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May 31 2023
News
Nevada’s Republican governor crosses party to protect abortion
Nevada’s Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients. The legislation codifies an existing executive order from former Gov. Steve Sisolak last year — who
The Oregonian
Jun 01 2023
Opinion
We May Be About to Find Out How This Republican Party Really Works
If the debt ceiling deal between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy wins congressional approval, it will tell us a lot about what this Republican Party cares about and how it really works. And it will have proved something important about which lines Democrats can hold and which ones they can’t.
The deal Biden and McCarthy struck is a modest package of spending nips and safety-
Ezra Klein
May 08 2023
News
Senator Kyrsten Sinema is a no on joining the Republican Party
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) went from Democrat to Independent in December 2022. She was a rare centrist Democrat so Senate Republicans hoped to convince her to caucus with them. But, no, she continues to caucus with the Senate Democrats. She is still a Democrat, whether she officially calls herself that or not. When asked during a pre-taped interview with CBS’s Face the Nation host Margaret
HotAir
May 30 2023
News
Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in rare cross-party move
Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for people seeking abortions. The legislation codifies an existing executive order from former Gov. Steve Sisolak last year —
Tri-City Herald
Apr 11 2023
News
Louisiana Democrat Switches Parties, Giving Republicans a Supermajority
Louisiana Democrats lost another state House member to the Republican Party this week, the second in the last month to switch political parties. Now, both the Louisiana House and Senate hold a veto-proof supermajority. State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, a Democrat elected in 2019 to a state House district, said he would be switching his party affiliation to Republican, according to a Monday report by
Breitbart News
Apr 06 2023
News
NC Democrat switches parties, cementing Republican control in the state
News that a North Carolina Democrat is switching her party affiliation rocked North Carolina politics and made national headlines Tuesday. • Within hours, Charlotte Rep. Tricia Cotham moved to the Republican side of the House floor, politicians across the country weighed in and Democrats both locally and nationally called on her to resign. Why it matters: The move cemented Republicans' toe-
Axios
Apr 11 2023
News
Louisiana Democrat Switches Parties, Republican Majority Now 71 Seats
Louisiana Democrats lost another state House member to the Republican Party this week, the second in the last month to switch political parties. State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, a Democrat elected in 2019 to a state House district, said he would be switching his party affiliation to Republican, according to a Monday report by The Advocate. Additionally, it was unclear initially what prompted LaCombe
Breitbart News
Apr 11 2023
News
Louisiana Democrat Switches To Republican Party, Adds To State’s GOP Supermajority
A state lawmaker in Louisiana left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican Party this week, following a fellow Pelican State Democrat who left last month and gave Republicans a supermajority in the state House. Rep. Jeremy LaCombe, who represents portions of parishes west and north of Baton Rouge, said Monday that he would change his party affiliation to Republican, according to local
The Daily Wire
Mar 31 2023
Opinion
Trump’s indictment has united the Republican Party in apocalyptic rage
Thursday night was the most cringe moment in American politics since the high times of the #resistance in the early Trump administration. After news broke that Donald Trump had become the first president in US history to be charged with a crime, there were labored, overwrought historical analogies (the number of times Fox News personalities mentioned that the Rubicon had been crossed would
Vox
Apr 10 2023
News
Montana Republicans aim to turn Senate election into two-party contest
Montana Republicans are aiming to change election laws for the Montana Senate race in an effort to restrict the final contest to two parties. The move is understood as attempting to box out Libertarian candidates, who are perceived as taking away votes from Republicans, Montana Public Radio reported. A “jungle primary” would be held with all the candidates, and the two with the most votes
Washington Examiner