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'Coward' Nikki Haley mocked for claiming she'll support Trump after saying 'we shouldn't have followed him'

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to be making a shift from her attacks on former President Donald Trump after Jan. 6. Now she appears to want room for supporting him once again.

While announcing that she wouldn't seek the presidency in 2024 if Trump does, Haley was ridiculed for the turnabout.

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The line of Republican sleezebags is long and Matt Gaetz is only the latest -- with more to follow: columnist

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) isn't the only Republican in office with questionable ethics. In fact, the GOP has spent years welcoming the morally questionable into their party and putting them up for election.

Daily Beast columnist Danielle Tcholakian noted that the tactics Gaetz is employing to save his fledgling career are the same as those who've come before him.

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Ron DeSantis dodges questions about pal Matt Gaetz’s legal troubles

Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't want anything to do with the expanding problems of Florida Republicans like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and former tax collector Joel Greenberg.

According to Florida Politics, DeSantis dodged questions about Gaetz on Monday when asked. The two men seemed attached at the hip during the 2018 election, appearing at several events together. There don't appear to be any photos of the two men anywhere on DeSantis' campaign page, but there certainly are on Gaetz's page.

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Startling report reveals the dramatic rise of domestic terrorism during the Trump years

During President Donald Trump's term in office, the Department of Homeland Security turned its focus from threats facing the homeland to leftist groups the administration viewed as a threat, reports revealed last year. Now the data is clear that the four years Trump led, right-wing terrorism flourished in the United States.

The Washington Post compiled the data into a shocking chart showing the dramatic increase.

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Arrests of Capitol attackers prove Trump’s ‘white working class’ narrative was all a lie: columnist

Arrests are continuing after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters. Republicans like Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) attempted to claim, falsely, that Antifa was behind the riot against the Capitol. President Donald Trump attempted to paint the Capitol insurrectionists as "patriots" and everyday Americans angry about the election being stolen from them.

Evidence proves that the attackers weren't merely normal, working-classes families bringing their kids to a political rally and then to casually knock on the Speaker's door to complain about the election. Writing for the Washington Post Eugene Scott revealed that data for those 377 arrested so far doesn't match what any of the Republicans have claimed.

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Chamber of Commerce groups scramble after big businesses protest voter suppression laws

There are well over 100 voter suppression laws being proposed in the United States after President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Irate Republicans across the country are endeavoring to stack the deck against Democrats by imposing rules under the guise of "voter fraud" precautions, reported the Washington Post.

Gerrymandering after the U.S. Census data is charted, voter I.D. laws, voter registration restrictions, bans on absentee ballot applications and new vote-by-mail rules are being imposed across all 50 states. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) the new laws disproportionately impact communities of color and those who traditionally vote for Democrats.

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'Feels like we at war': Minnesota cops use gas and flash bangs against angry protesters

Police turned violent in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Sunday night when the community came together to protest another police shooting.

Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright called his mother at approximately 1:40 p.m. telling her that he was being pulled over. He had an outstanding warrant but police didn't know that when they pulled him over. they said it was for a "traffic violation." The violation was that he had air fresheners hanging from his mirror, his mother said.

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John Oliver assumes Matt Gaetz will have more to say about allegations against him 'when he goes to prison'

"Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver dedicated his Sunday show to the latest developments in Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) growing scandal.

This week it was revealed that Gaetz gave $900 to his now-indicted friend Joel Greenberg. Greenberg then sent three $300 payments to young women. The description of the payments was "tuition," "school," and "school." One of the women had just turned 18 years old.

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Mom demands answers after Minnesota cop shoots her son — pulled over for air-fresheners on his mirror

Another Minnesota man is dead after another police shooting of an unarmed civilian in Brooklyn Center.


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Virginia Cop who pulled over Caron Nazario fired — but police chief told mayor he 'obstructed justice'

CNN spent most of the day reporting about two Virginia officers who attacked U.S. Army medic Caron Nazario on Dec. 5, 2020. Months after the incident, following the announcement of litigation, a lawsuit and extensive news footage, the police chief has fired the lead officer in the case.

Ironically, the bodycam footage has been available to the police chief for months, he could have investigated what happened and compared it to the paperwork filed by the officers.

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Columnist Charles Blow unleashes on Fox News' Tucker Carlson's white supremacy woes

New York Times columnist Charles Blow joined the chorus of voices calling out Fox News host Tucker Carlson for promoting the racist and anti-Semitic "white replacement theory," which is a bizarre theory derived by white supremacists.

"I know that the left and all the gatekeepers on Twitter become literally hysterical if you use the term 'replacement,' if you suggest that the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters, from the third world," said Carlson. "But, they become hysterical because that's what's happening, actually. Let's just say it: That's true."

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Texas Republican goes down in flames against CNN host after trying to justify voter suppression

Things didn't go well for Texas Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes when he faced off against CNN host Pamela Brown on Sunday evening.

Speaking about the new Texas voter suppression bill, Brown asked why it makes sense to pass stricter voter restrictions when the state leaders called the 2020 election "safe and secure."

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'Grievance Groundhog Day': CNN's Jim Acosta mocks Trump's sad 'loser' life complaining about the election

CNN host Jim Acosta hilariously mocked Donald Trump's latest complaint-fest during his Sunday show.

Over the weekend, the former president had a fundraiser that left many Republican Party donors looking for other places to write their hefty checks.

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