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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump taps House Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.N. ambassador

NPR

Trump taps House Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.N. ambassador toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President-elect Trump has offered the role of U.N. ambassador to House Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. "I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Sponsor Message "The work ahead is immense as we see …

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Meet Susie Wiles, the ‘ice maiden’ behind Trump’s win - and his new chief of staff

The Independent

On her Twitter/X profile, she wears a blouse and cardigan, drop earrings, and a gold necklace, her grey hair perfectly set. The Hill political newspaper called her “the most powerful Republican you don’t know”; The New York Times described her as “perhaps the most significant voice inside Mr Trump’s third presidential campaign”. Schorsch recalls an instance when she oversaw the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Desperate': Ex-Trump staffer hits back after campaign accuses her of inciting violence

Raw Story

The Trump campaign accused former administration staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin on Monday of trying to incite more assassination attempts against the former president — an accusation she swatted aside as patently ridiculous. The conflict began when Griffin, who cut ties with Trump during his efforts to stop certification of the 2020 election results and has become one of his harsh …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tired of presidential politics? Here's where power could shift in state capitols too

NPR

Tired of presidential politics? Here's where power could shift in state capitols too Some of the most consequential and controversial issues — abortion, voting access, education, health care and criminal justice — are largely decided by state lawmakers who are, more likely than not, on your ballot this year. State legislators wield significant power, which has been amplified with Congress …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ohio's First and Only Female House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson to Lie in State

Associated Press

Ohio's first and only female House speaker, Jo Ann Davidson, will lie in state on Thursday at the Statehouse ahead of a public funeral service. Davidson, who died at 97, is the 10th person in state history to receive such an honor. Her viewing and funeral service will take place in the Statehouse Rotunda and Atrium respectively, both open to …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘Devil, we’ve had enough’: Inside the Christian nationalist movement to outlaw abortion

The Independent

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3 months ago

Trump's revolution succeeds: "One of the fastest shifts in evangelical thought in American history"

Salon

In the three and a half years since Donald Trump incited an insurrection on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Americans have come to learn how much Christian nationalism played a role in the riot. Related How Donald Trump turns a profit on political violence You flesh out the story of the Appeal to Heaven flag, which came onto people's …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Meet Matthew Trewhella — the far-right Wisconsin pastor influencing Republican politics

Raw Story

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Trewhella helped to rehabilitate his reputation through his 2013 self-published book, “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates,” which uses a 16th-century Protestant doctrine to argue that government officials have a God-given right and duty to defy laws, policies or court opinions deemed “unjust or immoral” under “the law of God.” He’s preached this …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kamala Harris: The most desperate Republican attack on her yet is also the silliest.

Slate

Just a few days after Kamala Harris entered the race for the presidency, the conservative attacks on her are already taking shape. Some of the accusations lobbed at Harris are true, insofar as she is indeed a beautiful woman who laughs and does not have biological children, although she is a stepmother to two: Cole Emhoff, who works in film, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Trump, elections and the politics of spectacle

Al Jazeera

America’s mercantile politics relies on entertainment and money. In fact, one could argue that Trump has been so successful in politics because he has skilfully made use of key aspects of the culture, economy, governance, power and personal values that have shaped American life since Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s. Mass “social decay and despair” keep expanding among Americans, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Debate or no debate, Trump still commands the 2024 Republican race

Al Jazeera

Experts say Trump is acting more like an incumbent than a traditional candidate in a packed US presidential primary field. “One way to make sure you get attention is to do something totally different.” Trump has continued to use counter-programming against his own party’s debate schedule. “Trump so far has been impervious to the indictments he’s faced.” A September poll …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Who Else Has Harlan Crow Given Money To?

Slate

Real estate mogul Harlan Crow has been in the national spotlight lately over his penchant for giving extravagant gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: private jet trips, megayacht excursions, and a $19,000 bible, to name just a few. As Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern wrote, this sure seems like a case of “classic quid pro quo corruption.” …

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1 year, 11 months ago

George Santos is the Republican Party's future: A shameless con man

Salon

One thing was dead certain within moments of the New York Times publishing its exposé on the many lies of George Santos: There was zero chance that this brand new Republican congressman-elect from New York would be shamed into giving up his seat. That much was made evident by the painfully predictable reactions of GOP voters in New York's 3rd …

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2 years, 1 month ago

A record number of women will serve in the next Congress

CNN

Editor’s Note: This story originally ran November 23, 2022. Alaska carried women across that threshold in November when the state determined through its ranked-choice voting system that Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, will represent the state’s at-large House seat for a full term after winning the special election earlier in the year, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski won reelection. And not …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Politics in air as Biden visits future Intel plant in Ohio

Associated Press

NEW ALBANY, Ohio — President Joe Biden steered clear of partisan politics at Friday’s groundbreaking celebration for a huge new computer chip facility in Ohio — as a tough Senate contest in that state and a Democratic candidate seeking to distance himself from Biden reflected the challenge of translating White House policy wins into political gains. Biden, a major force …

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3 years, 9 months ago

How Republican Politics (And Twitter) Created Ali Alexander, The Man Behind ‘Stop The Steal’

Huff Post

High above Constitution Avenue, on a rooftop terrace, “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander gazed down at the U.S. Capitol and the chaos he’d helped unleash. On Twitter, Babbitt was in thrall to MAGA propagandists and Stop the Steal organizers such as Jack Posobiec — one of Alexander’s close friends and a prolific spreader of disinformation, including the Pizzagate sex …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Maybe I'll have to leave the country if Biden wins: Donald Trump

India TV News

US President Donald Trump joked that he would have to leave the country if he loses the November 3 election to his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump made the remarks at a campaign event in Macon, Georgia, on Friday night, The Hill news website reported "I shouldn't joke because you know what? Reacting to Trump's statement, the former Vice President …

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