Donald Trump likes to tell anyone who will listen that he’s absolutely convinced he will win his 2024 rematch against President Joe Biden. And, according to people who’ve spoken to the ex-president about this, Trump also seems convinced that if he wins another four years in the White House, state …
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A “pro-White” candidate — who was photographed in 2019 giving a “Nazi salute” next to a man in Klan robes in front of a burning cross — will appear as a GOP candidate for governor on Missouri’s primary ballot this year. A state judge has ruled that Missouri’s Republican Party …
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In September 2019, Michigan state Rep. Matt Hall’s then-girlfriend called 911. According to the police write-up of the incident, Hall — now the Republican state House minority leader — was rushing to place bets across the stateline in Indiana after he temporarily lost track of his gambling money. (He later …
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United for Democracy, a coalition of progressive groups and labor unions, is gearing up to launch a $10 million persuasion and base activation campaign centered on “the MAGA Supreme Court.” The coalition will spend $1 million on ads in Arizona and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Washington, D.C., area, …
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Holly Thompson Rehder was a sophomore when she dropped out of high school and married her 21-year-old boyfriend. Today, she’s a GOP state senator and the sponsor of a bill that would ban child marriage in Missouri —a bill that she has been surprised to see blocked by her Republican …
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Having teachers and school staff carry concealed handguns is the newest way Republicans are trying to address school shootings while keeping gun lobbyists happy, a move that critics say is unpopular and does not address the root issue: access to guns. In Tennessee, SB 1325 allows faculty or staff at …
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Eva Burch is a Democratic state Senator in Arizona. Last month, I had a safe, legal abortion in Arizona. Today we are all tied up in white-knuckled knots, wondering if we’re going to start throwing doctors in jail for the care they gave me. People of America: We need to …
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Dave Reichert, who previously served as a congressman and Sheriff of King County, Washington, is now running for governor of the state on the sort of tough-on-crime platform that has become all but mandatory for Republican candidates. His campaign website warns that Washington state is currently “a haven for crime, …
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Activists recently launched a TV campaign to convince Republican state lawmakers not to demonize or target trans people — using conservative cable news channels to spread a message that attempts to appeal to politicians’ basic human decency. “This is our home — and here’s us at work,” says a narrator. …
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A majority of House Republican lawmakers recently released a budget plan that proposed once again banning Medicare from negotiating prescription drug prices — a move it justified with theatrical language and highly misleading data. The Republican Study Committee (RSC), which represents roughly 80 percent of House Republican lawmakers, accused President …
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