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President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Ty Cobb, believes that the Republican will not stop fouling up the White House and other major American institutions "until he's gone." "Trump is like no other president," Cobb told MS NOW host Ari Melber on Thursday when asked about Trump releasing a $250 coin with his face on it. "The norms that previous presidents held close — trying to portray themselves as courageous, virtuous, honest — Trump makes no effort to uphold. In fact, he showboats his corruption and his vanity." He added, "This is defiance of federal law, and we're going to see more of it. We saw it recently with the Justice Department, which, at Trump's direction, fell into line and tried to extend executive privilege to private communications with private individuals — constitutionally absurd, of course, but done in an effort to insulate Trump and his circle of sycophants from the investigations that are virtually certain if Dem...

Inside sources in the GOP are seriously peeved that President Donald Trump and his family can't stop concentrating on enriching themselves long enough to get Republicans through the November midterms. Trump and Republicans are at risk in the upcoming midterm elections, due in no small part to regret from his own supporters, and even many Republicans who continue supporting him feel as if they are "walking the plank" on his behalf. Yet according to a recent report, Trump continues to focus on money-making projects instead of shoring up support from American voters — a fact that is worrying many of his fellow Republican politicians. "If voters experience Republican government as expensive groceries and gasoline, higher input costs and endless stories about rich people, special access and government extravagance, it becomes more difficult to persuade them that Washington Republicans are the tribunes of the forgotten man and woman," The Daily Mail's Mark Halp...

MAGA pollster Rich Baris has interviewed countless Trump voters to get a gauge on Republicans’ chances in November. But standing in the way of salvation for Republicans is the fact that the 2024 version of Trump stinks. “[I]f we're having an honest discussion, you could be a supporter of the president and you can still be honest. I don't just see what sycophants see: how that helps anybody. I mean, ultimately, it's my job to convey what people are telling me. And they wanted the old Trump back.,” said Baris, speaking with former George Bush speechwriter and Bulwark podcaster Tim Miller on Wednesday. Baris said Michigan and Georgia are effectively locks for Democrats in the upcoming Senate race, and the outlook looks scary in many “safe” districts thanks to a declining Trump 2.0, which is nothing like the Trump of his first administration. “People felt like,’ you know what? I think we might have had it a little bit better than we thought. Can we go back and have a redo?’ B...

President Donald Trump is alarmed that Democrats may retake the House of Representatives during the upcoming midterm elections , which in turn would empower them to impeach him. Yet according to one expert, Democrats will not have an easy job gaining control of that legislative chamber, despite their seeming advantages. "President Donald Trump’s low job approval ratings, coupled with large Democratic leads in generic congressional polling, have most analysts expecting the House to flip to team blue in November," wrote Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, for The Washington Post on Wednesday . "That’s still the most likely outcome, but a seat-by-seat analysis reveals a tougher challenge for Democrats than the overall picture suggests." Olsen began by pointing out the raw numerical strength held by Republicans. "Large midterm gains usually occur when the party in power loses seats that typically lean toward the other side. In 2018...

President Donald Trump's assistant, Natalie Harp, is about as devoted as flunkies can get, but a psychologist reveals that even Harp has her limits — and if crossed, she could do enormous damage to the president. “Harp, 35, has dominated several news cycles with her shocking loyalty to the president, which has at times bordered on creepy. As a reward for her never-ending fealty, the president has granted her access to meetings and people that a normal aide would not usually have,” reports the Mirror. Her dangerous proximity to potentially dangerous or embarrassing information has alarmed White House officials and Secret Service agents, who worry that Harp could become a threat should she go rogue, for whatever reason. “Sitting down with The Mirror U.S., Boston University professor William Kahn revealed that there is only one thing that would ever set Harp against her beloved president ,” the Mirror reports. “I would say the only thing that would do it is if she experienced herse...

President Donald Trump is struggling in the polls due to the ongoing unpopularity of his war in Iran and stewardship of the American economy. Yet according to a former Republican speechwriter, his biggest political fear should be having all of his achievements reversed by a potential Democratic successor in the White House. The Bulwark's Tim Miller declared on his podcast that he expects "someone in 2028 to take the mantle of 'I have the authority now from the Supreme Court' going to tear this shit down one brick at a time." He added, "We're going to fund it to bring people in, everyone. I don't know what any tools are. Their jackhammer. I want a mallet. What's a big mallet called? A sledgehammer. There's big demolition excavators." Fellow Bulwark commentator Jonathan Last added "Like the ones that are big enough to be in a quarry, right? By the German company that makes them. And I actually feel like the next Democratic president...