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Geraldo Rivera slams Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley as "flat-earthers" for preposterous claim Trump won 2020 election
Fox News media personality and conservative Geraldo Rivera scorched the Republican pair for their wildly outlandish claim that the disgraced ex-president won the 2020 election, noting, "Everything they say should jam the bullshit filter."

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Republican plays pretend to defend Trump, promptly gets called out in squirmy live interview
Republican Wyoming Senator John Barrasso twice tried to wiggle out of answering George Stephanopoulos' simple, straightforward questions about Trump's imaginary declassification powers, but ultimately caved and stated the obvious: "I don't think a president can declassify documents by saying so, by thinking about it."

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Top prosecutor offers bad news for Trump
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

Ex-House 1/6 committee adviser’s unauthorized new book a purported bombshell
Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman's new book, "The Breach," offers a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse into the House committee’s investigation of Trump's violent insurrection and, according to its publisher, “includes previously unpublished texts from key political leaders” and “contains shocking details about the Trump White House’s links to militant extremist groups.”

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Liz Cheney vows to quit Republican Party if Trump becomes GOP's 2024 nominee for president
The neocon, who supports racist voter suppression and gerrymandering, says she would be willing to stump for the Democratic Party even as she continues to actively fight virtually every policy and value progressives care about.

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Far-right gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano's "big rally" fizzles, organizers blame "big tech"
The Pennsylvania Republican's grievance-airing rally, a supposed get-out-the-vote operation with the general election just six weeks away, drew a mere 50 people, which organizers punchdrunk on conspiracy theories quickly blamed on big tech "shadow-banning" practices. Got it.

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Italy elects neo-fascist government for the first time since WWII
The cycle of history appears to be repeating itself as Italian voters once again turns to the far-right. The neo-fascist Brothers of Italy party won the most votes with a center-right coalition, paving the way for Giorgia Meloni to become Italy's first woman premier. Turnout was a historically low 64% — a terrifying reminder of what can happen when we don't stay mobilized and get to the polls.

Tim Ryan flips the script in worker-focused bid for Ohio's red Senate seat
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Trump said gaining secret "rich friends" made presidency worth it, according to new book
When you've played pretend rich with daddy's money for decades, making real rich friends must be quite the thrill.

Adam Schiff criticizes slow pace of Justice Department investigation into Trump's broader Jan. 6 plot
Rep. Schiff said it was a mistake for the DOJ to start the investigation with those who broke into the Capitol, pointing to multiple, ongoing efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "That works when you have one plot, one conspiracy. It doesn't work when there are multiple lines of effort to overturn an election, multiple plots that may be all part of the same whole, but nonetheless, each operating independently."

Deadly protests in Iran reach 10th night as Iranian government summon UK ambassador over coverage
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to protest what it described as a hostile atmosphere created by London-based Farsi language media outlets. The move comes amid violent unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman who was originally detained by morality police for supposedly wearing her head scarf too loosely.