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New at Fight the Fire: Listen to a popular Indian journalist skewer Trump's ignoble pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Trump wants you to know he's a humanitarian, damn it. Apparently not enough people thanked him profusely enough for sending money - ours - to Gaza

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"Republicans certainly expend a lot of energy jostling for a spot on the Oval Office carpet closest to Donald Trump’s prodigious posterior. It must be terribly stressful to keep up; every day seems to bring a new GOP proposal to out-fawn the last outrageous display of lickspittle splendor."

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With Trump, you get candidates who admire Nazis. A vile post from a GOP candidate for governor in California tells us a lot about the party.

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Trump's ongoing 'Embarrass America' tour: Scotland welcomes our bampot ('unhinged idiot' to us Yanks) and hears our appeals to keep him.

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Donald Drumpf hates this name change. Maybe the NFL's Commanders should become the Washington Epsteins?

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Pam Bondi is once again thumbing her brown nose at the judiciary - this time over Trump's disastrous choice of one of his personal attorneys to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey.

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Introducing Jim Casey Jr., a new member of the Fight the Fire team. Check out his debut column: What in the everlasting hell happened to the GOP? When this nightmare ends, Republicans need to be dragged into the daylight.

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Apparently it's Be Nice to Dictators Month: Rubio tells State Department officials to keep their mouths shut if they see election fraud abroad.

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Trump's authoritarian support group: He's ready to impose a 50% tariff and other sanctions to help his despicable buddy Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.

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So Epstein wasn't a pedophile until after his friendship with Trump ended? Maybe the files don't contain incriminatory evidence - but point to something damaging.

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You're a U.S. citizen? Well, isn't that nice: Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville says the best way to avoid an ICE arrest is to just steer clear of "illegals."

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"But no matter, it was just another day in Trump’s pumpkin-colored head, where lies, self-aggrandizement and utter confusion compete to see which emerges first from his gutter-hole mouth."

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Fight the Fire has a bit of needle-in-a-giant-haystack problem on Substack. It's hard for a startup to build a readership amid all the other newsletters. If you like what we're doing, please consider spreading the word to friends on FB and other social media. FTF is free, and we'd love the company!

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Trump's Walking Dead problem. Another angry outburst and a jarring WIRED report indicate the Epstein story won't stay buried.