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'Resents the idea': CNN analyst sees Trump bristle as Democratic attack strategy hits home

The Democratic Party has finally hit on an attack tactic which has found its target with Trump, a CNN analyst reported Monday. They “are trying to tweak Trump’s vanity, mockingly suggesting that even after winning a second term, he is still not as powerful as the South Africa-born tech mogul whom he put in charge of slashing the size of …

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Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'

Deccan Chronicle

Could Elon Musk, who holds major sway in the incoming Trump administration, one day become president? "He's not gonna be president, that I can tell you," Trump told a Republican conference in Phoenix, Arizona. He wasn't born in this country," Trump said of the Tesla and SpaceX boss, who was born in South Africa.The US Constitution requires that a president …

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SC's Justice Narasimha emphasises constitutional institutions' role in democracy at NLSIU event

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: From the intricate workings of constitutional institutions to the legacy of Justice ES Venkataramiah, Justice PS Narasimha of the Supreme Court shed light on crucial aspects of India’s legal framework in an event organised by the National Law School of India University on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Justice Narasimha emphasised the vital role constitutional institutions play in preserving …

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Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

LA Times

Gavin Newsom made a splashy announcement on a nationally televised morning show. Wiener’s proposal, which was first reported by the New York Times, would nullify and supersede all constitutional convention applications previously put forth by the Legislature. Mehta Stein described the possibility of such a convention as a “Pandora’s box for our Constitution” that would create “the opportunity for forces …

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Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Salon

Would it not be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another? — Bertolt Brecht It took just over three weeks for top aides on the Kamala Harris campaign to appear on "Pod Save America" and, as a HuffPost writer put it, suggest they'd been doomed all along by a fossilized sense “that there just wasn’t much …

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Syrian Democratic Forces: Rebels with a cause

The Hindu

When civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, one of the first things Bashar al-Assad’s regime did was to pull back troops from the country’s north-east so that they could defend the heartland against militias. This gave an opportunity to Syria’s Kurds, the country’s largest ethnic minority who make up some 10% of its population, to establish a de …

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Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmaker

Raw Story

The federal government narrowly averted a year-end shutdown after an 11th-hour effort in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to cobble a bill that could pass the Democratic-run Senate and be signed by President Joe Biden. In a Saturday interview on MSNBC, Rep. Jasmine Crockett reminded host Ali Velshi and his viewers that House Speaker Mike Johnson needed Democratic support in …

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Congress destroyed democratic norms, alleges BJP leader

The Hindu

Calling the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ‘dictator in-chief’ for imposing Emergency and overthrowing State governments, the National General Secretary of BJP B.L. Santosh alleged in Mangaluru on Saturday, that the ‘Congress destroyed democratic norms’ in the country. ‘Nehru campaigned against Ambedkar twice’ When Ambedkar contested the 1952 Parliamentary elections from Bombay North Central, Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru campaigned against …

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'Agent of influence': Expert warns Musk's tactics are straight out of ‘Russia’s playbook'

Raw Story

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s increasing influence – not just in the United States as a close ally of the incoming president – but around the world is helping to fuel Russia’s war on democracy and mirrors tactics pulled from Vladimir Putin’s playbook, foreign policy researcher Olga Lautman warned Friday. She urged Democrats to investigate Musk’s “ties to Moscow, his access …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

US Senate clears bipartisan spending bill, narrowly avoids government shutdown

India Today

The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the-wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilising government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season. The late-night vote capped a frantic week that saw President-elect Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into disarray. House Speaker Mike Johnson …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — The trailing Republican in a tight North Carolina Supreme Court race suffered legal setbacks Friday as a federal judge refused to halt any upcoming official declaration that his Democratic rival won their November election. As for the federal court action, Griffin’s attorneys had told Myers the temporary restraining order was needed because the board was poised “in …

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A judge says Missouri’s GOP governor has the power to replace a Democratic county’s prosecutor

Associated Press

— A Missouri judge ruled Friday that the state’s Republican governor, not a local Democratic official, has the power to fill a vacancy in the prosecutor’s office for the state’s most populous county. A spokesperson said St. Louis County would appeal St. Louis Circuit Judge Brian May’s decision siding with Gov. “The voice of St. Louis County residents is taken …

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Kyrsten Sinema delivers expletive-laden parting shot to Democratic critics

Raw Story

Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, both former Democrats, drew a lot of criticism from liberals and progressives after voting against confirming one of President Joe Biden's nominees for the National Labor Relations Board. But Semafor's Isaac Schorr notes that Sinema, regardless of her critics on the left, "seems at peace with her record." In fact, Sinema said she doesn't "give …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

Raw Story

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reportedly plans to bring a third spending bill to the House floor for a vote on Friday morning, just hours before an increasingly likely federal government shutdown at midnight. RELATED: ‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘Unified’ Against Reworked Funding Bill More Favorable to Trump Thursday evening, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans were warned they needed …

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‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

Raw Story

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has crafted a replacement spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at 12:01 AM on Saturday. "A pretty clean test is coming of Trump's sway with Republicans," reports Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman, referring to how many in the GOP will vote for the bill. Politico columnist Jonathan Martin earlier Thursday called the debt ceiling increase a …

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Republican Scott Jennings sounds alarm on what he calls the 'biggest scandal in America'

Raw Story

Recent reporting that President Joe Biden’s health was far more diminished than the administration led on was proclaimed to be “the biggest scandal in America” by longtime GOP insider Scott Jennings – a declaration a Democratic strategist only minorly pushed back on. “It's a scandal of epic proportions,” Jennings said on CNN’s “NewsNight.” “And the level and volume of people …

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Internal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative control

Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats, recently hailed as a model of electoral and legislative success, are ending their final days in complete control of the state government mired by divisions and outright rebellion that has stalled votes on key priorities. Tensions peaked Thursday as the state House’s top Democrat ordered absent members back and barred the doors, only to reverse …

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The unelected Democrat puppet masters who were REALLY running America for senile Joe Biden: How ailing Joe relied on circle of close advisers while his mental decline was 'covered up' from day one of

Daily Mail

As ailing Joe Biden's term comes to end, many in Washington agree that it has been hard to tell who was actually in charge of running the country over the last four years. He is pictured stumbling during a walk on a Delaware beach with his wife Jill Biden last month Influence over Biden had been 'concentrated by people who …

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Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they’re hoping to work with him

Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — They warned about him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office, hoping to avoid antagonizing him to ensure they’ll have a working relationship with his new administration. Asked this week whether as governor she would consider pardoning Trump in his New York hush money criminal …

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South Korean investigators seek to question reluctant president over martial law

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean investigators on Friday again sought to question impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law, summoning him for questioning on Christmas Day despite his repeated refusal to cooperate. Authorities have already arrested Yoon’s defense minister, police chief and several other military commanders involved in the attempt to enforce the …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued

China Daily

By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-20 10:21 FILE PHOTO: Workers of Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen AG gather during pay-rise protests on the grounds of VW's main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, December 2, 2024. A survey released on Thursday showed consumer confidence in Germany is projected to improve slightly in early 2025, though overall sentiment …

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Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued

China Daily

FILE PHOTO: Workers of Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen AG gather during pay-rise protests on the grounds of VW's main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, December 2, 2024. A survey released on Thursday showed consumer confidence in Germany is projected to improve slightly in early 2025, though overall sentiment remains subdued due to ongoing concerns about elevated food and energy costs, along …

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Democratic governors hammered Trump before election. Now they hope to work with him

LA Times

Gretchen Whitmer speaks, accompanied by Maryland Gov. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office, hoping to avoid antagonizing him to ensure they’ll have a working relationship with his new administration. Asked this week whether as governor she would consider pardoning Trump in his New York hush money criminal …

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Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued

China Daily

FILE PHOTO: Workers of Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen AG gather during pay-rise protests on the grounds of VW's main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, December 2, 2024. A survey released on Thursday showed consumer confidence in Germany is projected to improve slightly in early 2025, though overall sentiment remains subdued due to ongoing concerns about elevated food and energy costs, along …

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'Resents the idea': CNN analyst sees Trump bristle as Democratic attack strategy hits home

Musk, president? Trump says 'not happening'

SC's Justice Narasimha emphasises constitutional institutions' role in democracy at NLSIU event

Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Syrian Democratic Forces: Rebels with a cause

Trump wanted $90M for inauguration while cutting $190M from cancer research: lawmaker

Congress destroyed democratic norms, alleges BJP leader

'Agent of influence': Expert warns Musk's tactics are straight out of ‘Russia’s playbook'

US Senate clears bipartisan spending bill, narrowly avoids government shutdown

Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race

A judge says Missouri’s GOP governor has the power to replace a Democratic county’s prosecutor

Kyrsten Sinema delivers expletive-laden parting shot to Democratic critics

‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘unified’ against reworked funding bill more favorable to Trump

Republican Scott Jennings sounds alarm on what he calls the 'biggest scandal in America'

Internal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative control

The unelected Democrat puppet masters who were REALLY running America for senile Joe Biden: How ailing Joe relied on circle of close advisers while his mental decline was 'covered up' from day one of

Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they’re hoping to work with him

South Korean investigators seek to question reluctant president over martial law

Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued

Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued

Democratic governors hammered Trump before election. Now they hope to work with him

Germany's consumer confidence to remain subdued