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'People power': Group behind 'No Kings' protest recruits massive army for daily disruption

Progressive advocacy organization Indivisible is launching an ambitious new campaign aimed at training more than one million organizers to oppose the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration.

Over the next several weeks, Indivisible will be hosting online organizing sessions as part of its One Million Rising initiative, which it describes as "a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design."

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Michael Flynn floats 'military trial for Obama' despite presidential immunity

Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn suggested former President Barack Obama should face a "military trial" after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused him of a "treasonous conspiracy" to undermine Donald Trump's presidency.

"I think immediately, immediately, the Department of Justice should suspend or revoke the passports of every single person that was in the national security component of the Obama regime and probably Biden, starting with starting with Obama himself," Flynn told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Monday. "I mean, do not allow these people to abscond this from the United States of America because some of them, I guarantee, are contemplating it because of what has been exposed."

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'Kill on sight': Man arrested after threatening to murder everyone on Epstein list

A Florida man has been arrested after making threats to kill everyone on the infamous "list" of those affiliated with Jeffrey Epstein.

Seamus Hughes and Peter Beck of "Court Watch" posted the criminal complaint against Terrell Bailey-Corsey in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida.

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'Struggling' Trump spirals as 'usual playbook' fails to get him out of jam: report

President Donald Trump's proven method for getting out of a scandal he claims is a "hoax" or a "witch hunt" is falling flat this time around mostly because of his own doing, according to The New Republic.

Writer Matt Ford posited that Trump is "struggling to an unusual degree" as he's unable to shake his association with sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein because of his very own executive orders.

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'I can't unsee it!' Comparisons to Mike Lindell could doom new Walt Disney robot

Longtime Disney fans have called on the company to "fix" an animatronic version of founder Walt Disney after comparisons to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

According to Forbes, the controversy arose after Disneyland unveiled the first-ever Walt Disney robot in a new attraction called "Walt Disney – A Magical Life."

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Fed chief Jerome Powell accused of criminally lying under oath: report

MAGA Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has referred Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to the Department of Justice on two criminal counts of lying under oath, according to Fox News Digital.

The outlet first reported Luna's accusations after obtaining her letter to the DOJ. It reads, in part,

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Bondi's slapdash release of Epstein docs could free Ghislaine Maxwell: expert

Jeffrey Epstein may have died in 2019, but his partner Ghislaine Maxwell remains in prison for her role in some of his schemes. She was convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse minors in 2021, but has appealed.

There is now concern that releasing some of the details of the Epstein files could risk the government's case against Maxwell in the appeal.

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'Smear campaign': Trump inner circle cries foul as judges set to oust Alina Habba

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, accused Democrats of using a "smear campaign" in an attempt to oust acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.

As Habba's 120-day appointment as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey was set to end, Republicans, like Blanche, warned that Democrats were plotting to convince a panel of judges to stop Habba from continuing in her job.

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'Haunted ever since': Ex-Fed chiefs unite to show Trump consequences of past threats

A bipartisan duo of former Federal Reserve chairs, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen, issued a dire warning in The New York Times' opinion page, warning against President Donald Trump's assault on the independence of the U.S. central bank.

"Independence for the Federal Reserve to set interest rates does not imply a lack of democratic accountability," they wrote. "Congress has set in law the goals that the Fed must aim to achieve — maximum employment and stable prices — and Fed leaders report regularly to congressional committees on their progress toward those goals.

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Judge gives Alina Habba lesson in law during blistering rebuke

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alina Habba, was admonished in a New Jersey court when Judge André Espinosa of U.S. District Court found her arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka inappropriate.

Raw Story reported in May that the dressing down of the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey by the judge was so significant that the mayor was caught on a hot mic commenting: “Jesus, he tore these people a new a--hole. Good grief.”

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'Stop!' Judge accuses Trump admin of hiding facts that could reveal it broke the law

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ordered the Trump administration to stop hiding data about how it is spending congressionally appropriated money, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Monday.

Watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed the suit, arguing that the administration was trying to unlawfully conceal information that would indicate it is violating the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, which prohibits the president from refusing to spend money Congress approved simply because they disagree with that purpose.

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'Help me! Help me!' Witnesses describe horror at 3 Florida immigrant centers

A new report released Monday by Human Rights Watch details what the organization describes as "abusive practices" at three immigrant detention facilities in the state of Florida.

The report documents conditions for detained immigrants at Florida's Krome North Service Processing Center (Krome), the Broward Transitional Center (BTC), and the Federal Detention Center (FDC) during the period of January through June of this year, and it alleges that all three facilities "flagrantly violate international human rights standards and the United States government's own immigration detention standards."

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'Significant concession': Trump admin makes major backtrack in Abrego Garcia case

The Trump administration has made a "significant concession" in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after claiming earlier this month that it would "immediately" take the El Salvadorian migrant into ICE custody for deportation if he was freed from a federal prison.

Fox News reported that administration lawyers agreed Monday to keep Abrego Garcia in custody in the United States for at least a 30-day period.

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