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Establishment? @RonDeSantis goes off: “I’ve been fighting the Republican establishment my whole career.”

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Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis rattled off a list of what he deemed to be broken 2016 campaign promises by former President Donald Trump, saying he’d rather attack the GOP front-runner on the issues than personality. "Substantively, we've been very frank about our differences with respect to the former president," the Florida governor said. "I mean, for example, he promised to drain the swamp – it got worse. He did not drain the swamp. "He promised to have Mexico pay for a border wall. They did like 50 miles of wall. There's massive expanses still there," he continued. "He...

Kayleigh McEnany was a Never Trumper and open borders supporter during her time working for CNN.Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany backed open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens on CNN in 2015, telling Don Lemon that illegals are “here to stay” and that deportation is “not the American way” as she bashed the border hawk policies of then-candidate Donald Trump.Kayleigh McEnany served as a token Republican on CNN before her time with the Trump White House and took up the mantle of Never Trumpism and Koch Brothers-style open borders during her time on air. Now, a video compilation...

Donald Trump has suggested he trusts Russian president Vladimir Putin more than the "lowlifes" who work in U.S. intelligence.In a post on Truth Social, the former president referenced comments he gave after meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018 when he said that he didn't "see any reason" why Russia would have meddled in the 2016 election, despite what the FBI stated.Trump once again suggested he trusts Putin over U.S. intelligence while sharing an a article about former FBI official Charles McGonigal, a leading figure in the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia ahead of the...

Former President Donald Trump made waves shortly after midnight Monday by criticizing the Club for Growth, deeming it a “globalist group” and asserting that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his donors are also globalists. “The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years,” Trump wrote in a TruthSocial update, explaining that he worked with the group for a period of time but adding it “couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and part’s unknown.” “They know I won’t play that game, I am America First all the way. That’s...

Donald Trump says he would build an “impenetrable dome” to protect the US from nuclear missile attacks as he also claimed he could end the Russian invasion of Ukraine “within 24 hours.” The one-term president released a video saying that foreign powers were now openly “using the nuclear word all the time” because “they have no respect for our leadership.” Mr Trump added that “it is a word you are never allowed to use” and insisted it had never been said when he was in the White House. ... The video came a day after Mr Trump took to Truth...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will speak at a right-leaning policy group’s event recognizing the adoption of the Constitution next month. Cheney will give the annual Constitution Day Lecture for the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank, on Sept. 19. The Wyoming Republican will speak on why President Lincoln’s call for patriotism grounded in “reverence for the Constitution” is essential for defending “our inheritance of liberty.”

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell told attendees at his “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls Thursday that he was "attacked" Wednesday night at his hotel, but the police department said they haven't received a report. Lindell briefly told attendees he was "attacked" but did not go into detail about the incident while on stage at his “cyber symposium” event at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance. "I’m OK. It hurts a little bit,” Lindell said. “I just want everyone to know all the evil that’s out there.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday shared a dramatic Fourth of July video of himself toting an American flag while riding an electric surfboard across a lake — once again lighting the internet up as the social media crowd chimed in. “Happy July 4th!” Zuckerberg, who’s worth an estimated $132 billion, wrote on the Instagram post of the video. The Facebook founder appeared to be riding a $12,000 Efoil board, which allows users to glide above the water. [Cut] Some social media users also resurfaced a May article from The Information that said Facebook planned to repair its image by...

Actor and Happy Days star Henry Winkler, who once said he was thrilled to “help make Donald Trump a one-term President,” took to Twitter to proclaim that the United States needs a “cataclysmic event” in order for the nation to be brought “back together.” “We are So divided as a country .. only a cataclysmic Event, that makes us depend on one another again, can bring us back together,” the Arrested Development actor tweeted, without offering any further context.

California gubernatorial candidate, former Olympian, and reality TV celebrity Caitlyn Jenner declared Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen from former President Donald Trump. Jenner is one of several candidates running against Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election after Newsom’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Larry Schweikart: 1) Just finished a discussion with a pro-Trump congressional source on procedures. Very high. 2) On Jan. 6, all that is needed is 1 senator (Hawley) and 1 Congressman (Brooks) to bring an objection to an elector slate (almost certainly AZ, since that will be the first contested. 3) The rules are made by the previous congress; the laws already in place bind the procedures. 4) Pence has no authority on his own to accept or reject any slate. According to source, he will turn to the Parliamentarian for a ruling on how to proceed.

Sidney Powell, an attorney on President Trump's election legal team, shot back at Fox News host Tucker Carlson the morning after he said she "got angry" and refused to provide evidence on his show for her claims of voting software flipping votes.

Wednesday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham speculated about the possibility of conservatives teaming up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on several key issues to defeat the establishment forces in both political parties. INGRAHAM: First, the tempting of AOC; that’s the focus of tonight’s “Angle.” Now, shortly after she stunned House Democrats by beating long-time incumbent Queens Congressman Joe Crowley two years ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was being written off by many Republicans as just a flash in the pan – just a far-left progressive who caught an old establishment Democrat off guard. But I saw things differently. I...

Fox News has given a directive to their daytime hosts to not have anyone from the Trump campaign or the White House legal team on. They have been told to not entertain or discuss any allegations of voter fraud and to keep reassuring the public that Joe Biden is the President Elect. There has been a complete insurrection at Fox News and there are talks among the Murdoch run management of terminating the Pro-Trump hosts. Judge Jeanine’s show was suspended a few days ago because she wanted to talk about voter fraud.

So, this post in the chit chat thread, let's get that straight before the "crazy" starts. So, I went to Drudge in the first time in forever. I was just shocked. Trump is falling apart, having meltdowns, walking out of interviews, about to lose Texas, Gallop says 56% say Trump doesn't deserver re-relection. Meanwhile, we can read about Joe Biden's softer side, Biden is preparing to transition (bumpy of course) into the Presidency, Secret Melania taps, Rudy flirting with a reporter and more ... I couldn't believe, I have never seen a sight change so rapidly. I definitely won't go...

What on earth happen to Drudge?!? I’ve been reading his website since I was 15! And this past year I took a break from politics. I know he wasn’t always the most conservative, but I can’t even go on that site now with seeing liberal vomit spewing everywhere. Almost ever main article I see now is just bashing the President!

“ I just listened to @SenMikeLee on @Foxnews @ShannonBream say that the people tearing down statues have a valid grievance. REALLY? What’s the grievance? What justifies arson, lawlessness, looting? Stop cowering to thugs!”

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, said Thursday that she would re-enter the Iran nuclear deal and end sanctions in response to Iran's involvement in drone attack against Saudi Arabia oil facilities if she was president. "What I would do is, I would re-enter the Iran nuclear deal to prevent Iran from continuing to move forward in building a nuclear weapon that puts us and the world further at risk," Gabbard said on "The Story with Martha MacCallum." " And number two... end those crippling sanctions. Every day that we don't do this, every day we continue down this...