‘Heartland movement’ is gaining steam in Mormonism – but critics say it has disturbing racist undertones

A new article published by the Salt Lake Tribune explains the so-called "Heartland movement," which is a group of Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS) members who believe the Book of Mormon events took place in Missouri, Indiana, Iowa and other places throughout the United States. Belief in the theory is on the rise thanks to Christian nationalists and white nationalists.

"Speaking to packed conference halls and Latter-day Saint chapels, [Heartland theorist Wayne May] alludes constantly to a conspiracy by sophists in the ivory tower and — in some cases — the suits in Salt Lake City to obscure the truth that a once-great people of the eastern United States, known as the Hopewells were the warring clans whose bloody saga constitutes the majority of the Book of Mormon," said the report.

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Susan Collins needs to admit she was wrong that Trump 'learned his lesson': CNN's Avlon

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has faced years of criticism and scrutiny after 2020 her vote to acquit former President Donald Trump of any wrongdoing for attempting to extort Ukraine. After the vote, she told CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, "I believe the president has learned from this case...I believe he will be much more cautious in the future."

CNN's John Avlon talked about the recent report of a missing 7.5 hours of call logs from the White House. But to host Brianna Keilar, Trump's recent comments begging Russia for help is just as important.

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Trump's new lawyer has been suspended from the Florida bar twice — and he's also a poet

Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba has appeared all over right-wing television to spin the ex-president's cases, but it appears a new lawyer is in town to join the mission.

The Daily Beast is reporting that Florida lawyer Peter Ticktin has joined the long list of legal representation for the self-described billionaire. The two go back to their early years in military school, where Ticktin helped get "ladies' man" printed under Trump's picture.

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Does the Justice Department's request for more lawyers show something is about to happen?

Some members House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol ranted that the Justice Department needed to step in after the exorbitant amount of information uncovered by them. There have been similar calls from partisans and activists, but there could be an indication that something is afoot.

Ex-conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin noted a recent request by the DOJ for an increase in the 2023 fiscal year budget so that they can hire 80 new attorneys.

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Bob Woodward: Unlikely that 'telephone addict' Trump didn’t call anyone for 7 hours during Jan. 6 riot

Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Bob Woodward explained that former President Donald Trump "is a telephone addict," and any idea that he didn't speak to anyone for seven hours is "unlikely."

Paperwork revealed by Woodward and Robert Costa in the Washington Post showed more than 7 hours and 30 minutes in which Trump's phone calls were not logged. It's prompting questions about whether Trump or his allies were using burner phones or other cell phones to keep any communication off the record.

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Michael Wolff's book claims Trump was talking to various 'callers' during mysterious 7-hour gap

The mysterious gap in the White House call logs on Jan. 6, 2021, are being called into question because it was reported that former President Donald Trump spoke to several people during the siege on the U.S. Capitol.

While Trump finished his speech and returned to the White House by 1:20 p.m., the call logs don't reveal any calls happened again until 6:54 p.m.

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