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Trump's Epstein links exploited by Iran as conspiracy theories transform into war weapon Disinformation has exploded on social media since U.S. and Israeli bombs started dropping in Iran.Iranian state media and pro-Tehran propaganda networks have tapped into the conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump launched the joint military operation to distract from his presence in the Jeffr...

Disinformation has exploded on social media since U.S. and Israeli bombs started dropping in Iran.

10.03.2026 15:51 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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Trump voter complains he misses 'Uncle Joe' Biden as he pumps pricey gas Two Florida Donald Trump voters expressed their dismay at exploding gas prices on MS NOW on Tuesday morning, with one grudgingly admitting he misses President Joe Biden — and that he is now broke.As part of a report with host Anna Cabrera on the economic impact of Trump’s war on Iran, with oil price...

Two Florida Donald Trump voters expressed their dismay at exploding gas prices on MS NOW on Tuesday morning, with one grudgingly admitting he misses President Joe Biden — and that he is now broke.

10.03.2026 15:36 👍 46 🔁 11 💬 10 📌 4
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'Spooked' Trump 'looking for exit ramp' in Iran as gas prices shock: lawmaker Rising gas prices have put President Donald Trump and his administration in a panic, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer that, as the U.S.-Israel war in Iran moves into its second week and Americans are paying more at the gas pump, Trump was looking for a wa...

Rising gas prices have put President Donald Trump and his administration in a panic, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

10.03.2026 15:25 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 1
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Trump gives Republicans 'heartburn' with latest tantrum — as Dems get unexpected gift Trump's ultimatum to block all legislation unless the Senate passes the Save America Act is creating "heartburn" in the Republican ranks and gifting Democrats an unexpected political weapon — and the party that is not in power could not be happier.The president's Sunday tantrum on Truth Social — dem...

Trump's ultimatum to block all legislation unless the Senate passes the Save America Act is creating "heartburn" in the Republican ranks and gifting Democrats an unexpected political weapon — and the party that is not in power could not be happier.

10.03.2026 15:05 👍 37 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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'Religious war! It's on!' MAGA ecstatic as Hegseth invokes Bible in Iran war Pro-MAGA morning hosts David Brody, Gina Loudon, and Terrence Bates expressed full-throated support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "religious war" in Iran after he quoted scripture to support the U.S. strikes."Religious war! It's on!" Brody exclaimed during a Real America's Voice segment follo...

Pro-MAGA morning hosts David Brody, Gina Loudon, and Terrence Bates expressed full-throated support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "religious war" in Iran after he quoted scripture to support the U.S. strikes.

10.03.2026 14:50 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 12 📌 2
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Trump attorney hit with misconduct charges — could be stripped of law license An lawyer serving as President Donald Trump's pardon attorney for the Justice Department has been formally accused of misconduct.The District of Columbia Bar filed ethics charges against DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin over a threatening letter he sent last year, when he was serving as interim U.S. at...

An lawyer serving as President Donald Trump's pardon attorney for the Justice Department has been formally accused of misconduct.

10.03.2026 14:31 👍 36 🔁 26 💬 3 📌 1
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Epstein had Trump on speakerphone as 'undressed' 16 year old massaged him: FBI memo A woman told the FBI that in the early 2000s, when she was 16 years old, she had given a massage to Jeffrey Epstein at his New York home while the disgraced financier “was on a speakerphone call with Donald Trump” — just moments before being sexually assaulted, according to a newly released FBI memo...

Epstein had Trump on speakerphone as 'undressed' 16 year old massaged him: FBI memo

10.03.2026 14:30 👍 26 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 2
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'Clear signal of defiance' shows Trump attacks are backfiring: analyst The appointment of a new ayatollah shortly after the death of Ali Khamenei highlights a major shortcoming in Donald Trump's plot for Iranian regime change, an analyst wrote Tuesday.Despite the president's team carrying out a series of strikes against the Middle Eastern country earlier this month, th...

The appointment of a new ayatollah shortly after the death of Ali Khamenei highlights a major shortcoming in Donald Trump's plot for Iranian regime change, an analyst wrote Tuesday.

10.03.2026 14:10 👍 39 🔁 16 💬 9 📌 0
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CNN anchor flags major question Hegseth scrambles to avoid: 'Didn't go anywhere near that' CNN's John Berman highlighted a major question about the Iran war that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth steered clear of addressing.Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided an update Tuesday morning about Operation Epic Fury, but the defense secretary refused to ...

CNN's John Berman highlighted a major question about the Iran war that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth steered clear of addressing.

10.03.2026 13:55 👍 23 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 0
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This is Trump's tell that all isn't well Years ago, I was drinking with friends in a dive bar with a jukebox. I went over, quarters in hand, and noticed “It’s the Same Old Song” by the Four Tops, sitting there in the catalog, and chuckled.I decided to play it ten times in a row.Every few minutes, as we drank, the same Motown classic kicked...

OPINION: Years ago, I was drinking with friends in a dive bar with a jukebox.

10.03.2026 13:40 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 0
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Pentagon claims it's 'only just begun to fight' as Trump says Iran war 'very complete' The U.S. Department of Defense insisted that its military forces had "only just begun to fight" as President Donald Trump insisted that the war in Iran was "very complete."Trump made the statement during a phone interview with CBS correspondent Weijia Jiang on Monday."I think the war is very complet...

The U.S. Department of Defense insisted that its military forces had "only just begun to fight" as President Donald Trump insisted that the war in Iran was "very complete.

10.03.2026 13:20 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 8 📌 0
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Red state that warned us about bears on cocaine now wants Trump on steroids Tired of Black people thinking their lives matter? Sick of hearing Spanish every time you’re in a Miami restaurant? Annoyed by uppity women asserting their so-called rights, gay types flaunting themselves by getting married and taking out mortgages, unwashed tree-huggers trying to stop righteous spr...

OPINION: Tired of Black people thinking their lives matter?

10.03.2026 13:01 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 1
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Trump has massively misjudged the American people — and it could be his downfall U.S. missiles and bombs have so far caused at least 1,168 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren. Seven American service members have perished.A direct line connects this violence with the U.S. government’s violence over the past year against people in Minneapolis, Chicago, and other ...

OPINION: U.S. missiles and bombs have so far caused at least 1,168 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren.

10.03.2026 12:46 👍 38 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 2
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'Only one person to blame': GOP frets that Trump has thrown away single 'economic win' President Donald Trump is making Democratic strategists' jobs easier and creating a major headache for Republicans seeking election this November, according to a report Tuesday.Just two weeks ago, the 79-year-old president framed his party's message around his economic record — specifically touting ...

President Donald Trump is making Democratic strategists' jobs easier and creating a major headache for Republicans seeking election this November, according to a report Tuesday.

10.03.2026 12:31 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 0
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Expert warns sleeper cells could be activated in US over Trump's war: ‘The threat is real' A terrorism analyst on Monday explained how the United States-Israel war against Iran might have activated sleeper cells and has concerned law enforcement. Alex Plitsas, counterterrorism program director for the Atlantic Council, told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that recent attacks had suggested increase...

A terrorism analyst on Monday explained how the United States-Israel war against Iran might have activated sleeper cells and has concerned law enforcement.

10.03.2026 12:20 👍 22 🔁 10 💬 16 📌 3
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Trump's own officials hammer him over major 'tactical error': report President Donald Trump was hammered by two of his own officials after making “one of the biggest tactical miscalculations since the bombing of Iran began,” Axios reported on Tuesday.Trump authorized strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, kicking off what Axios described Tuesday as a “world at war” as nations a...

President Donald Trump was hammered by two of his own officials after making "one of the biggest tactical miscalculations since the bombing of Iran began," Axios reported on Tuesday.

10.03.2026 12:02 👍 24 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 2
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GOP senator criticizes Pentagon's $93B spending binge on fruit baskets and king crabs Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) criticized the Pentagon for wasteful "impulse purchases" totaling $93 billion in September, the highest monthly spending since 2008, as the military risks depleting munitions amid Trump's Iran war. Government watchdog Open The Books detailed extravagant expenditures including ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) criticized the Pentagon for wasteful "impulse purchases" totaling $93 billion in September, the highest monthly spending since 2008, as the military risks depleting munitions amid Trump's Iran war.

10.03.2026 12:00 👍 32 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 1
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'I've created Frankenstein': Racist slurs and white nationalism engulf FL gov campaign A disgruntled former staffer for the Florida gubernatorial campaign of James Fishback has revealed a series of bizarre texts to The Bulwark that show chaos behind the scenes.Bryant Fulgham, the staffer in question, showed that staffers were alarmed about Fishback's financial problems, including rumo...

A disgruntled former staffer for the Florida gubernatorial campaign of James Fishback has revealed a series of bizarre texts to The Bulwark that show chaos behind the scenes.

10.03.2026 11:40 👍 25 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
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GOP chair laments Trump’s Iran war driving costs so high farmers now ‘losing money’ A top Republican senator is warning that farmers are already feeling the financial squeeze from rising energy prices tied to the U.S. military conflict with Iran.Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, said Monday that farmers, a key constituency for President Donald T...

A top Republican senator is warning that farmers are already feeling the financial squeeze from rising energy prices tied to the U.S. military conflict with Iran.

10.03.2026 11:20 👍 40 🔁 29 💬 12 📌 0
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GOP lawmaker's wife charged with embezzling from local chamber of commerce The wife of a Republican state senator in Michigan has been charged with embezzling money from a local chamber of commerce.According to The Detroit News, "On Friday, Kellie Lauwers, who had been the treasurer of the Yale Area Chamber of Commerce, was charged with one count of embezzlement and one co...

The wife of a Republican state senator in Michigan has been charged with embezzling money from a local chamber of commerce.

10.03.2026 11:05 👍 51 🔁 28 💬 10 📌 1
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Trump ally Tina Peters suddenly ‘has remorse’ as governor weighs clemency A lawyer for imprisoned election denier Tina Peters suggested Monday that his client may now regret her actions – a notable departure from years of insisting she did nothing wrong. Peters, a former Colorado county clerk and ally of President Donald Trump, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for e...

A lawyer for imprisoned election denier Tina Peters suggested Monday that his client may now regret her actions – a notable departure from years of insisting she did nothing wrong.

10.03.2026 10:50 👍 29 🔁 15 💬 15 📌 3
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Trump ally dubbed 'homicidal maniac' as MAGA civil war explodes Megyn Kelly launched a full-on attack at President Donald Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his escalating calls for U.S. military involvement in foreign conflicts. Kelly, an outspoken opponent of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, characterized Graham as a warmonger promoting dangerous foreign ...

Megyn Kelly launched a full-on attack at President Donald Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his escalating calls for U.S. military involvement in foreign conflicts.

10.03.2026 10:35 👍 37 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 0
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Kimmel warns Trump's devised new plot to bury woes — and it's 'most dangerous of all' Jimmy Kimmel blasted Donald Trump late Monday for using an election bill to distract from his administration's failures.The president hopes to push a restrictive election bill through Congress in time for the midterm elections, though he faces strong opposition from the Democratic Party and even mem...

Jimmy Kimmel blasted Donald Trump late Monday for using an election bill to distract from his administration's failures.

10.03.2026 10:25 👍 49 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
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Bannon warns Hegseth's answers could cost GOP MAGA influencer Steve Bannon criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his Monday broadcast for dismissing questions about whether Iran posed an imminent threat during a "60 Minutes" interview. Hegseth told CBS reporter Major Garrett that discussion of an imminent threat was "silly and academic."...

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his Monday broadcast for dismissing questions about whether Iran posed an imminent threat during a "60 Minutes" interview.

10.03.2026 10:20 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
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Trump is holding key endorsement hostage as GOP primary heats up: report President Donald Trump is delaying a pivotal endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate primary as he seeks to pressure GOP lawmakers to pass his high-priority voting restrictions legislation, according to a new report in Politico.Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton, the state’s at...

President Donald Trump is delaying a pivotal endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate primary as he seeks to pressure GOP lawmakers to pass his high-priority voting restrictions legislation, according to a new report in Politico.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson airs dirty laundry in public clash with Kavanaugh over helping Trump Supreme Court justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred publicly on Monday over how the court has repeatedly stepped in to aid policies pushed by President Donald Trump.The rare exchange occurred during a joint appearance at a federal courthouse event in Washington, D.C., where the ...

Supreme Court justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred publicly on Monday over how the court has repeatedly stepped in to aid policies pushed by President Donald Trump.

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'Stark raving mad': Firestorm as raging Trump 'threatens to destroy Iran as a nation' President Donald Trump's dark warning to Iran on Truth Social late Monday shocked observers.Trump threatened military retaliation if the country interferes with oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz."If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit ...

President Donald Trump's dark warning to Iran on Truth Social late Monday shocked observers.

10.03.2026 09:20 👍 36 🔁 13 💬 7 📌 4
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MAGA lawmaker accused of 'siccing law enforcement' on people trying to serve him lawsuit An attorney in a legal case against Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) posted on X that the congressman has been attempting to send law enforcement after the people who are tasked with serving him papers in a First Amendment lawsuit."Since Congresman Randy Fine has been evading service and siccing law enforceme...

An attorney in a legal case against Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) posted on X that the congressman has been attempting to send law enforcement after the people who are tasked with serving him papers in a First Amendment lawsuit.

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MAHA allies eye 'huge escalation' in war on vaccines despite a 'rattled' White House Leaders of a think tank aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Monday for eliminating the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and removing vaccines from the market until they are proven “safe and effective.”Speaking at a Washington gathering of the Make America Healthy Again movement, the preside...

Leaders of a think tank aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Monday for eliminating the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and removing vaccines from the market until they are proven "safe and effective.

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Battleground state leaves experts aghast as it 'hands over keys to election' to Trump The internet reacted Monday after reports that President Donald Trump has set his eyes on Arizona's largest county in hopes to — again — try and litigate the 2020 presidential election and increase the federal government's influence over elections. The Trump administration subpoenaed records from Ma...

The internet reacted Monday after reports that President Donald Trump has set his eyes on Arizona's largest county in hopes to — again — try and litigate the 2020 presidential election and increase the federal government's influence over elections.

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