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Vote for spending bill sending 'shockwaves' through key GOP district: 'political suicide'

MSNBC host Ana Cabrera and former Congressman Max Rose (D-NY) took a jab at Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) without even mentioning her name Thursday morning.

“Congressman Rose, you used to represent Staten Island, which voted for President [Donald] Trump the past three cycles,” Cabrera said.

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The View hosts refuse their owners' Trump demand: 'Giving the country middle finger'

A co-host of "The View" doesn't appear to be backing down from requests to quiet their attacks on President Donald Trump.

"The View" is one of the most-watched daytime talk shows, but ABC News recently asked the women to back off of criticizing Trump, according to a Daily Beast report Wednesday.

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Judge deals major blow to Trump's order dismantling Education Department

A federal judge blocked an executive order by president Donald Trump to shut down the Department of Education.

Boston-based U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the federal agency and ordered the reinstatement of employees laid off in March, reported CNN.

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'Going to try to find out': Reporter flags 'anonymous' guest list at Trump event

The guest list for president Donald Trump's private dinner with top investors in his crypto tokens is not being publicized, but CNN's Allison Morrow vowed to find out who's attending.

The White House is refusing to release a guest list, saying the president only ever acts in the public interest, and lawmakers from both parties have expressed concern about the event at Trump's golf course and resort in Potomac Falls, Virginia.

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MSNBC analyst laughs off White House move to hide Trump's 'meandering' transcripts

A decision by Donald Trump's White House to remove transcripts of his public remarks from the government website where they have previously resided drew a sarcastic response from The Bulwark's managing editor on Thursday morning.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with co-host Jonathan Lemire, Sam Stein admitted he was not surprised because transcribing the president's speeches and public remarks has always been a thankless task.

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'Jackass': DeSantis unleashes personal attacks as he rages against corruption accusation

Gov. Ron DeSantis called the investigation by a state attorney into First Lady Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida Foundation a manufactured political operation during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

The governor spoke at more length Wednesday than he’d done Tuesday when the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald first reported the open investigation by State’s Attorney Jack Campbell in Tallahassee into the transfer to the foundation of $10 million from a $67 million Medicaid overpayment settlement with the state.

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'Compared to al Qaeda': Farmers don't believe promises from inside Trump admin

Farmers with Modern Ag Alliance, a coalition that has been pushing for the adoption of pesticide labeling policies that would make it more difficult to build cancer-related lawsuits against pesticides, fear the impact of an upcoming “Make America Healthy Again” report they believe will target pesticides.

The farmers said on a press call Wednesday an attack on pesticide chemicals, specifically mentioning glyphosate in the widely used Roundup herbicide, would be “a terrible development for American agriculture” and lead to higher food costs for the American consumer.

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Labor secretary shuts down testimony about 'racial abuse' at Elon Musk's company

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer refused to talk about "routine racial abuse" at one of Elon Musk's companies during a Senate hearing Thursday.

While appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) asked Chavez-DeRemer why her department had closed an investigation into alleged racial abuse at Tesla.

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'I was worried': Legal experts pounce on Supreme Court's religious school ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 4-4 over an Oklahoma case involving religious public charter schools. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case due to a conflict.

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin explained on air that a tie at the court means that the lower court verdict holds. The lower court ruled against Oklahoma.

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'Shameful': MAGA observers melt down over Supreme Court's new ruling

MAGA advocates staged a meltdown on social media after news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court failed to reach a decision in favor of allowing taxpayers to pay for a religious charter school in Oklahoma.

The court tied 4-4 Thursday, with one conservative justice siding with liberals. According to the Associated Press:

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GOP lawmakers 'gave Democrats fodder' by ignoring profane Trump demand: analyst

Moments after the GOP-controlled House barely passed a budget bill that will now be negotiated with the similarly GOP-controlled Senate, MSNBC contributor Sam Stein claimed the Republican House members parted ways with Donald Trump twice with one vote.

Speaking with the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Stein stated Trump's admonition to Republicans to not "f---" with Medicaid was ignored.

"Two things here," the managing editor of The Bulwark began. "One is it is ample opportunity for Democrats to make politics out of this; Medicaid is extremely popular and this will slash millions from the roles of Medicaid and it's going to deeply complicate things for Republican states as well as Democratic states."

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'Stupid': Trump says he regrets not cashing in more during his first term

President Donald Trump reportedly regrets that he didn't capitalize more on his first term in office, and he's not letting opportunities to cash in pass him by the second time around.

The president is hosting the top 220 holders of his $TRUMP memecoin Thursday at his golf resort outside Washington, D.C., who have poured about $150 million into the coin's value, which directly benefits the Trump family, and Rolling Stone reported this is just the latest example of him using public office for personal benefit.

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Trump 'bait and switched' NC voters who are now lashing out: 'He knew what he was doing'

President Donald Trump ‘bait and switched' North Carolina voters on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid they received, and some Hurricane Helene survivors are angry at his recent moves, according to a Politico special report.

During the campaign, Trump made several claims about why the people affected by the extreme flooding were not receiving aid. He claimed that “the Biden administration was diverting FEMA assistance from North Carolina to house illegal immigrants.” He also said, “$1 billion of FEMA spending was ‘stolen’ for migrants.”

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