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There’s no hiding it anymore: Republican strategist and pundit Scott Jennings showed calm acquiescence to the realization that President Donald Trump is almost single-handedly deep-sixing the GOP’s chances in November with his war in Iran . Even better, Jennings appeared to cheer Trump’s war, which has had a ripple effect on voters’ gas prices and grocery costs as the nation slides into November. “The Democrats will make a case and the people will vote. Under no circumstances would you ever want the commander in chief making military decisions based on how many people might vote on in a precinct somewhere in the middle of the country,” Jennings told a CNN panel. “That is. That is not how you would want national security being handled. So when I hear him say he's put politics aside to do what's best for national security, that's what a commander in chief should do. Fellow panelist Axios political reporter Alex Thomson, however, warned Jennings that that’s not the way Re...

President Donald Trump’s controversial $1.8 billion slush fund exists as a result of his suit against the IRS. But now 35 former federal judges say the creation of that fund demands a reinvestigation of Trump’s suit. “The Court was deceived,” say the bipartisan group of former judges. “Despite plaintiffs not having mentioned any settlement in their notice, the Department of Justice publicly announced a ‘settlement’ of this action shortly after Plaintiffs filed their dismissal. The judges are asking the judge who oversaw Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to reopen the case and begin an inquiry into whether Trump’s deal to resolve it can be challenged as an act of fraud. “The purported ‘settlement’ that was publicly disclosed after this court dismissed this matter raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice,” the former judges legal team argues. The f...

President Donald Trump is trying to create a climate of fear in America, but his former Homeland Security chief of staff told MS NOW that the courts are punishing him for his effort. “Just think about this — our friend Kyle Cheney over at Politico, I think as of earlier this month, documented that there had been 10,000 cases judges had thrown out of people illegally put in immigration custody,” Miles Taylor told Nicole Wallace on MS NOW. “That's just one type of case — 10,000 thrown out. There's a 9-to-1 loss ratio when the government gets challenged on illegal detention. That is breathtaking. And that's just immigration.” He added, “Then you look at the big constitutional suits against this administration — big separation-of-powers issues, big violations of law. There are hundreds of those cases, I think north of 700 in the courts, and the administration has been losing those 2-to-1 in the lower courts. They are on a crime spree across this administration. The numbers sho...

The stress cracks are undeniably starting to show in the White House, if explosions from White House staff are an indicator. M S NOW anchor Nicole Wallace cited White House spokesperson Steven Cheung’s social media response to Mike Pompeo criticism of a deal being negotiated by the Trump administration to end the Iran war, telling the one-time Trump ally to “shut his stupid mouth.” “Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f—— he's talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He's not read into anything that's happening, so how would he know?” Wallace quoted Cheung saying . “Yeah, that's some top notch communicating from the communications director right there,” said Atlantic Staff Writer Tom Nichols, adding that the White House is clearly at the point of breaking over their botched Iran war, which has inflamed voters’ fuel and food prices. “[T]his was a little glimpse into what I think is kind of sweaty panic inside the White ...

President Donald Trump was the first reality TV star to become president, but when it comes to tabloid entertainment entering the White House, he may not be the last — at least according to one expert. After discussing how former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden recently appeared on Candace Owens' podcast to discuss the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, America’s relationship with Israel and the Charlie Kirk assassination, The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell , an expert on tracking voting patterns, argued that Owens may soon run for president in her Monday post. To illustrate her point, she quoted a number of voters, such as a Biden-to-Trump North Carolina voter named Mycal who said “I think Candace Owens is great. I would vote for her in a minute.” Another Biden-to-Trump North Carolina voter, Daniela, wrote that “if we would’ve swapped out Candace for Kamala, they would’ve had this in the bag.” Similarly a Trump-voting Gen Z woman, Kim from Virginia, adopted the popular far right ma...

President Donald Trump is accused of having a conflict of interest in a Trump Tower he plans on building the capital city of a former Soviet republic. Planned for the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, the potential Trump Tower is slated to be constructed on land currently part-owned by the son of a leader who was sanctioned by the United States, according to a Monday report by The Guardian . Specifically it is owned by the International Charity Fund Cartu, which is solely owned by Cartu Group JSC. That group is in turn mainly owned (with a 35 percent stake) by Uta Ivanishvili, the eldest son of the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is honorary chair of Georgia’s ruling party and regarded as the de facto leader of the Georgian government. While the younger Ivanishvili is not under sanctions, Trump’s willingness to do business with them constitutes a potential conflict of interest given that he is still serving as president. By contrast the White House has insisted that “neither the president ...