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'So moronic': Pro-Trump activist sparks fury with attack on MLK Jr.

As Americans around the world commemorated Martin Luther King Day, right-wing activist Charlie Kirk took to X to mark the occasion by condemning the civil rights activist — and those who honor him.

"Who was MLK? A myth has been created and it has grown totally out of control," he wrote. "While he was alive most people disliked him, yet today he is the most honored, worshipped, even deified person of the 20th century. Today we are going to tell the truth and explain how this myth was born. Happy Monday."

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Ex-MAGA activist tries to explain away racism of Trump's base: 'Mostly good people'

A former MAGA activist wants you to know the party he fled isn’t racist, they’ve just been “led astray.”

Rich Logis, a former right wing pundit now dedicated to dismantling the Make America Great Again movement, published a Salon piece on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in defense of the people he’d like to see leave their political fold.

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Trump played rival as 'a weapon of mass destruction to destroy DeSantis': report

Now that former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has firmly overtaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be Donald Trump's chief rival, the former president has been ramping up his attacks against her.

This is a contrast from last year when Trump was mostly happy to ignore Haley — and, according to a new report from Rolling Stone, this was part of a deliberate strategy.

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'Clearly a threat': Specter of Trump second coming looms over meeting of global elites

The specter of a second Donald Trump presidency is looming over the World Economic Forum in Davos.

World leaders gathered for the annual forum this week in the Swiss Alps, where power brokers expressed concerns that Trump appears destined to win the Republican presidential nomination and potentially be re-elected to a second term, reported Politico.

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‘Staggering refusal to govern’: Mike Johnson sparks fury for tying border fix to Trump win

Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire once again after saying House Republicans "can't" support a solution addressing the border until either Donald Trump or another Republican is elected to the White House.

Johnson reportedly made his remarks on a Sunday evening call with House Republicans, saying he will not accept the Senate border deal crafted by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) with the support of Senate GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Mike Lindell baffled as Fox News claims non-payment: 'We're well within our credit limits'

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell argued that Fox News refuses to air his advertisements because he hired former employee Lou Dobbs.

Last week, Lindell said Fox News had "canceled" his ads and admitted that he owes the company $7.8 million.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out after Fani Willis says she's 'filled with hate'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over a church speech that accused the lawmaker of being "filled with hate."

While speaking on the War Room podcast with Steve Bannon, Greene responded to remarks Willis made a day earlier at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta.

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Trump rival's attempt to court MAGA voter goes off the rails: 'He called me a paid actor!'

Vivek Ramaswamy has tried to garner support from conspiracy theorists in recent weeks — but he's had little to show for it, as his polling numbers have remained stagnant.

In fact, The Dispatch reports that Ramaswamy's efforts to court one conspiracy-minded Iowa voter backfired massively after the voter confronted him for making illogical claims in his campaign pitch.

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Trump loses key lawyer as cases against ex-president loom: report

A key attorney on Donald Trump’s legal team has withdrawn from two New York Court cases, one a criminal trial tied to porn star hush money accusations and the second a civil defamation trial appeal, a new report shows.

Joseph Tacopina will no longer represent the former president in the falsified business records case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, tentatively slated to begin in March, according to the New York Times report.

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Trump has already laid groundwork to unleash fraud claims if he loses in Iowa: report

If Donald Trump ends up underperforming in the Iowa caucuses, there's a good chance he'll repeat the claims of fraud he made when he lost to Ted Cruz in the contest back in 2016, the New York Times reported Monday.

Trump has already attempted to blame Ron DeSantis for preemptively rigging the caucuses — which suggest he's preparing to unleash fraud claims again, the report warns.

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Trump embraces 'stalker' MAGA fan — and even some allies are nervous: report

Trump-loving right-wing activist Laura Loomer has managed to ingratiate herself with the former president, despite the fact that even hardcore Trump loyalists such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) view her as "mentally unstable."

NBC News reports that some Trump allies are concerned about his embrace of Loomer, a failed congressional candidate who, like Trump, refused to concede her race despite clearly losing.

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Trump event 'really undermines'  demand to delay trial for Melania's mom's funeral: expert

Donald Trump will stand trial once again this week for defaming a woman he sexually abused, and a legal expert threw cold water on his last-minute attempt to delay the case.

The former president's attorneys filed a request Friday afternoon asking U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to push back the start date so that Trump can attend his mother-in-law's funeral. The request was denied and the trial will begin as scheduled on Tuesday.

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'Cascading effect' of delays could push all Trump's criminal trials past election: expert

Minor delays in Donald Trump's criminal trials could build to have a "cascading effect" that would push all his cases back until after the 2024 general election, former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance warned Monday.

Her warning came on the day that the presidential nomination process officially begins with the Iowa caucuses.

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