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The former President of the United States, still the leader of the GOP and supposed "kingmaker" to any Republican desperate for his endorsement, is doing his best to undermine the Democrats and President Joe Biden, and he's being criticized for it.In one of his many press releases that still do... 
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Embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has been an avid apologist, loyalist and supporter of former President Donald Trump. But it does not look like the twice-impeached former leader of the Free World will be stepping in to help the controversial lawmaker — at least not anytime soon.
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Geoff Duncan, the lieutenant governor of Georgia, called Trump's strategy "unwinnable" going forward.
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The party also argued it had “every right to refer to public figures as it engages in core, First Amendment-protected political speech.”
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Scott Jennings writes that former President Donald Trump stuck to his most successful talking points at his first post-presidency address at the Conservative Political Action Convention -- but given his loss in the 2020 election, this is bad news for the Republican Party.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper said moments after the Senate impeachment trial recessed on Wednesday during his network's coverage that the U.S. Capitol's riot on January 6 will be "Donald Trump’s legacy" and not holding him accountable will be the Republican Party's legacy.
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There's a reason why Republicans think they can afford to abandon the American people - DailyKos.com
Currently, all talks regarding further stimulus relief to Americans and American businesses ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic are in limbo. Donald Trump’s erratic and confusing tweets are sending mixed signals following the negative...
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According to a detailed report at the Daily Beast, Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are scheming behind the scenes to override lawmakers at the state level and force people back to work during the coronavirus crisis to save their political fortunes with the November election looming.
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“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” said Mark Twain. Over 100 years later, Twin could never have predicted a president like Donald Trump.During his press conference Sunday, and in previous press conferences, Trump has delighted in coming to the podium to cite numbers...
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In Congress, the legal fight for President Donald Trump’s tax returns is about to kick into high gear, with the House Ways and Means Committee invoking a federal law to instruct the IRS to hand over six years of the president’s taxes.
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Calling Trump’s bid to halt discovery in the emoluments case “a drastic end-run around the appellate process,” the state attorneys general contended in a brief to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that the president cannot short-circuit the normal appeal process to avoid discovery.
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After President Trump made his first speech to Congress in February 2017, he was filmed showing his appreciation for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. “Say hello to your boy,” Trump told Kennedy, seemingly referring to his son, Justin.
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The outgoing House speaker, more than any other lawmaker, paved the path for congressional Republicans’ subjugation to the president.
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Several state Republican parties are still unable to explain major gaps between their 2020 fundraising and spending reports, even after their committees have corrected the discrepancies.The Federal Election Commission notified the GOP committees of the gaps months ago, after the state parties...
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A new report shows how Russia funneled millions of dollars to a pair of pro-Russia politicians in Ukraine. It has allegedly made “deals” like this in multiple countries. Donald Trump’s proposed Moscow Tower looked very similar to these bribes.
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For this week's Gotcha, Rev. Al Sharpton deals a hand to the Republican Party. After gambling everything on the presidency of Donald Trump, swindled GOP leaders must answer for political and financial losses.
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However we decide to account for Donald Trump's astonishing rise and fall, we now know that he was certainly no stranger to a sprawling netherworld of Russian gangsters and oligarchs.
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Perhaps the ultimate party man will decide that he must steer his party away from a destructive path, writes David Axelrod. And maybe -- just maybe -- in the final stanzas of his career, he will feel the tug of history and conscience and surprise us all.
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The corporate immunity proposal would take away workers' and consumers' last line of defense.
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I watched the Democratic convention without a Republican lens and found an embrace of justice and diversity. Trump's convention will be a contrast.
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The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president’s erratic briefings have the G.O.P. worried about a Democratic takeover.
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The GOP megadonor is seen as a key piece of the president's reelection plans.
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President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans marketed their bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as a gigantic boon for the middle class — even promising the average family would receive a $4,000 pay raise. In spite of the economic boom in the corporate and banking sectors, the American middle class has been largely unaffected by the measure, which passed in December of 2017. Meanwhile, corporations and big banks are rolling in cash..
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Trump voters have taken to Twitter to express their outrage over the fact that they aren’t getting those lofty tax cuts that the Republicans promised them.When the legislation was passed, middle class and working class Americans were told that their taxes would go down starting in 2019, but so far...
The Swarm's insight:
It was only a matter of time until the vampire Republicans in the GOP leadership incurred the ire of their taxpaying, working class and middle-class constituents because nobody likes getting double-crossed. Nobody.
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President Donald Trump has again asked a U.S.court to dismiss a suit accusing him of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption by refusing to separate himself from his business empire while in office, claiming "absolute immunity."...
The Swarm's insight:
Donald Trump not only wants a pass after knowing breaking U.S. laws, he wants a permanent "stay out of jail card." If that happens, greed and avarice won't be the only sins driving the Trump administration and the rest of the skinflints, cheapskates and misers in Congress.
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