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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) told Bill Maher that the ongoing attacks on federal agents in Los Angeles and other blue cities will backfire on the Democratic Party and help President Donald Trump.

Fetterman had been receiving backlash after he condemned last week’s unrest in Los Angeles.

The riots resulted in several injuries to ICE agents and L.A. law enforcement officers, who were hit by rocks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks.

The chaos prompted President Trump to deploy National Guard personnel and U.S. Marines to restore some semblance of order.

“I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that,” the senator wrote in an X post this past Monday.

“This is anarchy and true chaos,” Fetterman continued.

“My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.”

Maher predicted that the instantly infamous photo of a rioter waving a Mexican flag on a burned car will soon come back to haunt the Democratic Party.

“When they see it in a campaign ad, when they see the guy with the Mexican flag and the Waymo burning behind him, it’s going to be good for Trump,” he said.

Fetterman agreed, adding that Americans do not want to see Los Angeles “on fire twice in just six months now.”

He continued:

“And those optics, I just run that through — like what’s the people in Scranton might see those kinds of images and those kinds of videos?”

Maher later noted that he and the senator have received flak from the left for meeting with President Trump in recent weeks.

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“They also seem to go after you because you will talk to the other side. You talked to Trump, we all know that’s bad,” Maher, who had dinner with the president, joked.

“We’re one of the few people that will actually have dinner with Trump,” Fetterman followed up.

Maher then asked about Fetterman’s dinner with former White House chief advisor Steve Bannon.

“I hate to use fake news, but I was just hanging out talking with the other side,” Fetterman said of the meeting.

“Now people think I’m going to turn into MAGA, and I’m going to go this other way. My values haven’t changed. Our parties’ values have changed. I’m not going to change my party.”

However, Fetterman said he will not be voting for the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill,” which more than triples funding for border security.

“The big beautiful bill, I’m going to vote that down,” Fetterman said.

“I’m never going to be part of the 40 trillion club.”

“It’s incredibly dangerous. If they pass the BBB, that will change our nation. That will truly impact millions and millions of people,” Fetterman said.

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President Donald Trump triggered CNN after describing the Los Angeles anti-ICE rioters as “insurrectionists” while talking to the press.

When Trump was asked whether he believes those causing the trouble are people ICE is trying to deport or if they are professional agitators, he said, “The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators.”

“They’re insurrectionists. They’re bad people. They should be in jail.”

CNN’s Dana Bash quickly responded to Trump’s comments.

“That word he used, they’re insurrectionists. I can’t imagine that that was an accident because it seems as though that is the place White House is trying to get, and for the president it’s icing on the cake he can do it in California because on a whole host of issues he has had California, Gavin Newsom in particular in his sights,” she said.

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Panelist Stephen Collinson responded:

“This is a very serious word that is being thrown around now, ‘insurrection’. That’s a rebellion of States or people in the states against federal government.”

Collinson continued:

“That is not something to be trifled with. If for example, to your point, the President were to invoke the Insurrection Act, I think we would have yet another legal morass.”

“It will be another instance of the way that the White House is trying to declare emergencies or insurrections in order to unlock vast powers which most presidents don’t have access to.”

In other words, they are claiming Trump wants the insurrection.

During the same media interaction, Trump said that he would arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom.

“I would do it if I were Tom (Homan). I think it’s great,” Trump said.

“Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”

“He’s done a terrible job. Look, I like Gavin Newsom.”

“He’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent. Everybody knows.”

“All you have to do is look at the little railroad he’s building. It’s about 100 times over budget,” Trump further urged.

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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin said he is considering stepping down amid growing frustration over Vice Chairman David Hogg’s efforts to target sitting Democratic lawmakers with primary challenges.

The clash is part of increasing internal divisions within the Democratic Party following President Donald Trump’s election victory.

Martin’s concerns were aired during a Zoom meeting in which he voiced opposition to Hogg’s political tactics.

Martin’s remarks revealed the deep divisions behind the scenes at the DNC.

“I’ll be very honest with you, for the first time in my 100 days on this job … the other night I said to myself for the first time, I don’t know if I wanna do this anymore,” Martin said in a two-minute recording provided to Politico.

He also added that his ability to lead had been undermined.

The DNC is scheduled to vote on whether to re-run elections for certain leadership roles currently held by Hogg and fellow party officer Malcolm Kenyatta, RVM News reported.

Those issues have limited opportunities for women candidates, according to Politico.

Martin, who was elected as DNC chair in February and previously chaired Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, has faced growing internal pressure amid ideological disputes between moderate and far-left factions in the party.

“I’m trying to get my sea legs underneath of me and actually develop any amount of credibility so I can go out there and raise the money and do the job I need to to put ourselves in a position to win,” Martin said to Hogg during the May 15 meeting.

“And again, I don’t think you intended this, but you essentially destroyed any chance I have to show the leadership that I need to. So it’s really frustrating.”

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The latest infighting stems from Hogg’s announced plans to spend $20 million on primary challenges against incumbent Democrats he considers insufficiently committed to progressive causes.

Hogg, who rose to national attention as a gun control activist following the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prompted backlash from Democratic leaders who feared it would deepen internal divisions and threaten vulnerable seats.

Hogg later pledged $100,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to ease tensions.

Martin delivered an ultimatum to Hogg in May regarding the primary effort.

“Party officers have one job: to be fair stewards of a process that invites every Democrat to the table — regardless of personal views or allegiances,” Martin reportedly told Hogg.

The internal conflict inside the Democratic Party continues.

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Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has vowed to pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she becomes chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

This month, Democrats will elect their new ranking member following the recent death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), who died of esophageal cancer.

Crockett entered the race to replace Connolly as the party’s top representative on the committee on Tuesday.

In a letter to Democrats obtained by Politico, Crockett said:

“Our country is in an existential crisis driven by an out-of-control Executive with a flagrant disregard for our Constitution, our way of governance, and our very way of life as citizens of a democratic republic.

We must pull back the curtain on the unmitigated chaos under Trump 2.0 and translate our findings to the American people in a way they can digest.”

Crockett emphasized during an interview with WFAA that she would wield her power as Oversight chair if the Democrats win back the majority in the House:

“Once we get to the majority, which I’m hoping and praying we get to, next cycle, that allows me to start to open up and do the things that would look like an impeachment,” the lawmaker said.

“Now, whether or not we would put it to a vote, you know, he’s been impeached twice, couldn’t get convicted.

There’s a lot of things to consider about whether or not to go forward.”

On going after Trump, Crockett said:

“I would absolutely at least do an inquiry.

Absolutely. I think that there’s more than enough to inquire about.”

Citing the Qatari government’s gifting of a luxury Boeing 747 jet to Trump, Crockett alleged “crypto nonsense” and “pardons for play,” adding there are numerous issues she wants to “dig into.”

The congresswoman becomes the fourth Democrat to enter the race to become the committee’s next ranking member, following Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD).

Crockett added:

“If we didn’t have such a lawless administration, then I wouldn’t be running.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel took a blowtorch to James Comey for his Trump assassination Instagram post during a sit-down interview with Fox News host Bret Baier.

Patel warned that copycats are popping up across the country because of James Comey’s “8647” post.

As reported last week, Comey claimed he somehow just stumbled upon a curious formation of shells as he was walking down the beach with his wife.

“We were walking on the beach, we went to the beach to prepare for this week… and we were walking back towards the road and we saw in the sand someone had arranged shells with numbers.

And Patrice, my wife, said, ‘why would someone put an address in the sand?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know’ and we stood over and I said, ‘I think it’s some kind of political message.’”

As the backlash grew stronger, Comey then blamed his wife.

“She said you know, when I was a server – she did a lot of work in restaurants – meant to remove an item from the menu when you ran out of ingredients.

And I said, ‘well to me, as a kid it always meant to leave a place, to ditch a place.’

And she said well that very clever you should take a picture of that and I did and posted it on my Instagram and though nothing more of it until I heard through her that people were saying that it was a call for some sort of assassination which is crazy!”

Secret Service agents interviewed Comey, but nothing came of it.

“Do you know how many agents I have had to take off line chasing down child predators, fentanyl traffickers, and terrorists because across this country people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke?!” Kash Patel said.

“And they can do it because he did it? That’s what I’m having to deal with every single day,” Patel said.

“And that’s what I’m having to pull my agents and analysts off because he thought it was funny to go out there and make a political statement.”

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