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Jul 20 2022
Opinion
Gov. Greg Abbott should have known not to mess with Texas mamas
They say nothing changes in Texas politics — until it does.
The same is being said now by some Texas mothers who are tired of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for re-election against former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat. Mothers Against Greg Abbott, a new political action committee, excoriates Abbott in a compelling online political ad blasting his stances on
MSNBCAug 08 2022
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Senate Dems pass sweeping climate, health care measure
In a big win for President Joe Biden, Senate Democrats drove their election-year economic package to approval Sunday.
The passing Inflation Reduction Act was less than the president’s original $4 trillion proposal, but still a substantial compromise package made up of health care, climate change and deficit-reduction strategies, in hopes of tackling inflation and bringing down deficits
NewsNationJul 05 2021
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Former Trump spokesman's social media site hacked within first hour
A new social media platform launched on Sunday was hacked the same day, founder and former Trump spokesman Jason Miller confirmed.
A cyber intruder was able to break into at least four GETTR accounts apparently belonging to close Trump allies, including Miller, and changed their names.
"The problem was detected and sealed in a matter of minutes, and all the intruder was able to
Washington ExaminerSep 20 2021
Analysis
The redistricting wars
Republicans are trying to gerrymander themselves into control of the House of Representatives — and they very well might succeed.
A seat in Tennessee here, seats in Ohio and Missouri there. Multiple seats, perhaps, in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. There are more possibilities, and they add up. Draw lines on the map that flip enough Democratic districts to safe GOP ones (
VoxJun 15 2022
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Biden strains for a message on deteriorating economy
Prices keep rising. And the clock keeps ticking.
So the White House has started to change up its messaging on inflation, even though President Joe Biden has limited tools at his disposal to battle the crisis. The president stepped up efforts to draw contrasts with Republicans, unleashing a series of new attack lines Tuesday in a speech delivered amid a flurry of sobering headlines on
PoliticoSep 22 2022
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How Much Does Abortion Polling Actually Matter?
The incoherent picture that emerges from abortion polling tells pro-lifers that more debate, more honest discussion, more politics are needed.
Abortion is an infamously difficult issue to poll, made all the more challenging by the fact that the issue was confined to public-opinion polling — rather than explored through public political debate — since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. On
National Review (News)Feb 05 2022
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Pence says 'Trump is wrong' to say then-vice president had the right to overturn 2020 election
Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President (Donald) Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence delivered his strongest response yet to Trump's ongoing efforts to relitigate the 2020
CNN DigitalJul 28 2022
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WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: ‘We’re Not Redefining Recession’
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that the White House is not redefining recession one day before it was reported that the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) shrank by 0.9 percent, the second quarter in which the GDP fell.
“Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, following a decrease of 1.6
CNSNews.comMay 30 2022
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Biden insists McConnell is a 'rational Republican' who may come around on gun control, even as the GOP blocks legislation
President Joe Biden insisted Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is "rational" and could agree to gun control, despite the party's longtime refusal to seriously entertain policy changes on firearms.
On Monday, Biden told reporters that he was unsure of whether Republicans would compromise, noting that he has "not been negotiating with any of the Republicans yet."
Business InsiderApr 13 2020
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Race and Coronavirus
“Democratic lawmakers and community leaders in cities hard-hit by the pandemic have been sounding the alarm over what they see as a disturbing trend of the [coronavirus] killing African Americans at a higher rate, along with a lack of overall information about the race of victims as the nation’s death toll mounts… Of the victims whose demographic data was publicly shared by officials — nearly
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