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The GOP Is Starting to Plot Against Donald Trump — “It is,” he said, “A five-alarm fire. And there is nobody coming to put it out.” — “It,” in this case, is the possibility that once again Donald Trump will prevail over a splintered Republican field, getting the same 30-40 percent …
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GOP hopefuls' past positions on Social Security loom over 2024 primary — Donald Trump is going after Ron DeSantis and other potential GOP rivals, seizing on the same divisions over federal spending President Biden is seeking to exploit — Donald Trump is going on the attack …
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Trump Put Nearly $1 Million Of Donor Money Into His Own Pockets Since Leaving Office — He failed to spend money on the things he promised to do but did spend it at properties he owned, with the profits flowing to him personally — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump failed to spend much of the money …
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GOP voters pick DeSantis over Trump in hypothetical head-to-head matchup for 2024 presidential nomination, poll shows
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Pamela Paul / New York Times:
What Liberals Can Learn From Ron DeSantis
What Liberals Can Learn From Ron DeSantis
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Desantis, Trump Are Main Focus of GOP Voters for 2024
Desantis, Trump Are Main Focus of GOP Voters for 2024
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DeSantis edges closer to 2024 decision
DeSantis edges closer to 2024 decision
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
DeSantis, Trump Dominate Potential 2024 Republican Presidential Field in New Poll
DeSantis, Trump Dominate Potential 2024 Republican Presidential Field in New Poll
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders's State of the Union Response Proves the GOP Has Nothing New to Offer — From raging against the “woke mob” to belly-aching about left-wing “indoctrination,” the Arkansas governor revealed that the party is still hanging its hat on the culture war.
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Biden's State of the Union draws audience of 27.3 million — 1 of 2 — An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on television, the second smallest audience for the annual event in at least 30 years, the Nielsen company said on Wednesday.
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Biden Heads to Florida With a Fresh Political Foil in House Republicans
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Biden talks economy, China, political division in exclusive interview with Judy Woodruff
Biden talks economy, China, political division in exclusive interview with Judy Woodruff
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Chinese Balloon Had Tools to Collect Communications Signals, U.S. Says — China's surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and are directed by the Chinese military, the State Department said. — WASHINGTON — The Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military …
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I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I'm Blowing the Whistle. — There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What's happening to children is morally and medically appalling. — I am a 42-year-old St. Louis native, a queer woman, and politically to the left of Bernie Sanders.
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NJ councilman Russell Heller shot dead just a week after slaying of Eunice Dwumfour — A New Jersey municipal council member was shot dead in his car Wednesday, exactly a week after the unsolved slaying of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. — Russell Heller, 51, was found dead just after 7 …
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Josh Christenson / Washington Free Beacon:
Second Republican New Jersey Lawmaker Shot Dead Within a Week
Second Republican New Jersey Lawmaker Shot Dead Within a Week
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19,300 dead in Turkey, Syria earthquake: Death toll among worst in recent history, surpassing 2011 Japan disaster … The powerful earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria this week are among the most devastating and deadliest quakes in recent history. — The death toll continued to climb …
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Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims — IIn February 2021, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and his co-host Michael Knowles, a Daily Wire commentator, recorded a live episode of the Verdict With Ted Cruz podcast.1 In conversation about his former …
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says
Steve Bannon's Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says
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SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones -company president — SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday.
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Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies — In a recent letter to the College Board, state officials list a series of emails and meetings over the last year, often discussing course material about race that state regulations might bar.
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Mayor and entire council change party affiliation from Democrats to GOP in East Hanover — 3-minute read. — East Hanover's elected leaders dropped a political bombshell on Tuesday, announcing that longtime Mayor Joseph Pannullo and the entire township council had switched their party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
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Congresswoman Assaulted In Her D.C. Apartment Building — Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat representing Minnesota, was not severely injured in the attack. — Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was assaulted in her Washington, D.C., apartment building Thursday, her office said in a statement.
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FOX News' Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy Welcome Baby Girl: 'Best Assignment I've Ever Had' — Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are first-time parents after welcoming daughter Bridget, they share with PEOPLE — Hillary Vaughn and Peter Doocy are officially parents!
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Manchin ‘raising hell’ over White House handling of marquee Dem bill — President Joe Biden and Joe Manchin met at the White House about a month ago on a topic that's critically important to the West Virginia senator: implementing the sweeping tax, climate and health care law that both men shaped.
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Scoop: Mitt Romney reveals hundreds of emails to book author … The emails and journal pages span Romney's 2012 campaign as the Republican presidential nominee. … - The book “will also show Romney himself reckoning with what he considers his party's slide toward authoritarianism and what role …
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Who Is @Catturd2, the Sh-tposting King of MAGA Twitter? — How one cranky Florida man caught the ear of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson — with fart jokes — ON A RECENT “Weekend Update” segment for Saturday Night Live, Michael Che relayed the news that Ronna McDaniel had just won …
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James Carville Attacks GOP, Marjorie Taylor Greene As ‘White Trash’ — The longtime Democratic operative told MSNBC's Ari Melber “the level of white trashdom in the Republican Party is staggering.” — Democratic political consultant James Carville on Wednesday described Republican lawmakers …
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Florida High School Athletic Association removes all questions about menstruation from required medical evaluation form — [Breaking news update at 1:09 p.m.] — At an emergency meeting Thursday, the Florida High School Athletic Association approved a proposal to remove all questions …
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Release of Political Prisoners from Nicaragua — Today, the United States welcomes 222 individuals who had been imprisoned by the Government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions. The release of these individuals …
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How the Case of Arrested FBI Agent Charles McGonigal Is Tied to a Russia-Linked Influence Effort — Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. — It was shocking news: Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence chief for the FBI …
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Rep. Nancy Mace as a Comedian? She's Got Jokes (About Fellow Republicans). — In frequently bawdy terms at a press club dinner, Ms. Mace brought down the house with her barbs at fellow House members and other Republicans. — Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has worked hard …
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‘We are bigger than Jesus.’ Telegram messages show how Trump's 2020 comments galvanized Proud Boys — The Proud Boys celebrated and expressed an increased sense of importance after former President Donald Trump told members of the right-wing extremist group to “stand back and stand by” …
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Biden Directs Blame for Classified Documents to Staff Who Packed His Offices — President says in PBS interview that some material dates to 1974 and includes ‘stray papers’ — How Presidential Documents Are Supposed to Be Archived — Created with sketchtool.
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