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'He could collapse the entire system!' Bernie Sanders issues grim Trump warning on CNN

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) issued a grim warning about America's health care system during an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Monday.

"We have a broken health care system; everybody knows that," Sanders said. "And Trump is not wrong when he says the system is not working very well, but he is making it far worse. And honestly, as the former chair of the health committee, I worry very, very much that he could literally collapse the entire system."

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'Wish I never got into politics': Trump-voting podcasters distance selves from president

Several prominent internet personalities who helped boost President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign are now publicly distancing themselves from his administration, nine months into his second term.

Rolling Stone noted in a report published Monday that figures like Adin Ross, Joe Rogan, Andrew Schulz and Theo Von were among a wave of manosphere podcasters and streamers who gave Trump access to large audiences of young men during the election cycle. Their platforms often served as uncritical venues for Trump to promote his message.

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'Good news!' GOP gov celebrates court ruling that could allow Ten Commandments in schools

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, celebrated a court ruling on Monday that could pave the way for the Ten Commandments to be shown in public schools.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is known as the most conservative district in the country, ruled on Monday that it would reconsider a lower court's order prohibiting the Ten Commandments from being displayed. The previous opinion was issued in June by a unanimous three-judge panel that found a new state law requiring elementary and secondary public schools in Louisiana to display the commandments was "plainly unconstitutional."

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'Great news!' White House chides Hollywood star for seeking foreign citizenship

The Trump White House chided a former daytime television star on Monday after she applied for foreign citizenship, according to reports.

Rosie O'Donnell, who has beefed with Trump for several years, recently applied to become a citizen of Ireland. She left the United States earlier this year after Trump was elected for his second term.

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'Do not do it!' Loomer and MAGA beg Trump to change course after stunning Maxwell remark

President Donald Trump's stunning remark, leaving the door open to pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, led to a desperate plea to reverse course from right-wing ally Laura Loomer and MAGA fans.

During a news conference on Monday, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Trump whether he was considering pardoning Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking. Trump suggested he was unaware of critical facts in Maxwell's case, and told Collins he would have to "look at" her case to determine if a pardon was necessary.

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Ex-Cabinet official sounds alarm of Trump plan 'rapidly unfolding': 'You need to be aware'

A former White House cabinet secretary warned in a new essay Monday that President Donald Trump and a cadre of three officials are putting Americans in "imminent danger."

Robert Reich, who served as Labor Secretary during the Clinton administration, wrote in a new Substack essay that Trump appears to be creating conditions for either martial law or civil war. His comments come at a time when the president is deploying troops from red states into blue states.

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'That's sure bizarre': CNN's Jake Tapper stunned by Trump's response on Maxwell pardon

CNN anchor Jake Tapper was visibly stunned by President Donald Trump's statements in the Oval Office on Monday.

During a news conference on Monday, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Trump whether he was considering pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking. Trump suggested he was unaware of critical facts in Maxwell's case, and told Collins he would have to "look at" her case to determine if a pardon was necessary.

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Trump gave away his game plan with 'crazy pants' speech: analysts

Jon Favreau, the former speechwriting director for President Barack Obama, issued a stark warning on Monday about what President Donald Trump revealed during his speech at the Navy's 250th anniversary on Sunday.

During the speech, Trump made several other curious statements about his physical health and a debunked claim that he warned the world about Osama Bin Laden in a 2000 book. Favreau described Trump's speech as "crazy pants."

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'This is not The Onion' : MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace taken aback by new Signalgate

There's another Signal scandal in President Donald Trump's administration, and it's almost as if it is a story out of the satirical site "The Onion," said MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on Monday afternoon.

"Another day, another Signal scandal for Pete Hegseth. Screenshots from another text chat suggest administration officials wanted to deploy an elite military division onto the streets of American cities. And they put that in writing, and someone saw it. This is not 'The Onion,'" said Wallace, teasing the segment.

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MAGA pastor calls for executing 'rebellious' Black men citing Old Testament

MAGA pastor Brian Sauvé called for "rebellious" Black men to be executed according to biblical standards during a recent podcast interview, according to a new report.

Right Wing Watch reported Monday that Sauvé suggested state authorities should kill Black men, according to the law prescribed in Deuteronomy 21 of the Christian Bible. The passage says parents should take a rebellious child to the center of town and have the community elders stone them to death for being "a glutton and a drunkard."

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Trump vows to 'take a look' at Ghislaine Maxwell pardon after Supreme Court rejects case

President Donald Trump said he would "take a look" at a pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell after the Supreme Court rejected her appeal.

CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about the possibility of a pardon for Maxwell at an Oval Office event on Monday.

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Trump suddenly claims to be in health care 'negotiations' with Dems amid shutdown

President Donald Trump claimed to be in "negotiations" with Democrats that he said could lead to "very good things" amid a government shutdown over health care subsidies.

During an Oval Office event on Monday, Trump said that "the American people are unable to get good health care."

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'Not our friend': Supreme Court excoriated for playing 'handmaiden' to Trump's 'regime'

A high-profile Supreme Court watcher excoriated the court on Monday because of its efforts to play "handmaiden" to President Donald Trump's "regime."

Elie Mystal, a columnist for The Nation, argued in a new op-ed that the Supreme Court can no longer be considered an ally of liberal causes such as abortion rights or recognizing transgender individuals. He added that Democrats appear to be willing to let the court get away with becoming an "antidemocratic enforcement mechanism of the Republican political agenda."

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