The New York Timesadded this to OpinionOpinion Why Republicans Play DirtyThe New York Times - By STEVEN LEVITSKY and DANIEL ZIBLATTThe greatest threat to our democracy today is a Republican Party that plays dirty to win. The party’s abandonment of fair play was showcased spectacularly in 2016, when the United States Senate refused
Los Angeles Timesadded this to CaliforniaCalifornia Republican Party Federal judge blocks California law to force disclosure of Trump’s tax returnsLos Angeles Times - John MyersA federal judge ordered a temporary injunction Thursday against California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring candidates to disclose their tax returns for a spot on the presidential primary ballot, an
MSNBCCorruption GOP group hits Trump & Pence on corruptionMSNBC - MSNBC.com A Republican group is hitting the President and Vice President with a new ad, titled "Corruption Won't Make America Great Again." This ad comes as …
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsCalifornia Republican Party Federal judge to suspend California law compelling Trump tax releasePOLITICO - By JEREMY B. WHITESACRAMENTO — A California-based federal judge said today he intends to issue a preliminary injunction suspending a new state law that would require Donald Trump and other candidates to release their tax
The New York Timesadded this to PoliticsMelania Trump For Trump, a Time of IndecisionThe New York Times - Annie Karni and Maggie HabermanWASHINGTON — Speaking to a Fox News reporter near the Mexican border on Wednesday, President Trump seemed taken aback when asked if the White House was preparing to roll out gun control proposals the day,
Salonadded this to News & PoliticsArizona Senate Messy GOP primary season kicks off: Arizona challenger calls for annexing MexicoSalon - Igor DeryshMartha McSally, Kris Kobach and Corey Lewandowski (Getty Images/Mark Wilson/Jeff Malet/Scott Olson) Republicans have tried to put on a unified front behind President Trump, but the beginning of Senate
Business Insideradded this to PoliticsPrimary Elections Trump still hasn’t locked down the support of 42% of conservatives who are open to a GOP primary challengerBusiness Insider - Angela WangThe vast majority of Republicans think President Donald Trump is doing a great job — Gallup polls consistently place his approval rating among his party at around 90% — but a surprisingly large contingent
Liberal View Jeanine Pirro cancels numerous upcoming GOP-aligned speaking events and fundraisersmediamatters.org - Written by Eric Hananoki Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has recently canceled numerous GOP-aligned events. The reported reasons for the changes include “unexpected …
VICEadded this to All StoriesD.C. Council Pelosi Is Master Trolling the GOP With This DC Statehood ThingVICE - Morgan BaskinWASHINGTON — Democrats have pushed for generations to make Washington, D.C. the country’s 51st state. The most recent effort to do that in Congress, submitted in January by non-voting D.C. Delegate Eleanor
Kay Ivey Gov. Kay Ivey announces she has lung canceral.com - Mike Cason | mcason@al.com Gov. Kay Ivey announced today that she has lung cancer. The governor said her doctor found a spot on her lung in the last few weeks and that tests …
Liberal View Morning Digest: You don't like Darrell Issa? Well, the Senate doesn't like him much, eitherdailykos.com - Daily Kos Elections for Daily Kos Elections The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional …
Tom Reed GOP Rep. Tom Reed collapses just before television appearancethehill.com - Juliegrace Brufke Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) collapsed in the rotunda of the Cannon Office Building on Thursday minutes before he was scheduled to appear on Fox …
Elizabeth Warren Democratic presidential candidates’ new target? Elizabeth Warren.thelily.com - The Lily News Elizabeth Warren has managed to largely avoid conflict with her Democratic primary rivals while rising steadily in the polls — so much so that now, …
Esquireadded this to NEWS & POLITICSMassachusetts Politics Our Election System Is in Such Tatters That Even Mitch McConnell Can't Ignore ItEsquire - By Charles P. PierceBeing our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done, and where the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is
POLITICOadded this to Politicstrump news update Trump's obsession with California has cash benefitsPOLITICO - By NANCY COOK and JEREMY B. WHITEFour fundraisers in the state netted a Trump fundraising committee $15 million. President Donald Trump’s resurgent obsession with California and its policy machinations boils down to money — specifically,
U.S. News & World ReportOhio Politics Ohio GOP Fined $100K for Improperly Funding Voter DatabaseU.S. News & World Report - Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio Republican Party is paying a $100,000 civil penalty to the Federal Election Commission for improperly funding a 2014 voter …
Liberal View Trump's War On The Homeless Is In Full Swingcrooksandliars.com - Karoli Kuns On August 22, 2019, Tucker Carlson opened his White Power Hour with a six-minute rant about the homeless in California. After showing video of …
New York Magazineadded this to Daily IntelligencerPolitics Pelosi’s Drug Plan Pits Trump’s Base Against GOP OrthodoxyNew York Magazine - Eric Levitz Pelosi’s cure for the drug-price crisis comes with pleasant political side effects. Nancy Pelosi has a plan to score Americans cheap drugs. On …
Politics Former Senate Candidate Will Run for City Council in Idaho to ‘Challenge Jewish Power’ on Local Levelhaaretz.com - JTA and Marcy Oster Patrick Little, a known white supremacist who espouses anti-Semitic views, is lowering his sights after running for the U.S. Senate and flirting with …
Conservative View GOP Lawmakers Opposing Trump Judicial Picksnewsmax.com - Jeffrey Rodack Some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees are facing rare opposition from Republican senators, The Hill is reporting. Normally, GOP leaders …
Fox Newsadded this to PoliticsMark Sanford Mark Sanford claims Trump’s reelection team is ‘scared’ about his primary challengeFox News - Paul SteinhauserPresident Trump may be up by more than 80 percentage points over his three GOP presidential primary challengers in a new Fox News poll, but the way Mark Sanford sees it, someone in Trump’s reelection is
Mark Meadows NC’s Mark Meadows out as head of Freedom Caucusncpolicywatch.com - Allison Stevens Rep. Mark Meadows (Image: C-Span)Future of once-powerful congressional group in question as “Trump whisperer” takes his leaveWASHINGTON – Once called …
Los Angeles Timesadded this to OpinionOpinion Letters to the Editor: One benefit of climate change? Proving the GOP’s dishonestyLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: Terrible and discouraging as the subject of your editorial series on climate change may be, the crisis can serve an important ancillary purpose — as a political truth detector. This is because,
The Daily BeastPolitics GOP Grifter Kelley Rogers Pleads Guilty to FraudThe Daily Beast - Lachlan Markay A Republican fundraiser pleaded guilty Tuesday to using fraudulent promises of support for conservative candidates for office and military veterans …
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsOpinion No, the Kavanaugh controversy won’t help Trump in 2020The Washington Post - By Paul WaldmanAs pretty much everyone understands by now, President Trump believes that his path to reelection runs not through persuading undecided voters to move into his column but through keeping his supporters
Madison, WI Plain Talk: Will Fitzgerald's and Tiffany's anti-democratic actions be rewarded?madison.com - Dave Zweifel | The Capital Times Paul Krugman's column in the New York Times earlier this week was blunt. Republicans don't believe in democracy, he said. He was commenting about the …
The Atlanticadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics The Atlantic Politics Daily: Just Keep SwimmingThe Atlantic - Saahil DesaiChristian PazSome presidential candidates have decided, eh, this maybe isn’t going to work out. Others, despite zero to middling name recognition, are still at it—why? Only one of these candidates remains in the Democratic
Amy Klobuchar Klobuchar says she’s the choice for voters tired of ‘noise and nonsense’mlive.com - Malachi Barrett RIVER ROUGE, MI -- Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar said her moderate message will win over Midwest voters stuck between a contentious …
Mark Sanford Mark Sanford: Why SC Republican Party needs to give voters a choicepostandcourier.com - BY MARK SANFORD "If you are a Republican in South Carolina, you should be more than bothered by the state Republican Party Executive Committee’s decision to cancel …
Chelsea Handler Chelsea Handler says Trump is the 'perfect example of white privilege': ‘It’s nauseating’yahoo.com - Erin Donnelly Donald Trump is a “perfect example of white privilege,” according to Chelsea Handler, who is tackling the thorny subject in her new Netflix …
