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MAGA lawmaker's sex misconduct complaint against Dem thrown out

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)'s ethics complaint against a Democratic senator collapsed Monday after the Senate Ethics Committee found no evidence to support it.

Luna filed the complaint in April against Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), accusing him of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations. The committee, led by Chair Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Vice Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), investigated and cleared him.

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GOP insiders unnerved by 'jaw-dropping' candidate 'too brash even for MAGA'

Colorado Republicans are increasingly alarmed by the apparent front-runner in their gubernatorial primary, a self-described "demon hunter" and former Marine named Victor Marx, whose bizarre public statements and unverified claims have made him a viral sensation — and a growing liability for the party.

Marx's campaign drew national attention after a recent interview with Denver news anchor Kyle Clark, who asked the candidate directly how many people he had killed. Marx, who frequently discusses violence and spiritual warfare on social media and podcasts, gave a halting, evasive response, eventually replying, "Does it matter?" when pressed about killings as an adult, reported Slate, and the exchange went viral and thrust Colorado's unusual primary into the national spotlight.

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MAGA Senate candidate called out for visiting Iceland with 'some lady who's not his wife'

Texas Attorney General and GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton was questioned on Monday for allegedly traveling with "some lady who's not his wife," in a video shared on social media.

The anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project called out the MAGA candidate in a critical midterm race. Paxton, who was backed by President Donald Trump and beat the president's adversary Sen. John Cornyn, will face off against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November.

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'Did the rapture happen?' Mockery ensues as Fox News broadcasts from empty Trump event

The internet had a hilarious response to the low attendance at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Monday.

Reporters broadcast live from the sparsely-attended fair commemorating America’s 250th anniversary, marked by bad weather that canceled rapper Vanilla Ice's performance, power outages melting ice cream, a Confederate flag display that ignited a firestorm and lackluster reviews from attendees.

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Trump accuser makes bold prediction about Epstein network's unraveling

A woman who alleges Donald Trump sexually assaulted her more than 30 years ago says she believes the network of people connected to Jeffrey Epstein is on the verge of being fully exposed as more survivors will come forward this year to detail their experiences.

Beatrice Keul, a former Miss Switzerland and Miss Europe contestant, made the prediction in a recent interview, telling PunchUp that "the dam is about to burst." Keul, now 55, has previously alleged that Trump assaulted her in 1993 at the Plaza Hotel during his "American Dream Pageant" in New York when she was 23, and that Epstein separately approached her the same day, introducing himself as "Don's best friend."

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Columnist cracks the 'unifying theory' behind Trump's seemingly manic behavior: opinion

While much has been said regarding President Donald Trump’s “hateful language” over the past decade, his perception of “love” may hold the key to understanding him and his seemingly sporadic decisions, veteran New York Times columnist Frank Bruni mused on Monday.

Bruni catalogued a number of recent instances in which Trump invoked the word “love,” starting with his recent interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker – an interview that culminated with the president abruptly ending the interview and furiously storming off.

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MAGA insiders go berserk as Supreme Court ruling 'totally screws' them: 'Massive problems'

War Room host Steve Bannon and MAGA lawyer Mike Davis lost it on Monday as a Supreme Court ruling they say "totally screwed" them landed live on air.

The 5-4 ruling in Watson v. Republican National Committee allows states to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to 5 days later. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion.

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Trump ally has meltdown over Katy Perry declining MAGA party performance

Pop star Katy Perry turned down an invite to perform at President Donald Trump's America250 celebrations in Brussels — and his MAGA ally had a public meltdown over the snub, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.

Ambassador Bill White lashed out at Perry after she declined to appear at the MAGA event at Cinquantenaire Park in Belgium, which featured performances from Zac Brown Band and Alexis Wilkins — FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend — at the invite-only celebration. The singer was already scheduled to headline Belgium’s Werchter Boutique festival that weekend, which ended up getting canceled due to bad weather.

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Samuel Alito shamed as 'braindead Fox News viewer' for dissent in voting case

Justice Samuel Alito's legal reasoning in a landmark voting rights case was mocked as "braindead" and blamed on his presumed consumption of conservative media.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law by a 5-4 vote allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after it, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored the majority opinion finding that grace periods still met statute's requirement that voters make their choice by election day.

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'This is insane': Internet drags MAGA lawmaker who claims housing bill left him 'spooked'

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) was mocked online Monday after he told Newsmax that the housing bill, which aims to increase home ownership and home supply for Americans, left him "spooked."

Fine was speaking to the conservative news outlet as the bill was expected to be on President Donald Trump's desk. It's unclear whether the president will sign the bipartisan bill, which he declined to sign last week, saying he would withhold his signature until Republicans passed his elections legislation, the SAVE America Act.

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'Chaos will follow': Sotomayor blisters court as Trump is given 'power unknown' to kings

Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the Supreme Court of giving President Donald Trump "power unknown even to the English Crown."

The 6-3 ruling Monday in Trump v. Slaughter wiped out a 91-year-old precedent that let Congress protect the heads of independent federal agencies from being fired at will.

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Trump loses it after Supreme Court rejects his sexual abuse appeal: 'Does not count!'

President Donald Trump erupted Monday after his appeal of a sexual abuse verdict against him was rejected by the Supreme Court moments earlier, calling the court’s decision “surprising” while vowing to “continue the fight” against the decision.

“Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to ‘review’ a Fake Case brought against me by a woman I never met (Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!),” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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'Trump starts today as a loser': President mocked as justices reject sexual abuse appeal

President Donald Trump was mocked on Monday after the Supreme Court shut down his appeal of the E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict, leaving a $5 million judgment against him standing.

In 2023, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. They also found he defamed her when he denied it. The verdict carried $5 million in damages, which Carroll can now move to collect.

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