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'Absolute train wreck' coming if Trump's billionaire buddies get their way: Ex-insider

Anthony Scaramucci, the former Trump White House communications director who turned on the former president in 2019 after he lobbed a racist tirade against four Democratic congresswomen of color, has a warning about what's to come in his second term.

Writing on Twitter, Scaramucci explained that he was once one of the big-money men who believed that Trump's deregulatory policies would be good for American economic growth, only to become disillusioned when he understood just how much damage Trump's disdain for international institutions could cause.

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'Conspiracy-minded' MAGA cop bungles child predator sting operation

Veteran newsman Phil Williams in Tennessee detailed a massive failure by the Millersville Police Department, whose members tried to conduct a sting operation that he reported may have played fast and loose with the law.

Reporting for WTVF News Channel 5 out of Nashville, Williams said that he obtained recordings showing that "conspiracy-minded" cops "may have crossed the line of what's legal" during a "sting" on a child predator ring.

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Trump ridiculed in about-turn on Democrat's criminal conviction

A powerful Democrat's corruption conviction in a New York federal court has liberals wondering if Donald Trump might want to rethink his "weaponized government" theory.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) became the subject of much Trump-directed social media snark after he was found guilty of multiple charges of bribery and fraud linked to gold bars and cash found stashed across his New Jersey home.

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'Saturday Night Massacre': The new Cannon ruling has familiar ring to this ex-prosecutor

The number of criminal indictments against former President Donald Trump went from four to three when, on Monday, July 15 — the opening day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee — Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed special counsel Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago documents case.

Legal experts on MSNBC predicted that Smith will appeal the Trump appointee's ruling, noting that an appeal could take months — or perhaps even years. And at least for now, the case is dead.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene: Dems 'would be murdering us in the streets' if Biden got shot

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed Tuesday that Democrats would murder Republicans "in the streets" if President Joe Biden was shot.

During a segment on War Room, guest host Natalie Winters interviewed Greene while regular host Steve Bannon was in prison.

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Sen. Menendez found guilty on corruption charges

A verdict has been reached in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), according to multiple reports: Menendez was found guilty.

Prosecutors accused him of accepting gold bars, cash and mortgage payments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in a scheme that reached as far as the governments of Egypt and Qatar, ABC News reports.

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Trump's sons went 'bat-sh--' crazy and talked him into J.D. Vance: report

A NBC News report claims that former President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump talked the former president into picking Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), after he was about to choose North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

"With the clock ticking to the Republican National Convention last week, Donald Trump met privately to discuss his running mate search with two of his closest advisers: his sons," NBC writes. "The conversation quickly turned tense when the former president indicated that he was leaning toward Doug Burgum, until recently the largely unknown governor of North Dakota — but someone whose low-maintenance, no-drama personality would never threaten to outshine Trump."

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Ex-Fox News host used wild conspiracy theory to turn Trump against Rubio for VP: NYT

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson reportedly played a key role in getting former President Donald Trump to select Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate -- and he played on Trump's own paranoia to get the job done.

The New York Times reports that Carlson intervened to lobby for Vance after he'd heard that Trump was considering going with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as a more establishment-friendly choice.

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‘Mortified’ RFK Jr. apologizes for leaked video of Trump spinning vaccine conspiracies

Hours before announcing he had chosen U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential running mate, Donald Trump met in Milwaukee on Monday with conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is an independent candidate for President of the United States.

Tucker Carlson, the far-right wing former Fox News host, "helped broker the meeting," The New York Times reports. Politico adds the meeting took place "to discuss the possibility of the independent candidate endorsing the Republican nominee, according to multiple people familiar with the huddle." The Kennedy camp denied he has any intention of dropping out of the race, despite his inability to gain any substantial traction that would make him a serious contender for the White House. RFK Jr. is polling in the high single digits to about 10 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight, which is enough for him to be a spoiler, likely helping Trump more than President Joe Biden.

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Trump will 'lose his mind' and blow up his own 'unity' pitch: Whoopi Goldberg

"The View's" Whoopi Goldberg isn't buying into Donald Trump's "unity" message after his near-death experience.

The topic arose while the co-hosts were discussing President Joe Biden's NBC News interview with Lester Holt and questions about how to talk about the danger to democracy "when a president says things like he says."

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GOP lawmaker's boast the party is unified behind Trump goes down in flames on CNN

A boast by a Republican party leader that every GOP lawmaker is thrilled to share the stage with Donald Trump hit a speedbump during an interview on CNN on Tuesday morning.

Speaking with "Inside Politics" host Manu Raju at the Republican National Convention, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) claimed Democratic lawmakers don't want anything to do with President Joe Biden as the election nears.

After pointing out that Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin did not appear with Biden at a recent rally in her state, Daines stated, "It's the Democrats who don't want to stand with their nominees, we are proud to stand with [former] President Trump, with [running mate] J.D. Vance — and look he's leading in every one of these battleground states now."

"But," Raju interrupted, "I want to ask you: Larry Hogan, the Maryland Republican senate candidate, he was on with Wolf Blitzer yesterday, he would not endorse J.D Vance on the top of the ticket, he wouldn't endorse Donald Trump. He's not here tonight. Isn't he doing what you're accusing Democrats are doing? Running away from the top of the ticket?"

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"Look, Larry Hogan is running in Maryland, not Mississippi," Daines attempted. "Larry Hogan is uniquely a maverick. That is why a Republican governor like Larry Hogan has been so popular in a very Democrat (sic) state like Maryland."

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Sacramento school riled after biology test says Black people have 'pimp walk gene': report

A California school has been entangled in years of bitter controversy after an educator burst into the teachers' lounge and admitted she'd called a student the N-word -- and it's only been further inflamed by an incident last month that revolved around claims that Black people have a "pimp walk gene."

The situation at Luther Burbank High School showcases the treacherous waters through which Black educators must wade as they navigate administrative politics and mounting racial tensions nationwide following the death of George Floyd, the Sacramento Bee reports.

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Democrat Moskowitz slaps aside CNN host's attempt to shame him for Trump jokes

Appearing on CNN on Tuesday morning, Rep. Jared Moskowtiz (D-FL) swatted aside questions from host John Berman over whether he is being too tough on Donald Trump as the 2024 election nears.

Since the attempted assassination of the former president on Saturday, a central topic of conversation has been the heated rhetoric that many believe led to the attack, although there is no evidence that was the motive.

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