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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Pence's Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters (Seriously!) — A Vice President not endorsing his former boss should be a bigger deal — On Friday afternoon, Mike Pence announced during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that he would not endorse Donald Trump for President.
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New York Times:
Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses — In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States. — Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event …
Associated Press:
Trump ramps up dark rhetoric in Ohio stump speech for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio.
New York Times:
How Trump's Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation — Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online. — In the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Two GOP senators won't commit to explicit Trump endorsement — Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), in Sunday interviews, would not say whether they would endorse former President Trump's bid for the White House. — Rounds, in an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Escalates His Dehumanization of Migrants: Some Are ‘Not People ... These Are Animals’ — The former president continued his campaign to denigrate people coming to the U.S. in search of a better life — Former president Donald Trump, who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants …
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Chris Boccia / ABC News:
Rep. Turner disagrees with Trump's anti-migrant rhetoric but argues he can ‘fix’ border ‘crisis’
NBC News:
Trump says there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses the election
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Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Says There Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ and Elections Will End if He Isn't Reelected
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
This Is The First Big Test Of Donald Trump's Endorsement Power In 2024
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NBC News:
Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort — Biden locked up the Democratic nomination last week, but looking ahead to the general, anxiety has seemed to increase. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was seething. — In a private meeting at the White House …
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Exclusive: Top Republican calls for canceling future Biden SOTU speeches … - “That was about the most divisive State of the Union — I wouldn't extend him an invitation next year, if that's what we're going to get,” Emmer said during an interview at the House GOP retreat.
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Biden Campaign Raises Over $53 Million In February
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Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Strongman Fantasy — And Dictatorship in Real Life — Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get things done? — I lived in eastern Europe when memories of communism were fresh. I have visited regions in Ukraine where Russia imposed its occupation regime.
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Promo video for Texas dental practice poses new ethics issue for Noem — Sitting in front of a camera for a highly produced, well-lit vertical video with the kind of caption made to watch on mute while you're scrolling through social media, a patient for SmileTexas near Houston tells viewers …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Ro Khanna says TikTok bill is not ‘actually addressing the issue’ — Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said the TikTok bill passed by the House last week is not “actually addressing the issue.” — Khanna, who voted against the bill, argued on ABC's “This Week” that while the two national security issues cited …
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Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
‘Anti-Trump’ Republicans in North Carolina feel alienated by Mark Robinson — RALEIGH, N.C. - Ex-Republican Phebe Roberson, 75, said she “can't stand” former President Donald Trump and voted against him in North Carolina's GOP primary earlier this month. — She also cast a ballot …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sen. Cassidy says he is not running on No Labels ticket — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in a Sunday interview that he is not running on a third-party presidential ticket with the political organization No Labels. — In an interview on NBC News's “Meet the Press,” Cassidy …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
The GOP's Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So Weird — The answer will obviously vary, but it's a good bet the year 2020 will rank pretty high in any list of wretched years. After all, it's when COVID-19 arrived. The pandemic eventually took over a million lives just in America.
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