Politics-What's on your mind?

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(CNN)On Tuesday, the Justice Department sued former national security adviser John Bolton in an attempt to prevent him from publishing a memoir about his time Donald Trump's White House. Trump told reporters that Bolton would face "criminal problems" if he went forward with the book.

That same day, The Daily Beast reported that Trump is weighing his legal options to stop his niece, Mary Trump, from publishing her own book -- "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man" -- that paints the President in an unfavorable light.

Last week, the Trump campaign sent a cease and desist letter to CNN -- asking for a national poll that showed Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by 14 points be retracted. (He hasn't actually sued CNN over the poll.)

Notice a pattern? Faced with declining political fortunes and with former advisers -- and even family -- turning against him, Trump lashes out legally. What will come of these various threats? If past is prologue, not much. Because this oh-yeah-well-I'll-sue-you! strategy isn't just a pattern of late. It's basically how Trump has dealt with annoying or troubling facts his entire life.

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REALLY Mr. Mnuchin?! You are not going to tell us who our tax dollars went to in the coronavirus business loans program! That is a huge red flag. Me thinks all that money went to the undeserving and with that in mind, do not try and go back to that well again.

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Dang Matt Gaetz.....who knew? No wonder you have a drinking problem and are always so angry. Adopted my ass.

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rut row Kellyann Conway's face is stuck.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) removed herself from the running to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee, an acknowledgment that her chances at the slot had dwindled dramatically since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in her home state late last month.

Announcing her decision on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” on Thursday night, Klobuchar said she informed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of her decision on Wednesday and said he should pick a woman of color as his running mate.

“America must seize on the moment, and I truly believe — as I actually told the VP last night when I called him — that I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket,” Klobuchar said.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, New Mexico Gov. Michele Lujan Grisham and former national security adviser Susan Rice are all seen as top contenders as running mates for Biden. All but Warren are women of color.

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If you don't vote it's a vote for TRUMP ~~~ VOTE ~~~

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President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to unveil a new list of potential Supreme Court nominees ahead of November’s general election, reprising a campaign tactic that helped him shore up conservative support during his 2016 White House run.

The announcement came hours after the high court dealt the president his second major defeat this week, rejecting his administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program’s protections for roughly 650,000 immigrants — most of whom entered the U.S. illegally as children more than a decade ago.

“I will be releasing a new list of Conservative Supreme Court Justice nominees, which may include some, or many of those already on the list, by September 1, 2020,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“If given the opportunity, I will only choose from this list, as in the past, a Conservative Supreme Court Justice,” he continued. “Based on decisions being rendered now, this list is more important than ever before (Second Amendment, Right to Life, Religous Liberty, etc.) – VOTE 2020!”