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'In a hermetically-sealed caddy shack': Morning Joe rips into Trump's disappearing act

Morning Joe ridiculed Donald Trump Tuesday for hiding out in a ‘hermetically-sealed caddy shack” in a desperate effort to keep attention on Joe Biden.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked Trump for doing nothing since Biden flopped during a debate earlier this month, hoping the attention stays off him and on the president, who’s dealing with demands that he drop out of the presidential race.

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'More unhinged' Supreme Court justices will come in a second Trump term: analysis

Former President Donald Trump radically remade the United States Supreme Court when he appointed three right-wing justices who have upended American law by overturning several long-term precedents, most famously the right to an abortion that was established by Roe v. Wade.

Writing in the New York Times, former attorney Jay Willis has done a rundown of potential Trump Supreme Court picks and has found that many of them appear even "more unhinged" than the Federalist Society-approved judges whom he appointed in his first term.

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How 'faux populist' J.D. Vance went from Trump hater to top VP pick

During the 2016 presidential race, "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance was a scathing critic of Donald Trump and argued that he would be terrible for the Republican Party if he won the election.

But Vance, now a U.S. senator via Ohio, has since taken an ultra-MAGA turn and become a strident Trump supporter. And he is reportedly on Trump's short list for a running mate.

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Biden goes 'full Trump' to save White House bid

With their president calling into a morning TV show and bashing so-called elites, US voters could be forgiven a sense of deja vu. But this time it's Joe Biden, not Donald Trump who's on the other end of the line.

As the 81-year-old Democrat fights to save his reelection bid after a catastrophic debate against the 78-year-old Republican, Biden is increasingly turning to the aggressive playbook pioneered by Trump.

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Senate leader mulls bill to strip Trump of powers granted by Supreme Court

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday insisted the Democratic Party “will not let the Supreme Court’s decision” regarding Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution “stand unaddressed.”

NBC News reported the New York senator is eyeing a legislative response to the Court’s controversial opinion.

The court, in a 6-3 ruling last week, decided Trump is “immune from prosecution for official acts taken while in office, but not for private conduct,” the Washington Post reports.

According to the Hill, Schumer said “he and other Senate Democrats will work to advance legislation to strip” Trump of that immunity.

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Furious RNC platform committee member: We spent thousands just to be 'rolled'

A member of the closed-door Republican Party platform committee meeting unleashed her own fury after the committee voted to pass former President Donald Trump's policies into the party as a whole.

Political director Matt Smith of WISN12News Milwaukee caught up with Gail Ruzicka, a platform committee member from Utah, who was incensed.

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GOP platform softens same-sex marriage and abortion stances as Trump boasts of 'greatness'

The Republican Party platform made history when it was passed Monday and former President Donald Trump praised the committee members who ushered in his demands.

"The 2024 GOP Platform to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN was overwhelmingly approved by the Rules Committee - Thank you to Chairwoman Marsha Blackburn and Vice Chair Michael Waltz for their tireless work to PUT AMERICA FIRST. Ours is a forward-looking Agenda with strong promises that we will accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican Majorities in the House and Senate," posted Trump on Truth Social.

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Trump attorney Alina Habba: My fame proves legal persecution against ex-president

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, claimed her personal fame was a sign that the legal system had persecuted the former president.

Habba spoke to Fox News on Monday in her new role as a Trump 2024 campaign adviser. Host Martha MacCallum began the interview by asking Trump's attorney to weigh in on President Joe Biden's refusal to drop out of the race.

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'Not subject to immunity': Dem bill would revive Trump prosecution for election crimes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) revealed his plan to introduce legislation that would classify election subversion by the president as an unofficial act.

Schumer spoke on the Senate floor Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision giving Donald Trump immunity for official acts he took as president.

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'Most powerful White House in history': Behind the real threat of pro-Trump Project 2025

Donald Trump and some of his allies, including Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Stephen Miller, have been trying to distance themselves from Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation's detailed, in-depth blueprint for a second Trump Administration. And Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) who is reportedly on Trump's short list for a possible running mate, has said that Trump is not beholden to Project 2025.

On his Truth Social Platform, Trump claimed, "I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it."

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Trump schedules 'interview' with Sean Hannity after 10-day post-debate disappearance

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reportedly scheduled an "interview" with friendly Fox News host Sean Hannity after President Joe Biden's supporters accused him of disappearing following a recent CNN debate.

Fox News reported Hannity asked the former president "about growing calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race." The pre-recorded event was set to air Monday night.

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‘Your new cabinet’: Fyre Fest fraudster is helping Trump connect with rappers

Get ready for former President Donald Trump’s cabinet to include the Secretary of Taking Speedboat Selfies With Rappers To Scam Rich Kids Into Renting Wet Mattresses On Hotel Parking Lots.

Billy McFarland, the “organizer” of the Caribbean music festival that failed so badly it was the subject of two competing documentaries, appears to be helping Trump connect with rap stars.

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Trump reveals RNC convention agenda — and there's a glaring change from his last one

The 2024 Republican Party convention has made a significant departure from a theme central to 2016.

Comparing the themes of the last platform with the new one that Trump's campaign published Monday, almost everything is a repeat except for one glaring change — the presumptive Republican nominee has apparently given up on bipartisanship.

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