Drunk Rudy
In testimony played during Monday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, a top Trump campaign official testified that the former president listened to an “intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani who suggested he declare victory on election night
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Business InsiderTrump thinks announcing a 2024 run now could distract from the January 6 hearings, a report says. Some Republicans worry he could hurt them in the midterms.
Trump could announce a 2024 run as early as this month, but some worry it would distract from the GOP's midterm messaging railing against Biden.
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January 6 committee's Kinzinger: Secret Service agent who may dispute Hutchinson claim 'likes to lie'
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the Jan. 6 committee, said a Secret Service agent who may testify against Cassidy Hutchinson's retelling of events "likes to lie."
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Jan. 6 committee eyes pal of Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows who pressured Cassidy Hutchinson
The Jan. 6 committee apparently suspects that the Trump loyalist who sought to pressure bombshell witness Cassidy Hutchinson into keeping quiet was not only acting as an intermediary for White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The panel reportedly wants to interview the unnamed “associate” of Meadows as a “fact witness” to what the former President Donald Trump and his chief of staff were ...
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Trump Likely To Announce Run Soon Because He's A 'Freaking Toddler,' Says Ex-GOP Official
“We all know from past experiences Donald Trump doesn’t care about anybody else but Donald Trump,” said Kurt Bardella.
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Nearly 850,000 people signed a petition demanding that Justice Clarence Thomas should be booted from the Supreme Court following Roe v. Wade ruling
The petition created by Move On, an advocacy group, has just over 840,000 signatures as of Saturday morning.
- Motley Fool
Stimulus Update: Up to 23 Million People Will Soon Get $1,050 Checks. Are You One of Them?
Americans have been eager to receive more COVID-19 stimulus money in their bank accounts, especially as inflation has surged and the price of gas has reached new records. The federal government hasn't stepped up to the plate to provide it, but that doesn't mean more money isn't coming. In one state, a budget compromise reached recently will result in residents receiving payments of up to $1,050.
- INSIDER
Former Trump White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway says Ron DeSantis has done a 'remarkable' job as Florida's governor
Conway told David Axelrod that DeSantis "has been really smart to focus on his own reelection" and "not get too involved with too many other races."
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We women don’t need Roe v. Wade. We can choose not to get pregnant in the first place
The abortion issue just got caught up in the melee of other equal rights issues in the 1970s, according to this writer. | Opinion
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Documentary filmmaker who had access to Trump and his kids compared their dynamics to the family on HBO's 'Succession'
Alex Holder said Trump and his kids Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump have interactions with each other that are like "a real-life succession drama."
- The Hill
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cipollone is at eye of hurricane for Jan. 6 panel
House investigators examining last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol have set their sights on a figure they deem crucial to discerning former President Trump’s actions through the long hours of the riot: Trump’s former lead attorney. Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel for the final half of Trump’s tenure, has emerged in…
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Kellyanne Conway says the media made her husband 'a psychiatrist diagnosing his non-patient Donald Trump'
"He's my sounding board. He's my safety net. And that's all gone now. And it's gone, for what? Politics?" she said on CNN's "The Axe Files."
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Florida says Ben & Jerry’s change ‘step in right direction’
Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis praised Ben & Jerry’s parent company for a decision that will allow sales of ice cream in Israel.
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White House aide reveals Donald Trump’s character, or lack thereof
`The former president acts like a child who is a character but personally lacks character.’ | Opinion
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LETTER: Did Supreme Court decision awaken a sleeping giant?
With this one decision the Supreme Court has done something that Democrats could not seem to do themselves. Bring together a unified Democratic Party.
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Maryland, Virginia govs respond to letter from Supreme Court marshal calling on them to protect justices
The governors of Virginia and Maryland have responded to a letter from the Supreme Court's top-ranking security official calling on them to protect the homes of justices.
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Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off
The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the brutality of Russian missile strikes on a mall in the central city of Kremenchuk and on residential buildings in the capital, Kyiv, unfolded in full view of the world and especially of Western leaders gathered for a trio of summits in Europe. Were the attacks a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin as the West sought to arm Ukraine with more effective weapons to bolster its resistance, and to set Ukraine on the path to joining the European Union?
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NY AG blasts Cushman & Wakefield for blowing Trump-probe subpoena deadline; asks judge to 'enforce' compliance
The real estate services giant is late in turning over all documents relating to its work with Donald Trump. Letitia James says they're heel-dragging.
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Inside Russia’s war camps: Ukrainian POWs detail torture, abuse
An activist-turned-soldier whose fingers were mangled by metal tools. Women photographed naked and forced to hold their hands above their heads or be beaten. Hospitalized prisoners of war mocked, threatened and left to die. The Hill spoke to a half dozen former prisoners of war and their families this month about what life was like…
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Ukrainian artillery units destroy much-touted Russian Pantsyr missile system
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Ukraine’s army puts new American weapons to good use, says Pentagon
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully using new weapons delivered from the U.S., said Foreign Policy journalist Jack Detsch on Twitter on July 1. In particular, he commended the use of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems to target Russian command posts and weaken their capabilities on the battlefield. This was noted at a closed briefing at the U.S. Department of Defense.