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  • 'You know you done messed up, don't you?' MSNBC regular hilariously buries Kristi Noem

    Reacting to Gov. Kristi Noem appearing on CBS Sunday morning where she doubled down and defended shooting her puppy Cricket in a gravel pit decades ago, the entire panel on "Alex Witt Reports" got in their own shots at the embattled South Dakota Republican.With former Rep. Dave Jolly (R-FL) explaining that Noem is "desperate" for the VP nod from Donald Trump because she is term-limited and has no political future unless the former president adds her to the ticket, Democratic strategist Don...

  • 'He did have sex with those women': Fox News guest says Trump will commit perjury on stand

    Democratic strategist Jim Kessler predicted to Fox News that former President Donald Trump would commit perjury if he testifies in his hush money trial.During a Sunday panel discussion, Kessler told host Mike Emanuel that it would be a mistake for Trump to pick his vice presidential running mate based on who defends him the best against criminal charges."I think if Trump is making his VP choice on who defends him best in a trial, it's a dumb way to go about it," Kessler explained. "Look, I don't...

  • Hope Hicks' bombshell has Trump trial headed for a 'fast and furious' end: legal expert

    During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, attorney Andrew Weissmann stated former Donald Trump White House aide Hope Hicks filled in a big gap in the hush money prosecution case this week.Speaking with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, the former FBI general counsel claimed the 34-felony count Manhattan trial should accelerate due to Hicks' testimony.As he explained, "If you recall, until she testified, there was a lot of talk about how he [Trump] did not sign the agreement between Stormy Daniels...

  • 'What are you doing?' Fox News rips latest stunt by 'space cadet' Marjorie Taylor Greene

    Fox News pundit Tomi Lahren, a contributor to OutKick, blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over a plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).Lahren spoke out Sunday on Fox News after Greene said she would file a so-called "motion to vacate" Johnson's speakership this week."I will say this, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, what are you doing?" Lahren asked. "You can't do this without a replacement. We've seen this song and dance before. We have seen this dog and pony show...

  • 'You've never been to North Korea': CBS host rattles Kristi Noem over book scandal

    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) clashed with CBS host Margaret Brennan over the controversy surrounding the governor's new book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." During an interview on Sunday, Brennan confronted Noem about passages in the book claiming she had met North Korean leader Jim Jong Un. "I'm wondering who is it that you confused Kim Jong Un with," Brennan said. "My time in serving and making policies in this country has...

  • CNN panel laughs at J.D. Vance's awkward defense of murderous Jan. 6 rioters

    After watching a clip of Sen. J.D. Vance (R) trying to blow off threats from Jan. 6 rioters who wanted to lynch former Vice President Mike Pence, the CNN "State of the Union" panel burst into laughter at his stumbling defense.Speaking with CNN's Kaitlan Collins earlier in the week, the Ohio Republican said he was "skeptical" Pence's life was threatened during the Capitol insurrection where a gallows was built.After Collins reminded him of the "Hang Mike Pence" chants, he stumbled then claimed,...

  • 'You're saying he should be shot?' Kristi Noem called out for wanting to kill Biden's dog

    CBS host Margaret Brennan grilled South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) after she suggested President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, should be killed. During a Sunday interview on Face the Nation, Brennan questioned Noem about her view on dogs after writing in a new book that she had shot her hunting dog, Cricket, to death. "But on this point, though, because you have been rumored to be a potential vice presidential candidate, as you know, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said killing the...

  • China's Xi arrives in Paris for first European trip in five years

    Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Europe on Sunday, on a trip that will take him to France, Hungary and Serbia. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal received Xi in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are scheduled for Monday. It is Xi's first trip to Europe in five years. Ahead of the Chinese president's arrival, protesters gathered in the French capital calling for a "Free Tibet." The status of the...

  • Kristi Noem's vice presidential Trump selection chances now in political gravel pit

    Puppy-killing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s chances of getting Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection are now in a political gavel pit, numerous reports say. How out of favor has she fallen? At a big Trump fundraiser last night in Florida, he talked about possible veep choices and did not mention Noem. She was originally supposed to be there, but wasn’t. Ever since it was revealed that in her upcoming book Noem almost proudly wrote about shooting and killing a 14-month-old puppy — then...

  • RNC co-chair Lara Trump: 'You cannot have ballots counted after elections are over'

    Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump argued Sunday that ballots should not be counted after elections are over. While speaking to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump explained why her party had filed a lawsuit in Nevada to stop vote counting after the election. "You cannot have ballots counted, Maria, after elections are over," Trump opined. "And right now, that is one of the many lawsuits we have out across this country to ensure that just that happens, that we have a free,...

  • The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning

    There is a long history of planned city building by both governments and the private sector from Brasilia to Islamabad. More recently, two trends have come together in a new wave of visionary urban planning. On the one hand, there are the neoliberal “special economic zone” policies that accelerated in the 1980s and which have become an almost unquestioned global economic article of faith. On the other, there is the “smart city” in which ubiquitous sensing and surveillance generate big data,...

  • These local results suggest Tory decimation at the general election ahead

    The local elections which took place on May 2 have provided an unusually rich set of results to pore over. Around 2,600 seats were up for election on 107 councils across the country. There were elections for 37 police and crime commissioners, and for 11 local mayors. And much as the government would have preferred us not to notice, there was a parliamentary by-election in Blackpool South. It will be a couple days before we have the full results, but the big picture so far is that the...