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'Holy moly': Dems stunned Fox News worked with GOP group to air edited Trump town hall

Fox News allowed former President Donald Trump's all-women town hall to be filled with MAGA supporters — and failed to disclose as such, according to a report.

"The Georgia town hall, where Trump took questions on reproductive laws, transgender rights and other issues, aired Wednesday morning," according to the CNN report. "But Fox News did not disclose that the female audience it selected for the event was packed with local Republican supporters."

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'What do you mean?' CNN's Jake Tapper corners GOP senator for attacking the FBI

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was questioned by CNN's Jake Tapper on former President Donald Trump's new threats to use the military against his political opponents — and sat there stunned as the senator immediately pivoted to an attack on the FBI for investigating participants in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"President Trump, in the last few days, not only called his political opponents 'the enemy from within,' he suggested he would like to use the National Guard or the military on them," said Tapper, playing a clip of the exchange. "He went on to talk about Congressman Adam Schiff as one of these lunatics in his view ... what's your reaction to that?"

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'A warning': Experts fear election changes in Georgia could ‘create chaos’ elsewhere

Political jostling over how Georgia’s election will be run this year – including in the critical vote-counting stage post-Election Day – “may be among the starkest examples” of chaos to come beyond the battleground state and around the nation.

Voting experts and advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that rule changes approved by the all-Republican State Election Board, which included a hand counting rule knocked down by a Georgia judge Tuesday, “is part of a larger, years-in-the-making effort to politicize America’s elections,” according to a report in the 19th.

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Legal expert mocks Trump's latest 'bench-slap' after demanding docs that may not exist

Legal analyst Allison Gill wrote on Wednesday that Donald Trump faced off against a double-hitter "bench-slap" from Judge Tanya Chutkan and special counsel Jack Smith.

Smith on Wednesday slapped back at Trump's motion to dismiss the election case again. The Trump motion claimed that because the Supreme Court said he had "immunity," there was no reason to proceed with the case.

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J.D. Vance finally reveals whether he thinks Trump lost 2020 election

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has danced around questions over whether he believes former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, but finally landed on an answer Wednesday in WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania.

Vance said "no" he does not believe Trump lost to Biden, according to Alec Hernández, campaign reporter for NBC News, who shared Vance's comment on X.

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'For good and for evil': Study reveals AI army flooding X with GOP propaganda

An artificial intelligence army has quietly flooded social media with rightwing propaganda in tens of thousands of posts revealed in a new report.

A coordinated AI campaign with murky origins has used ChatGPT-like technology to engage with X users since March, according to a new Clemson University analysis.

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'Speculation': Judge Chutkan denies Trump's demand for access to reams of DOJ documents

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump had a demand for information and documents they want from the Justice Department knocked back Wednesday, MSNBC contributor Adam Klasfeld reported on X.

The request was made as part of discovery for his 2020 election interference case.

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'Out of context': Vance scolds reporter asking about Trump's 'enemy from within' threat

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) insisted Wednesday that reporters had taken former President Donald Trump's remarks about deploying the military on election day against some U.S. voters "out of context."

At a campaign event in Pennsylvania, Peter Zampa of Gray Television asked Vance about Trump's recent threat to use the military against Democrats on election day.

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Pro-Trump super PAC baits Arizona seniors with fake Kamala Harris 'Medicare cancelations'

A super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump's campaign is resorting to a new scare tactic to try to win over elderly voters in Arizona, according to Mother Jones: send them fake notices that their Medicare coverage is being canceled.

The mailers, sent out by MAGA, Inc., "had a big red stamp that proclaimed, 'Medicare Cancellation Notice.' Also emblazoned on its front was this: 'Warning: Rates are going up & plans are being cancelled. Details enclosed.' Its return address was the 'Department of Medicare Cancellation, Kamala Harris Administration,'" reported David Corn. The mailers also included the following message in cursive script: “I hope you can afford to lose your insurance! — Kamala Harris XOXO.”

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'They’re so in the tank': Trump lawyer brags as far-right group lobs complaint at CBS News

Former President Donald Trump's onetime lawyer claims CBS News is in hot legal water over its televised interview with Vice President Kamala Harris — but records show a conservative law firm filed a complaint to a federal bureau.

Will Scharf took to X Wednesday afternoon to foretell of dark times ahead linked to a "60 Minutes" interview featuring the Democratic presidential nominee alone, after Trump ducked out.

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GOP Senate candidate: Department of Education only created to help 'little Black girls'​

The Montana U.S. Senate race took a turn when controversial businessman Tim Sheehy said that the U.S. should eliminate the Department of Education because it was turning children into slaves.

The Huffington Post this week flagged a report from the Daily Montanan, which revealed the comments from the Republican candidate at a campaign stop in Billings.

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'Even the lies?' CNN host refuses to let Nancy Mace off hook over defense of Trump attacks

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said she had "no qualms" about former President Donald Trump's false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

During a Wednesday interview on CNN, host Brianna Keilar informed Mace that Trump had doubled down on the falsehoods about migrants at a Univision town hall event.

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'I challenge you': Autoworker dares Trump to pull 12-hour shift after belittling comments

United Auto Workers member Dawnya Ferdinansen on Wednesday called out former President Donald Trump after he made belittling comments about her profession.

In a video posted by the United Auto Workers' Twitter account, Ferdinansen took issue with Trump claiming that American autoworkers who work for foreign car manufacturers don't really build cars but rather "take them out of a box and assemble them."

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