The Republican effort to kill a ballot initiative that would protect abortion access in the state of Florida is now coming to people’s homes. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state election police are making house calls to question voters about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the November …
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One of the more pervasive and noxious lies in American politics is the idea that relieving student debt would be a giveaway to the wealthy. Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance, for instance, has called student debt relief “a massive windfall to the rich,” arguing that “Republicans must fight this …
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Chase Oliver is not everybody’s cup of tea. The 39-year-old presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party has ideas that are by turns attractive, and grotesque, to nearly anyone on the traditional, left-right political spectrum. Libertarians want to radically downsize the federal government and entrust individuals (and corporations) with self-regulation, believing …
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Donald Trump’s running mate doubled down on the disproven, racist lie that Haitians are eating cats and other animals in Springfield, Ohio, on Tuesday, acknowledging on X, formerly Twitter, that the conspiracy theory is a “rumor” while encouraging followers to keep spreading it, anyway. Springfield police have said they have …
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The August recess has ended, and Congress has less than a month to pass legislation to fund the federal government or plunge the nation into a shutdown. It’s already getting ugly. On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump demanded that “If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances …
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The past two months in American politics have been a whirlwind: Joe Biden fumbled the first debate so badly he had to drop out of the presidential race. Someone tried to assassinate Donald Trump. The new Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, reinvigorated the party’s presidential hopes, sparking widespread joy …
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With 57 days to the election and two days before the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, actors who portrayed fictional superheroes including Mark Ruffalo (who has portrayed Bruce Banner/Hulk in the MCU franchise since 2012), Mandy Patinkin (who played Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride), and more …
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D onald Trump was slamming his fist on the Resolute Desk and, once again, calling for blood. It was the second year of his presidency, and Trump was seething about gang members and drug lords. He wanted to see their bodies piled up in the streets. Specifically, he sought a …
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Days after a school shooter killed four people and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School near Atlanta, Georgia, the youth-focused gun control advocacy group March for Our Lives has unveiled its first-ever congressional endorsements. In July, the group endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign — the first …
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Donald Trump gave an incoherent response last week to a question about how he would address the rising costs of child care to the point of incoherence. It turns out his allies at The Heritage Foundation already have a plan in mind. Page 486 of Project 2025 — the conservative …
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