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Bizarre excuse revealed after Black Paxton fan left in tears over ejection from his rallySenate nominee Ken Paxton (R-TX) has not publicly apologized to a conservative supporter who says she was the “only Black woman” at a rally his campaign removed her from. In a video posted Tuesday , Thelma Louise, a Black conservative TikTok creator, said she was told she had been mistaken for a paid agitator for Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico…

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'Vile' attack on Dem candidate poised to blow up in MAGA hopeful’s face: GOP strategistA controversial video in which the estranged mother of Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton tears into her own daughter is likely to backfire on Acton’s Republican opponent, one prominent GOP strategist warned. A video that spread on social media Tuesday features a woman identifying herself as Acton’s mother, who goes on to call her own…

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‘Big fat nothing’: Absurd flaws at heart of Trump’s revenge probe of CNN exposedTwo Los Angeles trial lawyers say the Justice Department’s antitrust probe of the nation’s biggest TV networks has a flaw so basic it borders on absurd: one of its targets is being investigated for boycotting a White House it had been banned from. The department said earlier this month that it is investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News over whether…

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White House comes up empty when asked to prove Trump's 'sick' campaign liePresident Donald Trump has revived a debunked 2024 campaign claim that schools are secretly sending children off for gender surgery, and when CNN asked the White House for proof, it couldn’t produce a single example. At a Georgia rally Friday, Trump claimed there are “five states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy, three…

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Vance warned to 'tune in' to Trump hearings after he blows off corruption accusationsAfter stating in a second interview in a week that he sees no evidence of Donald Trump personally cashing in on his presidency, Vice President JD Vance was warned he may want to rethink his defense. In an interview with Mark Halperin, Vance stated, “What I would say is I don't think there's evidence that the Trump family has become enriched by politics .…

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Even Republicans have no confidence Trump will accept losses: 'He’ll say something stupid'More than a third of Republicans doubt President Donald Trump would accept the results if his party loses next month’s midterm elections, according to a new poll. Thirty-six percent of Republicans say they are not confident Trump would accept GOP losses, along with 77 percent of independents and 94 percent of Democrats, according to the new Washington…

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Secret Pentagon network risks retaliation to help states prep for nightmare Trump scenarioElection officials around the country are rehearsing what to do if a federal agent shows up at a polling place demanding access to ballots or voting machines. About 10 current and former Defense Department officials, some of whom previously focused on countering authoritarianism abroad, have been quietly warning states and lawmakers that President Donald…

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6 bombshells unearthed as squashed FBI congressional corruption probe comes to lightA bombshell report from ProPublica published Tuesday shed light on a previously unreported FBI corruption probe into several lawmakers, one that unearthed several stunning revelations involving a bipartisan group of congressmen. Here are six of the most significant discoveries from ProPublica’s reporting. 1. Lindsey Graham allegedly demanded $40,000 for…

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‘Beneath the gutter’: Governor race gets ugly as long-estranged mom turns up in attack adOhio’s gubernatorial race took a nasty turn as an ad surfaced featuring the long-estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton accusing her of lying about her background. The video, which began circulating on social media two weeks before the Nov. 3 election, features Donna Arthur urging Ohioans not to elect Acton, a physician tapped by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine to…

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Heads turn as 'crazy' early voting data hints at seismic shift in deep-red state: 'OMG'An analysis of first-day early voting data in Texas stunned countless onlookers Tuesday morning, with some interpreting the findings as an early sign of a seismic shift in a state where Democrats haven’t won a statewide race in more than three decades. “This is amazing,” wrote Kshitiz Lamba, an election data analyst who was named by the New Jersey Globe…

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GOP senator facing fury of party for needing millions: 'Never took his race seriously'Should Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) survive the midterm election in two weeks, he will likely encounter a great deal of resentment from his colleagues and GOP insiders afterward. According to a report from Politico, GOP lawmakers and campaign consultants are forming a circular firing squad as they anticipate massive losses in the midterms. Standing in the…

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Trump declared a ‘traitor’ who ‘switched sides’ by Nobel-winnerNobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman accused President Donald Trump of betraying the United States on Tuesday, branding him the “Traitor in Chief” over his increasingly open support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a Substack post , Krugman argued that the contempt Trump and his inner circle show for democracy and the rule of law amounts to…

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Trump’s midterm pitch takes strange turn with bizarre confession about GOP senator: reportPresident Donald Trump has found a new way to boost struggling Republican candidates in the final stretch of the midterms – praising their looks. For weeks, Trump has talked up GOP men at rallies for their jawlines, shoulders and overall handsomeness rather than their policies, reported MS NOW . As the former owner of Miss Universe, he has complimented…

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Trump's 'original sin' in crosshairs of looming Congressional investigation list: reportHouse Democrats are drawing up plans to investigate Elon Musk if they win control of the chamber next month, with multiple committees eyeing targets ranging from his tenure atop the Department of Government Efficiency to his possible role in throttling Ukraine’s Starlink access. The world’s richest man has poured $276 million and counting into Republican…

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How Trump’s FBI purge saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn from a bribery investigationOn March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C. Graham’s time was expensive. He was meeting with two executives and a lobbyist from a Hawaiian naval defense contractor called Navatek. And he had required them to commit to $40,000 in campaign contributions for a 45-minute meeting.…

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Senior Trump cabinet member 'in trouble' as impeachment becomes 'inevitable': reportThe walls appear to be closing in on a senior member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet as a growing number of House lawmakers indicate they’re ready to move forward with impeachment proceedings as the possibility of Democrats seizing control of Congress’ lower chamber becomes more likely, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday. That senior cabinet member is…

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Rebelling GOP threatens Trump as Ukraine mystery swirlsRepublican lawmakers are growing frustrated with President Donald Trump after he paused new sanctions on Russia’s economy, sidelining a measure he signed into law just a month ago. Trump halted the sanctions by executive order Friday and set off growing GOP backlash, with lawmakers demanding answers about disruptions to Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s…

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Late-night Trump ‘Trash Island’ rant hits judge with family ‘freaking out’ over threatsPresident Donald Trump kept up his attacks on U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes hours after she said in court that her family was "freaking out" over reports of death threats from some of the president's supporters. That did not stop the relentless Trump from posting about her again late Monday night, going on a rant about " Trash Island, " as he described…

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A hidden evil is set to hand the GOP a shock win — and America is blind to itBefore the 2024 election, I sat at my desk and confidently wrote a column minimizing Elon Musk’s political footprint, zeroing in on his ground-game spending in my home state of Pennsylvania. I looked at the eye-popping numbers being thrown around by his newly minted America PAC and fell back on the rules of politics. There is a sharp point of diminishing…

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Trump now 'predictably unpresidential' after early-morning tirade against judge: expertPresident Donald Trump , a man who once prided himself on his improvisation abilities, has now become "predictably unpresidential," according to one expert. The full depth of Trump's unpresidential actions has been on display recently, legal expert Joyce Vance wrote in a new essay for her Substack, "Civil Discourse." She pointed to Trump's recent deal to…

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