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'Anybody?' J.D. Vance draws blank as he tries to find local media covering Michigan rally

As Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) held a rally in Byron Center, Michigan for former President Donald Trump's election campaign, the recently-minted running mate tried to solicit questions from reporters local to the state of Michigan, openly dismissing national reporters.

But, after a minute of unsuccessfully trying to find any Michigan reporters there to ask questions, he resigned himself to engaging with the national media instead.

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Republicans line up to support Michael Cohen lawsuit against Trump

A court ruled that Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, couldn't sue the ex-president and his attorney general, Bill Barr, over claims they weaponized the Department of Justice in retaliation against him. Now Cohen is appealing — and he's got an extensive list of Republicans and conservatives standing beside him.

The case stems from 2020 when imprisoned Cohen, Trump's former lawyer who pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges in 2018, was set to be released to home confinement because of health risks posed by COVID.

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J.D. Vance says his grandmother pulled .44 Magnum on motorcyclist for middle finger insult

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance told a group of supporters that his grandmother once pulled a .44 Magnum handgun on a motorcyclist who displayed a middle finger.

At a Wednesday campaign event in Michigan, Vance attributed his success to his grandmother.

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Megadonor refuses to ditch Trump despite being attacked in his furious texts: report

An attack by Donald Trump aimed at a conservative campaign donor who has supported him overwhelmingly through the years wasn't enough for the widow of a megadonor to pull her support, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Reporter Maggie Haberman wrote last week that billionaire supporter Miriam Adelson, the widow of the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, got an angry set of text messages attacking her and her legitimacy as a conservative.

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'Ridiculous': Analyst spots gaping hole in Trumpworld attack on Harris

A political analyst on Wednesday highlighted what he sees as a critical problem with Trumpworld's complaints that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't giving enough time to the press.

Actually, political affairs analyst David Rothkopf found many instances.

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'Things are going great': Columnist mocks Trump's tiny rally venue amid crowd size brag

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was expected to speak to a drastically smaller crowd in Asheville, NC, on Wednesday than he did during the 2016 campaign cycle.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Trump would hold his Wednesday rally at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, which seats 2,431 people.

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Only Dem to have debated J.D. Vance shares weak spots with Tim Walz

The only Democrat to have taken on now Sen. J.D. Vance in a campaign debate is sharing his debating tips to Gov. Tim Walz (MN).

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) unsuccessfully fought Vance two years ago for an open Senate seat in Ohio.

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Trump team 'making serious gamble' turning get-out-the-vote efforts over to outside allies

Donald Trump has captured the Republican Party for nearly a decade, and his 2024 campaign could undermine GOP control of election strategies moving forward.

The former president's team is "making a serious gamble," according to a New York Times report, by enlisting outside groups they don't directly control to "carry out their marching orders without accountability" following a surprise decision by the Federal Election Commission that allows campaigns to outsource their canvassing efforts with super PACs and other outside groups.

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'Madmen lead the blind': Columnist suggests it's time to fit Trump with a straitjacket

A new editorial about Donald Trump's agitated response to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign begins with a story about how "King Lear" landed mad King George III in a straitjacket.

The Guardian columnist Sidney Blumenthal Wednesday relied on the classics to make his case that the Republican nominee is suffering a mental break, but peppered in some thoroughly modern jabs.

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Reporter grills Trump over 'false' crowd size claim: 'There's all kinds of video evidence'

Former President Donald Trump continued to falsely claim this week that he had spoken to the largest crowds in history.

After casting his ballot during early voting in the Florida primary Wednesday, Trump took questions from reporters in West Palm Beach.

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GOP state senator 'performed an overt act of self-gratification' in public: report

Republican West Virginia State Senator Mike Maroney was arrested this week and charged with indecent exposure after he was seen performing what local news station WTRF describes as "an overt act of self-gratification" in public.

Marshall County Prosecutor Joe Canestraro tells WTRF that a criminal complaint has now been filed against Maroney related to an alleged incident that took place at a local gaming parlor.

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'How are you people so bad at this': Trump campaign slammed over inflation report spin job

The July inflation report showed a drop below 3 percent for the first time since 2021. It's reportedly a positive development for the U.S. economy, but Donald Trump's campaign attempted to spin it as a horrible outcome, according to experts. It didn't work for observers, however.

"Under Kamala Harris, everything costs 20 percent more than it did under President Trump, working families are having to spend 30 percent more for baby food, and the price of gasoline is up 50 percent," said national press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a release.

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Mike Lindell claims CNN 'hit job' has sparked state inquiry launched into his charity

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell lashed out at CNN after he said the network accused him of "using promo codes to attack democracy."

During a Wednesday appearance on the War Room podcast, Lindell said that Minnesota had opened an inquiry into his charity for drug addicts a day after CNN aired a documentary about how he was funding election deniers through MyPillow.

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