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Rolling Stone:
‘F—king Disgrace’: CNN Gifts Trump Primetime Campaign Rally — Network insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone were distraught that the former president had free rein to “spew lies” during the ill-advised town hall — CNN INVITED DONALD Trump to lie on its airwaves for over an hour on Wednesday night.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed CNN over its decision to hold a town hall with former President Trump on Wednesday night. — “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
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Axios:
Key takeaways from Trump's CNN town hall … - He inserted himself into the delicate negotiations over the debt ceiling and said congressional Republicans should let the U.S. government default unless Democrats agree to “massive” budget cuts. — He downplayed the potential fallout from a default …
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Darren Tome / CNN:
The chilling reality of Trump — CNN Opinion asked expert contributors to weigh in with their reactions to former President Donald Trump's CNN town hall on Wednesday night. The views expressed in this commentary are their own. — Paul Begala: Trump whined, griped and complained
Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
CNN Failed America With Its Train Wreck of a Trump Town Hall — CNN decided to reward Trump for his reckless and dangerous behavior by giving him a 70-minute Festivus to air his grievances and lies. … With its Republican presidential town hall on Wednesday, CNN failed journalism …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden trolls Trump over CNN town hall — President Biden trolled former President Trump on Wednesday over a contentious appearance at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, with Biden asking for supporters to donate to his reelection campaign if they don't want “four more years of that.” — “It's simple, folks.
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump just (essentially) won the 2024 GOP primary. Here's why. — How do other 2024 candidates hope to defeat the former president in a head-to-head matchup if they won't even challenge him? — When future historians seek to explain how a failed businessman and reality TV star took …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
CNN's Trump Town Hall: All Spectacle, No Sunlight — It's 2016 all over again. — (SCREENSHOT VIA CNN) — CNN's public argument for holding a New Hampshire town hall with former President Donald Trump boils down to this: Voters needed to hear from Trump directly because he is the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Hakeem Jeffries Torches Trump Republicans By Naming Their 3 Basic Pillars — The House minority leader told MSNBC what the MAGA wing really believes. — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) put former President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party on blast …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall — Facing questions from the audience and the moderator, Donald Trump insisted, falsely, that the 2020 election was rigged. He also dodged questions on abortion, praised Jan. 6 rioters and mocked E. Jean Carroll.
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
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Michael Fanone / Rolling Stone:
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Pure Trump re-injected into the main vein of American politics at CNN town hall
Pure Trump re-injected into the main vein of American politics at CNN town hall
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump
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Rex Huppke / USA Today:
CNN town hall audience laughs at sexual assault as Trump reminds us how awful he is
CNN town hall audience laughs at sexual assault as Trump reminds us how awful he is
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid
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MSNBC:
Why CNN's Trump town hall was always doomed to fail
Why CNN's Trump town hall was always doomed to fail
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’
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Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones:
Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.
Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Trump Forum Was a Bracing Preview of Political Coverage to Come
CNN's Trump Forum Was a Bracing Preview of Political Coverage to Come
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Trump's Still Stuck In 2020, And Other Takeaways From His CNN Town Hall
Trump's Still Stuck In 2020, And Other Takeaways From His CNN Town Hall
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Tragicomedy of George Santos and the GOP — Also, understanding the crimes Santos is charged with — What is the worst fate that could befall a political party? Leaving Donald Trump (sexual assaulter, twice-impeached, insurrectionist, former president who badly lost his effort …
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New York Times:
The George Santos Indictment, Annotated — Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Wednesday charging Representative George Santos of New York with 13 counts, including counts of money laundering, stealing public money, wire fraud and making false statements to Congress.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 10, 2023 — This morning, federal prosecutors charged Representative George Santos …
May 10, 2023 — This morning, federal prosecutors charged Representative George Santos …
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’ — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat — The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox. — Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
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Devan Markham / NewsNation:
Comer: Biden family received $10M from foreign nationals — Committee: Biden family received millions from China and Romania — Comer: Biden and family's shady business deals risks national security — WH: Comer uses baseless claims, personal attacks to score political points
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to US, Beth Holloway says — Joran van der Sloot is serving a prison sentence for killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American …
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Ben Terris / Politico:
Magic Mushrooms, Dear White Staffers and Dianne Feinstein's Dog — Tales of workplace woe from the underside of the nation's Capitol. — He wasn't supposed to be there, but he was wearing a suit and he still had his congressional employee badge. … He was ex‐staff, actually …
Hugo Bachega / BBC:
Zelensky says Ukraine needs more time for counter-offensive — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as the military awaits the delivery of promised aid.
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