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YOU’RE FIRED
The Trump campaign ousted an architect of Project 2025, but ultraconservatives vowed to save the policy manifesto, which was blessed by J.D. Vance.
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Let's Roll
The Daily Beast revealed Trump's foulmouthed verdict on his Democratic rival and his possible replacement. But Trump focused on the tip he gave his caddy.
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‘SO F***ING BAD’
In a leaked video, Trump offers a frank analysis of his rival’s performance in the first presidential debate, calling Biden a “broken-down pile of cr*p.”
DEADBEAT DAD
The mother of one of the Minnesota Republican’s children provided records showing the former basketball star has not been truthful about his whopping debts.
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BUT HIS EMAILS!
The Kentucky Republican, now chair of the House Oversight Committee, used pseudonymous accounts to discuss a state Chinese hemp import plan that ended in disaster.
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GOLD RUSH
The former basketball star hopes to win a Senate spot from Minnesota but the Campaign Legal Center claims “knowing and willful” law violations—including a Miami strip club.
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GONE TO POT
The Kentucky Republican has hounded the Bidens over China and business ventures—but state records reveal his own involvement in a hemp import plan gone spectacularly wrong.
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SUB PAR
The athlete also told The Daily Beast that in the run-up to the 2016 election he received anonymous calls from strangers asking what he remembered of the weekend.
JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS
The sale, executed earlier this month, was reportedly worth about $10 million.
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ROLLS ROYCE
Star athlete and conspiracy theorist Royce White just landed the Minnesota GOP’s endorsement for Senate. They must not have seen his previous campaign expenses.