The man who essentially ended the federal right to abortion thinks that he can now run for president in 2024 as a “moderate” on the issue. In recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter, Donald Trump has privately remarked that several anti-abortion leaders — people who spent …
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It’s that time of year again,whensixconservativelawyersimpose a retrograde view of the worldon unsuspecting people everywhere. Yup, it’s the end of the year for the Supreme Court. And this year,the rightwing hijacking of thecourt is going to be more apparent than ever. Tuesday’sdecision inCarson v. Makinreally sets the tone for the …
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Trevor Reed, a Marine who had been jailed in Russia since 2019, was released last month as part of a prisoner swap. Upon his return to Texas, Reed’s family commended home state legislators like Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Republican Reps. Michael McCaul and August Pfluger, and Democrats Joaquin Castro …
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President Biden urged Congress to codify into federal law the right to abortion after an alleged draft majority opinion leaked and revealed the Supreme Court may be planning to overturn abortion rights in the U.S. “If the Court does overturn Roe, it will fall on our nation’s elected officials at …
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A video spreading across social media of Volodymyr Zelensky with a bag of cocaine on his desk is – of course – fake, and the latest in an ongoing smear campaign against the Ukrainian president. In the manipulated video, a not-inconspicuous amount of white powder is seen next to Zelensky …
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It can sometimes take Donald Trump a little while to throw his weight behind a congressional candidate. It only took him two days to endorse Sarah Palin to replace longtime Alaska Rep. Don Young, who died last month. The former vice presidential candidate and early Trump supporter announced on Friday …
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Republican Sen. Rick Scott couldn’t convince Fox News host John Roberts to buy his ridiculous 11 point “Plan to Rescue America,” which includes proposals to force all Americans to pay income tax, sunset all federal legislation within five years, and complete the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico to …
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Shortly after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled — for the third time — that GOP-approved legislative maps unconstitutionally favored Republicans over Democrats, Republicans in the state house are considering impeaching the court’s chief justice, The Columbus Dispatch reported Friday. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor cast the deciding vote earlier this week …
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Mike Pence told group of Republican donors Friday night that there’s “no room in this party for apologists for Putin,” according to text of the former Vice President’s speech shared on his official Twitter account. The comments at a Republican National Committee retreat in New Orleans come the week after …
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Donald Trump on Saturday claimed to be a supporter of Ukraine, days after saying Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “genius” for starting the invasion. “The Russian attack on Ukraine is appalling. It’s an outrage, and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to occur,” he said Saturday night …
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