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Donald Trump on Sunday stunned the world with a comment he made about Vladimir Putin.

Trump over the weekend changed his tone on Putin, first delivering some "very harsh words" to the Russian leader through the American press.

After that, Trump took to Truth Social, where he said he was shocked about how Putin has apparently changed.

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"I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him," Trump wrote. "He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!"

Writer Michael Freeman reposted Trump's statement and wrote, "This is a very bad time to have a very stupid president."

PatriotTakes, which says it is dedicated to "researching and monitoring" right-wing extremism "and other threats to democracy," responded with, "Trump now says Putin 'has gone absolutely crazy' bombing cities, blames Zelenskyy and Biden."

"Anyone else remember how Trump said he would end the war in 24 hours?" the group asked.

Ex-GOP strategist Jeff Timmer chimed in, saying, "Jesus H F------ Cream of Wheat for Brains Christ. Trump’s brain is a black hole singularity that sucks in stupidity and ignorance, crushes and distills them to their purest, unadulterated, and most potent form, then combines them with infinite avarice, cruelty, and sociopathy."

Former prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said, "In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bulls------- everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope."

Journalist Aaron Rupar called the comment, "Beyond parody."

Many critics of President Donald Trump have been attacking his immigration policies — from mass deportations to foreign students being detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities because of their political statements — as a blatant assault on due process and the rule of law.

One of those critics is attorney Dean Obeidallah, host of "The Dean Obeidallah Show" on SiriusXM and an opinion columnist for MSNBC's website. During a Saturday, May 24 appearance on MSNBC, Obeidallah warned that Trump's draconian immigration policies are not only a threat to immigrants — they also have disturbing implications for lifelong U.S. citizens.

The New Jersey native told MSNBC's Ali Velshi, "This is not about immigration. Regardless of (what) you feel on that issue, Democrat or Republican, it's something bigger than that…. And that word is freedom…. Donald Trump is going after everything, freedom of speech, in ways we've never seen. I mean, a judge just ruled on Friday protecting the law firms, saying you're going after dissent, going after universities. I had professor Stephen Levinsky on my show, co-author of 'How Democracies Die,' saying: Every autocrat goes after universities because they are independent centers of dissent."

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Obeidallah continued, "He's going after media outlets. He's going after Democrats. They're arresting judges, the mayor of Newark —they dropped the charges, they had no case…. They opened up an investigation into Act Blue because it's a platform to help Democrats raise money. There's now an investigation of Media Matters."

The SiriusXM host described the Trump Administration's policies as a "re-envisioning of what America is about."

Obeidallah told Velshi, "This really is a push and pull between two competing visions of America. One: that we believe in is freedom, the United States of America, with due process — and their vision, which is an autocracy. And that really is what we're dealing with — or easier than that, a dictatorship. They want Trump as the dictator of the United States, and we all have to bow down to him."

Velshi noted that when "due process is taken away…. that's where your freedoms disappear" — to which Obeidallah responded, "Absolutely. It's the only thing that keeps us (from)…. being North Korea."

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A Republican lawmaker on Saturday gave a "staggering statistic" about Medicaid from his home state.

Appearing on CNN over the weekend, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) was asked about the Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump's big budget bill.

Specifically, the host asked if Murphy was worried those cuts would disproportionately hit his own constituents harder, since North Carolina has more than the average number of residents on Medicaid.

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He noted that "52% of the births in the state of North Carolina are born to women on Medicaid."

"That's a staggering statistic," he added. "If you think and you follow that down the road, there has to be something done fundamentally to stop this from occurring and growing at such a rate."

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A former Donald Trump insider on Saturday flagged what he says is "bigger than a lawsuit" news about the president.

Author and former Trump associate Lev Parnas, who earlier in the day accused Trump of causing a "massacre" that took the lives of many people, published a post called, "Shhh… Behind Closed Doors, Trump Is Dismantling Free Speech."

"You’re not going to hear this on CNN. You’re not going to read this on the front page of The New York Times. And you definitely won’t find it on 60 Minutes. But let me break it down for you, because what’s happening right now is bigger than a lawsuit — this is an all-out war on the First Amendment," he wrote.

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The ex-insider then flagged the news:

"Trump is suing Paramount for $20 billion, accusing 60 Minutes of deceptively editing an interview with Kamala Harris to damage his 2024 campaign. That’s right — the guy who bragged about grabbing women and incited an insurrection is now claiming he’s the victim of a 'hit piece.' And here’s where it gets even more dangerous: Paramount is reportedly considering settling," Parnas wrote. "But the Freedom of the Press Foundation just blew the lid off what could be a backdoor deal with massive consequences. They sent a scathing legal letter to Paramount chief Shari Redstone demanding document preservation and warning that any payout to Trump might constitute a 'bribe' — a quid pro quo to secure Trump’s blessing for a pending Hollywood merger."

He then added, "You read that right: A potential billion-dollar media merger could hinge on Trump’s personal approval."

Parnas also reports, "Behind the scenes, he is quietly but aggressively working to dismantle the free press. Any outlet, any journalist, any creator who speaks up or dares to challenge him becomes a target."

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Comedian Jon Stewart had a grim outlook for what the endgame of President Donald Trump's second administration could be, in an interview on the Bill Simmons Podcast flagged by The Daily Beast on Friday evening.

The part that alarms Stewart most, in particular, is all the money that media outlets and tech companies are showering on the Trump family in the effort to curry favor.

"What you’re seeing now is, ‘All must pay tribute to the king.’ And the price of peace is different,” said Stewart. “ABC had to pay $15 million, Bezos had to pay $40 million for a documentary on Melania. Zuckerberg had to pay. They just put money into the pot."

He called it "protection money.”

“Ultimately at the end of this, does Trump burn our f------ country down for insurance money?" Stewart added. "Like, where are we headed?”

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Media companies and tech are far from alone in coughing up money. Trump also struck a series of agreements with law firms to contribute millions of dollars in pro bono work and change their hiring and representation policies, to avoid getting slapped with executive orders locking them out of government contracts and even access to federal buildings. Judges have recently ruled several of those orders unconstitutional.

Stewart went on to discuss the internal turmoil at CBS News over whether to settle Trump's suit with them, widely considered frivolous by legal experts, and the parade of executives and editors who have left the network in protest of the intent to do so.

“The reason they all left is part of the deal is they have to apologize,” said Stewart. “And in that moment, these people who have built careers on their excellence and their integrity had to look and go like, ‘Alright, well I hope I’ve done well enough that I can weather this, but there’s no f------ way that I’m going to apologize for doing my job the way it’s supposed to be done, just because this one guy is offended by it.’”

A criminal law attorney warned late Friday that a new video appears to show President Donald Trump ran afoul of federal laws when he took the stage at a private dinner event for investors of his meme coin.

Trump hosted more than 200 top investors in his personal $TRUMP meme coin on Thursday night at an exclusive, high-profile dinner at his private golf club in Sterling, Virginia. The event rewarded the largest investors in his cryptocurrency venture, something that even ardent MAGA fans have raised concerns over.

A video surfaced late Friday, purportedly showing the president addressing attendees.

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"The country is doing really well. We have no inflation. Costs are way down. Oil was just at $1.99, $1.98 a gallon, which we haven’t seen in years," he told guests in the video.

Tracey Beryl Gallagher, a public defender in California and former judge pro team, took to X to flag a small — yet important — detail in the video

"He is talking behind a podium bearing the Presidential Seal," she noted. "The Presidential Seal is governed by strict regulations under federal law, primarily 18 U.S.C. § 713 and Executive Order 11649."

Those rules, she said, limit its use to "official government purposes to preserve its symbolic integrity."

"Using the seal at a personal, for-profit event like a money-making speaking engagement or private fundraiser would likely violate these regulations, as it could imply official government endorsement of a private activity," she wrote. "The law prohibits using the seal in a manner that suggests government approval or affiliation for non-official events."

Gallagher pointed to cases including United States v. Sindel from 1995, where misuse of government insignia led to penalties. While some exceptions are allowed for certain ceremonial or educational uses, such as replicas at presidential libraries, "personal financial gain doesn’t qualify," she noted.

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