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'He's so far gone': Trump mocked as he revives 'late, great Hannibal Lecter' comparison

Former President Donald Trump once again found a way to bring the fictional cannibal from "The Silence of the Lambs" into a speech, this time at the Republican National Convention.

The comment came as Trump repeated to his MAGA supporters that a deluge of dangerous undocumented migrants are flooding over the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Trump mocked as report emerges Melania had 'no interest' in stumping for him at RNC

The former first lady of the United States reportedly has "no interest" in stumping for her husband at the Republican National Convention.

It was not lost among social media critics of former President Donald Trump that some notable names were absent during the first few nights of the convention. Chief among them: "Where's Melania?"

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Biden campaign as walls close in: LALALALALALALALALA

As more and more prominent Democrats call for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, the future of his re-election campaign sits somewhere between listing and sunk.

But as the political walls closed on Biden Thursday, his campaign's communications team pressed forward as if there's no question — at all — that Biden will remain in the race and be the Democratic Party's nominee.

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Trump calls Aileen Cannon ‘highly respected’ judge in shoutout from convention stage

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump praised a judge he appointed after she dismissed a classified documents case against him.

During his speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, Trump claimed Democrats had weaponized the justice system.

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'Trump's too old': Ex-president confuses onlookers with 'low-energy' speech at RNC

Former President Donald Trump struck a starkly different tone from his usual high-energy rallies, confusing Americans who blasted the speech as "low-energy" — and sounding more like a high-schooler reading directly off their notes.

Trump took the stage Thursday, publicly addressing the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, that nearly claimed his life Saturday. At one point a somber Trump thanked God, who he said was looking over him, and kissed the fire helmet of the man slain at his rally.

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'Witchcraft': Far-right Republicans unleash hate on 'satanic' Sikh prayer at RNC

Republicans are hurling racist and bigoted insults at a Sikh speaker who offered a prayer to former president Donald Trump on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, the Guardian reports.

Harmeet Dhillon, a pro-Trump Republican party official and civil rights lawyer, took to the stage Monday to bless Trump with a Sikh prayer of peace. While her speech was met with applause that night, prominent Trump supporters reacted with hate laced with Christian nationalism on X.

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Ex-prosecutor reveals how Project 2025 would leave Education Department a 'hollow shell'

A former federal prosecutor continued her crusade to expose Project 2025, writing Thursday the MAGA plan to overhaul the federal government would leave the Education Department a "hollow shell."

Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, took to her "Civil Discourse" newsletter to issue a searing takedown of the 900-plus page plan, setting her sights on the section that would dismantle America's public education system.

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'Keep the grift alive': Internet roasts Alina Habba for RNC speech

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba proudly boasted on X of her own speaking slot at the Republican National Convention on Thursday evening.

"Excited to speak at the @GOP tonight at 8 PM Eastern!" wrote Habba, who defended Trump in several key battles including the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in Manhattan, and was often scolded by the court for not following proper procedure. "I'll be sharing a different side of President Trump, shedding light on the man behind the headlines. Looking forward to a beautiful evening together." She accompanied this with a picture of herself holding her fist in the air.

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Mockery as 'misty-eyed' Trump smiles more for Hulk Hogan’s speech than his own V.P. pick

Hulk Hogan's impassioned rant Thursday roused Republicans at their Milwaukee convention, but perhaps none more so than former President Donald Trump, who some said resembled a love-smitten middle-schooler as he gazed upon the fawning fake wrestler.

More than a few social media talking heads have remarked that Trump appeared low-energy at best — and sleepy, at worst — as MAGA supporters made their case for the former president. Some opined that J.D. Vance, the vice presidential pick, appeared to bore Trump to "tears."

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Biden speechwriter debunks Newsmax report that he is writing presidential farewell

On Thursday, disgraced political analyst turned Newsmax commentator Mark Halperin laid out in exquisite detail what he claimed was reporting about how President Joe Biden is planning to announce the end of his presidential run imminently.

But one portion of that reporting, that historian and speechwriter Jon Meacham is crafting an exit speech, has now been debunked by the man himself.

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'Smells like a cover up': Fox News anchor Jesse Watters feeds FBI conspiracy theories

Fox News anchor Jesse Watters fed into conspiracy theories that the FBI was somehow complicit in the attempted assassination on former president Donald Trump during his live coverage of the Republican National Convention Thursday.

While recapping how GOP Senators chased U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle down a hallway at the convention earlier in the day, Watters noted a lack of on-camera interviews from the FBI.

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Colorado GOP officials say meeting to oust them is illegal

The head of a faction of Colorado Republicans insists that a scheduled vote on whether to oust state party leaders is legal, even as party leaders say otherwise.

In a message to the group of party members that governs the party, Todd Watkins on Wednesday said the July 27 meeting is still on. Party executives determined last week that the meeting is “illegal.”

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John Tester calls on Biden to not to seek another term

Montana’s senior U.S. senator and only Democratic member of the Congressional delegation is calling on President Joe Biden, also a Democrat, to not seek re-election in November.

Tester is only the second Democrat in the Senate to make the call on the Biden candidacy, but other media report that former President Barack Obama, U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, have visited with Biden recently, privately asking him to reconsider his decision to stay in the race.

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