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Trump the ‘human gumball machine’ will ‘impose his will’ on the nation if elected, Romney says — “A thought or a notion comes in and it comes out of his mouth. There's not a lot of filter that goes on,” he said of Trump. — Some Republicans have read former President Donald Trump's comment …
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Kevin McCarthy on Trump: America doesn't want “retribution” — California Republican Kevin McCarthy holds a place in history as the first-ever Speaker of the House to be voted out of that position. Historic, but looking at how his tenure began, hardly a shock.
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ABC News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Mercury News and Mediaite
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'America doesn't want' retribution from Trump, McCarthy says — “What President Trump needs to do in this campaign, it needs to be about rebuilding, restoring, renewing America. It can't be about revenge,” McCarthy said. — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has officially pledged …
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Liz Cheney's plea: ‘Our focus has got to be on defeating Donald Trump’ in 2024
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Mitt Romney Says Joe Manchin Is the 'Joe I'd Like to Vote For' in 2024
Mitt Romney Says Joe Manchin Is the 'Joe I'd Like to Vote For' in 2024
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Trump defends dictator comments amid NYC soiree filled with MAGA diehards — At an event with key figures within the MAGA movement, the former president repeated comments that he wants to be a dictator on “day one.” — NEW YORK — The chairman of an Austrian political party founded by ex-Nazis …
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Playbook: Trump doubles down on ‘dictator’ desire — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — At an event last night sponsored by the New York Young Republican Club, DONALD TRUMP unsurprisingly defended his comments at a Fox News town hall …
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NBC News and Rolling Stone
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate
Talk of a Trump Dictatorship Charges the American Political Debate
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Republicans to meet allies of Hungary's Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid — Hungarian appearance at two-day event part of Orbán's transatlantic attempt to bolster Russia's war — Allies of Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting …
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In a reversal, Donald Trump says he will not testify in his own defense in New York fraud trial — Trump was scheduled to take the stand Monday as the months-long $250 million civil fraud trial against him and his company enters its final week. — In an 11th hour reversal …
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As Fury Erupts Over Campus Antisemitism, Conservatives Seize the Moment — Republicans have been attacking elite universities for years. After a tense congressional hearing last week, many on the left are joining them. — For years, conservatives have struggled to persuade American voters …
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Twitchy and Why Evolution Is True
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‘Morally, this is obscene’: GOP divided over stripping compensation for radiation victims from NDAA — The exclusion of a measure to extend compensation for people exposed to radiation from U.S. nuclear testing from the annual defense bill this week marked yet another fracture in the Republican conference.
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Jack Smith reveals sweeping scope of bid to debunk Trump election machine claims — In a new filing, his team described interviewing more than a dozen of the top intelligence officials in Trump's administration. — Special counsel Jack Smith on Saturday sharply rejected Donald Trump's contention …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Giuliani spread lies about Georgia election workers. A jury will decide what he owes them. — A damages trial begins Monday in a case in which a judge has already ruled that Rudy Giuliani is liable for defamation. — When Rudy Giuliani steps into federal court on Monday …
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Antony Blinken Defends Lone U.S. Veto On UN Cease-Fire Resolution For Gaza — The secretary of state also claimed the U.S. cares about protecting Palestinian civilians, but just bypassed Congress to approve more arms sales to Israel. — LOADING — Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended …
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I Covered Joe Manchin for Years. He Might Not Care If He Sinks Joe Biden. — The senator's brand of centrism helped him survive West Virginia's rapid transformation from blue to red. But it also helped sow the seeds of the Democratic Party's demise back home.
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Associated Press and The Messenger
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She's with him: Hillary Clinton steps out as a key player in Biden's re-election effort — Clinton hosted a $1 million fundraiser at her Georgetown home. — WASHINGTON — On the final Monday in November, in a Washington home stately enough to have a name — Whitehaven …
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Politico