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'Only one thing matters': New audio reveals how Trump justifies 'evil'  behavior

A new recording of Donald Trump that aired on MSNBC reveals the ex-president justifying "horrible" and "evil" actions through his belief that just one thing matters: ratings.

While conducting one of six interviews he did with Trump, Variety editor and author Ramin Setoodeh discussed with Nicolle Wallace "The Apprentice" and how it impacted the 2016 election.

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Dem calls on 'pearl-clutching' colleagues to calm down when — not if — Trump wins

A second Democrat in office has come out calling for President Joe Biden to call it and sit out Nov. 5.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) published a Bangor Daily News editorial about how he's not surprised or fazed by the 81-year-old incumbent's freefall from his poor showing at last week's debate — but that the outcome of this election has been clear to him for months: "While I don’t plan to vote for him, Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that."

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Evangelicals terrified after key RNC delegates stripped of positions: report

Republican ideologues are worried the party platform may soften its stance on abortion at the behest of former President Donald Trump over a fear of losing this year's races.

Donald Trump has tried to distance himself recently from evangelicals who pressed for judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Republican floats bizarre theory of behind-the-scenes White House shenanigans

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) on Tuesday claimed that former President Barack Obama and “his team” are “running the government, really.”

Speaking with Newsmax’s “Wake Up America,” the New York Republican argued former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, among others, are “behind the scenes” of President Joe Biden’s administration.

"It's just like a Soviet-style Politburo," Tenney said, comparing Biden to former Communist Party Central Committee General Secretary Yuri Andropov — whom she described as “a decrepit, old Communist that they put” in charge of the USSR.

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RFK Jr says barbecued carcass he held up on camera was a 'real photo' — but it was no dog​

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is refuting a report in Vanity Fair that he sent a photo of himself to friends posing with the barbecued carcass of what experts identified as a dog.

On Fox News Tuesday, Kennedy, a former environmental attorney known for his conspiracy theories about vaccines, vehemently denied the animal was a dog.

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ProPublica releases unedited interview with Joe Biden in wake of debate

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In the wake of President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance, his opponents and most major media organizations have pointed out that he has done few interviews that give the public an opportunity to hear him speak without a script or teleprompters.

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'What could go wrong?' Op-ed begs Biden not to listen to grandkid and dance on TikTok

No number of Tik-Toking grandchildren can save President Joe Biden's campaign following his "mythically catatonic performance at last week’s debate," a new opinion piece contends.

Slate staff writer Luke Winkie laid into the Bidens following a report in The New York Times that at least one of the commander-in-chief's grandchildren expressed interest in getting more involved to help his campaign, which has faced intense scrutiny from pundits, donors and some in the Democratic Party.

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'Grow up': Republican on hot mic bashes 'stupid' young adults on parents' insurance plans

A Wisconsin Republican wants to take out a key piece of the Affordable Care Act.

Heartland Signal, via WCPT 820 AM, posted an excerpt of a hot mic conversation with Republican Senate hopeful Eric Hovde.

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'Beat Donald Trump like a drum': Columnist makes bold case for  Biden 'love' campaign

President Joe Biden should "beat Donald Trump like a drum" but in a loving way, a new Salon opinion piece contends.

In "This is how Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump like a drum," Lucian K Truscott IV contrasts the wide divide between Biden and the presumptive Republican nominee, former president and convicted felon.

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Trump failed to beat Biden’s fundraising in June: report

Despite a debate performance that sent Democratic officials into a frenzy last week, President Joe Biden exceeded ex-President Donald Trump's fundraising haul for the month of June, according to Politico.

Per Politico, the MAGA hopeful failed to surpass Biden's cash intake "for the first time in months."

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'Incredibly dangerous': Right in a tizzy over Hunter Biden's presence in the White House

A recent NBC News report that President Joe Biden's son Hunter has been attending White House meetings after last week's debate has the right — and some White House staffers — in a tizzy.

"What the hell is happening?" one senior White House staffer reportedly said.

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Clarence Thomas signals he's coming for assault weapons bans: analysis

The Supreme Court just had a significant term of decisions on gun-related cases, from the legality of "bump stocks" to the Second Amendment rights of accused domestic abusers. But far-right Justice Clarence Thomas would like to go further, taking aim at state bans on assault weapons.

According to Newsweek, the Supreme Court declined to take up a case in Illinois reviewing whether their assault weapon ban is constitutional — but only because they want to wait and see how the lower courts resolve the issue. Thomas agreed with this — but made clear in his own writing that if he doesn't like how the court rules, he will push the court to review it.

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Byron Donalds says Black vote for Trump 'could go as high as 25%' in November

Florida GOP Congressman Byron Donalds says Donald Trump is going to perform better with Black voters than any Republican has done in a presidential election in several generations, predicting it “could go as high as 25%.”

Speaking on Sage Steele’s podcast with Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt that was recorded in Atlanta before last week’s presidential debate, the Naples representative said, “I probably have President Trump today at 16%-20% of the Black vote overall. Black men near 25%. It could go higher.”

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