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'Former Republican lunatics!' Trump rages in rambling post against growing list of foes

Convicted felon and former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Thursday to rail against the growing number of conservative politicians who say he's a danger to American democracy.

Trump does not limit himself to complaining about former U.S. representatives from the states of Wyoming and Illinois, but he grants them the privilege of being donned with monikers: "Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger, and Liz 'Out of Her Mind' Cheney."

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'Gift to Trump': Supreme Court watcher slams justices' failure to make decision

With another day of Supreme Court decisions that ended with inaction on the two major cases involving former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in D.C., judicial analyst Jeffrey Toobin took to X to slam the justices' delay — and warn that they are rapidly closing the window of opportunity to let special counsel Jack Smith try his case before the election in November.

"The Supreme Court's ongoing delay in deciding the immunity case is a gift to Trump, regardless of the ultimate result," wrote Toobin. "The Justices are taking so long that it may well be impossible to try the case before November, even if they rule that the case can proceed."

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‘Big league’: Trump swears he got higher TV ratings than ‘Friends’

The new book "Apprentice in Wonderland" is an exploration of the television show that took already famous businessman Donald Trump and made him a TV celebrity despite six bankruptcies in five of his companies, an excerpt in Vanity Fair revealed.

After six interviews with Trump personally, author and co-editor Ramin Setoodeh, the editor-in-chief of Variety, wrote that after the first season of "The Apprentice," Trump thought he should combine the salaries of all of the stars on "Friends" — and that should be what he would make per episode.

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'Evil will be shaken down': Gleeful evangelicals warn God is vengeful after Trump trial

Former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York has led to an upsurge of rhetoric from MAGA-aligned evangelists, wrote Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone — and they are casting the former president as a religious martyr, and the conviction as a trial for America from which God will deliver the faithful.

Trump supporters comparing the former president to Jesus is not a new phenomenon — but some are solidifying a clearer narrative than ever in the wake of the trial, which centered on Trump's illegally concealed hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to hide an extramarital affair from voters in 2016.

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'Planning his next crime': Lawyer warns Trump is already plotting more illegal moves

Attorney Marc Elias, known for his expertise on U.S. election law and voting rights, has been sounding the alarm about the refusal of MAGA Republicans — including presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — to accept election results they dislike.

Trump continues to claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him. And Elias, in an article published by his Democracy Docket website, warns that Trump and his allies will do everything they can to throw out the 2024 election results if he loses to incumbent President Joe Biden.

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'Highest rated show you've ever done': Trump's Dr. Phil teaser airs big hugs and boasts

A new teaser for former president and convicted felon Donald Trump's interview with Dr. Phil includes big hugs under a crystal chandelier and boasts about television ratings.

Trump shared the video trailer on Truth Social hours before the airing of his interview with Phillip Calvin McGraw, the psychologist who shot to fame talking mental health with Oprah in the 1990s.

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'Should be in chains!' Hate-spitting MAGA pastor mangles names of 'traitor' congresswomen

An evangelical pastor who's been endorsed by Donald Trump in his latest bid for Congress called for three Democratic congresswomen to be shackled "in chains" for treason.

Mark Burns, a televangelist-turned-Republican congressional candidate, told TNT Radio host Johnny Vedmore he was confident the biblical end of days was near because he believed the red heifers and other prophetic clues had been revealed, according to a video flagged by Right Wing Watch.

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CNN's Bash laughs at Sean Hannity's failed attempt to 'toss Trump a lifeline'

Normally straightlaced CNN host Dana Bash was unable to keep a straight face before sharing a clip of Fox News host Sean Hannity doing all he could to allow Donald Trump to walk back comments about plans to use the government to go after his perceived enemies if he is re-elected.

In the interview, which was pre-taped and edited before being broadcast on the conservative network on Wednesday night, Hannity appeared to be leading a confused Trump by the hand to push back at his critics who are warning about coming retribution.

Introducing the clip, a smirking Bash stated, "Last night Trump was on with Hannity and Hannity was clearly trying to throw him a lifeline and it didn't look like Donald Trump was ready to grab it."

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What followed was a clip of the Fox News host prompting the former president, "Focus on those that want people to believe you want retribution. That you will use the system of justice to go after your political enemies."

"So, number one, they're wrong," Trump replied. "It has to stop, because otherwise, we're not going to have a country. Look, when this election is over, based on what they've done. You have to do it. Look, I know what you want me to say something..." as Hannity interrupted and Trump spoke over him and added, "I don't want to look naïve."

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'Coup plotter!' Bannon's post-sentencing MAGA meltdown disrupted by determined heckler

Steve Bannon's attempts to cast his pending prison sentence as proof of a political witch hunt was swiftly shut down by an enraged protester who disrupted his courthouse press conference Thursday.

"You're a coup plotter," the protester roared. "You're going to jail!"

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'He's a draft dodger!' Veterans mince no words in Trump takedown for Biden D-Day ad

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Biden campaign released a new video of three military veterans who minced no words in taking down former President Donald Trump, with one calling him a "draft dodger" who's "not fit to be commander in chief."

The video, published Wednesday on the Biden campaign's YouTube account, features Marine Corps veteran Curtis Register, Army veteran Ed McCabe and Navy pilot Matthew McLaughlin.

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'It pays to be Clarence': Data shows justice raked in 'staggering' $4 million in gifts

Supreme Court Justices have received about $4.7 million in gifts over the past two decades — more than $4 million of which was pocketed by Clarence Thomas, newly revealed data show.

Outrage erupted Thursday as word spread of the new "staggering tally" of Supreme Court gifts which was collected by the nonprofit accountability group Fix the Court.

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Steve Bannon goes on tirade after prison order: 'There's nothing that can shut me up'

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was defiant after being ordered to report to prison by a judge on Thursday.

Bannon made remarks following U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols' decision to have him report to prison on July 1. The Republican strategist was convicted of two counts for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 Committee.

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Republican yells at Raw Story when asked about clash between ex-Gov. Larry Hogan and Trump

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan has drawn ire from former President Donald Trump's campaign after he said Americans should respect the guilty verdict against the former president.

But one lawmaker is calling any hints of a feud between Hogan and Trump fake news, despite the fact that Trump's allies have been openly attacking Hogan for days.

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