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Trump’s ‘desperate’ reality-TV playbook is backfiring ahead of midterms: TV critic

Donald Trump is reaching for increasingly desperate television-style gimmicks to keep voters watching — but the backlash is exposing the limits of his showmanship, a veteran TV critic argued. Writing Thursday for Talking Points Memo , media columnist Brian Lowry compared Trump’s presidency to “an aging reality show” struggling to hold its audience with…

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Where Americans are getting their news in the digital ageThe Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story According to a report by Axios, the White House sent a letter this week warning Politico that it must retract or correct recent articles about Chief of Staff Susie […]

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Ted Cruz baselessly claims El-Sayed may share Intel with terroristsI don’t hear Republicans saying the same thing to Catholic candidates, or Christian candidates — there are extremist organizations within both religions.

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Sayed Knowingly Receives Illegal Donations from Overseas (VIDEO) * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina LailaThe O'Keefe Media Group on Monday released an undercover video of a campaign official for Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed admitting that…

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Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit after months of delayA federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Axios reported that Trump will likely have to answer questions under oath in a case he started after U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett issued the order Thursday at a hearing in Miami, ending a weeks-long standoff…

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Agencies and Producers Back U.S. Tax Incentive as 'First Step'A coalition of talent agencies and independent producers said Thursday that it supports the U.S. film incentive bill as a 'first step.'

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Texas transgender mailers, Ohio attack ad put party over characterWho would send Texas children an unsolicited brochure, and why would Vivek Ramaswamy make light of his opponent Amy Acton’s account of sex abuse?

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'TOTAL DISGRACE': Trump Demands LeBron James Apologize For National Anthem WarmupThe president said the NBA pro had disrespected “great American warriors and Heroes” in a Thursday Truth Social post.

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West Texas DA opens forgery investigation into disputed transgender mailersThe pamphlets appear to be an attempt to anger voters ahead of the midterm elections, GOP District Attorney Sarah Stogner said.

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Trump's attacks on the press have become a warThe New York Times reported that the Trump Administration is considering physically moving the White House press corps out of the White House.

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