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'Very dicey': Analyst warns Trump's fundraising surge masks glaring blind spot for GOP

For months, President Joe Biden's reelection campaign was way ahead of presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in terms of fundraising. But Trump enjoyed a major fundraising surge after a Manhattan jury found him guilty on 34 criminal charges in his hush money trial.

According to Politico's Adam Wren, however, that post-verdict fundraising surge doesn't erase other problems the GOP is dealing with this election year.

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Lauren Boebert out of political options if she doesn't crush imminent primary: analyst

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is expected to coast to an easy Republican primary win Tuesday after changing congressional districts to avoid a serious Democratic threat to her old seat.

The Colorado Republican changed from the 3rd congressional district, where she faced well-funded Democrat Adam Frisch after narrowly beating him the previous election, to the deep-red 4th district, where Tea Party Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) is retiring and her GOP rivals are beset by personal problems, reported Slate columnist Jim Newell.

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Trump's 'rightwing cult members' are unwittingly helping Biden ahead of debate: expert

Former President Donald Trump's outspoken followers are unwittingly helping his political foe in the upcoming presidential debate by bombarding President Joe Biden with insults about his age, according to The Guardian political columnist Margaret Sullivan.

Conservatives' constant attacks on Biden's mental sharpness have only succeeded in easing the criteria for success the 81-year-old incumbent must meet when he faces off against Trump on CNN Thursday night, Sullivan argues.

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David Duchovny tells The View he once had to explain a sexual term to King Charles

For those who believe that the British royals are just like everyday citizens, actor and writer David Duchovny has a different story about an encounter he had with now-King Charles.

The "X-Files" and "Californication" star appeared on "The View" on Monday to discuss his book "Bucky F---ing Dent," which has now been made into a film.

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Raw Story wins three national awards from women’s press organization

Three Raw Story investigations by investigative reporter Alexandria Jacobson won first place prizes in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2024 Professional Communications Contest.

Jacobson’s work was honored on June 22 at the organization’s national conference in St. Louis, Mo. Jacobson won first place in three categories:

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Trump supporters don't realize that 'the entire world makes fun of' him: George Conway

Anti-Trump attorney George Conway has a message for supporters of former President Donald Trump who believe that he garners absolute respect from foreign leaders all across the world.

During a recent episode of The Bulwark's "George Conway Explains It All" podcast, he needled Trump supporters for buying into the former president's frequent claims that America was "respected" during his administration.

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'What are we even doing here?' Aileen Cannon slammed for endangering lives with delay

The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case has taken her delay dalliances so far as to put American lives at risk, according to a seething new editorial.

Salon editor Charles R. Davis on Monday slammed Judge Aileen Cannon's delays in considering special counsel Jack Smith plea to tighten restrictions on Trump's dangerous rhetoric, which has seen law enforcement face threats of family slaughter, as she ponders the former president's ravings about assassination plots, shadow governments and deep state henchmen.

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'There weren’t even that many ovens': Trump co-defendant's stunning comments on Holocaust

Trevian Kutti, a co-defendant in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump, denied that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

In a post on the social media platform X last week, Kutti shared her views about what happened in the camps run by Hitler's Nazi Germany.

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Ex-White House aide nails Trump spokeswoman's 'stunning lack of message discipline' on CNN

The co-hosts of "The View" began Monday by trouncing Donald Trump's spokesperson, who went up against Kasie Hunt on CNN Monday and was cut off as she launched attacks on the host's colleagues.

The spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, answered questions with furious assaults on CNN debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, who will preside over the event on Thursday.

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'Not a crime': Georgia sheriff shrugs off slurs and death threats against election worker

A Georgia sheriff's office has refused to investigate death threats and racial slurs against election workers, saying the attacks are "not a crime."

Milton Kidd, the voter registration director in Douglas County, told Stateline that he was regularly threatened.

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Nearly half of young voters say neither Biden nor Trump understands them

Almost half of young voters say that neither candidate understands their demographic's needs or concerns, according to a new poll.

When asked if either candidate understood "the needs and concerns of younger people," voters under 30 appeared to be unconvinced that either candidate did. President Joe Biden was the most-highly ranked, with 26% saying he understood them. One-fifth said former President Donald Trump understood, and only 5% said that both candidates did. But 48% said that neither candidate understood their needs.

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Republican looks to kill regulations designed to protect firefighters

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wants to eliminate work requirements that protect firefighters and emergency medical responders, Bloomberg Law wrote Monday.

Foxx is fighting regulations from Labor Secretary Julie Su that require training standards and rules aimed at safeguarding the first responders.

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'Serious political liability': Conservative identifies major Trump policy blunder

Conservative Ramesh Ponnuru believes that former President Donald Trump made a policy blunder recently that has garnered little attention but that he believes could come back to hurt him.

Writing in the Washington Post, Ponnuru takes aim at Trump's recent declaration that he would cut off funds to schools that mandated vaccinations for students.

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