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Top Trump advisor makes direct threat to Republicans wavering on Cabinet picks: report
1 month ago

Top Trump advisor makes direct threat to Republicans wavering on Cabinet picks: report

Raw Story  

A senior Donald Trump official has issued a threat to Senate Republicans: support and confirm the Cabinet and administration nominees the president-elect is choosing or face a primary challenge funded by the world’s richest person, according to a new report from ABC News. Jonathan Karl, ABC’s Chief Washington Correspondent reports, “the Trump team will play hardball with Republicans who waiver …

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GOP Senate candidate thrashes Project 2025: It's a 'threat to our way of life'
5 months ago

GOP Senate candidate thrashes Project 2025: It's a 'threat to our way of life'

Raw Story  

Larry Hogan wrote a scathing review of Project 2025 in an op-ed for The Washington Post, blasting it as a "threat to our way of life" as Americans. Project 2025, a 900-page series of government restructuring proposals laid out by the far-right Heritage Foundation, calls for Trump to replace the entire federal civil service with an army of MAGA loyalists, …

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Senate OKs Republican COVID package despite veto threat
3 years, 8 months ago

Senate OKs Republican COVID package despite veto threat

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the state Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a set of bills that would wrest control of billions of dollars in federal pandemic aid from Democratic Gov. The proposals include plans for a $1 billion property tax cut; $200 million for small businesses; $75 million for tourism grants; $150 million for nursing homes and …

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Chuck Schumer Turns Mitch McConnell’s ‘Scorched Earth’ Threat Back On Him
3 years, 9 months ago

Chuck Schumer Turns Mitch McConnell’s ‘Scorched Earth’ Threat Back On Him

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday dismissed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s threat to go “scorched earth” politics if Democrats abolish the filibuster. In an interview on “The Late Show,” host Stephen Colbert asked Schumer “what could possibly be more scorched earth than the way Mitch McConnell has just run roughshod for the past four to …

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Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, Senate says
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, Senate says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help. A Manafort lawyer, Kevin Downing, said Tuesday that information sealed at the request of …

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