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Controversial Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went there at Trump's rally in Nevado on Sunday. She threw in some blasphemy while likely skipping church. She could have been working on her 'bad built butch body,' but praising Felon 45 was more important. Priorities, amirite? There is one thing Trump supporters shouldn't do if they don't want to be considered part of a cult: do not compare that porn star-banging pussy grabbing felon to Jesus Christ. "The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about, oh, President Trump is a convicted felon," Marge said.

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Mitch Landrieu summed it well, saying, "Can we just stop on that fact A guy that wants to be President of the United States first has to go sit down with his probation officer. That is just an astounding statement." Indeed. Source: NBC News Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial against him last month, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was convicted last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the historic case.

Over the weekend, a number of tributes to public intellectual Noam Chomsky were posted on social media, remarking on his life and career. But the 95-year-old linguist, by all public accounts, is not dead yet. The outpouring came after U. K.-based outlet Media Lens posted on Facebook on June 7: “No doubt like many other people around the world, we have been surprised and profoundly concerned that Noam Chomsky has not commented publicly on current events; in particular, the Israeli genocide of Palestinians.” Media Lens followed with a series of purported updates on Chomsky’s condition, sourced to Reddit posts by Chomsky’s former assistant Bev Stohl, and concluding that “it is very unlikely he will return to the public eye.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Chomsky—who in one of his last media appearances said in April last year that he “first started talking publicly about the criminal nature of Israel’s actions in 1969” but that he regretted not speaking out earlier about the “repression” of Palestinians—has been noticeably absent from public eye over the past year.

JERUSALEM — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament.

Happy birthday, Donald Duck! The iconic cartoon Disney character turned 90 on Sunday. To celebrate decades of the boisterous icon entertaining us on the screen, here are 10 surprising facts about everyone’s favorite duck. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Donald Duck initially started as a minor character The notoriously grumpy made his first cartoon appearance on June 9, 1934 as a supporting character in the short The Wise Little Hen. “Donald Duck started as a minor character, but immediately they realized that he was a perfect foil for Mickey Mouse,” Becky Cline, the director of Walt Disney Archives, said in a video promoting the character’s 90th birthday.