Donald Trump and his allies in Congress and election offices throughout the country have a variety of tools to dismantle the will of voters and install Trump as president — Tuesday’s election results be damned. Much of the nation was shocked when attempts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in …
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In 2000, I was stationed in Florida and away from my home state of New Jersey. I sent in my mail-in ballot and voted for Al Gore, believing I was participating in a cornerstone of democracy. However, as the recount chaos unfolded — with hanging chads, legal battles, and a …
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Nassau County is the land of political nepo babies. It’s a place where, for most of the modern political era, “patronage jobs” have been handed out liberally to friends, family members, and supporters of the party in power— which has largely been the Republican Party. Laura Gillen’s family learned this …
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In his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump debuted the turducken of dog whistles: the claim that Harris would funnel taxpayer money to surgeries for transgender immigrants in prison. Since then, Republicans have put $60 million over two weeks into airing anti-trans ads heaped atop their public speaking …
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A watchdog is calling on the Biden administration to investigate whether donations to an organization representing Republican state financial officers have violated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s landmark pay-to-play rule. The State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) — whose members include GOP state treasurers, auditors, and controllers — has led a …
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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) called mass killings in America karma for the “murder of infants” — and “chickens coming home to roost.” He compared supporters of reproductive rights to people who fought to preserve slavery. Robinson noted that he’s been advised, as a candidate for office, “not …
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This month, GOP operatives and others close to Donald Trump have grown increasingly nervous over trends they’ve seen in recent private polling data produced by different Republican organizations and conservative allies. It’s not just the swing-state polling or the national surveys that are causing distress lately. The anxiety-spiking numbers are …
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As former President Donald Trump tries to distance himself from Project 2025, it’s becoming more clear how devastating it will be for our veterans. The conservative personnel and policy program, intended to guide the next Republican administration, is gaining attention as the presidential campaign heats up. Despite Trump’s attempts to …
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In the time since his historic criminal conviction in his New York hush-money trial, Donald Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, venting in conversations and phone calls with prominent allies — including some members of Congress — that they are not moving swiftly enough …
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Republican lawmakers were apoplectic about the Trump verdict Thursday, with many joining the MAGA chorus in declaring it a political, sham trial, in an effort to delegitimize the jury’s decision. Some reactions were brief: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted an image of an upside-down American flag, a symbol associated …
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