Politics

No Labels To Appoint Panel To Select Its Candidate

The Washington Post reports: No Labels, the centrist group planning a third-party presidential bid, plans to announce a nominating committee Thursday that will be charged with selecting a presidential candidate in the coming weeks, the group’s co-chair, Joseph Lieberman, said in an interview Wednesday. The new committee, which Lieberman, a former U.S. senator from Connecticut, expects to join, will also …

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Jesus Goes To Court In Anti-Abortion Pill Music Video

Via press release from Christian Newswire: The Moral Outcry National Petition Movement to make abortion illegal in all states has collaborated with Luminate Pictures’ new music video “Plead Their Case,” on YouTube and other music apps. The video illustrates a woman considering whether or not to take the chemical abortion drug protocol (mifepristone/misoprostol), while a U.S. Supreme Court justice labors …

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MI Teen Shot In Face By Friend Sues Ghost Gun Seller

The Associated Press reports: A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold his friend the kit. The lawsuit, which was filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, alleges that …

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GOP Rep. Ken Buck To Leave Congress Next Week

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Only a handful of months after announcing his intent to not run for reelection, U.S. Representative Ken Buck has announced his intent to resign from the House by March 22. In a brief message sent Tuesday morning, the Republican from Windsor said his terms in office were “an honor.” Buck has previously discussed fractures in the …

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GOP Sen. Mike Lee Calls For “Abolishing The TSA”

Glenn Beck’s The Blaze reports: Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah advocated the idea of abolishing the Transportation Security Administration, suggesting that airlines would do a better job of conducting security screenings. “Air-travel security need not depend on TSA. Airlines have many compelling reasons to keep weapons out of planes. They’d do so if a federal agency didn’t do it …

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Appeals Court Upholds TX Porn Age Verification Law

Ars Technica reports: Texas can enforce a law requiring age-verification systems on porn websites, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled. The appeals court vacated an injunction against the law’s age-verification requirement but said that Texas cannot enforce a provision requiring porn websites to “display health warnings about the effects of the consumption of pornography.” In a …

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Robert Hur Resigns From DOJ Ahead Of Testimony

The Independent reports: Robert Hur, the former Trump-appointed US Attorney who declined to prosecute President Joe Biden after classified materials were found in his Delaware home and a former office in Washington, DC, will appear before the House Judiciary Committee as a private citizen who has surrounded himself with Republican partisans and notorious figures linked to former president Donald Trump …

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Republicans Against Trump Plan $50M Ad Campaign

The New York Times reports: A Republican group dedicated to opposing former President Donald J. Trump is planning to spend $50 million to stop him through a series of homemade testimonial videos of voters who backed him in past elections but say they can no longer support him in 2024. Unlike Democratic organizations that aim to help President Biden by …

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Trafficking Victim Blasts Britt For Twisting Her Story

CNN reports: The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden’s failed immigration policies told CNN she was trafficked before Biden’s presidency and said legislators lack empathy when using the issue of human trafficking for political purposes. “I hardly ever …

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Dems Reserve $239M In Ads To Defend Senate Seats

The Washington Post reports: Senate Majority PAC, an independent group associated with Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), announced Monday the reservation of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worth of television advertising in seven states starting this summer — a massive investment aimed at attempting to maintain control of the chamber by a razor-thin margin. The retirement of …

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Buttigieg Knocks Britt For Sex Trafficking “Falsehoods”

“I’ll leave it to her to explain the falsehoods, but I think it illustrates the bigger issue. She’s a United States senator and the United States Senate right now could be acting to help secure the southern border. “We have a very clear choice between congressional Republicans who seem to prefer that this issue remain bad so that they can …

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Biden Took In Record $10M In First Day After SOTU

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden’s re-election machine brought in $10 million in the 24 hours following his State of the Union address on Thursday — a financial jolt as the campaign looks to build general election momentum off the speech. The sum, which was shared first with NBC News, is a record for Biden’s re-election effort, the campaign said. …

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SNL Roasts Sen. Katie Britt’s SOTU Response [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Played by Scarlett Johansson, SNL’s Britt declared she was “auditioning for the part of Scary Mom” with a scene that, in line with Thursday’s address by the senator from Alabama, included family photos, a faucet and a fruit bowl on the countertop. “I’m worried about the future of our children. And this is why I’ve invited …

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McDaniel Warns That Abortion Rights Could Sink GOP

Politico reports: Ronna McDaniel, the outgoing chair of the Republican National Committee, on Friday again called on the party to adjust its messaging on abortion, cautioning that the GOP will not reach independent and swing voters if they don’t. “We cannot put our heads in the sand and ignore abortion and the Dobbs decision,” McDaniel said in her parting speech …

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Senate Passes Govt Funding Bill With Hours To Spare

NBC News reports: The Senate voted 75-22 on Friday to pass a major government funding bill to keep a slew of agencies afloat through September, defusing fears of a partial shutdown and sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to become law. The 1,050-page measure is a collection of six appropriations bills negotiated by Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., …

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Jeffries Roasts “MAGA Extremists” For SOTU Whining

“That was an embarrassment last night. A complete embarrassment. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s basically running the Republican conference, shows up in campaign paraphernalia, and then these people want to lecture Joe Biden because he delivered a strong and forceful speech that made them uncomfortable because he exposed their lies and shamelessness? We have one message for extreme MAGA Republicans who …

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GOP Sen. Todd Young: I Won’t Be Endorsing Trump

Evansville’s CBS affiliate reports: U.S. Senator Todd Young says he will not support former President Donald Trump in his bid for the Republican Presidential nomination. Young spoke about Trump’s take on the war in Ukraine, where Trump says Putin is not a war criminal and will not take sides as the war wages on. Instead, Young says what Hoosiers decide …

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Tuberville: Katie Britt Was “Picked As A Housewife”

“She was picked as a housewife, not just a senator, but somebody who sees it from a different perspective. I mean, she did what she was asked to do. I thought she did a good job. And it’s hard when you’ve never done anything like that. And if you just see what the left is doing, they’re going after families. …

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Man Who Said Trump’s “Fucking Crazy” Bends The Knee

The Advance reports: New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has referred to former President Donald Trump as an “asshole,” once joked that he belongs in a mental institution, and campaigned like hell for Trump rival Nikki Haley. But now with Haley out of the race, he’s back on Team Trump. “I’m going to support the ticket. I’m going to support Donald …

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No Labels Votes To Field 2024 Presidential Candidate

Politico reports: The centrist political organization No Labels voted on Friday to move forward with its presidential ticket, according to details of a virtual meeting the group held with its delegates. But an official with the group acknowledged during the gathering, details of which were shared with POLITICO, that they currently do not have a candidate and may not find …

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