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Does Making America Great Again also mean making it bigger? https://t.co/TGhuOGdJL2

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George Santos says the media cares more about being first than being right.
Comedian Bill Maher tells him: “You’re so right.”
Yes, that George Santos - the disgraced former congressman.
My latest column is about skepticism, confirmation bias — and choosing your credibility experts very carefully.
https://t.co/0qayXt3RON

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Thanks Daniel, great work.

https://t.co/E7An0NBRsV

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President Trump is sticking to his summer communications strategy about inflation: lie.

Fact check on his latest false claims that grocery prices are “way down” this term, that “almost every price has come way down,” and that “everything is going down” other than oil: https://t.co/96updrxZzS

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The question isn’t whether Trump’s 2020 election claim was false. It’s how many times he kept repeating it after it had been debunked and how many people believed him.

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Hard to believe this is where we are:
Tucker Carlson is calling for Donald Trump’s removal under the 25th Amendment.
Carlson told NPR Trump should have been “bundled up and taken out” by his own Cabinet after Trump’s rhetoric about using nuclear force against Iran.
When Tucker Carlson is the one saying Trump has gone too far, that tells you we’ve entered strange territory.

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Here is the context: https://t.co/SkBHtUqbfP

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Donald Trump says China has the “friendliest press corps.”
Sure. It’s amazing how “friendly” the press can be when the communist government controls major media, dictates editorial lines and punishes journalists who cross it.
Is that the model we want for America's free press?

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@HQNewsNow Or….

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And one other thing, judges are not supposed to be loyal. They’re supposed to follow the law.

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Read my column: https://t.co/RzA0E0HWvQ

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Trump says he “cherishes” a free press. Then he bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and rushes Trump TV onto the air.

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And that’s just a partial list.

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Donald Trump likes to talk a lot about “winning.”

So let’s take a look at how last week went for him.

Mortgage rates hit a 19-month high.

Oil climbed back above $100 a barrel.

Diesel prices hit record territory.

A new Fox News poll found 63% of voters saying the Trump administration has made the economy worse.

Trump has repeatedly demanded that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Instead, the Fed voted unanimously to RAISE them. Kevin Warsh — Trump’s own choice to run the Fed — backed the increase as necessary to fight inflation.

The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots before the midterms.

A federal judge again blocked efforts to put Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center. Trump then raised the possibility that the building could be demolished.

Several House Republicans broke with Trump over the war in Iran.

Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar publicly criticized parts of his immigration enforcement policies.

And Republican Rep. Thomas Massie moved forward with articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

That was Donald Trump’s week.

Winning bigly everywhere.

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Read my column on Hegseth: https://t.co/7SK8wlnYon

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has survived the Signal controversy, upheaval at the Pentagon, Republican criticism — and now an impeachment effort led by a Republican.

So maybe the question isn’t what Hegseth would have to do to lose his job.

It’s what he would have to do to lose Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump can attack the press, criticize it and call it unfair.
But once a president can punish news organizations for coverage he doesn’t like, the issue is no longer whether the press is fair.
The issue is whether the press is still free.

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Trump Can Attack the Press. Can He Ban It? https://t.co/180G0HsIez

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With the midterms approaching, Trump is suddenly talking health care again.

“Two weeks.”
“Concepts of a plan.”
A "framework" Congress still has to pass.

Ring a bell?
My latest column:
https://t.co/ugyVqlB3mG

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Apparently, democracy now comes with a $5,000 bonus.
There’s just one catch: Republicans have to win.
My latest column: Vote Republican. Get $5,000.
https://t.co/kXhyzNzEX9