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Trump's 'best case scenario' is being gifted to him by opponents: report

Critics of Donald Trump who hoped someone would emerge from the field of 2024 GOP candidates to threaten his grasp on the party are having to deal with new polling that shows the former president maintaining an enormous lead, Politico reported.

And the support for Trump is expanding.

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'Same lies for 3 years': Brian Kemp spokesman crushes new MAGA conspiracy theory

A spokesperson for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp fired back on Monday after allies of former President Donald Trump started spreading a new conspiracy theory that falsely claimed the governor's office was launching an investigation into 17,000 "invalid" votes cast in 2020.

As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, the claim about Kemp's office launching a new investigation into the 2020 election went viral on Friday afternoon and was even promoted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) despite the fact that Georgia state officials were quick to denounce it as false.

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Here's how a Trump immunity win could blow up spectacularly in the Supreme Court's face

If the Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on whether Donald Trump should be immune from criminal acts — and then rules in the former president's favor — those same justices may one day rue the day they made that decision, an expert wrote Monday.

It's the opinion of University of Baltimore School of Law Professor Kim Wehle, who pointed out that the former president has a history of ignoring the court — and he would be completely unrestrained from obeying them in the future.

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'Anti-democracy playbook': Expert blasts GOP's 'cynical' effort to suppress young voters

Historically, 50-and-over voters have been the most likely to show up on election day in the United States. But when younger voters do show up in big numbers, they can play an important role in an election's outcome.

In an article published by the conservative website The Bulwark Monday, Campaign Legal Center President Trevor Potter lamented that Republicans have been going out of their way to make voting more difficult for younger voters — a move he slammed as "cynical and shortsighted" and bad for democracy.

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Number of 'angry air rage outbursts' skyrockets as flying gets worse: report

Air rage incidents have become so common that Wikipedia has an entire entry devoted to the subject, with links to 35 air rage-related articles.

Air rage was a problem during the 1990s and 2000 but, according to a report published by The Messenger Monday, it has become even more common in recent years. The Federal Aviation Administration "counts 1900 reports of unruly passengers in 2023 — and counting,” The Messenger reported.

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Kevin McCarthy's former chief of staff links up with Bill Barr

The chief of staff of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is launching a boutique consulting shop — and is partnering with former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr, Axios reported.

Machalagh Carr's first big project for Quell Strategies will be to head up the Center for Legal Action at the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce. She'll be president while Barr is chairman.

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Trump fake electors still hold key roles overseeing battleground state voting: report

Fake electors have retained central positions overseeing ballots in battleground states as the nation prepares for the 2024 general election, a report by the Associated Press revealed Monday.

Among them is Jim Hindle, who is set to be arraigned in Nevada Monday following accusations that he signed documents to overturn Donald Trump's loss in that state in 2020.

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'Got exactly what he deserved': Dominion lawyer heaps dirt on Rudy Giuliani after verdict

An attorney who represented Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News heaped dirt upon Rudy Giuliani after a jury last week ordered him to pay $148 million to defamed election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

Appearing on CNN Monday, attorney Rodney Smolla explained how Giuliani drove himself into a ditch by failing to fully comply with discovery requests ahead of his trial.

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Senior Trump aide blurts out frustration over former president's 'unrestrained campaign'

According to MSNBC's Vaughan Hillyard, there is at least one senior aide to Donald Trump who is growing exasperated with the undisciplined campaign the former president is running made worse by his latest echoing of Hitleresque rhetoric, which ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is defending.

Hillyard, who has been following the former president to his rallies as he makes a third bid for the Oval Office after losing to President Joe Biden in 2020, noted that Trump is taking his rallies to new extremes that his fans seem to lap up, and explained there are some concerns within the Trump camp.

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'We are saying Merry Christmas again': New Trump video vows to restore American 'decency'

Donald Trump released a blistering attack on President Joe Biden’s claims of decency Monday, sharing a video juxtaposing the president's quotes with scenes suggesting scandal.

The clips are followed by video, apparently put together by the campaign of Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX), of Trump and his wife enjoying a wholesome Christmas season.

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'What's wrong with him?': Lindsey Graham buried by MSNBC's Mika over latest Trump defense

Reacting to Sen. Lindsey Graham's response to questions about Donald Trump on Meet the Press on Sunday where he dismissed the former president's comments about immigrants "poisoning" American blood, "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski pounced on the South Carolina Republican.

The show started out by playing clips of Graham telling MTP host Kristen Welker that Trump's "poisoning the blood of our country" wasn't important enough to even worry about while then adding, "You know, we're talking about language. I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right."

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Trump lawyer Alina Habba brags about being hit with $1M fine from judge: report

Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba bragged to a crowd of conservatives Sunday about a $1 million fine she and the former president were hit with for filing “frivolous” lawsuits.

The lawyer was talking to a crowd at "AmericaFest," a conference sponsored by the right-wing Turning Point USA.

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Clarence Thomas could deal a blow to Trump's Supreme Court hopes:  ex-U.S. attorney

Should the Supreme Court decide to listen to special counsel Jack Smith's request to hear arguments on Donald Trump's contention that he is protected by presidential immunity in a bid to get many of his criminal indictments tossed out, Justice Clarence Thomas may play a key part -- but possibly not in a way the former president would prefer.

According to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance in her Week Ahead newsletter, there is a very legitimate possibility that the far-right jurist may recuse himself based on recent history in a similar case.

That, in turn, could be a major setback for Trump that would then have a 5-3 conservative majority making a ruling.

According to Vance, "Given the gravity of the situation, the question of whether Justice Clarence Thomas will participate when the Supreme Court hears the appeal is all the more important," adding that Thomas has yet to announce whether he will participate in what could be a landmark case.

Vance then noted Thomas' close ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection via his wife, Ginni, who was an avid supporter of contesting the 2020 presidential election results and was in constant contact with Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

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"In addition to the well-known support his wife Ginni lent to pushing the Big Lie, Thomas’ former law clerk John Eastman is Trump’s co-defendant in Georgia and an unindicted co-conspirator in this case," Vance wrote before suggesting, "Leaving aside the situation with his wife, which would be sufficient to cause any reasonably prudent jurist to sit the case out, Justice Thomas recently recused in another matter involving John Eastman. The relationship was too close for even Clarence Thomas to ignore."

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