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The Biggest Non-Endorsements Of 2024
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Biggest Non-Endorsements Of 2024

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When The Washington Post announced last week that its editorial board would not endorse Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump for president, the newspaper invited a flood of criticism — and more than 250,000 cancellations from apparently irate subscribers. “Look, it was always automatic that Democrats get the Teamsters, and they said, ‘We won’t endorse the …

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How could hurricanes impact the election? What we can learn from 5 recent storms
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How could hurricanes impact the election? What we can learn from 5 recent storms

NPR  

How could hurricanes impact the election? “We absolutely have the funding that we need to support the ongoing response to Helene and the response that we're preparing for Hurricane Milton,” FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told NPR’s Morning Edition on Tuesday. That has fueled further political drama, with NBC News reporting on Monday that Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis — whose …

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Republican candidates for Utah’s open US House seat split on aid for Ukraine
6 months, 1 week ago

Republican candidates for Utah’s open US House seat split on aid for Ukraine

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — All five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat agreed in a debate Wednesday that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending, but only some said cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal. “Future aid to Ukraine will be based on facts on the ground …

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Republican contenders for Mitt Romney’s open US Senate seat clash over support for Trump
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican contenders for Mitt Romney’s open US Senate seat clash over support for Trump

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Three of the four Utah Republicans vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during Monday’s primary debate, while the likely frontrunner stood out as someone willing to challenge party leadership. Observers are closely watching whether voters select a successor whose …

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Why Hasn’t Biden Called Chris Christie?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Hasn’t Biden Called Chris Christie?

Politico  

That Christie decided not to run is a result of No Labels’ well-documented shortcomings, the structural challenges for any independent presidential candidate and the legacy-defining consequences of being the person who enabled Donald Trump to reclaim the White House. And last month, in a conversation on Pod Save America, he even held open the possibility of voting for Biden, while …

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Capitol offense: King of GOP Never Trumpers just hurt a lot of big Republican feelings
11 months, 1 week ago

Capitol offense: King of GOP Never Trumpers just hurt a lot of big Republican feelings

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON – Most Senate Republicans didn’t tune in to watch Chris Christie formally exit the Republican Party presidential primary this week, but the former New Jersey governor landed a verbal blow that’s left many of the Capitol’s top GOPers smarting. “Chris Christie did?” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito — the Senate Republican Conference vice-chair — exclaimed to Raw Story when told …

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Critical Senate Republicans to House GOPers pushing impeachment: 'do something meaningful'
1 year ago

Critical Senate Republicans to House GOPers pushing impeachment: 'do something meaningful'

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Critical Senate Republicans said Wednesday they didn't see the value in chasing an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden that lacks evidence, is unlikely to be voted through, and serves as a distraction from pursuing policy. Sen. Lisa Murkowski finds some revelations about Hunter Biden, who serves no public office, "worrisome," but she doesn't approve of the "normalization …

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Where Are All the Anti-Trump Republicans?
1 year ago

Where Are All the Anti-Trump Republicans?

Politico  

Also at Stanford was New Hampshire Gov. It was easy to glimpse the future from George Stephanopoulos’ interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Sen. James Lankford, who repeatedly dodged questions about whether he’d back Trump by deferring to GOP primary voters. “If virtually all the GOP governors and senators were to say they would not support Trump, even in the …

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US Sen Mitt Romney says he would opt for Democrat than Donald Trump or Vivek Ramaswamy in 2024 election
1 year ago

US Sen Mitt Romney says he would opt for Democrat than Donald Trump or Vivek Ramaswamy in 2024 election

Hindustan Times  

A month-old interview with Sen. Mitt Romney resurfaced online on Saturday, sparking outrage among supporters of former President Donald Trump and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP In the interview, Romney said he would prefer to vote for a Democrat than for Trump or Ramaswamy in the 2024 presidential election. "I'd be happy to support virtually any one of the …

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Column: Julie Su would be a perfect Labor secretary. That’s why Big Business hates her
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Julie Su would be a perfect Labor secretary. That’s why Big Business hates her

LA Times  

Most politically aware Americans are probably familiar with the function of confirmation hearings in a Senate with a razor-thin Democratic majority: It’s where qualified nominations go to die. The novel legal strategy, Wong said, led to a state law that made retailers and garment manufacturers legally liable if workers at their contractors’ facilities did not receive minimum wage and overtime …

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Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run
1 year, 10 months ago

Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — He twice voted in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump in impeachment trials. But that could also sustain the backlash Romney has faced for serving as a check on Trump, including being heckled at the airport, narrowly avoiding censure by the state GOP and becoming an insult that other Republicans use to slam their rivals as suspect: …

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Republican senators show no movement on gun control laws after Uvalde massacre
2 years, 6 months ago

Republican senators show no movement on gun control laws after Uvalde massacre

Raw Story  

Eight Republican U.S. senators interviewed by Raw Story today provided no indication that they would support changes to federal gun laws in the wake of the murder of 19 children and an adult in a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. Here’s a synopsis of the senators’ responses: Romney: The Utah senator, who has received more than $13 million in contributions from …

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Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick
2 years, 8 months ago

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — By announcing they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, three Republican senators are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. Voting for the “historic nomination,” Murkowski said it was not only worth the political risk, but a rejection of a Senate process that “is …

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Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick
2 years, 8 months ago

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — By announcing they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, three Republican senators are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. Voting for the “historic nomination,” Murkowski said it was not only worth the political risk, but a rejection of a Senate process that “is …

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Marjorie Taylor Greene leads GOP revolt against "pro-pedophile" Republicans voting for Judge Jackson
2 years, 8 months ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene leads GOP revolt against "pro-pedophile" Republicans voting for Judge Jackson

Salon  

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., triggered an online calamity on Monday after three Republican senators signaled support to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, calling all three Republicans "pro-pedophile." RELATED: Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings into a QAnon circus On Monday, Greene's tweet drew a maelstrom of criticism from her detractors, many of …

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With at least one GOP vote, Jackson likely to be confirmed
2 years, 8 months ago

With at least one GOP vote, Jackson likely to be confirmed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Collins met with Jackson a second time this week after four days of hearings last week and said Wednesday that …

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McConnell denounces RNC’s censure of 2 House Republicans; McCarthy does not
2 years, 10 months ago

McConnell denounces RNC’s censure of 2 House Republicans; McCarthy does not

LA Times  

A Republican National Committee censure of GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger that played down the severity of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol continues to divide the party. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that it was “not the job” of the Republican National Committee to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in …

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Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting
2 years, 10 months ago

Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A deep-red state that’s home to some of Donald Trump’s most vocal conservative critics welcomed members of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday for a meeting in which party officials are expected to solidify the former president’s status as the GOP standard-bearer ahead of the midterm elections. Utah — home to U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, co-founders …

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Republicans Object To Partisan Election Laws — Unless It's Their Party Writing Them
3 years, 6 months ago

Republicans Object To Partisan Election Laws — Unless It's Their Party Writing Them

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING One of the arguments in the Senate against Democrats’ push for new federal standards for voting access is that because their bill has no Republican support, voters can’t trust it. Sen. Joe Manchin, the sole Democrat who has refused to support the For the People Act, the Democratic package of sweeping voting and ethics reforms, has also …

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Top House Republican Opposes Bipartisan Commission To Investigate Capitol Riot
3 years, 7 months ago

Top House Republican Opposes Bipartisan Commission To Investigate Capitol Riot

NPR  

Top House Republican Opposes Bipartisan Commission To Investigate Capitol Riot Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy came out Tuesday against a bipartisan proposal to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy tasked the top-ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. John Katko …

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Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test
3 years, 7 months ago

Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. “It’s scary,” said Michael Wood, the Texas Republican congressional candidate who based his campaign on a vow to …

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Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test
3 years, 7 months ago

Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. “It’s scary,” said Michael Wood, the Texas Republican congressional candidate who based his campaign on a vow to …

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Pro-Trump Republicans dominate conservative conference
3 years, 9 months ago

Pro-Trump Republicans dominate conservative conference

Al Jazeera  

Orlando, Florida, United States – The Conservative Political Action Conference, the United States’s largest annual gathering of Republicans, has over the years served as a gauge for the direction of the party and its supporters. “Let me tell you this right now, Donald J Trump ain’t going anywhere,” Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, once a Trump opponent, said on Friday …

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Collins, Romney Deliver New Blow To Tanden's Nomination To Lead OMB
3 years, 10 months ago

Collins, Romney Deliver New Blow To Tanden's Nomination To Lead OMB

NPR  

Collins, Romney Deliver New Blow To Tanden's Nomination To Lead OMB Enlarge this image toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Pool/Getty Images Neera Tanden, President Biden's pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, saw her path to confirmation narrow significantly on Monday after two of the Senate's more centrist Republicans said they would not lend their support to her confirmation. …

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