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'Storm the Capitol' board game offers an 'insurrection in a box': report

Come one insurrectionist, come all... for a rootin'-tootin' time to play "Stop the Steal" the board game.

On the three-year anniversary of Jan. 6, a game titled "Storm the Capitol" will debut to give competitors a chance to prevent President-Elect Joe Biden from a peaceful transfer of power, first reported by Newsweek.

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Trump files appeal over Maine decision banning him from state ballot as an insurrectionist

Donald Trump on Tuesday reportedly filed an appeal in which the former president challenges the state of Maine's decision to bar him from the president for having engaged in an insurrection against the United States.

Trump, who has faced semi-successful ballot removal efforts in Maine and Colorado, hopes to reverse a removal that experts say could actually affect him in a general election. The appeal was widely expected, according to local news reports.

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Ex-RNC strategist urges Trump's presidential opponents to attack their 'Darth Vader'

Donald Trump's opponents in the 2024 presidential race should bone up on their sci-fi movies and reconsider their campaign tactics, former Republican Party communications director Doug Heye said Tuesday.

Heye compared the struggling Republican presidential hopefuls — whom he blasted for kowtowing to the leading conservative candidate while bemoaning primary season process — to the evil-fighting hero of "Star Wars."

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Ex-Trump campaign adviser accused of failing to share link to foreign government: records

A campaign adviser for former President Donald Trump was charged Tuesday with violating federal public disclosure laws regarding foreign agents, according to court records and reports.

GOP lobbyist Barry Bennett stands accused in Washington D.C.'s federal court of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, according to the court filing.

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'Two down': Republican lawmakers gloat over Harvard president's resignation

Following the resignation of Harvard University president Claudine Gay, Republican lawmakers gloated over her downfall.

"TWO DOWN," House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) posted to X. "@Harvard knows that this long overdue forced resignation of the antisemitic plagiarist president is just the beginning of what will be the greatest scandal of any college or university in history."

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'I may be foolish in doing it': Trump reveals plans to target Dem states in election

Former President Donald Trump claims he will make a "heavy play" for states typically won by Democrats if he wins the Republican presidential primary.

Trump told Breitbart News that he would target states like New York even though it could be a waste of resources.

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'Not up to the voters': Watergate prosecutor dispels 'myth' over Trump ballot eligibility

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Akerman — who was also one of the Department of Justice's assistant special prosecutors during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s — recently took both Democrats and Republicans to task for spreading what he called a "myth" about the role voters play in determining the constitutional eligibility of political candidates.

In an op-ed for the UK-based Independent, Akerman wrote that "majority voter approval is not a fundamental precept in the Constitution" when deciding a candidate's qualifications.

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'Tragic flaw': Writer absolves Trump from any part in Giuliani's catastrophic downfall

Rudy Giuliani has fallen far from the days when he was heralded as "America's Mayor," especially since he's been bankrupted by an order to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers he defamed during his effort to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election results.

While many say Giuliani's downfall was directly a result of him aligning himself with Trump, The Telegraph's David Lewis Schaefer contends that it was his own doing.

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Ex-mayor who got Trump kicked off Maine ballot claims 'very scared' MAGA is now scrambling

The former Portland mayor who filed Maine’s 14th Amendment challenge to Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility said Tuesday his success has conservatives running scared.

“They're just very scared of the fact they know the law is not on their side so they're going to try to make this partisan,” Ethan Strimling said.

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Alex Jones terrified Trump will be on Epstein list: 'He is devoted to one woman at a time'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones insisted Tuesday that the CIA may have altered Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs to smear former President Donald Trump.

While waiting for a list of Epstein associates to be released, Jones prepared his audience to see Trump's name.

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'Like Dick Cheney': Trump ally believes 'viper' Nikki Haley is forcing herself onto ticket

Republican supporters of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's presidential campaign are pushing her as the best alternative to 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. Billionaire Charles Koch, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and other conservatives who have endorsed Haley clearly don't want Trump to be the nominee.

"War Room" host Steve Bannon, however, has a totally different viewpoint. Trump's former White House chief strategist believes that Haley will be forced into Trump's ticket if he is the nominee — and Bannon is vehemently opposed to the idea.

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Judges warn Trump lawyers 'discrete issues' need to be discussed in immunity claim

The judges tasked with ruling on Donald Trump’s immunity claims have warned both the former president and special counsel Jack Smith to be prepared to discuss “discrete issues” raised in past filings, court records show.

The U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit Tuesday told lawyers on both teams they should be ready by Jan. 9 to present oral arguments on issues raised in amicus briefs, or information provided by supporting groups.

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‘Full Hitler’: Trump’s push for dictatorship to be focus of Biden campaign

President Joe Biden's campaign is preparing to run against Donald Trump as if the Republican candidate were Adolf Hitler.

CNN reported that Biden's campaign operatives are being careful to slowly increase the campaign rhetoric so voters do not get numb to the arguments that Trump is behaving like a dictator.

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