California Democrats Keep Being the Victims of Crime A string of prominent California Democrats has been the victim or alleged victim of crime over the past few years raising fresh concerns about law and order in the Golden State. Two days earlier ... 04/26/2024 - 5:21 am | View Link
Senate Democrats say one thing but do another on foreign aid to Israel Last month, former senator Patrick Leahy told The Independent that “the number of civilians who are being injured or killed by US-paid armaments” means Israel is in violation of a series of foreign ... 04/23/2024 - 8:15 am | View Link
California lawmakers rejects bill to restrict how utilities spend customers' money California lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal aimed at cracking down on how some of the nation's largest utilities spend customers ... up to $6 million in TV ads to tout its plan to bury ... 04/23/2024 - 4:06 am | View Link
Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward President Joe Biden sent a swift endorsement of the speaker’s plan and, in a rare moment, Donald Trump, the Republican presumed presidential nominee who opposes most overseas aid ... to the American ... 04/19/2024 - 5:41 am | View Link
Senate Democrats open to Speaker Johnson’s foreign aid plan, but landmines loom Senate Democrats say they’re open to the possibility of backing the foreign aid proposal emerging from the House, even as they raise concerns about potential landmines in Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La. 04/17/2024 - 12:03 am | View Link
A new Lincoln Project spot takes aim at what’s allegedly inside Donald Trump’s pants. Via Florida Politics:
“We know Donald ‘Von ShitzInPants’ Trump will hate that this commercial is going to be seen by all his top donors this weekend as they do Apprentice-style tryouts with potential Vice Presidential picks,” said Rick Wilson, Lincoln Project co-founder.
There's a bill on Ron DeSantis’ desk that, if he signs it, would end the state’s support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels. Via the Sun-Sentinel:
If signed, the law would reverse 16 years of state policy, finishing the work started by former Gov. Rick Scott and undoing Gov.
“Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday,” NBC News reports.
“Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a set of presentations that focused on finances, messaging and the political map… Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.”
Peter Baker: “It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?”
“Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.”
“They’re joking.
Narcissists always see boundaries as a challenge, and former President Donald Trump went there in front of a private Republican National Committee donor event at Mar-a-Lago, likening the Biden administration to the Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany. Trump also called Jack Smith a "fucking asshole" and lobbed insults at prosecutors.
Things got a little awkward when Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem about the false claim in her book where she said she met with North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Un. She told of her meeting that never took place that Kim underestimated her, "having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all)." That lie falls in line with her claim of being an "alpha-female" compared to Nikki Haley.