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A move by a Donald Trump official is being seen as "revenge" against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who recently threatened to punch him "in the f------ face."Bessent faces scrutiny over home-loan filings similar to the discrepancies being used by the Donald Trump administration to challenge Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the Daily Beast...
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A House Democratic lawmaker blasted the right's narrative that extremist violence comes largely — or exclusively — from the left, a claim contradicted by evidence, including a Justice Department study recently scrubbed from its website. The motive and political ideology of the shooter remain largely unknown.President Donald Trump has been...
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The Department of Homeland Security lashed out at an American citizen on Wednesday for speaking out about being wrongfully detained during a recent immigration operation. George Retes, 25, is a U.S. citizen and military veteran who was arrested by federal agents in July as part of an immigration raid on a cannabis farm in Ventura County,...
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) admitted Wednesday that he "wouldn't be surprised" if President Donald Trump was in the Jeffrey Epstein files. "I wouldn't faint from surprise that there are a lot of other important people named in those files and the American people want to know who they are, and that's perfectly understandable," Kennedy said in an...
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MAGA influencer Benny Johnson melted down on Wednesday after former President Barack Obama talked about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's slaying during a speaking engagement. Obama spoke at the Jefferson Educational Society of Erie's 17th Global Summit on Wednesday, where he was asked about the impact of Kirk's killing. He described the killing...
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One of the new focus groups hosted by The Bulwark on Sept. 10 included Latino voters who had voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 and now regret their decision. In a Wednesday report, the site said that the former Trump voters were angry about the economy and frustrated by the way that his administration was handling immigration and the mass...
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FBI Director Kash Patel caused yet another strange moment in his hearing in the House on Wednesday, when he appeared to suggest that he couldn't release any information about President Donald Trump's attempted assassin Thomas Crooks until his trial was concluded — even though Crooks was killed at the scene by the Secret Service.Crooks, 20, opened...
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As anticipated, U.S. President Donald Trump's economic and immigration policies are harming American farmers' ability to earn a living—and testing the loyalty of one of the president's staunchest bases of support, according to reports published this week.After Trump slapped 30% tariffs on Chinese imports in May, Beijing retaliated with measures...
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An air traffic controller scolded a Spirit Airlines pilot in a stern message after the pilot got too close to Air Force One with President Donald Trump on board. "Pay attention, Spirit 1300. Turn 20 degrees right now..." the air traffic controller in New York Center says to the Spirit Flight 1300 pilot in audio played live on CNN on Wednesday. "Pay...
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Vice President JD Vance cracked jokes about President Donald Trump's lethal attacks on who he purported were drug traffickers hauling drugs into the United States, a video posted by independent journalist Aaron Rupar showed. Twice, Trump has bombed boats the administration claimed were in international waters, calling them both an "imminent...
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Far-right Christian nationalist Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters sparred with an Oklahoma father who refused to allow his teen son to partake in a statewide moment of silence in school for the late conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, saying it was a violation of his constitutional rights, Newsweek says."I was really shocked and I was...
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When Gov. Mike DeWine decided to send Ohio National Guard members to Washington D.C. to participate in President Donald Trump's militarized crime crackdown, he took a national issue and made it a state issue. Why he decided to do so is perplexing.Ohio's violent crime rate has hovered between three and four times the violent crime rate of D.C. over...
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Joining numerous genocide and Holocaust experts, human rights groups in Israel and around the world, and a United Nations commission, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday accused the Israeli government of engaging in a genocide against the Palestinian people.In an editorial titled "It Is Genocide,” the independent Vermont senator leveled his harshest...
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President Donald Trump pledged to reduce the high cost of drugs, but he likely didn't mean the cost of cocaine. A Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday revealed that Trump's mass deportation operations have removed important agents from those in U.S. Customs and Border Protection stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border. The report spoke with...
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The feud between Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) escalated to a new extreme on Wednesday, as Mace uttered an obscene outburst at a reporter who confronted her with Omar's latest comments.Mace, who has made headlines repeatedly in recent months for bizarre stunts, filed a resolution this week to censure Omar and strip her of her...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday defended his behavior during a heated interview Tuesday night with CNN's Kaitlan Collins over conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Cruz appeared on Collins' show, "The Source," on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments in the investigation into Kirk's murder. During the interview, Collins claimed...
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In yet another sign that Republicans have become disillusioned with operating in a Congress under GOP control, longtime Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is reportedly toying with the idea of leaving to run for governor of Alaska.According to Puck News' Leigh Ann Caldwell, who reported Murkowski had been thinking about this a month before, the senator...
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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) offered an apology to fired CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez on Wednesday during the Senate Health Committee hearing, surprising CNN anchor Brianna Keilar."That apology from Sen. Kaine was really something," Keilar said, adding that officials who heard her testimony over her resignation called her and other CDC officials who...
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Republicans have killed a House effort to approve subpoenas for the CEOs of four major banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon — to obtain documents related to "suspicious" financial transactions flagged as part of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)...
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr issued a stern threat Wednesday over comedian Jimmy Kimmel's remarks that Charlie Kirk's assassin was a MAGA conservative. "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney," Carr said in an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson on the Benny Show. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These...
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Senior Trump White House Counselor Peter Navarro is raging at "they” — seemingly Democrats and the left — for consequences he and fellow MAGA allies have brought on themselves, including prison time. And he appeared to blame the left for the assassination of Charlie Kirk as well.In a Fox Business interview, Navarro, who has promoted...
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An 18-year-old "Dreamer” says her mother died after ICE confiscated her blood pressure medication before deporting them to Guatemala, leaving her too terrified to seek care as her condition worsened. NBC News reported the story as President Donald Trump's mass deportation push continues, despite his promise to only target criminals and...
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On Sept. 2, the Trump administration shared footage purporting to show a US strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat. Even if we take the incident entirely at face value (and there are a lot of reasons to question the video itself) — the US Navy attacked a fishing boat off Venezuela, killing 11 people. On Monday, another strike was allegedly conducted...
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Foreign policy experts were left stunned on Wednesday after The Intercept obtained and published new details on the scope of President Donald Trump's unprecedented use of the military in American cities.According to the outlet, around 35,000 federal troops had been deployed to American cities this year, a staggering 75% increase over the outlet's...
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A Texas State University student's enrollment ended after a video was posted showing him mocking conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death, the latest in a series of removals across Texas campuses prompted by comments made about the killing.The video, posted Tuesday morning on X, shows the student in a crowd slapping his neck several times,...
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) got FBI Director Kash Patel to agree to investigate who created the image and comments attributed to President Donald Trump in the birthday book for accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Questioning Patel before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Moskowitz noted that the president alleged the inclusion of...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is walking back unfounded claims he made Wednesday during a Senate Health Committee hearing with Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was fired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy disputes.Mullin told reporters he was mistaken that the...
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Steve Bannon expressed skepticism about the text messages allegedly sent by the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination to his roommate, saying the conversation sounded like a "bad script."The former Donald Trump adviser told viewers of his "War Room" podcast that messages the FBI presented as evidence against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson did not...
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) hammered FBI Director Kash Patel when questioning him before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Lieu asked simply whether he had seen all of the images included in the investigation files around accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. He began by questioning the discovery of a safe when raiding the Epstein mansion."I...
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The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee pushed back at one of his GOP colleagues as she attempted to incorporate him into her conspiracy theory about the firing of the CDC's Dr. Susan Monarez.Given time to question the former CDC director who was fired by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., GOP Sen. Ashley...
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) moved to subpoena four global banking giants to investigate their dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Raskin's motion at the end of its oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel, who has been hammered with questions about his handling of the Epstein case and...
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Departing for a state visit to the U.K., President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis after the state Supreme Court declined to hear her final appeal in the racketeering probe tied to his 2020 election fight. Trump hailed the ruling as "a great decision,” then ripped Willis as "a disaster,” accused her...
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The leaders of the UK-based protest group Led By Donkeys said Wednesday that four of its members remained under arrest for displaying images of US President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the side of Windsor Castle ahead of Trump's second state visit to the United Kingdom.The widely available images were accompanied by a...
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The United Kingdom is "desperate" to appease President Donald Trump, "shamelessly" giving him a made up ceremony and indulging in his "king fantasy" during his second state visit to Britain on Wednesday, according to media reports. "Trump demands spectacle, and Britain provides it. He wants to be king, and, for a day, Britain is letting him," Tom...
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In the midst of the Trump regime's shameful attempt to attack any and all organizations and institutions that oppose it, we must not and will not back down from holding Donald Trump accountable for his corruption and lawlessness.On Monday, the New York Times — which Trump just sued for $15 billion for allegedly defaming him — reported that...
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FBI Director Kash Patel was put in the hot seat Wednesday after past clips of himself accusing the FBI of being complicit in covering up for Jeffrey Epstein were played during an explosive House committee hearing, leading Patel to shift blame to the Biden and Obama administrations."Director Patel, before you joined the FBI, you railed against it...
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President Donald Trump flew his own bed linen from the U.S. for his stay in a royal English castle — and courtiers in the ultra-luxurious accommodation think they know why.Courtiers at Windsor Castle — a home to Great Britain's King Charles — are reportedly joking that Trump wants to avoid leaving stains on the royal bedding from tanning...
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According to the now-fired director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grew alarmed by what she might tell members of Congress and warned her she was barred from speaking to them.Speaking before a Senate panel on Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Susan Monarez, a microbiologist, was asked by Sen. Tammy...
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) hammered FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, demanding to know why he and the Justice Department continue to withhold investigation files around accused trafficker and molester Jeffrey Epstein. Raskin began by asking if everything had been released that the FBI seized from...
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FBI Director Kash Patel broke into reciting the alphabet letter by letter in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a question on a supposed connection between President Donald Trump and the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a House committee hearing Wednesday.Patel was testifying, under oath, before the House Judiciary Committee, just one...
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Donald Trump's so far smooth appearance as he visits the United Kingdom could end badly, according to the former Deputy to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.Appearing on CNN International, Sir Alan Duncan claimed the beginning of the visit has gone well while admitting the American president, who is not popular overseas, has been "hermetically...
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FBI Director Kash Patel will testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, his second hearing since the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, and just one day after an explosive hearing on Tuesday before that saw Patel grilled by a Senate committee.Patel is expected to be grilled by lawmakers on his agency's handling of the...
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Laughter broke out during a Senate Health Committee hearing Wednesday for Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was fired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy disputes. In a quick spat between Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over whether to change...
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During her opening statement before a Senate committee, Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained that at the time of her firing by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. she was following a path laid out by President Donald Trump.She explained that, "For three decades, I have worked at the...
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The former director for the Centers for Disease Control testified that she was fired after refusing to pre-approve recommendations from a vaccines oversight panel without consulting science or evidence.Dr. Susan Monarez testified Wednesday morning morning before Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), where she told...
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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman is cautioning his fellow Democrats to ease up on their rhetoric in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk."It's horrific. It's absolutely horrific. I mean, I've seen the video multiple times,” the Pennsylvania Democrat told Raw Story outside the U.S. Capitol, of the killing of Kirk at Utah Valley...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. became "very upset" when the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told him that there was no science to back up his anti-vaccine claims and demands, the ex-director said.Testifying to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, fired CDC director Susan Monarez was asked to share...
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Appearing on MSNBC to promote his book on the investigation into American presidents starting with Richard Nixon, a former prosecutor and current CNN legal analyst managed to fit in a shot at Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel over their recent antics.Speaking with the hosts on "Morning Joe” about reforms needed at the...
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What can you say about a 31-year-old hatemonger who died? If you're a pundit, you have to say something nice because the president took Charlie Kirk's calls. As the leader of the MAGA youth, Kirk was powerful and, by the rules of Washington, that entitles him to a warm and respectful sendoff.But what can a nice liberal say about a man who made his...
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President Donald Trump received a rude welcome in the United Kingdom, where hundreds of protesters greeted him with signs calling him a fascist and pedophile.A van displaying a photo of the U.S. president and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was briefly stopped by police Wednesday as it approached Windsor Castle, where King Charles will host...
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Police have seized a truck driving a billboard around Windsor Castle, where President Donald Trump is visiting for a state visit. The billboard showed a giant photo of convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein standing with Trump. The National, a Scottish newspaper, uploaded a video showing the banner as it was driving down the street. A police...
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Friedrich Merz nutzt die Generaldebatte im Bundestag, um seinen „Herbst der Reform" rhetorisch aufzuladen. In einer konzentrierten Rede spricht der Kanzler von tiefgreifenden Umbrüchen im Sozialstaat, einer Reform des Generationenvertrags bei der Rente und mehr Verantwortung Deutschlands in der Verteidigungspolitik. Die Botschaft: Veränderung...
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CNN's Harry Enten presented polling data that showed which of President Donald Trump's Cabinet members was causing him the most problems with the public.All of the president's top-ranking officials are unpopular, with none of them enjoying approval ratings above 50 percent, but the network's chief data analyst found that Attorney General Pam Bondi...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) released a text message Wednesday she had received from right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk just two weeks before his death, sharing it alongside an ominous warning about her fears for the future of his conservative advocacy group, Turning Point USA.In the message, shared on X via a screenshot, Kirk allegedly...
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is "gaslighting" Americans, according to an ex-prosecutor.Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance late Tuesday weighed in on Bondi's recent comments regarding hate speech. "There's free speech and then there's hate speech," Bondi told Stephen Miller's wife Katie during an episode of her podcast. "We will absolutely...
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A Republican congressman's rant defending President Donald Trump was interrupted by another CNN panelist who quoted Vice President JD Vance and slain activist Charlie Kirk to disprove his point.Vance encouraged supporters to file complaints with employers for anyone who criticized Kirk online and Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to prosecute...
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FBI Director Kash Patel's abrasive and argumentative appearance before a Senate committee on Tuesday did him no favors as he appears to be desperately attempting to hang onto his job while at the same time enhancing his profile.That is the opinion of Salon's Amanda Marcotte who wrote on Wednesday that Patel has been using the shooting death of Kirk...
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Nearly 50 former federal judges lashed out at what they described as a wave of "misinformation, disinformation and fiery rhetoric” aimed towards the judicial system in an open letter on Wednesday, a condemnation and call to action that appears to be a direct jab at the Donald Trump administration."Misinformation, disinformation, and fiery...
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President Donald Trump made a stunning claim Tuesday after accusing a federal prosecutor – who also oversaw criminal investigations into him – of having tried to "force” right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk "out of business.”"Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by 'deranged' Jack Smith and the corrupt and incompetent Biden...
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Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh has changed a lot since he was swept into office 15 years ago in the Tea Party wave, but he remains a free speech absolutist.The recently converted Democrat wrote on his "Social Contract" Substack page about his personal relationship with right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk and abhorred the reaction to his...
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Any hope that Donald Trump might try to calm the waters as the finger-pointing continues after the murder of far-right conservative gadfly Charlie Kirk was blown to pieces on Tuesday as the president headed off to his trip to London.On Wednesday morning, the co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe” showed a clip of the president's confrontation with...
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President Donald Trump is on his second state visit to the United Kingdom Wednesday, and while the president has excitedly called the invitation a "great honor,” local protestors are refusing to allow Trump to escape one of the biggest scandals that has plagued his administration.Reporting from London, England, NBC News international...
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MAGA influencer Candace Owens' explanation on Tuesday for why conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered at a Utah university campus last week shocked an analyst. Owens floated a theory about Kirk's murder on a new episode of her podcast on Tuesday, claiming that Kirk may have been killed by Israel because he spoke out about some of the...
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When Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he was sitting under a tent that had "The American Comeback Tour” printed in huge letters across all four sides. It was the theme of his tour of college campuses, a tour run by his Turning Point organization that was, according to NBC News, early-funded by 10 morbidly rich right-wingers.The question is "America...
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