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Steve Bannon scorches departing Trump czar: 'Resoundingly defeated — full stop!'

A figurehead of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement sounded off on Monday as the president's main crypto advisor's time in the administration came to an end.

Last week, Trump's crypto czar, David Sacks, announced that he planned to leave the administration. Sacks had served in the administration as a special government employee, which limited the time he could spend in government and imposed ethics constraints on his role, Axios reported.

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Trump's latest threat 'extremely hard to justify' under international law: expert

President Donald Trump's latest threat against the Iranian regime is "extremely hard to justify" under international law, according to one expert.

Admiral James G. Stavridis told CNN's Abby Phillip on "The Arena" on Monday that Trump's threat to bomb Iran's water and energy infrastructure if the country does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be a difficult move to defend. Certain parts of the threat seem to align with international law, but attacking civilian infrastructure could extend the war in Iran for years to come, he added.

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'Square this!' Conservative calls out White House 'straw man' as story keeps changing

Conservative columnist SE Cupp shredded the Trump administration's latest "straw man" during a panel discussion on CNN.

For weeks, the Trump administration has shifted its story about why the U.S. bombed Iran in coordination with Israel, Cupp argued on "The Arena" with host Abby Phillip on Monday. The explanations have changed so frequently that White House officials like Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appear to be having a hard time keeping up, she added.

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'I want my vote back!' Disgusted viewers crush MAGA TV network with anti-Trump mail

Conservative viewers unhappy about the war in Iran overwhelmed the pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network with emails opposing President Donald Trump.

During the Human Events show on Monday, host Jack Posobiec spent nearly 10 minutes reading mail from people who had voted for Trump.

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Ousted Trump border boss trolled by YouTuber as joke flies over his head

The Good Liars host Jason Selvig mocked former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino literally to his face.

In a prank that seemed to go over Bovino's head, Selvig interviewed the former Trump official after he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week. A video of the encounter was shared on social media in a video titled "Short interview with Greg Bovino."

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'Demonic zombie!' Alex Jones aghast as Lindsey Graham roams Disney World with pink scepter

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lashed out at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after TMZ published photographs of the pro-war Republican taking an unannounced vacation at Disney World.

"Lindsey Graham is walking around by himself with a baby blue and pink princess scepter," Jones noted on Monday. "So the point is he's got a girl's toy, and he's walking around talking to Mickey Mouse and people looking completely insane. Look at him on TV. He constantly talks about killing people."

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Trump just revealed exactly who scares him most — and handed Dems a gift: analyst

Latino GOP political consultant Mike Madrid revealed who President Donald Trump is most worried about.

In his Substack post published Monday, Madrid explained why Trump has begun viewing Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a Democrat running in a crowded primary for California's governor, as "public enemy number one."

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'Shell-shocked' CEOs are done staying quiet as Trump torches their bottom lines: report

Donald Trump's Iran war is testing the limits of corporate America's tolerance — and the only thing keeping CEOs from publicly attacking the president is fear of retribution, according to Fortune's Diane Brady reporting from CERAWeek in Houston.

But that restraint may be ending. As the economic damage mounts, business leaders are signaling they may finally be willing to risk Trump's wrath and speak out against policies they view as catastrophic for their bottom lines.

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'Lust for violence': Nobel winner 'horrified' as Pentagon drags US into endless quagmire

Economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon over their lack of direction and obsession with violence amid the Iran war.

In his Substack post, Krugman tore into Hegseth's beliefs of applying further damage to Iran as the war now enters its 30th day and talks swirl of a ground war, which President Donald Trump has not yet ruled out. Krugman was doubtful that 10,000 troops could secure the Persian Gulf or prompt oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz again.

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US Army investigating attack helicopter 'photoshoot' at Kid Rock's home

The U.S. Army said it had opened an investigation into an apparent visit to conservative singer Kid Rock's home by two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.

In a social media post over the weekend, the singer shared a video of himself saluting an Army helicopter hovering over his so-called "Southern White House" near Nashville.

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Major Trump goal 'hitting a wall' as fellow strongman's regime 'exploding': ex-GOP insider

President Donald Trump's ideal authoritarian blueprint has appeared to lose traction while he and other autocrats have started losing their grip on power, former Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned on Monday.

In Wilson's Substack, he described how Trump has long admired autocrats Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose political future has come into question just ahead of the upcoming election in the eastern European country.

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Trump dooms surgeon general nominee with 'a lot of great candidates' comment: MS NOW

The chances of Donald Trump’s pick to be the next US surgeon general went from bad to worse on Sunday night after the president opened the door for someone to replace her with the Senate already dragging its feet over her nomination.

Casey Means, who is not a doctor, took a large blow on Sunday when former Trump Surgeon General Jerome Adams came out against her, saying, “The role of surgeon general has centuries of precedent and requirements, and she doesn’t meet them.”

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'Where's Marco Rubio?' Former CIA official  bashes Cabinet member's Iran disappearing act

A former CIA senior intelligence official called out Secretary of State Marco Rubio on national TV on Monday morning for not taking part in the Iran war talks as Donald Trump is ramping up threats to the country’s infrastructure and troops are poised for a land invasion.

Appearing on MS NOW with host Anna Cabrera, the normally unflappable Marc Polymeropoulos grew agitated that Rubio has ceded the State Department’s mission to real estate developers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff at Donald Trump’s direction.

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