MILWAUKEE — On the floor of Donald Trump’s nominating convention Thursday night, a woman from Illinois in a cowboy hat handed out fake bandages for attendees to affix to their ears in solidarity with the former president who was grazed by an assassin’s bullet. These “bandages” weren’t the bright white …
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Jason Aldean, who famously railed against crime in his song “Try That in a Small Town,” joined convicted felon Donald Trump in the former president’s box at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. Aldean, in a gray T-shirt and white hat adorned with an American flag logo, was seated …
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After months of conspicuous absence from public life, former First Lady Melania Trump made a rare appearance at the Republican National Convention on Thursday. In a break with longstanding precedent among former first ladies and the wives of presidential hopefuls, Melania did not address the convention — as she did …
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MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump — who left the White House only after an unprecedented campaign to undermine the results of his 2020 election defeat, culminating in a deadly insurgency at the U.S. Capitol — has completed one of the most disturbing comeback stories in American politics, accepting the …
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Hulk Hogan will speak on the last night of the Republican National Convention before Donald Trump formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. The former wrestler, born Terry Gene Bollea, has had a penchant for making political remarks in recent years. He told the hosts of …
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J.D. Vance spoke to the nation for the first time as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on Wednesday, headlining the third night of the Republican National Convention. Vance began his speech by praising Trump’s resilience following the assassination attempt against him on Saturday, suggesting as he did then that …
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Following Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the former president and other conservative leaders have been tirelessly spinning the press and the public that the core message of the final four months of Trump’s 2024 campaign is now “unity” and “peace.” But by the time the ongoing Republican National Convention …
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The Teamsters have yet to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, but the powerful union’s president sent a strong message by delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Sean O’Brien delivered an impassioned address about how big business and corporate lobbying groups are “waging a …
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Milwaukee — Did Saturday’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life change the perspective or tone of demonstrators picketing the Republican National Convention? For Mary Braun — a protester in her 60s weaning a button on her blouse reading “I Vote for Non-Felons” — the answer is a firm no. Braun pays …
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It’s January 21, 2025, you wake up in a full-blown fascist state; Donald Trump materializes on your TV in a hot dog suit. “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this,” he says. That’s the vibe the former president gave off on Friday, as sought to distance himself …
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