Days ago, Kyle Rittenhouse — admired by Donald Trump and lionized by the far right for shooting three people at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, killing two — was in lockstep with the MAGA movement that supported him through the trial that saw him acquitted …
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Now that Democrats have coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as their presumptive nominee in the 2024 election, the party has been free to use a line of attack on Donald Trump that he and Republicans had leveled at President Biden: He’s too old, he’s in cognitive decline, and he’s …
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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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Democrats insist they are learning from their mistakes — and are ready to attack the Donald Trump-led 2024 ticket full-bore, and hit below the belt if they feel like it. “Shaking off the stink of … ‘when they go low, we go high,’” is how one Democratic operative put it, …
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He wrote the infamous Bush-era “Torture Memos.” Today, John Yoo and his work are — in the words of one source close to Donald Trump — seen as a “guiding light” by MAGA lawyers and other Trump lieutenants who are seeking to form the legal foundations necessary for making a …
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“Of course we aren’t fucking bluffing.” That’s the message one close Trump adviser and former administration official — who requested anonymity to speak candidly — wants to get across to the press and public, when asked about Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign vows of “retribution,” unprecedented force, and militaristic action. Indeed, …
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Donald Trump has hailed those locked up for Jan. 6 as “patriots,” “hostages,” and even “warriors.” He may want to add “militiamen” to that list. Jake Lang is a defendant in a long-delayed trial for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. He’s accused of …
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Watching focus groups isn’t a good way to make yourself feel better about America, especially when their participants assert inconvenient truths. I know this first hand because for the last four years, I have acted as Senior Adviser to the Research Collaborative, which has done 25 focus groups and frequent …
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Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts has sent shockwaves across the nation, and — at least according to the religious “prophets” of the MAGA right — across the heavens as well. A trio of prominent, far-right Christians who purport to channel the word of God as it pertains to …
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W HEN YOU VISIT BOB RITCHIE at his home in the jagged hills outside Nashville, the guy who will likely greet you at the door is a tall, well-dressed, exceedingly polite gentleman who goes by “Uncle Tom.” Because of course he does. Ritchie makes his living as Kid Rock, but …
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