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2024-10-02 11:22:52

A new Navigator Research survey finds 50% of Americans now rate Project 2025 unfavorably and a majority oppose the plan.
Among Americans who have heard about Project 2025, they most associate the plan with abortion bans, immigration restrictions, and eliminating the Department of Education.
Key takeaway: “Pluralities continue to believe that Project 2025 accurately describes what Donald […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/02/project-2025-ratings-hit-new-low/

2024-09-10 19:19:16

“The White House warned Tuesday that debunked claims about Haitian immigrants harming household pets could spill over into anti-immigrant violence, as Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance vowed to keep spreading the rumor,” NBC News reports.
Said spokesman John Kirby: “This kind of disinformation is dangerous because there will be people that believe it no matter how ludicrous and […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/10/white-house-denounces-false-claims-spread-by-j-d-vance/

2024-09-01 20:05:36

Associated Press: “Across the country, a network of Republican political operatives, lawyers and their allies is trying to shape November’s election in ways that favor former President Donald Trump. Their goal is to prop up third-party candidates such as West who offer liberal voters an alternative that could siphon away support from Vice President Kamala Harris, […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/01/gop-network-props-up-liberal-third-party-bids/

2024-08-10 11:49:58

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) endorsed Kamala Harris for president on CNN.
Said Ventura: “I’ve only got a few elections to go, I’m 73 years old now… so the window’s closing. I want to be alive to see the first woman President of the United States of America, and the first woman Commander in Chief, and we’ve got her right […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/10/jesse-ventura-endorses-kamala-harris/

2024-08-02 15:22:37

“Elon Musk and other tech executives are funding a social media ad blitz to support the presidential campaign of Donald Trump,” CNBC reports.
“Musk’s America PAC is collecting data in more than a half-dozen swing states that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-using-voter-data-to-help-trump/

2024-08-02 02:38:41

“Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), the chair of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, has been defeated in a primary,” Politico reports.
“A recount on Thursday confirmed that state Sen. John McGuire beat Good in the June election by just a few hundred votes.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/01/recount-confirms-bob-goods-defeat/

2024-07-29 10:56:00

“President Biden will make a public and provocative case for dramatic changes to the Supreme Court today, calling for 18-year term limits and a new code of ethics for justices,” Axios reports.
“Eight days after announcing that he would end his presidential bid, Biden is campaigning against the Supreme Court and making it clear that he […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/07/29/biden-campaigns-against-the-supreme-court/

2024-07-20 04:22:58

“The closing night of the Republican National Convention drew the gathering’s biggest TV audience of the week, one larger than the closing night of the RNC four years ago. It wasn’t quite large enough, however, to push the convention as a whole past 2020’s numbers,” the Hollywood Reporter reports.
“Thursday’s coverage of the […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/07/20/gop-convention-ratings-down-slightly/

2024-07-16 21:29:13

“President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code,” the Washington Post reports.
“He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/07/16/biden-to-propose-major-supreme-court-changes/

2024-07-11 21:04:12

“Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) issued a statement Thursday raising concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and health and strongly implying that he should resign from office and drop out of the 2024 presidential race, although she stopped short of directly saying so,” KGW reports.
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https://politicalwire.com/2024/07/11/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-suggests-biden-should-resign/

2024-06-12 16:28:42

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told MSNBC they want to impose on Supreme Court justices the same cap on gifts that members of Congress are subject to.
Said Raskin: “We want a $50 gift ban for justices. They make $300,000 a year. Pay for your own lunch and vacation.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/12/democratic-lawmakers-propose-cap-of-gifts-for-justices/

2024-06-07 16:06:30

“Donald Trump made his most direct pitch yet to the Silicon Valley elite on Thursday evening, telling a group of entrepreneurs in San Francisco that if he were to lose in November, many of them would feel so unsafe that they would need to leave the United States,” the New York Times reports.
“Speaking inside a $20 million home on […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/07/trump-makes-rare-visit-to-san-francisco/

2024-06-05 18:04:19

A new Quinnipiac poll in Georgia finds Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in the presidential race, 49% to 44%.
In a six-way hypothetical race that includes other candidates, Trump leads with 43%, Biden receives 37%, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. receives 8%, Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver receives 3%, Cornel West receives 3%, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/05/trump-leads-in-georgia-3/

2024-06-04 17:16:26

The Texas abortion ban prevented doctors from providing an abortion to a woman with a failing pregnancy — forcing her to instead pass the pregnancy on her own, the Dallas Morning News reports.
She spent days in agony, vomiting and bleeding, until she passed out from blood loss and nearly died.
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https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/04/tangled-in-texas-strict-abortion-law/

2024-05-31 21:25:14

Wall Street Journal: “Trump has faced more scandals than any politician in modern U.S. history. He bragged about groping women in a leaked videotape. He was impeached twice. His supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. He has been indicted multiple times in criminal cases and, this year alone, has been ordered to pay more than $430 million in cases involving civil […]
https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/31/mysterious-tip-led-to-conviction-of-trump/