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'Insane!' Fed-up CNN guest loses it as Republican says both parties use extreme rhetoric

A fed-up CNN panelist proclaimed she was "absolutely exhausted" on Friday night and called it "insane" as MAGA Republicans insisted that both Democrats and Republicans bear blame for extreme rhetoric.

The discussion was kicked off over reporting that Mark Milley, a former top general for Trump, called the former president a "total fascist" and "The most dangerous person ever."

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Voting rights advocate declares 'major victory' as 'voter suppression' suit rejected

In a major legal victory for voting rights advocates in the critical swing state of Arizona, a federal judge on Friday struck down a conservative group’s attempt to require election officials in the state to submit voter names to the federal government to prove their citizenship and immigration status.

U.S. District Judge Krissa Lanham’s ruling late Friday denied a request by Strong Communities Foundation of Arizona to order every county recorder in the border state to perform “voter list maintenance." The judge noted in her ruling that the task would require “tens of thousands of voter names” to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security – and that the group filed their lawsuit just 51 days before Election Day.

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'Plain-old ethnic cleansing/pogrom rhetoric': Critics condemn Trump's lengthy post

On Friday evening, former President Donald Trump took to X (formerly Twitter) to post a lengthy tweet promising a brutal crackdown on immigrants across the country. His tweet is now being condemned for both its caustic tone and for invoking a centuries-old law that would allow Trump to round up and detain legal immigrants.

"November 5th, 2024 will be LIBERATION DAY in America," Trump wrote. [W]e will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell OUT OF OUR COUNTRY."

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‘Wrong’: CNN ​delivers brutal fact-checks over Trump’s teleprompter claims

Former President Donald Trump, while speaking at an event in Colorado on Friday, falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris had used a teleprompter during a town hall the previous night — an accusation he made while using a teleprompter onstage at an event in Colorado.

“Did you see where she did a town hall yesterday and she used a teleprompter? I never saw a town – they never – you don’t use teleprompters, we don’t use teleprompters, period, pretty much. You don’t use ‘em for town halls,” Trump said at a rally in Aurora with a teleprompter at his side.

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'Grossly exaggerated': GOP mayor drops hammer on Trump's conspiracy-serving rally

Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday — a city that became the focus of a far-right hoax that Venezuelan gang members were taking over. And the city's Republican mayor is again speaking out against the MAGA.

Mike Coffman, who previously served in Congress before being turfed out in the 2018 Democratic wave, has criticized Trump's misrepresentations of the gang activity in Aurora and did so once again in a statement responding to Trump's rally.

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Democrats close field office in must-win swing state after 3 shootings

After being targeted by three different shootings over a three-week period, Democrats have decided to close one of their field offices in a must-win swing state out of concern for the safety of staff and volunteers.

According to USA TODAY, the Arizona Democratic Party is closing a field office in Tempe, Arizona (outside of Phoenix) for the remainder of the campaign cycle. The Arizona Republic's Mary Jo Pitzl reported that staffers are now continuing their work at different undisclosed locations after the office was repeatedly hit by both BB gun pellets and firearm rounds.

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MSNBC host Chris Hayes details why he thinks a 'slow motion insurrection' is underway

A Donald Trump-led insurrection is happening again – and this time it’s “in plain sight.” That’s the stark warning MSNBC host Chris Hayes gave viewers as he kicked off his Friday night show.

In a monologue highlighting what he believes is an effort already in motion by former president Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2024 election, Hayes told viewers of his show, “All In,” the former president “is very clearly planning to run the same playbook from last time."

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'Cheating': Trump rages that 'unAmerican' Harris is behind feds' voting rights lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday evening to rage against a new federal lawsuit accusing Virginia of an 11th-hour purge of voter registrations — and accuse Vice President Kamala Harris of "cheating."

"Kamala Harris and the Department of Justice have once again launched an unconstitutional and illegal attack on America’s Democracy," wrote Trump. "This time, Kamala Harris, who is losing in the Polls, is trying to flood our Elections with NON-CITIZENS - These votes are ILLEGAL! Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is doing an incredible job, was correct in removing non-citizens from the voter rolls, a Law that was actually passed by then Democrat Governor Tim Kaine. Now Kamala, because we are doing so well in Virginia, wants to put those non-citizens back on the voter rolls, even though they aren’t allowed to vote."

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MAGA 'prophet' declares to Trump's son divine verdicts will strike foes on Yom Kippur

A self-described "prophet" promised former President Donald Trump's son that God is poised to send down divine "verdicts" against the enemies of the former president's family in footage flagged by Right Wing Watch on Friday.

"And I will tell you this," Amanda Grace told Eric Trump during a talk show interview. "Over the next 24 hours, Yom Kippur, and the Lord does bring verdicts down in his court. And I am telling you this because I feel it — and Clay knows that I don't say anything unless I know it's coming from the Lord: your enemies that have done this, those verdicts are coming down on Yom Kippur in this next 24 hours against them."

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‘Final warning’: Meghan McCain warns Democrats she’ll ‘start spilling tea’

Meghan McCain wants Democrats to stop invoking her late father’s memory on the campaign trail — and she’s firing warning shots on social media that there could be more to come.

“Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to bastardize his memory for…But please don’t make me start sharing what I remember him ACTUALLY saying about Kamala Harris….” McCain wrote Friday afternoon on X.

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GOP senator touts 'support' of colleague — who didn't endorse her

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) is facing a competitive election for the first time in years — and she's trying to whip out bipartisan credentials to stave off the threat.

The problem is, the senator whose "support" she touted didn't actually endorse her for re-election, Politico reported.

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'We win!' Voting rights advocate cheers after right-wing group's voter challenge dismissed

A lawsuit filed by a right-wing group has been dismissed in Nevada that accused officials in Washoe County of failing to process mass voter challenges.

Citizens Outreach Foundation and a voter filed a petition against Carre-Ann Burgess, the county's Registrar of voters, according to the group Democracy Docket. Washoe County, the home of Reno and the second-most populous area of Nevada outside the Las Vegas metropolitan area, is vital to deciding who gets Nevada's six electoral college votes.

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MAGA congressman says top priority is shutting down FEMA like the Department of Education

A Tennessee Republican congressman on Friday told a conservative podcaster that the first thing he wants to do when he returns to Washington D.C. is advocate to reorganize FEMA – and “shut it down.”

“When I get back to Washington that’s the first thing, we’re gonna — we need a reorganization of FEMA. That is completely – I mean it’s like the Department of Education – shut it down, send that money to the states where they know best for how to do it,” Rep. Tim Burchett, of Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District, said on The Benny Show podcast.

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