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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump fully embraces fascism with utterly unhinged immunity claim
Donald Trump's proclivity for fascism is obvious, but his latest post on Truth Social puts on full display the extent to which he's willing to embrace it openly and proudly. The disgraced ex-president once again made his preposterous case for full presidential immunity, no matter how heinous the actions or behaviors of the officeholder, signaling loudly and clearly what catastrophe awaits should the serially indicted grifter manage to weasel his way back into the White House.

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House Republican hardliners plot revenge on Mike Johnson
Radical right-wing House Speaker Mike Johnson's days may be numbered after he infuriated somehow-even-further-right-wing-radical Republicans by doing the bare minimum to keep the federal government funded and avoid a catastrophic shutdown. The House Freedom Caucus signaled they may begin routinely hijacking Republican messaging bills as an act of retaliation while some hardliners are pressing for even more aggressive action against the speaker after he yielded to reality and managed to pass critical government funding bills with bipartisan support. When will voters realize there can be no reasoning with these unhinged, self-serving jackals who would rather see the country burn than compromise on their extremist ideology?

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Federal judge hints that Trump’s election interference trial might be delayed
Tanya Chutkan, the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against the disgraced ex-president over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and upend American democracy, indicated on Thursday that the scheduled trial date of March 4 would not hold as a result of the case being frozen while the serially indicted con man relentlessly appeals to have the charges dismissed. Trump's strategy of delaying the case beyond the 2024 election, where a full blanket pardon awaits should he or another Republican manage to win the presidency, is as cynical as it is effective. But please, do tell us more about the "two-tiered justice system" supposedly targeting and victimizing Republicans. Gather your thoughts, we're happy to wait.

Nikki Haley says pardoning a convicted Donald Trump would be "healing" for the country
Former UN ambassador and one-time Trump lackey Nikki Haley said it would be bad for America to see an 80-year-old ex-president "sitting in a jail cell" should he be convicted for any of the many, many crimes he committed and pledged to pardon the serially indicted con man should he finally face justice and accountability for a lifetime of abhorrent, illegal behavior. "This is no longer about whether he’s innocent or guilty. This is about the fact: How do we bring the country back together?" Haley said with a straight face. Ah, yes, unity. What better way to achieve such a noble goal than letting a narcissistic career criminal and professional fraudster permanently off the hook.

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Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds
A new report compiled by the progressive Groundwork Collaborative thinktank found corporate profits accounted for about 53% of inflation during last year’s second and third quarters. Interestingly, profits drove just 11% of price growth in the 40 years prior to the pandemic. Stop us if you've heard this one before, but the main driver for the historic rise in inflation over the past two years is good old-fashioned greed, not higher costs, wage growth, unionization efforts, or any other debunked nonsense ultrawealthy, right-wing fat cats cook up to stoke class divisions.

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Elon Musk set to attend antisemitism discussion at Auschwitz
Oh, good. The billionaire, right-wing Twitter killer is scheduled to sit down with diet intellectualist and former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro for what surely will be a fascinating conversation on the rising threat of online antisemitism. Cannot wait to hear what nuanced, thought-provoking solutions these two misinformation provocateurs cook up. Perhaps Elon will enlighten us with more "actual truth" that triggered a mass exodus of Twitter advertisers late last year.

Trump finally goes off the deep end with insane court claim
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unbelievable.

Netanyahu says he told US that he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario
Israeli Prime Minister and bombardier of Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu said the quiet part out loud, flatly rejecting calls from the United States to scale back Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war, drawing an immediate scolding from the Biden White House. Netanyahu spoke just a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rightly pointed out that Israel would never have "genuine security" without a pathway toward Palestinian independence. An unmoved Netanyahu struck a defiant tone, vowing "absolute victory" in one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history. Since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, IDF forces have killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians — mostly civilians — and uprooted over 80% of the territory's 2.3 million people from their homes.

Convicted felon with neo-Nazi ties allowed to stay on GOP ballot
No, it’s not Donald Trump. Just another radical right-wing Christian nationalist with white supremacist ties and a deeply troubling track record being embraced by a Republican establishment utterly devoid of any moral conviction.