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'Brutality is the point': Conservative blames Kristi Noem's horror story on modern day GOP

In her new book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong With Politics and How We Move America Forward," South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem describes, in detail, the time she shot and killed her puppy.

Noem writes, "I hated that dog…. I had to put her down."

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OAN apologizes to Michael Cohen for false sex allegations in embarrassing retraction

OAN, a conservative news network, issued a retraction and apology to former attorney Michael Cohen after falsely reporting he had a six-month affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

In a statement on Monday, OAN made it clear that no one should rely on the outlet's reporting about Cohen's alleged affair. The outlet said it had used a source supposedly in contact with disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti, who subsequently denied that he ever made such claims.

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Mary Trump: My uncle is 'dissolving before our eyes' and he'd be ruined by a night in jail

Filmmaker and entrepreneur Andy Ostroy began his latest "The Back Room" podcast by mocking Donald Trump's rants in the Manhattan court hallways during the break in his criminal trial.

During his podcast, Ostroy predicted that "I think this man is going to totally lose his f--king mind by the end of this trial" on the grounds that Trump still has "four to six weeks left that he has to sit through it in court and basically be told, 'Shut up and sit down!'"

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Hunter Biden escalates fight against Fox News over 'debunked' claims and explicit photos

Hunter Biden took a step toward suing Fox News for publishing sexually explicit images of him Monday.

Lawyers for President Joe Biden's son sent a letter to Fox News and FOX Corp. alleging conspiracy to defame and unlawful publication of "hacked" images. The legal team sought corrections and on-air retractions to claims that he and his father were engaged in foreign bribery schemes, reported CNN.

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'A bullet to the head': Conservative gives rare defense of Kristi Noem's dog killing

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem isn't finding many defenders even in right-wing media after she revealed that she killed Cricket, a family dog, on the grounds that it was "less than worthless" as a hunting animal.

However, The Daily Wire's Michael Knowles on Monday gave defending Noem his best shot, even as he emphasized that it was a bad political move to boast about killing a 14-month-old dog.

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'Rest of life in prison': RNC official frets about 'decades' in jail in fake elector case

Republican National Committee lawyer Christina Bobb, a former conservative news anchor and attorney for Donald Trump, said she expected to spend the rest of her life in prison if she is found guilty of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Arizona.

During a Monday interview on Real America's Voice, host Steve Bannon asked Bobb what her punishment could be if she is found guilty on nine counts of trying to organize fake electors to hand the election to Trump.

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'Obviously bonkers': Lindsey Graham's Trump defense has already been blown up

Any hope that Sen. Lindsey Graham's defense of Donald Trump on Sunday during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" might provide a roadmap for the former president's legal team was dashed by MSNBC's Steve Benen on Monday morning.

While speaking with CNN's Dana Bash, the South Carolina Republican suggested paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels is not only not a criminal act, but the norm for celebrities attempting to protect their images.

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GOP in-fighting so bad some House members want to scrap policy decisions until election

Republicans are trying to reframe their legislative performance since taking over with a range of excuses.

Speaking to the Washington Post, Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) criticized hardliners who have demanded their way or the highway when passing legislation in the House.

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Anti-gay Republican has meltdown over LGBTQ mural she says contains 'demonic messages'

A former mill town, Littleton, New Hampshire, is feuding over a series of LGBTQ-themed murals that were installed last August by a non--profit group seeking to "beautify" run-down properties — murals that a right-wing state senator says has hidden "demonic" messages.

Republican State Senator Carrie Gendreau, who is vocally anti-LGBTQ, said in a statement that the murals that went up are "not good," The New York Post reported.

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'Docs don't lie': Ex-insider says Trump lawyers can't rely on trashing Michael Cohen

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers have been telegraphing that they plan to undermine Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against him by attacking the credibility of Michael Cohen, who will be a key witness.

However, one former insider thinks that strategy may be insufficient to get Trump off the hook if prosecutors have done their jobs correctly.

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Brett Kavanaugh provides clue into court's eventual ruling on Trump immunity case

A legal review written more than a decade ago by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh could provide a preview of how he will rule on Donald Trump's sweeping immunity claim.

The Trump-appointed Kavanaugh, who was confirmed in 2018, published the article nine years earlier while serving as a U.S. Circuit Court judge, saying that the public vastly underestimated the difficulty of the president's job and arguing they should be protected from criminal prosecution while focusing without distraction on the duties of their role, reported Insider.

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Former U.S. attorney: Judge will take Trump to the 'woodshed' over gag order

Former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore expected New York Justice Juan Merchan to take Donald Trump to the "woodshed" for violating a gag order in his hush-money case.

During a Monday interview on CNN, Moore told host Jim Acosta that the delay in resolving accusations that the gag order has been violated was part of the "sausage making" in court.

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Supreme Court denies Peter Navarro's request to be released from prison

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro will not be released from prison while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not take up Navarro's case.

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