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Trump floods social media with 'explicit' and 'vengeful' memes after new indictment

Donald Trump responded to the news of the grand jury passing down a superseding indictment in the past 24 hours with a flood of memes that MSNBC reporters called "vengeful" and "explicit."

Speaking to MSNBC Wednesday, Vaughn Hillyard showed a handful of posts Trump shared on Truth Social. One image showed a number of Democrats and Bill Gates behind bars and in orange prison uniforms. The caption reads: "How to actually 'fix the system.'"

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Veteran of Arlington Cemetery's 'Old Guard' bashes Trump for playing politics on graves

Activist and veteran Charlotte Clymer took to X to attack Donald Trump for his latest actions at Arlington National Cemetery with a detailed account of what it was like to serve in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Old Guard."

Clymer described the importance of repeatedly practicing carrying caskets until the team could make flawless movements, which she compared to a "synchronized swimming team."

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'It's all fake!' Trump posts fresh all-caps meltdown about Kamala Harris social media news

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday published an all-caps meltdown accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of artificially inflating her social media posts' user engagement.

Writing on his Truth Social platform, the former president baselessly accused Harris of using "fake" numbers to make herself seem more popular than him.

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Trump demands 'immediate' release from gag order stopping him from identifying jurors

Donald Trump Wednesday ranted against the gag order imposed on him by New York justice Juan Merchan in his hush money case.

The former president was found guilty in May by a jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, and Trump remains bound by a limited gag order prohibiting him from releasing identifying information about the jurors or commenting on prosecutors, court staff and their families until he is sentenced next month.

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'Crude political props': Analyst says Trump unraveled rare campaign victory with new gaffe

Donald Trump's recent gaffe just undermined in entirety his lone campaign victory of the summer, a new political analysis contends.

Trump, the former president and Republican presidential nominee, blundered with his defense of an "ugly and cynical" photo-op at Arlington National Cemetery, where he spurred outrage for a tone-deaf gravesite thumbs-up and possibly broke the law, according to The Nation D.C. bureau chief Chris Lehmann.

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'Self-destructive': Major GOP donor unloads on Trump for embracing 'anti-vax kook' RFK Jr.

A major Republican donor who backed former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley before reluctantly agreeing to support former President Donald Trump has put out a blistering statement condemning the former president's recent decision to embrace conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI).

Via Jewish Insider reporter Matthew Kassel, the letter from GOP donor Eric Levine warned Trump that he risks alienating swing voters by embracing such eccentric political figures.

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'Huge landmine': Ex-Trump lawyer identifies Jack Smith's risky gamble in new indictment

Special counsel Jack Smith made a risky gamble in his new indictment against Donald Trump, according to one of the former president's defense attorneys.

The special counsel trimmed down the case against Trump and a grand jury still indicted him on all four core charges in the election interference case, and his former defense attorney Jim Trusty told CNN that Smith reworked the case to exclude testimony from a former Department of Justice official in the wake of the Supreme Court's immunity ruling.

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Trump battered by conservative for welcoming 'Blame America first' politicians to campaign

At the conservative National Review, Donald Trump was taken to task for making Robert Kennedy Jr. and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii major players in his campaign for re-election.

According to columnist Noah Rothman, the two former Democrats fall into what he calls the "Blame America first" wing of the Democratic party that has already made them outcasts, and their baggage could weigh down the former president's already struggling campaign.

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No charges filed after Trump campaign's alleged altercation at Arlington National Cemetery

No charges have been filed against Donald Trump or his campaign staffers after the altercation at Arlington National Cemetary Monday.

A report Tuesday revealed that officials at the cemetery "tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members would be authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60."

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Truth Social stock has lost more than 40 percent of its value in just over a month

Shares in the Trump Media and Technology Group Corporation have continued their downward spiral and now stand at their lowest value since shares became publicly traded.

As USA Today notes, Trump Media shares closed at a record low of $20.99 per share on Tuesday -- and have since sunk lower and are trading in the $19 range as of this writing.

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'She was terrified': J.D. Vance says he nearly gave Georgia bakery worker a 'panic attack'

Sen. J.D. Vance "terrified" a Georgia bakery worker from whom he demanded doughnuts last week, Donald Trump's beleaguered running mate admits in a new report.

Vance (R-OH) told NBC News reporters Tuesday night that he regretted his viral video-taped visit to a Valdosta doughnut shop last week.

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DA requests state investigation into Memphis Republican's online posts

A West Tennessee prosecutor has requested a state investigation into a Memphis senator for allegedly breaking state law by posting documents online containing a defendant’s personal information, possibly after obtaining it from the Gibson County Sheriff’s Office.

District Attorney General Fred Agee confirmed to the Tennessee Lookout he filed a complaint with the Comptroller’s Office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, asking them to investigate whether Republican Sen. Brent Taylor put information on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing a man’s birth date and Social Security number, which would be a Class B misdemeanor accompanied by nearly six months in jail.

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Josh Hawley smacked down by legal expert for claiming Jack Smith 'ignored the law'

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) was fact-checked by legal analysts Wednesday after claiming that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump can't be charged with a crime for any actions during his time in the White House.

A Washington, D.C. grand jury handed down a superseding indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6 case, taking into account recent Supreme Court rulings.

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