Having the money to fund your campaign is essential to running for office. Having taxpayer-salaried employees raising this money would seem to cross ethical lines. It apparently doesn’t bother Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor officially entered the race for the 2024 presidency on Wednesday, and according to his campaign raised …
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Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, whose members stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, has been sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy. The sentence is the longest yet for a conviction on charges related to the 2021 uprising. Kelly Meggs — a top Oath Keepers deputy …
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Fresh off a bungled campaign launch, newly minted 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is making the media rounds — and throwing jabs at Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. During a Thursday interview with Glenn Beck, DeSantis accused Trump of having “destroyed millions of people’s lives” during the Covid-19 pandemic by “turning …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) felt the taunts of irony on Wednesday while temporarily presiding over a House session. The Georgia representative called for decorum in the chamber and was greeted by bursts of laughter from her Democratic colleagues. “Members are reminded to abide by decorum of the House,” she …
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Some of Donald Trump’s lawyers and top advisers have given the former president an unwelcome, if not unexpected message in recent weeks: You should expect to get indicted this year. Again. This month, several legal and political counselors to Trump have bluntly informed him that they expect the Justice Department …
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Arizona Republicans are hosting a two-day, QAnon-inflected, anti-vaccine circus at the statehouse — focused on supposed “atrocities” committed by public health officials in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The hearings, which began this morning, are organized by a new state Senate body, the Novel Coronavirus South Western Intergovernmental Committee. The …
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In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate water pollution in the nation’s wetlands. The court determined that the 1972 Clean Water Act only applies to “wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are waters of the United States in their …
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AFloridaschool has restricted elementary-aged students on from reading “The Hill We Climb,” the poem written and recited by Amanda GormanatJoe Biden’s inauguration as president. The powerful poem, which was been internationally praised, was one of several works restricted at the Miami-Dade County school library after a parent complained they referenced …
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In his battle against Ron DeSantis for the 2024 nomination, Donald Trump and his allies believe they’ve found a new weapon in their effort to bury the Florida governor. His name is Vivek Ramaswamy, a 37-year-old “anti-woke” entrepreneur and one of the longshot 2024 Republican contenders who vows to be …
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Donald Trump‘s legal team is requesting an in-person meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the special counsel investigation into the former president. Trump posted the letter— addressed to Garland and signed by attorneys John Rowley and James Trusty — to Truth Social on Tuesday night. “Unlike President Biden, …
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