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Sep 03 2020
News
Biden gains backing of dozens of Republicans and independents opposed to reelecting Trump
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden gained the support Thursday of dozens of current and former Republican and independent politicians opposed to reelecting President Trump.
Former governors of New Jersey, Michigan and Massachusetts are among prominent members of the GOP backing the Democrat through a new group, Republicans and Independents for Biden.
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Washington TimesMar 01 2020
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Biden touts landslide victory in South Carolina, swipes at Sanders 'revolution'
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A euphoric Joe Biden thanked South Carolina for a landslide primary victory on Saturday that boosted his flagging presidential campaign.
The former vice president – pointing to next week, when 14 states across the country hold primaries on Super Tuesday.
“This is the moment to choose the path forward for our party,” Biden said.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 08 2021
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Republican wave builds to take back the House
Republicans could hardly be better poised to recapture the House majority.
Increasingly aggressive redistricting, a diverse slate of candidates raking in record-breaking amounts of cash and a political atmosphere that just keeps getting more favorable has Democrats watching with a growing sense of dread.
Last week alone, the GOP saw the stirrings of a full-fledged suburban
PoliticoNov 27 2021
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South Africa says it is being 'punished' for 'excellent science' as nations around the world ban flights from the country after it detected Omicron variant
South Africa today said it should be 'applauded not punished' for detecting the super mutant Omicron Covid variant.
The strain makes vaccines at least 40 per cent less effective against transmission than they are against Delta, according to experts, but scientists believe jabs still prevent it causing severe disease and hospitalisations.
Britain, the US and EU all banned
Daily MailSep 19 2020
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Facebook Censors Conservative Ads, Even Though Fact Checkers Admit They Could Be True
Dealing in a “fact check” rife with obscure language, Facebook has censored a conservative ad critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The latest example of the deceptive censorship practice came when a pro-Trump super PAC launched an ad on Facebook Aug. 4. After being slapped with a misleading “mostly false” rating by PolitiFact, the 30-second video — which includes a
CBNMar 07 2020
Analysis
Why women are feeling so defeated after Elizabeth Warren’s loss
Many women are left feeling defeated after Elizabeth Warren’s exit from the presidential race.
With a crushing loss on Super Tuesday, and voter after voter quoted in the media saying they’d vote for a woman, just not Warren, it made some wonder if a woman would be president in their lifetimes. Warren spoke about the bind women candidates face while talking with reporters Thursday
VoxNov 27 2020
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Newsmax/McLaughlin Poll: Big Majority Wants Trump to Run in 2024; Don Jr. Emerges
A super-majority -- 68% of Republicans and GOP primary voting independents -- would love to see President Donald Trump run again in 2024 if he ultimately fails to prevail against Joe Biden in this year’s election, according to a new Newsmax/McLaughlin Associates poll.
The president continues to hold a strong job approval rating, with 48%.
And to a majority of Americans, 52%,
Newsmax (News)Mar 18 2021
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‘Dark money’ topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats
The 2020 election saw more than $1 billion in “dark money” spending at the federal level, a massive sum driven by an explosion of secret donations boosting Democrats in a historically expensive cycle.
That’s according to an estimate from OpenSecrets. The billion-dollar sum includes a whopping $660 million in donations from opaque political nonprofits and shell companies to outside
OpenSecrets.orgOct 19 2020
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Senate Republicans offer constitutional amendment to block Supreme Court packing
Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and five other Senate Republicans have introduced a constitutional amendment to prevent Democrats from packing the Supreme Court if Joe Biden wins the White House and Democrats capture the Senate.
The proposed amendment simply states: “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices.”
It would need to pass with a two-thirds super
The HillMar 05 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Joe Biden's Resurgence
After Super Tuesday, perspectives from all sides of the media spectrum emerged on the comeback campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE). Biden's campaign was widely considered underperforming before his resounding wins in the South Carolina primary and on Super Tuesday.
Some voices from the left have concentrated on his resurgence, even going as far to compare him to
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