They say of Donald Trump, “The cruelty is the point.” For Ron DeSantis, we might amend that to say, “The cruelty was pointless.” Rarely in American politics has a civic leader, a governor no less, used his official power to marginalize, demean, and endanger so many — in the naked …
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The top election official in one of the most crucial battleground states for the 2024 presidential race has reached his limit. In a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes described his mounting “frustration” at President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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Ron DeSantis repeatedly pledged to “never back down.” His campaign even recently released a song from country singer Billy Dean entitled, “Never Back Down.” But now, the Florida governor is doing just that. On Sunday afternoon, DeSantis announced he is suspending his 2024 campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump, …
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After announcing to the state of New Hampshire that he had aced his cognitive test, Donald Trump incorrectly blamed Republican rival Nikki Haley for being in “charge of security” during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the Capitol. During a rally in Concord, New Hampshire on Friday evening, Trump spiraled …
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Brothers Matt and Scott Krisiloff — allies of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — were deeply involved in Rep. Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign before leaving to launch a super PAC in support of the Minnesota Democrat’s longshot 2024 bid, as well as a dark-money group that is running ads in New …
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No Labels, the dark money group working to give Americans a centrist, third-party alternative for president this year, has generated reams of news headlines and significant agita among Democratic Party operatives. Attracting support from young people is another story. On Tuesday, the organization hosted a “college outreach” seminar on Zoom …
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Donald Trump, who has a penchant for crowing about hoarding classified documents and the crowd size on Jan. 6, 2021, boasted about acing a basic cognitive test in his continued efforts to prove his self-proclaimed title of an“extremely stable genius.” During a campaign stop in New Hampshire Wednesday night, the …
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Fresh off a historic victory in the Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump traveled to New Hampshire and complained to his supporters that he had to leave the White House after losing the 2020 election. Fans had lined up for hours outside in the snow for a chance to see …
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Christian nationalists are joining forces to recruit swing-state, MAGA-leaning churches to help elect Donald Trump in 2024. It’s a brazen effort to transform religious congregations — which are technically supposed to keep electoral politics out of the pulpit — into a campaign powerhouse for the former president. During a weekend …
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Just one year ago, Donald Trump and his team were openly welcoming Nikki Haley into the GOP presidential primary, even as the former president was privately trashing her for being a “two-faced” phony who didn’t know when to stop turning against — then back to — him. For much of …
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