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Trump Bible could have blank pages and his supporters would never know: op-ed

Former President Donald Trump is on the receiving end of backlash after he announced his campaign is selling "God Bless the USA Bibles" for $59.99, but this columnist wants to take a hard look at his readers.

Columnist Amanda Marcotte, in an op-ed published by Salon Thursday, said she believes the announcement was a "not-at-all subtle message" that Trump "doesn't believe any of this faith-in-God crap, but he definitely believes in using Christian identity as a weapon to make money and dominate his foes."

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James Comer accuses the media of conspiring with the 'deep state' to protect Joe Biden

Rep. James Comer accused the press of “working with the Deep State" by reporting his impeachment efforts against President Joe Biden were failing due to the lack of a smoking gun.

Comer spoke about his media coverage Monday with Fox Across America host Jimmy Failla, who claimed Democrats had launched a counter-effort "to try to sell the American public on the idea that you guys haven’t found anything."

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Kellyanne Conway mulls rejoining Trump for 2024 campaign: report

Kellyanne Conway is reportedly considering an offer to join Donald Trump's campaign team in an unspecified role.

The former White House senior adviser and Trump's 2016 campaign manager has appeared multiple times recently on Fox News to discuss a variety of topics, including abortion and race, and an anonymous source close to Conway said an offer had been made to join his team, reported Axios.

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Trump loyalist is wreaking havoc on American interests across the world: experts

A “shadow secretary of State” for former President Donald Trump threatens to “upend American leadership of the free world” by throwing support to far-right leaders abroad in opposition to White House policy, according to a new report.

The Washington Post Thursday published an extensive and damning profile of Trump’s former intelligence officer Richard Grenell and the connections he has since forged with election-deniers and authoritarian regimes abroad.

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'Y’all are so dumb': Nancy Mace feuds with fact-checker over $517 million funding claim

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took the high road Wednesday after she claimed credit for $517 million for her district and naysayers accused her of voting against the legislation that made the funding possible.

"Y’all are so dumb," Mace retorted on X. "I delivered for the lowcountry and will always continue to do so. Oh and do better."

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Trump biographer exposes 'serial bankruptcy artist' ex-president's greatest failures

Former President Donald Trump has made his career off of conning others out of their money — and that's what his 2024 campaign is all about, biographer Tim O'Brien told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday.

O'Brien's analysis arrived on the heels of a New York Times investigation that revealed Trump has paid off $100 million in legal fees raised by stirring "rigged" election panic. Recent reports also show Trump is forming a new arrangement with the Republican National Committee to expand that effort.

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'Flat-out false': Jack Smith shreds Trump valet Walt Nauta's newest legal argument

The only proof former President Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta offered that he’s the victim of a vindictive courtroom witch hunt is a chat his lawyers had with prosecutors over coffee, according to special counsel Jack Smith.

Smith makes this argument in a new filing to Florida’s federal court on Wednesday in rebuttal to Nauta’s bid to avoid criminal charges that he helped conceal documents at Trump’s social club Mar-a-Lago.

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'Very big problem': Conservative's Ronna McDaniel defense comes back to bite the GOP

A conservative's defense of Ronna McDaniel — the former Republican National Committee chair ousted from NBC when her hiring spurred an uproar — came back to bite the GOP when it hit social media Wednesday.

Washington Post commentator Hugh Hewitt appeared on Fox News Wednesday to share his views on the news network's decision to drop McDaniel over the support the RNC that, under her leadership, threw behind Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Jeffrey Clark testifies his client was Donald Trump: 'A problem for both of them'

Former Justice department official Jeffrey Clark Wednesday asserted that his client was Donald Trump when he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election from within.

At a disciplinary hearing before the D.C. Bar, Committeewoman Patricia Matthews noted that Clark had repeatedly cited attorney-client privilege in refusing to answer questions.

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Fani Willis slams Jim Jordan over 'politically motivated' threat to hold her in contempt

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis slapped back at U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) over his threats of contempt of Congress, which she called "unreasonable" and "politically motivated," new reports show.

Willis — the Georgia prosecutor who has charged former President Donald Trump with election racketeering in her state — sent an angry missive to Jordan regarding his investigation of how her office spends federal funds, CNN's Zach Cohen was first to report on Wednesday.

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Don Jr. begs for $5 handouts as he whines about fate of his Trump Tower 'boyhood home'

To some, it looks like a corporate Fifth Avenue monolith with a golden elevator at the heart of a historic $464 million fraud case.

But for Donald Trump Jr., Trump Tower will always be his “boyhood home.”

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RNC's new interview question courts 'extra crazy' — and scares off the sane: strategist

The Republican National Committee's new interview question which asks potential employees if they believe the 2020 election was stolen is designed to help former President Donald Trump court a very specific voter bloc, a campaign expert believes — the "extra crazy."

Democratic political consultant Chuck Rocha made this bold analysis of Trump's campaign strategy during a CNN panel Wednesday to discuss the new RNC question that has already begun raising eyebrows and making headlines.

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Giuliani tells Mar-a-Lago pals he lives in a 'nightmare world' after defamation ruling

America's Mayor is moaning to Mar-a-Lago cohorts that he's stuck in a "nightmare world" after a defamation ruling forced him to declare bankruptcy, according to a new report.

Rudy Giuliani said he "wakes up every day and can't believe it's real," the New York Post's Page Six reported Monday.

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