Trump savages his rivals’ debate performances from the sidelines
The disgraced ex-president, who conveniently skipped the first GOP debate for a prerecorded, softball interview with testicle-tanning enthusiast Tucker Carlson, spent the evening trashing his fellow Republicans, save for one candidate. Vivek Ramaswamy laughably called Trump “the best president of the 21st century," eliciting effusive praise from the prototypical narcissist. “This answer gave Vivek Ramaswamy a big WIN in the debate because of a thing called TRUTH." The man does love a compliment. [RETWEET THAT!]

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republican primary debate goes completely off the rails
Even with our expectations tempered by the comically weak field of candidates and the predictably flaccid Fox News moderators, the first GOP debate still managed to crash and burn in spectacular fashion. We'd call it a three-ring circus, but that would be an insult to dancing elephants, juggling bears, and actual clowns.

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What we just saw should terrify you
Wisconsin Democrats: There's only one winner from the GOP primary debate that was just held in Wisconsin — and that's the Wisconsin Democrats. Every Republican candidate made it clear that they are fully on board with Trump's heinous, democracy-destroying agenda — and they came to Milwaukee because they know they can't win without Wisconsin. We can't afford to let ANY of these radicals anywhere near the White House, but we need your help to stop them. Can you chip in to help Wisconsin Democrats keep our country safe from Trump and his sycophants?

McCarthy threatens Biden with impeachment ultimatum over bank statements
Despite months of sham hearings featuring a parade of so-called whistleblowers and ineffective star witnesses who either undercut the Hunter Biden probe or disproved delusional conspiracy theories, Republicans are still insisting that President Biden should be impeached because he might not turn over his bank records to them, even if they ask nicely. No wonder Marjorie Taylor Greene resorted to showing nude Hunter photos in a committee hearing — they literally have nothing else.

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Mark Meadows loses bid to get judge to block his looming arrest in Georgia
The conspicuously silent ex-Trump chief of staff argued in court that he can't be arrested for participating in a conspiracy to steal the election because he was only acting in his capacity as a federal official in service of the president and is therefore protected by the Constitution. Ask the Nazis at Nuremberg how the "we were only following orders" line of defense worked for them.

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Giuliani surrenders to Georgia authorities after bail set at $150,000
The astonishing fall of Rudy Giuliani from "America's Mayor" to MAGA court jester hit a pitiful new low Wednesday as the one-time mafia-wrecking prosecutor turned himself in to Georgia authorities to face RICO charges for his role in Trump's brazen scheme to steal the 2020 election.

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Texas Republicans pass "Death Star" law empowering state to take over cities
Right-wing lawmakers in Texas have cooked up a new way to deny large, liberal metro areas the ability to pass laws and regulations in eight major policy areas, effectively bringing Democratic-leaning city and county governments under the control of the Republican-dominated legislature in Austin. So much for the GOP being the party of small government.

Republican candidates screw THEMSELVES ahead of first debate
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unbelievable...

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Republican "anti-woke" attacks failing to resonate, new polling confirms
You wouldn't know it by listening to GOP candidates running for president, or peeking at the rubbish that passes for news inside the right-wing media bubble, but new polling data shows that Americans, even Republicans, are increasingly rejecting or ignoring attacks on corporations and public figures that take environmentally and socially progressive stances. Whether or not Republican politicians will get the memo is still an open question.

1 million borrowers could have $0 payments under Biden's new SAVE student loan plan
President Biden formally launched his ambitious new income-driven repayment plan this week, as student loan payments are set to resume later this summer for the first time since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. The president called the SAVE plan "the most affordable student loan plan ever" and strongly encouraged borrowers, many of whom could see $0 payments, to sign up without delay. Apply now!

The Republican debate was a futile pudding wrestling match
Beloved online commentator and atAdvocacy friend @JoJoFromJerz breaks down the slopfest of delusion and radicalism that was last night's GOP primary debate with all the derision that the debacle deserves.

Biden points finger at Putin in Wagner mercenary boss Prigozhin’s reported death
Joe Biden not-so-subtly suggested Vladimir Putin was involved in the apparent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a private plane crash yesterday that killed all 10 passengers on board. “I don’t know for a fact what happened, but I’m not surprised,” Biden said. “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But I don’t know enough to know the answer.” Prigozhin, who marched on Moscow with his private army not two months ago, probably should have known better than to get in a small plane given the decades-long string of Putin's political enemies developing abrupt cases of falling out the window, though few will mourn the loss of the unhinged, ruthless war criminal.

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