Trump told Australian billionaire nuclear sub secrets at Mar-a-Lago, who then told 45 others
The serially indicted, disgraced ex-president apparently shared top-secret details about America’s 👏 nuclear 👏 submarine 👏 program with — why not — an Australian cardboard magnate billionaire in 2021, who then went on to tell dozens of journalists, foreign officials, and others about the highly sensitive information. Republican contortionists will undoubtedly spin this latest, incredibly damning allegation as yet another "nothingburger" and/or some sort of masterstroke of post-presidency foreign policy genius. Unfortunately for Donnie, special counsel Jack Smith and the United States Department of Justice will have a very different take on the matter.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump takes REAL step toward becoming House speaker
Because we live in the dumbest timeline and the universe seems intent on punishing all of humanity, the possibility of a Donald Trump speakership in the House just took one step closer to becoming a reality. The bloviating con man told Fox Digital he would be willing to take the speakership for a short 30, 60, or 90-day period if ungovernable House Republicans can't settle on a new leader.

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Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy SCREWED as GOP feud erupts
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa...

Trump endorses Jim Jordan for House speaker
After suggesting earlier in the day that he himself would be open to accepting the House speakership if nominated — to be clear, he would not — the disgraced ex-president and serially indicted con man tipped his fascist, red hat in favor of Ohio's Jim Jordan, whom he gave his "Complete & Total Endorsement!" If elected, Jordan would become the SECOND Republican embroiled in a school wrestling sex abuse scandal to ascend to speaker of the House. Impressive.

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Under Trump, IRS targeted low-income families at higher rate than millionaires for first time
One of the cruelest and most nefarious tricks the Republican Party has played on the American public is convincing lower-income people to consistently vote against their own economic self-interest and unwittingly spur on poverty-inducing, runaway wealth inequality. Case in point — during the final year of Trump's disastrous presidency, the Internal Revenue Service audited low-income families at a higher rate than millionaires for the first time, because, well, low-hanging fruit is still fruit, right? By design, years of Republican-imposed budget cuts left the IRS badly understaffed and without sufficient resources to aggressively pursue wealthy tax evaders, whose returns tend to be more complex. Funny how that works.

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Trump files to dismiss $500 million lawsuit against former lawyer Michael Cohen
The criminal sex pest and serially indicted ex-president quietly filed to dismiss his $500 million lawsuit against one-time fixer Michael Cohen in a move the con man's presidential campaign claimed was a temporary measure as he fights a litany of other legal cases. Trump can't physically be in multiple courtrooms at the same time, and so he must pick and choose his battles. Turns out frivolous revenge suits against former allies aren't quite as important as fighting for his literal freedom in Washington, DC, Florida, and Georgia and his financial solvency in New York.

Lara Trump released a cover version of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down"
Uh, you can stand ME up at the gates of hell, but I won't press play.

Black voters gain as Alabama finally gets a new 2024 US House map
After a years-long, high-profile legal fight waged by Republicans hellbent on disenfranchising Black Alabamians, a panel of three federal judges on Thursday added a second congressional district where Black voters' preferred candidate is projected to win a majority of the time, increasing the likelihood of a crucial Democratic pickup in 2024. Historically, only one of the state's seven congressional seats regularly went to a candidate preferred by Black voters despite African Americans making up 27% of the state's population. Things are about to change.

Long COVID blood test offers first clues into what causes the mysterious condition
More than three years into the pandemic, the millions of people who have suffered from long COVID finally have scientific proof that their condition is real. Scientists have found clear differences in the blood of people with long COVID, and new findings are offering clues into what could be causing the elusive biological condition that has perplexed doctors worldwide and left millions with ongoing fatigue, trouble with memory, and other debilitating symptoms.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolds President Biden for allowing construction of border wall
Despite telling reporters that a wall was not the answer to the border crisis, Biden and his administration are waiving dozens of federal laws to add about 20 miles of wall in Starr County, Texas, part of the Rio Grande Valley Sector that has recorded 245,000 illegal crossings this year. "A wall does nothing to deter people who are fleeing poverty and violence from coming to the United States," Ocasio-Cortez said. "Walls only serve to push migrants into more remote areas, increasing their chances of death. It is a cruel policy."

Cops blow a hole through Vivek Ramaswamy’s Iowa fender bender story
2024 presidential wannabe and stump speech plagiarist Vivek Ramaswamy claimed he was the victim of an intentional attack by two protesters who drove their vehicle into an unoccupied campaign car in Iowa near where he was campaigning. Unfortunately for Vivek, police there told a different story — saying their investigation turned up “no evidence to substantiate” the idea that the driver intentionally hit the campaign’s rental vehicle. "[The driver] stated she was not in the area to protest, she did not know who the vehicle she struck belonged to, she did not intentionally back into the vehicle, and she did not flee the scene of the accident," Grinnell police said. Oops!

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