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Trump's former Russia expert has a message for voters if he runs in 2024

President Donald Trump has teased a possible 2024 run, while others assume that it's merely a ploy to raise more money for his super PAC. But speaking to MSNBC's Ari Melber on Monday, former White House adviser on Russia, Fiona Hill, told voters what they need to think about first.

Hill's new book, There Is Nothing for You Here, is on sale Tuesday and outlines how her life led her to public service and her experience in the toxic Trump White House. She makes the case that he and his allies continue to be a significant threat to the existence of American democracy.

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Fiona Hill warns Russia could be 'a harbinger of things to come' for America

Dr. Fiona Hill was one of the many national security advisers that spoke out after in the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump after he attempted to bribe Ukraine.

In her new book, There Is Nothing for You Here, she warned that the United States could very easily become a post-Soviet Russia if the country continues on the path. She wrote that many of the public servants from the 1960s had to contend with the fact that appreciation for service and those who simply wanted to get the job done for America, was declining. They were quickly becoming easy targets for Trump and the MAGA world.

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Chamber of Commerce caves to GOP over infrastructure bill after getting booted off strategy calls

Although the Republican Party and the Chamber of Commerce have long rallied behind the same pro-business interests, that relationship was strained recently when the GOP kicked the Chamber off of their strategy calls.

PunchBowl news reported earlier this morning that Republicans were hosting strategy calls on the bipartisan infrastructure package and negotiations and booted the Chamber. But this evening the story took a different turn.

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GOP lawmaker's God-invoking video sounds like it was 'stripped from a jihadist playbook': MSNBC analyst

Experts spoke to MSNBC's Joy Reid Monday to convey the seriousness of recent propaganda pushed out by Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) and Steve Bannon.

Cawthorn released a video that critics likened to a call for Christian "holy war," where he stated that "we are going to stand valiantly, for God's, God's incredible inherent truths that predate any version of government."

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Group files complaint with California bar association against lawyer who penned infamous Trump Coup Memo

John Eastman's six-point memo outlined a plan for Vice President Mike Pence to reject the certified election results from key swing states and throw the election back to the state legislatures to decide.

Now a bipartisan group of officials, former judges and legal experts are asking the California Bar Association to investigate Eastman.

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Republicans flattened for calling for 'civility' from Dems when they’ve ignored it for decades

Ten months after supporters of President Donald Trump staged an attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republicans have decided that more civility is needed in politics.

Washington Post analyst Aaron Blake, however, is calling them out.

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Kyrsten Sinema’s approval rating crashes -- and she's hurting herself with independents as well as Dems

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is learning that there are major differences between her voters and conservative voters in West Virginia.

While Sinema may be aligning herself with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), voters in her home state are not rewarding her independent streak the same way West Virginia voters have traditionally rewarded Manchin.

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Kyrsten Sinema isn't quirky and eccentric — 'she's just bad at her effing job': John Oliver

"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver shredded Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) for playing "cute" while people in their states desperately need the programs outlined in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan.

West Virginia residents came to Washington, D.C. and rented kayaks to paddle out to Manchin's yacht on the Potomac River this week to discuss the bill with him. They'd been doing it all week, but it wasn't until late in the week that he finally responded. Videos of the incident show Manchin's voters begging him to care about the poor in his state while he shouted over the railing of the $250,000 boat named "Almost Heaven."

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California travelers kicked out of Hawaii after they faked COVID tests: police

Two visitors from California accused of filing fake negative COVID-19 test results with authorities have been arrested in Hawaii, police reported. The travelers, ages 34 and 33, both of Los Angeles, uploaded the fake results to the Hawaii Safe Travels program, according to a news release. Travelers must submit vaccine cards or negative COVID-19 tests to visit the islands without quarantining. The program flagged the fake tests, prompting an investigation by Hawaii authorities and the arrest Tuesday of the two suspects, police reported. They face a charge of unsworn falsification. Following the...

Giuliani associate Lev Parnas files court docs expressing concern over how past interviews might look in court

Lev Parnas heads to court this week, but he's concerned that the media will make him look bad. The problem, however, is that it wasn't the media, it was Parnas speaking to the media on camera.

Politico's Josh Gerstein uploaded the court documents explaining they would like potential jurors to be asked a series of questions that could help lawyers understand whether they have seen or read media about him, including his own interviews with CNN, MSNBC and others.

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US Supreme Court returns with explosive cases to decide — and approval rating at a new low

The US Supreme Court is slated to rule on several controversial issues in its 2021-2022 term, including abortion and gun control

Washington (AFP) - Abortion, gun rights, religious freedoms and potentially race: the US Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with blockbuster cases on its docket that could spotlight the influence of conservative justices chosen by Donald Trump.

For the first time in 18 months, the court's justices will be back on the bench in person -- although one member, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, recently tested positive for Covid-19 and will participate remotely.

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Trump demanded press secretary do a 'dramatic reenactment of the Ukraine call' for the media

Among the things included in former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham's new book was the note that former President Donald Trump wanted her to do a "dramatic reenactment" of his call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, said an excerpt from the Washington Post.

The call became part of the scandal that led to Trump's first impeachment. The Constitution specifically cites "bribery" as an impeachable offense and Democrats argued that the transcript of the call made it clear that Trump was attempting to bribe Zelensky.

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Analyst cites the numbers to prove Democrats can do better than Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is pretty much the best Democrats could get in West Virginia, explained Harry Enten for CNN.com. It would take a very strong Democrat who could work for several years to talk to voters directly. But in Arizona, things are different.

"Democrats can hope for more from an Arizona Democrat. Their party has a much easier time winning in Arizona than West Virginia," wrote Enten. "Start with what happened in last year's presidential election. President Joe Biden won the state of Arizona by 0.3 points. West Virginia, unlike Arizona, is a red state. Biden lost the state by 39 points. This came after Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton lost the state by more than 40 points in 2016."

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