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'Horrific' attack on congressional candidate sends shockwaves: 'There are no words'A Democratic congressional candidate's harrowing account of an attack on the campaign trail drew horrified reactions online from journalists and politicians. Bernadette Greene-Placentia , who is challenging Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh in Arizona's 8th Congressional District, told the Phoenix New Times in a story published Wednesday that she was struck…
Ex-prosecutor points out pathway for Trump to retake presidency in 2028President Donald Trump could slip back into the Oval Office in 2028 through an untested constitutional loophole, a former Watergate prosecutor said. Jill Wine-Banks , who served as an assistant special prosecutor during Watergate, took up the question in a Wednesday episode of the "Sisters In Law" podcast alongside former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade. A…
Trump’s Supreme Court picks split in ‘train wreck’ transformation: legal analystTwo of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court appointees are headed in very different directions, and one legal analyst can't stop watching. Legal AF host Michael Popok said in a Wednesday episode of the "Unprecedented" podcast with constitutional scholar Lisa Graves that Justice Neil Gorsuch has moved sharply to the right while Justice Amy Coney Barrett…
Trump civil rights chief’s ‘best and brightest’ boast crumbles hire by hire: legal expertA former prosecutor ripped apart the Trump Justice Department's claim that its new civil rights lawyers rank among the nation's finest. Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang, a former Miami-Dade prosecutor, picked through the records of new hires in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division on Wednesday's episode of "The Katie Phang Show," drawing on a New York Times…
Fears of Trump election meddling now ‘enormously important economic question’: expertA prominent economist warned that fears of election interference under President Donald Trump pose a serious threat to America's economy . Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist who hosts "Platypus Economics," told Molly Jong-Fast in a Wednesday episode of "Fast Politics" that the biggest risks aren't in the latest GDP or jobs numbers but in…
MAGA's 'tone-deaf' wagon-circling around Trump pals floors Jen Psaki: 'Not a great look'MS NOW's Jen Psaki was stupefied at new reporting that Trump advisers James Blair and Chris LaCivita went overseas to back a pro-Russia party in the Balkans — but even more so at the excuse Trump's super PAC gave to justify it all. "Where were they this weekend?" said Psaki. "With just a month left until the midterms, where were they? They were thousands…
Trump official’s leaked Signal chats astound legal expert: ‘I can’t believe my eyes’Former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen said he could not believe what he was reading in Kimberly Guilfoyle's newly revealed text messages. Eisen, who served in the Obama White House and later as U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic, appeared on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday to discuss a Wall Street Journal report on Guilfoyle's Signal…
Camera operator catches Trump in awkward spot after he boasted about Texas crowd sizePresident Donald Trump boasted about his crowd size and how he "filled up" the arena at his rally in San Antonio, Texas on Wednesday night — only for C-SPAN to pan the camera and reveal large numbers of empty seats in the upper rows. "The fake news will take a picture of two empty seats, and they'll say Trump did not fill up — who the hell fills an arena…
Outrage after 'MAGA thug' assaults Trump protester at Texas rally: 'Bunch of snowflakes'Critics erupted online Wednesday after an older MAGA rallygoer yanked a protester's hair during President Donald Trump's San Antonio rally . Trump came to San Antonio to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Carlos De La Cruz, who's running to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. He was speaking at Freeman Coliseum when multiple…
MAGA fan assaults Trump protester on his way out the door at Texas rallyA member of the audience at President Donald Trump's rally in San Antonio on Wednesday pounced on a protester and pulled his hair, per videos. Multiple protesters appeared to heckle Trump during his speech. While one of the protesters, a young man, appeared to head for the exit, an older man wearing a MAGA hat ran up behind him, grabbed him and started…
Susan Collins' disastrous debate gaffe revealed she was 'in on the lie': ex-GOP operativeSen. Susan Collins (R-ME) insists Brett Kavanaugh never lied to her about Roe v. Wade, and an ex-GOP strategist thinks he knows why. Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt seized on the exchange in a Wednesday episode of "The Warning," a day after Collins faced Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a debate . The moderator asked Collins whether…
Trump lashes out at protesters repeatedly disrupting Texas rally: ‘Get the hell out!’President Donald Trump repeatedly lashed out at protesters during a chaotic campaign rally in San Antonio on Wednesday, mocking a demonstrator’s weight and accusing others of being paid by “enemies of our nation.” The president was interrupted multiple times during his speech as protesters were forcefully ejected from the packed venue, drawing boos,…
DHS sends undercover agents to probe nonprofits in sweeping hunt with dark 'objective'The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using undercover agents to investigate voter registration efforts by nonprofit groups. The reports from May and June by Homeland Security Investigations, a…
Trump aide furiously hurls slur after damning report about top advisors: ‘Wrong!’White House communications director Steven Cheung unleashed an insult-filled tirade Wednesday after a progressive content account claimed he had unfollowed two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers on social media. Cheung, who also serves as assistant to the president, lashed out at Headquarters News after the outlet suggested he had distanced himself…