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Have you ever had a narcissist in your life, and you got to the point that you had to go completely no contact? That's what House Speaker Mike Johnson seems to be doing with controversial MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Johnson just came out and said it on Jesse Watters' show.

Trump attorney Alina Habba told Newsmax Trump devotee host Greg Kelly that the signs don't look too good for Trump's acquittal. Kelly fawned, "How are you? What do you think about everything?" "Exactly how i felt that day," she said. "I think until it's over and behind us, um, but I don't have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing." "That the jury will do the right thing.

While the completely unqualified Lara Trump (Eric’s wife) takes over the RNC and turns it into a cult of loyalists, the just as unqualified sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are trying to do the same with the Trump transition. Please God, may this remain a family dream only. From Axios: Donald Trump Jr.

In a little-noticed court filing recently, feds described sleazy former Trump advisor Steve Bannon as a “co-conspirator” in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant, far-right Chinese fugitive -- you know, the guy with the yacht where Bannon was hiding out? Via Mother Jones: FBI agents in March 2023 arrested Guo Wengui, a self-styled anti-Chinese government activist Bannon once advised, charging him and two associates with using a series of fraudulent investment opportunities to defraud thousands of Guo’s supporters in the Chinese diaspora of more than $1 billion. Guo used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle for himself and his family, including a $3.5 million Ferrari, a $26 million mansion, a $140,000 piano, and two $36,000 mattresses, the Justice Department alleges.

One of my lawyer friends has been predicting for months we would see Amy Coney Barrett gradually moving toward a partial alliance with the liberal justices on the court, and yesterday, we saw her back up Justice Sotomayor's argument in the Iowa abortion case before the court. "The U. S. Supreme Court sounded divided yesterday during oral arguments in a case concerning access to emergency abortions.

Maybe Lara Trump will give her a raise! After all, clearly she's willing to do just about anything! Via American Oversight: Christina Bobb, a former Trump attorney and far-right television presenter who was a fervent supporter of efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is now the Republican National Committee’s senior counsel for “election integrity.” Bobb’s RNC appointment came shortly after Trump secured the party’s 2024 nomination, and signals the RNC’s focus on continuing to push lies about voter fraud and election security.