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'You're a losing loser who loses': Conservative Rick Wilson mocks Trump over Colorado loss

Former President Donald Trump was mocked in a gleeful video on Tuesday evening by Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project.

This comes after the Colorado Supreme Court held the former president is ineligible to run on the state primary ballot due to the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment — a decision that Wilson relished on camera.

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Conflicted Clarence Thomas has 'no business' hearing Trump's Colorado appeal: ex-judge

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is too conflicted to hear any appeal of the decision blocking former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado, former California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell said on MSNBC Tuesday.

Trump was disqualified by the Colorado Supreme Court under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment, for his role in the January 6 attack. Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni, has been implicated in many of the efforts to overturn the election that preceded that attack.

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Trump falsely claims a N.Y. Post reporter seated in court is Judge Engoron's son: report

Trump's been falsely accusing Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron's son of rooting on from the gallery. But the "well-groomed" man in the photo that the 45th president has repeatedly posted on Truth Social claiming as such smack below the fat red arrow is actually a New York Post reporter.

Ben Kochman penned a first-person account to correct the record in a story titled: "It's me, Don!"

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Trump's former lawyer explains what the Supreme Court will do in Colorado ballot case

The Supreme Court is going to reinstate Donald Trump to be on the presidential election ballot, his former lawyer said Tuesday.

Ty Cobb, who used to be former President Trump's attorney, appeared on CNN's "Out Front" to weigh in on the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to scratch Trump from the ballot based on his alleged incitement of a mob on Jan. 6, 2021, to lay siege on the U.S. Capitol. He thinks the High Court will reverse this swiftly and without contention.

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'I never read Mein Kampf!' Trump gets defensive as he repeats 'blood' comments

At a GOP Iowa caucus preparation event on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump reiterated his claim about migrants harming the "blood" of America — and immediately went on the defensive following days of critical press coverage and experts saying his rhetoric was oddly similar to that used by Adolf Hitler in "Mein Kampf."

"I never read Mein Kampf," insisted Trump.

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'Not healthy': Legal expert slams Supreme Court's lack of 'transparency' amid Trump case

The U.S. Supreme Court just signaled that it's unhealthy and may be unable to handle a Donald Trump case currently before it, a legal expert said on Tuesday.

Lisa Rubin, a legal analyst on MSNBC, pointed to an investigation by the New York Times, which revealed the inner-workings of the Supreme Court behind the scenes as it dismantled the right to abortion. According to Rubin, there was a headline buried in there.

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GOP candidate vows to withdraw from Colorado primary unless Trump is reinstated on ballot

Former President Donald Trump was disqualified from the Colorado Republican primary ballot on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court ruled against him, almost certainly setting up a fight at the U.S. Supreme Court.

And one of his rivals is vowing to boycott the Colorado primary if this ruling holds.

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Trump breaks unbreakable internet rule with Hitler rhetoric: man who made the rule

Donald Trump is breaking the unbreakable internet rule that states you’re winning the fight when the person you’re fighting compares you to Adolf Hitler, says the coiner of said unbreakable rule.

Mike Godwin of Godwin’s law renown told Politico Tuesday that Trump has proven the exception to his rule, coined more than three decades ago, that says most internet arguments will include a Hitler comparison, and that comparison will come from the person who's losing.

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'Is Colorado still a state'? Political insiders pounce on Trump's ballot loss

Donald Trump on Tuesday got some bad legal news: the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that he is ineligible to appear on the state's ballot because of his behavior in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attempt at insurrection.

The internet was quick to react to the unprecedented decision.

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Kari Lake's future hangs in the balance as judge weighs defamation suit

An Arizona judge is poised to decide soon whether a defamation lawsuit filed against failed gubernatorial candidate turned Senate candidate Kari Lake can move forward, reported The Arizona Republic on Tuesday.

The lawsuit was brought by Stephen Richer, a Republican elections official in Maricopa County who says that Lake has lied about him and injured his reputation.

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'Very dirty game': Trump threatens 'repercussions' for Biden if he doesn't nix indictments

Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the current president of "repercussions" if he doesn't "withdraw" indictments the ex-president faces.

Trump, who is speaking live in Iowa Tuesday evening, said before going on stage that President Joe Biden should be worried about the "two-way street" he's facing.

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'Five-alarm fire': Ex-Trump aide shows how ex-president will react to Colorado ruling

Trump's going to sound the alarms.

Shortly after Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's name would be scratched from the state's 2024 presidential ballot, the spin wheels started turning for former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin.

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Trump is blindsided by ballot ruling — and it could affect his criminal defenses: analyst

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment, partially reversing a lower court decision and all but guaranteeing the U.S. Supreme Court will have to step in on the issue and settle the matter.

This was not what Trump was expecting to happen, said reporter Hugo Lowell on MSNBC — and it could have bearing not just on his ballot eligibility, but on how he can defend against the criminal cases from the special counsel and Fulton County.

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