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Dark truth underpins 'clownish' Trump's 'circus of death and chaos': column

A Guardian columnist on Monday warned that behind President Donald Trump's portrayal as a "comic figure" hides a much darker reality.

Nesrine Malik explained that although some commentators have argued that Trump's "clownishness or lack of ideology" has made him less dangerous than previous authoritarian leaders, that's not the case.

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GOP lawmaker 'accused of beating women' drafts expulsion resolution against Nancy Mace

A Republican lawmaker who was accused of violence against women has reportedly drafted an expulsion resolution against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) before she can do the same to him.

On Monday, NOTUS reported that the resolution drafted by Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) notes that Mace berated security officers and Transportation Security Administration officials at Charleston International Airport.

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Patel lawyer humiliated over his 'legal losing streak' after Atlantic lawsuit made public

Longtime GOP campaign strategist, and current thorn in Donald Trump’s side, Rick Wilson, pounced all over a report in The Atlantic that contained allegations from FBI insiders that Director Kash Patel has, at times, been a non-functional drunk unable to fulfill his duties.

In his Monday newsletter, the acerbic Wilson took joyful pokes at the Trump appointee, calling him “The Drunk in the Poodle Room,” before noting that the beleaguered law enforcement official hired a MAGA-related attorney who filed a defamation lawsuit in court on Monday aimed at obtaining a $250 million judgment.

On his Substack, Wilson reported that he was also once sued by Patel’s attorney, Jesse Binnall, who was representing Trump insider Michael Flynn at the time, which, Wilson wrote, ended with Flynn and his lawyer losing “... in spectacular fashion.”

Wilson wrote, Binnell is “a name that should ring a bell for anyone who followed Trump’s post-2020 legal clown show and who follows Against All Enemies.”

“Binnall isn’t just a bad bet,” he elaborated. “He’s a legal losing streak with a law degree. His defamation suit for Mark Robinson against CNN over the ‘Black Nazi' story Robinson withdrew it himself, calling it a ‘futile effort’ before the judge could even rule. His case for the Flynn family against CNN? Dismissed on summary judgment.”

“Devin Nunes hired him to sue Esquire for implying his Iowa dairy farm used undocumented labor…and discovery proved the farm did use undocumented labor,” he added.

Piling on, he predicted, based upon The Atlantic’s reputation, previous reporting on Patel’s antics, and Binnell’s “endless vomit of defamation suits and threats” that Wilson labeled “MAGA lawfare,” that The Atlantic “is going to tear him apart, and I’m here for it.”

“This is the guy Kash Patel is sending to war against The Atlantic’s legal team, a man whose entire defamation practice is apparently built on the theory that if he loses enough cases, the Supreme Court will eventually feel sorry for him and overturn New York Times v. Sullivan.,” he wrote before adding a sarcastic: “Good luck with that, Counselor.”

Melania Trump rejects Jeff Bezos' wife's peacemaking with Anna Wintour: 'Not interested'

Jeff Bezos' wife Lauren Sanchez has reportedly been trying to bring together First Lady Melania Trump and former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, according to reports on Monday.

Sanchez has been trying to play peacemaker between the two women after Wintour shaded Trump's style in a recent interview, just as Sanchez and Bezos were planning the upcoming Met Gala in May, Reality Tea reported. Bezos and Sanchez have had close ties to the Trump administration and even attended the inauguration for President Donald Trump.

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Trump told his 'last chance' at redemption is to 'resign now, citing health reasons'

In a lengthy op-ed published Monday, author and policy expert William Becker laid out what he described as the “stench of scandal” President Donald Trump may have permanently placed on the White House, but despite his countless controversies, the president still had one “last chance” at achieving redemption, one that Becker urged Trump to consider before it’s too late.

“The voting public has twice given Trump the opportunity to redeem his legacy. Each time, he has only made it worse. His last chance is to resign now, citing health reasons,” Becker wrote in an op-ed published in The Hill.

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New 'massive conflict of interest' clouds DOJ's 2020 election conspiracy probe

The decision by the Department of Justice to appoint a former Fox News legal analyst to head up an investigation into former federal officials who investigated Donald Trump will present a whole new set of problems for the Trump administration, according to reporting.

Last week it was announced that federal prosecutor Maria Medetis Long was ousted after objecting to pressure to indict former CIA Director John Brennan for what the president and his allies believe was false testimony about Russian involvement.

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'Early signals of trouble' flagged as analyst predicts new Trump-fueled GOP bloodbath

President Donald Trump's rising unpopularity and declining approval rating could put Republican candidates in down-ballot races in jeopardy, an analyst reported on Monday.

Salon's Russell Payne described how Trump's party could be gearing up for serious losses in upcoming midterm elections, especially as the U.S.-Israel war in Iran continues. However, those losses might not be as dramatic as recent past presidents have suffered during their respective administrations.

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'Disaster': Alex Jones claims Trump is plotting to throw midterms in 'landslide'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones concluded that President Donald Trump has "made some deal" to lose the midterm elections in a landslide.

In a message posted to X over the weekend, Jones noted that "Trump continues to insanely flip-flop" on the war in Iran.

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Foreign officials mock Trump behind the scenes over conflicting statements: report

President Donald Trump’s often conflicting or inconsistent statements regarding the U.S. war in Iran have not only left American critics confused, but foreign officials as well, including those of a key U.S. ally, who behind the scenes have been left baffled by the president’s remarks.

“A senior Israeli official admitted that it is impossible to gain a full read on Trump’s intentions, saying, ‘If we put Trump’s statements into ChatGPT, it will implode,’” a report from The Times of Israel published Monday reads, citing an unnamed senior Israeli official.

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Trump's war against pope sours Catholics nationwide: 'Who would do something like that?'

President Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV – along with his sharing of an image on social media depicting him as a Jesus Christ-like figure – has soured Catholics nationwide, many of whom say that Trump’s quarrel with the head of the Catholic Church was beyond defensible.

“The reactions were definitely like, you know, who would do something like that?” said Max D’Amore, a student at Villanova University, a private Catholic research institution in Pennsylvania, speaking with The New York Times for its report Monday.

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Trump promises 'lots of bombs' if Iran doesn't negotiate by Tuesday

President Donald Trump warned that Iran would be on the receiving end of "lots of bombs" if the country's leaders did not negotiate with the U.S. before a ceasefire ends on Tuesday.

In a Monday interview, PBS asked Trump about what would happen if the ceasefire with Iran expired on Tuesday.

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'Hit the big red panic button': Trump's top aide summons GOP insiders for urgent talks

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has called together dozens of Republican strategists from across the United States for an "urgent closed-door summit" as the GOP looks ahead at potentially brutal midterms, according to reports on Monday.

The GOP operatives were reportedly aiming to prepare for the expected challenge this fall that could be a serious struggle for Republicans to maintain majority in Congress, according to The Daily Beast.

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Trump insists Iran war was own doing amid speculation of foreign influence

President Donald Trump took to social media Monday to insist that the decision to launch a war against Iran was entirely his own, a remark that comes amid growing claims that Israel had “pulled” him into the conflict.

“Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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