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    Confrontational Willis Fends Off Disqualification From Trump Case in Georgia Hearing

    Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor in the Georgia racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, testified Thursday that he was reimbursed with cash for vacations he took with his boss, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—with whom he admitted having an affair.  “It was cash,” Wade said. “She didn’t give me any checks.” In a…
    Fred Lucas
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    PolitiFact Celebrates ‘Fact-Checking’ Trump 1,000 Times; Obama, Biden Not So Much

    Never call PolitiFact an “independent fact-checker.” It is every bit as liberal and biased as its fans in the liberal media. Recently, it announced it had published its 1,000th “fact-check” of former President Donald Trump. “American fact-checkers have never encountered a politician who shares Trump’s disregard for factual accuracy,” it proclaimed. “Ever since he descended…
    Tim Graham
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    Leaker of Trump Tax Returns, and Thousands More, Gets a Slap on Wrist From Biden Admin

     “I made my decision with the full knowledge that I would likely end up in a courtroom,” former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn said. Littlejohn didn’t just leak years of Donald Trump’s tax returns to The New York Times in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. He also leaked the tax returns of thousands of…
    Zack Smith
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    All 9 Supreme Court Justices Question Activists’ Effort to Kick Trump Off Ballot

    In what may be one of the most consequential election cases ever heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, the nine justices listened Thursday to 80 minutes of lawyers’ oral arguments over the attempt by political activists to knock Donald Trump off the primary ballot in Colorado (and other states). Although all of the justices asked…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Would Trump Have to ‘Lose Bigly’ at SCOTUS to Be Kicked Off Ballot? 

    It would take a sweeping legal ruling for the Supreme Court to effectively kick former President Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado and elsewhere, say legal scholars who’ve analyzed the arguments set for Thursday in the case.  “In order for Trump to lose, he has to lose bigly. Or is it big league? He…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘CRIME-RIDDEN EMBARRASSMENT’: Trump Says Quiet Part Out Loud About DC

    Washington, D.C., is becoming an embarrassment to the nation. A horrific story that made national headlines illustrates what the city is becoming. A would-be carjacker shot a former Trump administration official in the head Jan. 29 at the beginning of an insane, violent romp through the city. Mike Gill, who served as the chief of…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘DIRECT RETALIATION’: SPLC Added Immigration Group to ‘Hate Map’ After It Reported SPLC’s Attacks on Trump to IRS

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A recent interview with the leader of an immigration reform organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has branded a “hate group” potentially shines new light on how the SPLC allegedly uses its “hate” accusations as a tactical political weapon. Throughout the 2016 presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Beltway Judge Hearing Trump Cases and Her Anti-Trump, Anti-Kavanaugh Husband

    Washington glitterati assembled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October to celebrate federal employees making a difference in government. Hosted by CNN anchor Kate Bolduan, the black-tie affair featured in-person appearances by top Biden White House officials, including Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and Secretary of Agriculture…
    Julie Kelly
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    The Potential Environmental Benefits of a Second Trump Presidency

    A second Trump administration would benefit the environment. There’s no better proof of that than Friday’s decision by the Biden administration to stop future exports of liquefied natural gas, pending a future study by the Department of Energy. As justification for the cutoff, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm described the importance of “protecting Americans against climate change and…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    SNL’s Latest Attempt to Mock Trump Is Actually a Massive Self-Own

    Have liberals been living under a rock? Sometimes, it really seems like they have. This weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” co-host Colin Jost thought it would be a great idea to mock former President Donald Trump, now the leading candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, over his use of a term that conservatives have…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Other Governors Back Texas on Border as Trump Calls on Them to Send ‘Guards’ There

    Former President Donald Trump is calling on state governors to help Texas “repel the invasion” of illegal immigrants along America’s southern border.   “We encourage all willing states to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the border,” Trump wrote Thursday on Truth Social, his…
    Virginia Allen
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    Leniency on Tap for Anti-Trump Leaker of Thousands of Tax Returns

    Another apparent “sweetheart deal” negotiated by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department in a politically charged case is drawing scrutiny. Former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who stole and helped publicize the confidential tax records of Donald Trump and an estimated 7,500 other wealthy Americans, could face little or no jail time when he is sentenced…
    Paul Sperry
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    EXCLUSIVE: This Jewish Cancer Counselor Got Fired For Objecting to an Anti-Trump DEI Assignment. Now, She’s Suing.

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A veteran social worker who says she was fired for expressing concern over racial harassment against her as a Jewish woman and political harassment over her ties to the Trump administration is suing for wrongful termination. Tammy Weitzman last week sued her former employer, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, now known…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Trump Defeats Haley in New Hampshire Primary

    Former President Donald Trump appeared poised to win his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination after a clear victory Tuesday over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary. The results seemed likely to set up a rematch in November between Trump and President Joe Biden, the Democrat who unseated him in the…
    Fred Lucas
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    South Carolina Republicans Slammed for Pushing ‘Trump-Hating’ Pro-Abortion Democrat for Judicial Appointment

    South Carolina Republicans are drawing fire from the South Carolina Freedom Caucus for pushing a pro-abortion former Democratic House leader as the state’s next circuit court judge for the 5th Judicial Circuit. James Smith, the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee and the former Democratic leader of South Carolina’s House of Representatives, is described by one Planned…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Cruz, Scalise Lead Supreme Court Brief to Keep Trump on 2024 Colorado Ballot

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., led a brief Thursday to the Supreme Court arguing for keeping former President Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot for 2024.  The brief had a total of 177 House and Senate Republicans including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Trump Legal Team Makes the Case He Never Engaged in Insurrection

    Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a brief with the Supreme Court Thursday, arguing that a Colorado Supreme Court ruling to keep him off the ballot would “disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.” The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump was not eligible to be a presidential candidate because he had violated…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Trump Won Iowa. Political Insider Explains Why.

    The polls didn’t lie. Former President Donald Trump was projected to be the winner of the Iowa caucuses Monday night just about 30 minutes after they began. In the polls, Trump had a 30-point lead, give or take, over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as Iowans arrived at their…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Calls for Nation to ‘Come Together’ After Iowa Victory

    After a giant win in the Iowa caucus, former President Donald Trump took a gracious tone in his victory speech, and talked about issues such as border security, energy independence and paying down the national debt.  “I really think this is time now for everybody, our country, to come together,” Trump told his supporters. “We…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Wins Overwhelming Iowa Victory

    Former President Donald Trump won a smashing victory in the Iowa caucuses, the first in the nation contest for the 2024 presidential race. The Associated Press called the race for Trump at 8:31 p.m. ET, or Iowa’s time of 7:31 p.m. CT. Fox News reported Trump had 70.2% of the vote with 1% of precincts…
    Fred Lucas
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