Leonard Leo, best known as the architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is not happy about President Joe Biden belatedly proposing reforms to rein in an increasingly lawless, right-wing policy factory. “No conservative justice has made any decision in any big case that surprised anyone, so let’s stop pretending …
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As Donald Trump scrambles to find a line of attack against his new 2024 rival — Vice President Kamala Harris — he’s falling back on his basest impulses. In a Monday radio interview with the conservative Sid & Friends In The Morning show, the former president repeated past assertions that …
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When election night comes in November, it will be up to thousands of local election officials to certify election results in their counties. Among those election officials are scores of Donald Trump supporters who believe his lies and conspiracies about stolen elections — and will be in prime position to …
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When President Joe Biden announced on July 21, after weeks of insisting he would stay in the race, that he would be withdrawing from the presidential election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic candidate, most Americans were at least a little bit surprised. But none were …
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Donald Trump said Sunday that letting states craft their own abortion bans — thanks to a ruling by his conservative Supreme Court appointees — is “going to work out incredibly well.” As of Monday, abortion is now almost entirely banned in 18 states, now that Iowa’s six-week ban on abortions …
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Some of the best country songs have layers upon layers of meaning embedded in their lyrics. Brian Kelley’s “Make America Great Again” is not one such song. Instead, the Florida half of Florida Georgia Line (RIP) hits listeners over the head with hyper-literal MAGA talking points in the brooding track, …
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It was the summer of 2016 when a manager at the Central Intelligence Agency pulled him into a conference room, sat him down at a table, and asked him to read the intelligence they had brought. Michael van Landingham wasn’t naive about what the Kremlin was capable of. His work …
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Pete Buttigieg offered a dose of reality for viewers on Fox, pointing out the lies and “cult of personality” of Donald Trump. The Biden transportation secretary, when asked about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office, turned the question around and cast doubt on Trump’s fitness to serve. Fox News Sunday …
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Three prominent Republicans are unbothered that Donald Trump promised in four years, his supporters “won’t have to vote anymore” because “we’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.” On Sunday, Gov. Chris Sununu called the comments “a classic Trumpism,” while Sen. Tom Cotton said Trump was …
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Donald Trump may be regretting his choice of running-mate and wondering “Why did I pick this guy?” according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Over the past few weeks since Trump announced his decision, the narrative that Sen. J.D. Vance is “weird” has gained traction, and Schumer speculated that may …
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