With his selection as candidate for vice president, Tim Walz has burst onto the national political scene as one of the most folksy and estimable Democratic standard bearers in recent memory. Walz’s background includes having been a teacher, a football coach, a National Guardsman, a member of Congress, and one …
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After members of Donald Trump’s campaign were allegedly involved in a physical altercation with staff at Arlington National Cemetery, veterans are stepping forward to condemn the former president’s use of the hallowed burial ground as a campaign backdrop. On Tuesday, Trump attended an event at the cemetery honoring servicemembers who …
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After killing an initial plan to wipe away $400 billion in student debt in 2023, the Supreme Court has maintained a temporary block on President Joe Biden‘s newly amended approach to providing millions of borrowers with assistance. The 2023 plan was ruled unconstitutional in a 6-3 vote along idealogical lines, …
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I don’t get to Washington, D.C., as much as I did when I was younger. When I do, I stop in to see my father. Sometimes I bring a beer and sit down and catch him up on things. I tell him about his namesake grandson, my latest misadventures, and …
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New emails obtained by Rolling Stone and American Doom reveal how conservative Georgia election officials laid the groundwork for new controversial state election rules designed to give more power to those officials to arbitrarily refuse to certify election results. Months before the Georgia State Election Board passed the rules, emails …
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While Robert Kennedy Jr.‘sbizarre run for office has ended following the suspension of his 2024 presidential campaign, his growing list of poor life choices has not. RFK Jr. — who has made headlines for endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump, admitting he was the guy who dumped the body of a …
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Following Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic speech at the Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump spiraled into a public, on-air meltdown that was several weeks in the making. The wave of enthusiasm surrounding Harris is closing the margins in key swing states, outpacing his fundraising, and she’s drawing massive crowds and …
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Democrats’ convention in Chicago undoubtedly provided a contrast of sorts with the nominating convention I had covered in Milwaukee the month prior, where Donald Trump and his champagne-vomit-belching cultists were promising — in their own pornographically violent words — a version of Homer Simpson’s line about how his “campaign is …
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When Robert Kennedy Jr. announced he would be suspending his campaign — while still encouraging people to vote for him — he claimed that he would be removing his name from the ballot in swing states where his candidacy might sway the election against Donald Trump. But with less than …
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After weeks of speculation regarding what would happen to Donald Trump’s criminal indictments in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, Special Counsel Jack Smith is sticking to his guns. On Tuesday, Smith’s office unveiled a superseding indictment against Trump relating to his efforts to overturn the results of …
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