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PBS NewsHour
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News
Trump demands immediate answer from governor on RNC capacity
pbs.org - Associated Press
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t …
5 hours ago
Axios
News
Trump threatens to move Republican convention from North Carolina if capacity reduced
Axios - Rashaan Ayesh
President Trump threatened in a series of Monday tweets to move this summer's Republican National Convention from Charlotte if North Carolina's …
7 hours ago
POLITICO
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Politics
Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina
POLITICO - By ALEX ISENSTADT and DAVID COHEN
He demands a guarantee the convention will be allowed to go on as planned. President Donald Trump on Monday morning threatened to move August’s Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless
7 hours ago
Raw Story
Politics
Trump has been a ‘catastrophic failure’ and GOP lawmakers know it: columnist
Raw Story - Tom Boggioni
In a Memorial Day column for the Washington Post, Paul Waldman writes that it is time for Republicans to quit pretending Donald Trump is fit to be …
5 hours ago
The Daily Beast
News
Trump’s Fifth Simple Trick for Stealing the Election Will Give You Nightmares—and Tear America Apart
The Daily Beast - Michael Tomasky
So many shocking things have become normal now under this administration that it’s kind of hard to imagine what would genuinely jolt the nation at …
12 hours ago
MSNBC
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Graham, Collins, more could see Trump-related losses in November
MSNBC - MSNBC.com
Donald Trump could drag down the Senate GOP in the 2020 election experts say, as incumbents such as Sen. Lindsey Graham and more face potent …
23 hours ago
POLITICO
News
Trump sees a ‘rigged election’ ahead. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making.
POLITICO - By DAVID SIDERS
The president’s increasingly amped-up rhetoric surrounding the integrity of the November elections has many wondering how he might respond to a defeat. First he lit into Michigan and Nevada, threatening
4 hours ago
The Atlantic
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Politics
The Price of Trump Loyalty
The Atlantic - Todd S. Purdum
Senator Cory Gardner’s political relationship with the president reads like a tawdry romance novel. In the future museum of Never Trumpers turned Ever Trumpers, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado will have
9 hours ago
Forbes
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Politics
Trump Rules Out Moving Republican Convention To His Golf Resort, After Threatening Move From North Carolina
Forbes - Nicholas Reimann
President Donald Trump said in a tweet Monday he has “zero interest” in moving the Republican National Convention to his Doral golf resort in Florida, just hours after he suggested the August convention
1 hour ago
Salon
News
Trump won't stop lying about the reason he voted by mail
Salon - Alex Henderson
As Democrats argue that voting by mail is more necessary than ever, President Donald Trump is arguing vehemently against the idea — which he claims encourages voter fraud. And yet, Trump himself voted
10 hours ago
The Washington Post
Politics
Trump’s poor handling of the crisis may lose him the GOP’s most reliable voters
The Washington Post - Karen Tumulty
The shift has been showing up in a string of recent polls, reportedly including those that have been conducted by Trump’s own campaign. One of the most striking is a survey of 44 battleground House districts
1 hour ago
Raw Story
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Liberal View
Lawmakers discussing possibility that ‘freaked out’ Trump won’t accept election loss
Raw Story - Travis Gettys
President Donald Trump’s increasing attacks on election integrity have raised new alarms about his efforts to delegitimize the results in …
2 hours ago
HuffPost
Politics
GOP Rep. Warns Trump On Wild Scarborough Murder Claim: 'Just Stop. It Will Destroy Us.'
HuffPost - Mary Papenfuss
Rep. Adam Kinzinger is one of many reeling from Trump's meltdown attack on an outspoken critic in the press. An Illinois Republican congressman warned President Donald Trump Sunday to “just stop” with
15 hours ago
The Inquisitr
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Donald Trump Slammed As ‘Grotesque And Disgraceful’ By Former GOP Strategist On Memorial Day
The Inquisitr - Rachel Dillin
President Donald Trump received criticism from a former Republican strategist about his behavior on Memorial Day, which is a day to honor soldiers …
1 hour ago
Reuters
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Politics
Three Republican groups sue California governor over mail-in-vote order
Reuters - by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru
(Reuters) - The Republican National Committee (RNC) and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mail-in ballots the
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AlterNet
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Politics
Trump threatens to pull GOP convention out of NC over governor's shutdown order — then says ‘Happy Memorial Day!’
alternet.org - Elizabeth Preza
Memorial Day is a solemn American holiday. It was created for one reason and one reason only: to honor, and to mourn, the members of the U.S. …
7 hours ago
Newsy
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GOP Faces Pressure To Pass Second Coronavirus Relief Package
newsy.com - Caitlin Baldwin
A second stimulus bill has been stalled as GOP leadership struggles to agree on key provisions. Republicans are facing pressure to move forward with a …
1 hour ago
Lexington Herald-Leader
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U.S. Congress
‘Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.’ Ky GOP has only itself to blame for effigy disgrace.
kentucky.com - Linda Blackford
Burning and hanging effigies is not the sole province of conservatives; a helpful reader pointed me to a Washington Post story about AIDS activists …
5 hours ago
Raw Story
Liberal View
‘It’s always Republicans’: Conservative bashes his own party’s hostility to democracy
Raw Story - Travis Gettys
Conservative David Frum blamed the Republican Party for undermining U.S. democratic institutions. The former speechwriter for George W. Bush told …
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TIME
Donald Trump
President Trump Books Back-to-Back Memorial Day Appearances Despite the Pandemic
TIME - Darlene Superville / AP
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump booked back-to-back Memorial Day appearances despite the coronavirus pandemic, at Arlington National Cemetery and at a historic fort in Baltimore. Trump recently Baltimore
6 hours ago
United States
'A New Low.' Effigy Of Kentucky Governor Hung Outside Capitol
wuky.org - Josh James
Protesters at a pro-Second Amendment rally reportedly hung an effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear near the state's Capitol building …
18 hours ago
Daily Kos
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Liberal View
#NeverTrumpers like Meghan McCain can't whitewash Sarah Palin's role as the proto-Trump
dailykos.com - David Neiwert for Daily Kos
Like many of the so-called #NeverTrump crowd, Meghan McCain would like to airbrush history when it comes to explaining how and why Donald Trump came …
3 hours ago
CNET
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Technology
A second stimulus check for $1,200? What we know about the proposal for Round 2
CNET - Clifford Colby
Washington is weighing a second wave of coronavirus relief checks for 2020. If the package passes, it'll put more IRS stimulus money in your pocket. Here's the status today.
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United States
Donald Trump, Resign Now for America’s Sake: This is No Time for a Dangerous, Law-breaking, Bungling, Ignorant Ship Captain
smirkingchimp.com - by Ralph Nader | May 25, 2020 - 7:43am
Where are the calls for Trump’s resignation? Since his first months in the White House, Trump has been the most impeachable, most lawless, most …
7 hours ago
Business
Running America ‘Like A Business’ Is A Road To Ruin
nationalmemo.com - Ian Reifowitz
The coronavirus pandemic has changed much about American politics and society—but not everything. One constant is that Republicans believe a lot of …
8 hours ago
CNN
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Politics
North Carolina's Democratic governor is the target of Trump's convention push
CNN - By Dan Merica, CNN
Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump has found his convention scapegoat: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. The Democratic executive, narrowly elected for the first time in 2016, came under fire from
2 hours ago
New York Magazine
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United States
Trump’s Weekend: Golf, a Murder Accusation, and Scant Mention of the Pandemic
New York Magazine - Adam K. Raymond
As Americans masked up — or not — to grab hot dogs, watermelon, and a resupply of hand sanitizer this weekend, President Trump was hard at work …
6 hours ago
United States
President Trump threatens to pull Republican National Convention from North Carolina, says Gov. Cooper is 'in shutdown mood'
abc11.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WTVD) -- President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to pull the Republican National Convention from North Carolina if Governor Roy …
2 hours ago
Raw Story
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United States
Trump ‘completely blindsided party officials’ by threatening to pull GOP convention out of Charlotte
Raw Story - Sky Palma
This Memorial Day, President Trump took aim at North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and threatened to pull the Republican National Convention out of …
5 hours ago
United States
Could the upcoming Republican National Convention end up in Florida?
cltampa.com - www.cltampa.com
President Donald Trump began Memorial Day beefing with North Carolina’s Democratic Governor over potential constraints on this summer’s convention. By …
2 hours ago