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A federal judge on Monday dismissed Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against MORE. U.S. District Judge S.

Michael Avenatti’s attacks on the Democratic establishment are creating new friction as the party debates how abrasive an approach to take against MORE. Avenatti, who is stoking the possibility that he could run for president, calls prominent party strategists “out of touch” and “clueless” about how to win against Trump and Republicans. “I think they’re out of touch. I don't think they understand what’s required,” Avenatti said in an interview with The Hill on Monday.  “I think they’re clueless.

The Cherokee Nation on Monday afternoon called out Sen.

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“For Elizabeth Warren to center a Native American ancestry test as the next move in her fight with Republicans is to make yet another strike — even if unintended — against tribal sovereignty,” TallBear, who is “descended from the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma,” said in the statement. TallBear said Warren has declined to meet with the Cherokee Nation – Native Americans who have challenged her claim. “This shows that she focuses on and actually privileges DNA company definitions of this debate, which are ultimately settler-colonial definition of who is Indigenous,” TallBear said in t

“For Elizabeth Warren to center a Native American ancestry test as the next move in her fight with Republicans is to make yet another strike — even if unintended — against tribal sovereignty,” TallBear, who is “descended from the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma,” said in the statement. TallBear said Warren has declined to meet with the Cherokee Nation – Native Americans who have challenged her claim. “This shows that she focuses on and actually privileges DNA company definitions of this debate, which are ultimately settler-colonial definition of who is Indigenous,” TallBear said in t

Warren’s thread of 20-plus (and counting) tweets began at about 5:30 p.m. ET, where she attempted to both insult President Trump and defend herself. In her first tweet, and without any evidence, Warren made the outlandish claim that Trump “makes creepy physical threats about me.” The truth is that all Trump has ever done is ridicule her false claims about being Cherokee. “We all know why @realDonaldTrump makes creepy physical threats about me, right? He’s scared,” Warren tweeted from her verified account.

Warren’s thread of 20-plus (and counting) tweets began at about 5:30 p.m. ET, where she attempted to both insult President Trump and defend herself. In her first tweet, and without any evidence, Warren made the outlandish claim that Trump “makes creepy physical threats about me.” The truth is that all Trump has ever done is ridicule her false claims about being Cherokee. “We all know why @realDonaldTrump makes creepy physical threats about me, right? He’s scared,” Warren tweeted from her verified account.

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