Among the donations that O’Rourke has recently secured are $50 million from Softbank for Trump’s presidential library, $25 million from Apple for his White House ballroom project, $10 million from Meta to a Trump-aligned super PAC, $10 million from Microsoft, and $5 million from Amazon. Trump has been in office for 18 months. Within that […]
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Source: MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images / Getty President Donald Trump’s focus throughout his second term has been on lining his pockets and trying to steal elections. His attempts to place restrictions on mail-in voting have been shut down by several federal judges, so now Trump has asked the Supreme Court to weigh […]
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“The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee,” the committee’s statement read. Gooden has held […]
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Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty On Saturday, an appeals court upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order placing restrictions on mail-in voting. According to The New York Times, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wrote that Trump’s executive order “directs unprecedented levels of involvement by federal officials in how […]
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“If the states choose not to participate with the state program, and they choose not to participate in securing the elections, we will make sure that we make those states a priority to look at who voted in their states, and hold them—the election officials—accountable,” Mullin said. “If the election officials, once we gave them […]
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Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty President Donald Trump has scheduled a primetime address to the nation for Thursday at 9 p.m. ET., and he has signaled that his speech will be primarily focused on “really big news” on election security regarding the 2020 election. This means anyone tuning in will most likely be subject to a long-winded, […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty On Wednesday, Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King announced plans to have another March on Washington in August to defend voting rights. NBC News reports that a coalition led by Sharpton’s National Action Network and several other labor and civil rights groups will host the March […]
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Source: NurPhoto / Getty President Donald Trump is committed to doing everything besides his job to secure the midterm elections for the GOP. On Thursday, the Trump administration revealed that the last three members of an independent committee designed to help states administer elections have been fired or resigned. The New York Times reports that […]
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Source: seksan Mongkhonkhamsao / Getty You know, one of these days I’d love to have some positive news to share about the economy, but today is not that day. Data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) revealed that housing sales slowed in June, even as home prices reached an all-time high. AP reports that […]
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ICE also arrested and detained witnesses after the killing of Alex Pretti in January. And this isn’t the first time it’s offered this version of events, either. When Marimar Martinez was shot five times in her car last year, ICE initially claimed that when the officers exited their vehicle, Martinez tried to run them over, […]
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ICE also arrested and detained witnesses after the killing of Alex Pretti in January. And this isn’t the first time it’s offered this version of events, either. When Marimar Martinez was shot five times in her car last year, ICE initially claimed that when the officers exited their vehicle, Martinez tried to run them over, […]
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Source: SOPA Images / Getty Another day, another attempt by the Trump administration to weaponize the federal government in an attempt to control elections. The plan of attack this time? Withholding anti-terrorism funds from states that don’t comply with election rules created by the Trump administration. Nothing says the Trump administration is committed to keeping […]
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Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty House Majority Speaker Mike Johnson is still having a tough time getting his colleagues in the GOP-controlled House to — as the linguistic innovators in the Black community put it — ack right. For months, Johnson has struggled to bridge the gaps between certified MAGA Republicans, moderate Republicans (if those […]
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Source: Brandon Bell / Getty The Supreme Court has dealt yet another blow to President Donald Trump’s ongoing crusade against mail-in voting. On Monday, the court ruled 5-4 to allow Mississippi to enforce a state law granting a grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. The New York Times reports that Mississippi allows […]
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Source: MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images / Getty Ever since his loss in the 2020 election, President Donald Trump has held a grudge against mail-in voting. A major priority for Trump during his second term has been trying to ban mail-in voting and federalize elections, even going so far as to issue an […]
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Source: HENRIQUE CAMPOS / Getty Apparently, President Donald Trump has become so accustomed to being such a loser of a commander in chief that he won’t even take an easy win when it’s right there in front of him. Let me explain… On Wednesday, congressional Democrats and Republicans were ready to pass into law the […]
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That legislative measure sparked nationwide controversy earlier this year, particularly over a detail in the bill that would have made it more difficult for married women to vote. The backlash on Capitol Hill was grave, so much so that it gummed up efforts to fund Homeland Security for several months. Republicans eventually had to bail […]
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Leaders of the House and Senate Budget Committee have tentatively begun this process; as Senate Committee Chair Lindsey Graham recently wrote on social media, “The reconciliation train is leaving the station.” He has also said that, along with approving such priorities as increasing funding for homeland security, reconciliation could be used to “improve voter integrity,” […]
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It was one of three pieces of legislation signed by Sherrill to protect immigrant rights across the state and push back against Trump’s unlawful immigration agenda, a promise she campaigned on before taking office in January. A nearly identical bill was vetoed by former Governor Bill Murphy in his final day of office. “As we’ve […]
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It was one of three pieces of legislation signed by Sherrill to protect immigrant rights across the state and push back against Trump’s unlawful immigration agenda, a promise she campaigned on before taking office in January. A nearly identical bill was vetoed by former Governor Bill Murphy in his final day of office. “As we’ve […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty On Monday, the Trump administration began deploying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to U.S. airports to assist unpaid TSA agents amid a partial government shutdown that revolves around Department of Homeland Security funding, specifically ICE funding. By Monday night, members of the GOP Senate said they believe Trump is open to negotiating […]
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But Iran’s foreign ministry quickly denied the news and claimed that there has been “no dialogue” between the two countries, with one top official adding that Trump “retreated after hearing that our targets would be all power plants in West Asia.” When questioned about Iran’s response later on Monday morning, Trump stuck to his story. […]
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Because many Indigenous Americans live in rural tribal communities, the nearest election office may be an hours-long drive away. This makes it difficult not only to cast a ballot but to register to vote at all. Native voters may also not have a traditional street address, which can lead to their votes being rejected. It […]
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Source: Alex Wong / Getty Republican lawmakers, petrified by what the upcoming midterm elections will look like for their party, are currently grappling with the fact that their president…their chosen figurehead…their cult leader…their MAGA messiah — is an idiot. President Donald Trump isn’t just corrupt, dishonest and completely devoid of any semblance of morality; he’s […]
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Source: Jeff Greenberg / Getty Despite it being a microscopic issue with very few documented instances, the Republican Party has treated voter fraud, specifically noncitizen voting, as if it’s one of the most pressing issues of our time. President Donald Trump has been steadily pressuring Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would impose […]
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Source: Win McNamee / Getty Through rampant redistricting efforts and legislation that would disenfranchise millions, President Donald Trump has been fairly obvious about his intent to interfere with the midterms. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of federalizing elections, and many of his allies have called for deploying the National Guard to polling stations. So […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Sunday, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he wouldn’t sign any more legislation unless Congress passes the SAVE America Act. According to NPR, Trump took to Truth Social, demanding that the SAVE America Act “be done immediately” and “supersedes everything else.” While Republicans have tried to […]
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Source: gguy44 / Getty It seems like as soon as President Donald Trump took office, he knew his second term was doomed from the start. Only halfway through his first year in office, Trump began pressuring governors in red states to begin rare, mid-decade redistricting efforts to protect the GOP’s narrow majority in the House. […]
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Source: Pool / Getty It’s only been a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, and it has not been going well. Trump’s approval rating has been steadily dropping, with the majority of Americans disapproving of his handling of the economy and his aggressive immigration campaign. With the midterms approaching and it increasingly looking like […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty The Republican Party has a popularity problem. After solidifying control of Congress and the presidency in the 2024 election, they made the big brain move of exacerbating existing problems and creating whole new ones. As a result, President Donald Trump’s approval is at a historic low, and issues that […]
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