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Ex-head of U.K.'s intelligence service warns Trump election would put nation in danger

The former head of the UK's secret intelligence service has warned the election of Donald Trump in 2024 could put Britain at risk.

Sir Richard Dearlove, who headed MI6 between 1999 and 2004, told Sky News that Trump coming back to the White House would be "problematic" for the UK's national security due to his longstanding criticism of NATO.

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'So moronic': Pro-Trump activist sparks fury with attack on MLK Jr.

As Americans around the world commemorated Martin Luther King Day, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk took to X to mark the occasion by condemning the civil rights activist — and those who honor him.

"Who was MLK? A myth has been created and it has grown totally out of control," he wrote. "While he was alive most people disliked him, yet today he is the most honored, worshipped, even deified person of the 20th century. Today we are going to tell the truth and explain how this myth was born. Happy Monday."

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MLK Jr.'s son urges reining in of SCOTUS' 'MAGA supermajority' to 'save democracy'

In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court is way to the right of where it was when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive. King saw the High Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren advance civil liberties with historic decisions like Loving v. Virginia (1967), Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

In an op-ed published by the Guardian on Martin Luther King Day 2024, two long-time civil rights activists — Martin Luther King III (MLK's oldest son, now 66) and Arndrea Waters King (King III's wife) — warn that the Roberts Court is on a collision course with civil liberties.

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Ex-MAGA activist tries to explain away racism of Trump's base: 'Mostly good people'

A former MAGA activist wants you to know the party he fled isn’t racist, they’ve just been “led astray.”

Rich Logis, a former right wing pundit now dedicated to dismantling the Make America Great Again movement, published a Salon piece on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in defense of the people he’d like to see leave their political fold.

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'Trump threw you under the bus!' Ex-president's rival buried in awkward Fox News broadcast

"Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy roasted Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy after Donald Trump attacked him on social media.

The GOP challenger appeared Monday morning on Fox News before votes are cast in Iowa's caucuses, and Doocy confronted him after the ex-president disavowed the candidate, who branded himself as "Trump 2.0," as "not MAGA" and unworthy of a primary vote, reported The Daily Beast.

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MLK speechwriter tells of despair after Nikki Haley's slavery flub

A friend and speechwriter of Martin Luther King Jr. told Monday — the day commemorating what would have been the civil rights leader's 95th birthday —of the shock he felt when GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley "had to hesitate in response to a question as to the “cause” of the American Civil War."

According to Clarence B. Jones in a column written for USA Today, "It’s hard to get excited about the future when some staunchly refuse to learn the lessons of the past."

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Trump played rival as 'a weapon of mass destruction to destroy DeSantis': report

Now that former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has firmly overtaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be Donald Trump's chief rival, the former president has been ramping up his attacks against her.

This is a contrast from last year when Trump was mostly happy to ignore Haley — and, according to a new report from Rolling Stone, this was part of a deliberate strategy.

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'Clearly a threat': Specter of Trump second coming looms over meeting of global elites

The specter of a second Donald Trump presidency is looming over the World Economic Forum in Davos.

World leaders gathered for the annual forum this week in the Swiss Alps, where power brokers expressed concerns that Trump appears destined to win the Republican presidential nomination and potentially be re-elected to a second term, reported Politico.

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‘Staggering refusal to govern’: Mike Johnson sparks fury for tying border fix to Trump win

Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire once again after saying House Republicans "can't" support a solution addressing the border until either Donald Trump or another Republican is elected to the White House.

Johnson reportedly made his remarks on a Sunday evening call with House Republicans, saying he will not accept the Senate border deal crafted by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) with the support of Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Lauren Boebert gets schooled on climate change after much-mocked social media post

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s social media take on climate change has left her social media commenters as cold as caucus day in Iowa.

The Colorado Republican was met with virtual eye-rolls Monday after she took to X to share her views on how weather works.

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Mike Lindell baffled as Fox News claims non-payment: 'We're well within our credit limits'

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell argued that Fox News refuses to air his advertisements because he hired former employee Lou Dobbs.

Last week, Lindell said Fox News had "canceled" his ads and admitted that he owes the company $7.8 million.

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White House targeted in 'swatting'-style event: police

The White House on Monday was the target of a "swatting"-style event in which a caller dialed 911 and falsely claimed that there was a fire in the building and that someone was trapped inside.

NBC News reports that the call was made early on Monday morning, which resulted in multiple units from the District of Columbia's Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department responding to the scene.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out after Fani Willis says she's 'filled with hate'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over a church speech that accused the lawmaker of being "filled with hate."

While speaking on the War Room podcast with Steve Bannon, Greene responded to remarks Willis made a day earlier at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta.

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