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Church for 'praying patriots' baptizes Proud Boys into Christian nationalism: report

A Southern California congregation calling itself “Ekklesia; The Unwoke Church” is led by Pastor Hansel Orzame, a self-identified Christian Nationalist.

Twice a month, Orzame's followers, who he calls "Praying Patriots" meet in a rented space. As Vice News reports, during a Sunday this month, the congregation baptized a member named Andrew, who owns a Telegram profile featuring a Proud Boys insignia.

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'Made no sense': Tuberville's 'spectacular' CPAC rant leaves onlookers stunned

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is reportedly “all for” the Alabama Supreme Court's highly controversial new decision, but he opposes its effect and wants to read the legislation that doesn’t exist because a ruling is not a bill.

Tuberville’s contradictions and misrepresentations of the court’s ruling that frozen embryos are babies — a decision that puts in vitro fertilization procedures in peril in the state — occurred within a short three-minute time span, according to Huffington Post reporter Jennifer Bendery.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for slip that 'disrobed' Trump judge

In an attack on Judge Arthur Engoron for his judgment in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued that he should be fired from the judicial system entirely.

But the term she used is turning heads.

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Worse than Nixon: Conservative claims disgraced president respected U.S. more than Biden

During a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, the theme for the panel discussion was "Michelle vs Kamala." At one point, Townhall columnist Kurt Schlichter compared President Joe Biden to former President Richard Nixon.

Responding to co-panelist Monica Crowley, Schlichter said that the difference between Biden and Nixon is that Nixon "had respect for norms, he had respect for the United States of America."

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Nathan Wade wants to block his divorce lawyer from talking to Trump's Georgia trial judge

The Georgia attorney prosecuting former President Donald Trump on election racketeering charges wants to block his divorce lawyer from speaking to the judge tasked with determining if Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be yanked from the case, newly reported court records show.

Nathan Wade’s motion followed a dramatic evidentiary hearing during which the special prosecutor’s former law partner Terrence Bradley refused to answer questions he said could violate attorney-client privilege.

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'We were warned': GOP lawmaker blasts colleagues for swallowing Biden witness 'lies'

Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) sharply criticized his fellow House Republicans for latching onto the testimony of an "FBI informant" who was arrested last week and accused of peddling lies straight from Kremlin disinformation operators.

“We were warned at the time that we received the document outlining this witness’s testimony, we were warned that the credibility of this statement was not known,” Buck told CNN's Kaitlan Collins, reported Edith Olmsted for The Daily Beast.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene blames 'menopause' for Nikki Haley's refusal to drop out of race

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested Thursday that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley won't drop out of the race for her party's presidential race because she's going through menopause.

Greene made the remarks while campaigning for Donald Trump in South Carolina.

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Judge warns Trump won't accept defeat if he loses in 2024: 'America is in trouble'

During a sentencing hearing for a Jan. 6 defendant who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said America is “in trouble” if its citizens don’t accept the results of legitimate elections.

Walton went on to say that he doesn't expect Donald Trump to accept defeat if he loses again in 2024 — and added that, unlike Trump, former Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore “was a man about it” when he accepted his loss in 2000.

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Trump cheers possible retirement of foe Jimmy Kimmel

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel might be on his last contract, he said in an interview this week. It is something Donald Trump is excited to hear.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kimmel explained, "I think this is my final contract. I hate to even say it, because everyone's laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to not be the case."

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Watch: Conservative lawyer whacks MAGA C-SPAN caller for comparing Trump to Navalny

Conservative attorney Heath Mayo on Thursday took exception to a MAGA caller on C-SPAN who compared former President Donald Trump's legal travails to those suffered by the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.

Toward the end of the call, the Trump supporter said that indicting Trump for trying to illegally remain in power after the 2020 election and for refusing to return top-secret government documents was much like what Russian President Vladimir Putin did to his political opponents.

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Even before FBI informant's arrest GOP impeachment was DOA: columnist

The Republican House's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden took a major hit after the GOP's star witness was accused of lying about his story to the FBI, but Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake wrote there were three major failures that had already started to unravel it.

First, he said, people don't care.

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'Let’s do a felony’: Golden sneakers take Washington Post satirist into the mind of Trump

Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri walked a mental mile in former President Donald Trump’s golden sneakers and came away with stinky feet and the urge to commit felonies, she wrote Thursday.

“Let’s do a felony,” Petri’s protagonist declares as the fictional character slips on the sneakers. Then he asks, “When are the darn shoes going to kick in?”

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Judge issues terse rejection of Trump's demand to pause $355M fine payment

Judge Arthur Engoron has refused to pause the deadline for Donald Trump to pay damages in his New York fraud case.

In a ruling on Thursday, Engoron rejected Trump's motion for a 30-day delay before he would begin paying the $355 million judgment against him. It means that the more Trump waits to pay, the more interest piles up, Just Security's Adam Klasfeld revealed online.

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