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May 31 2023
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Chris Christie's 2024 bid is great news—for Democrats
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to launch his presidential bid next week in New Hampshire. Christie, warts and all, is a welcome addition to the Republican field for anyone with the ultimate goal of defeating Donald Trump, be it in the Republican primary or the general election. Christie has premised his bid on being the only Republican attack dog in the field willing to take
Daily KosJul 02 2023
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Buttigieg blasts DeSantis over LGBTQ attack clip featuring ‘oiled-up shirtless bodybuilders’
Openly gay Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of using “oiled-up shirtless bodybuilders’’ to try to prove his masculinity in an ad attacking Donald Trump. The controversial clip features Trump, who is vying against DeSantis for the GOP presidential nomination, crowing in 2016 that he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens
New York Post (News)Jul 13 2022
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How Limiting Access To Abortion Limits Access To Birth Control
Planned Parenthood has been controversial since its 1916 founding, but the latest wave of political battles against it began in earnest in 2007, when then-Rep. Mike Pence introduced an amendment to a House of Representatives’ appropriations bill to block federal funds from going to the organization’s nationwide network of reproductive health clinics.
Planned Parenthood was targeted
538 (ABC News)Jul 02 2023
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DeSantis Campaign Faces Backlash After Promoting Unhinged Anti-LGBTQ Ad
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign shared a bizarre, meme-filled video Friday celebrating the governor’s anti-LGBTQ record and attacking Donald Trump’s 2016 pledge to “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens.” The video, which was posted by the DeSantis War Room account and amplified by DeSantis influencers, has been widely condemned as homophobic, even by
Vanity FairJul 12 2023
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FBI Director Wray faces grilling from House Republicans
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee grilled FBI Director Chris Wray Wednesday about the alleged “weaponization” of law enforcement agencies against former President Donald Trump and conservatives and accused the FBI of failing to aggressively go after the Bidens.
Democrats on the panel pressed Wray about Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the former president’
NBC News DigitalAug 15 2023
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The fizzled-out revolution's criminal trial in Georgia will be televised
All of Trump's criminal trials should be televised. His cult should be able to watch and look for secret signs and/or messages from space Aliens. The rest of us will see a sad, loser rage against justice. The Fulton County superior court judge who is presiding this week over the grand jury proceedings decided that it would be OK to televise it, according to The Messenger. Georgia is more lax
Boing BoingOct 02 2016
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Donald Trump Can’t Shut Down New York Times Tax Leak Showing He Lost Nearly $1 Billion in 1995
Donald J. Trump’s threat to sue the New York Times for its report about his leaked 1995 state tax returns showing he lost nearly $1 billion is as predictable as it is laughable. Trump’s lawyer pledged “prompt initiation of appropriate legal action” against the Times, saying the Oct. 1 story was “illegal” because Trump did not authorize the release of his confidential tax returns.
Daily BeastAug 15 2023
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Anti-Press Hatred Is Alive and Well in Kansas
of anti-press hatred is stalking the nation. The latest victim of this poisonous, anti-democratic virus is a small-town newspaper in Kansas. On Friday, local police, acting like the Gestapo, raided the office of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of its owner and publisher. They used a trumped-up search warrant approved by a compliant local judge to seize newsgathering equipment,
The InterceptJun 05 2023
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Chris Sununu Opts Against Presidential Run
Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Monday he will not run for president. Sununu, who has publicly considered a bid for months, told CNN’s Dana Bash that he was worried about splitting the anti-Trump vote. A prominent critic of the former president, the governor has argued that nominating Trump a third time would lead to widespread Republican losses. “He can’t win in November of
The Daily CallerNov 21 2019
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Everyone Knew of ‘Quid Pro Quo’: Sondland Testimony Takeaways
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, delivered the most explosive testimony yet in the House impeachment hearings on Wednesday, saying President Donald Trump effectively directed him to broker a quid pro quo with Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival.
Sondland, an Oregon hotelier who gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund after his 2016 election, also
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