Insiders predict this 'powerhouse' Republican would bring major boost as Trump VP pick House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York is a "powerhouse," who could bring a major boost to Donald Trump's campaign, experts largely agree. 05/25/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
Playbook: Trump into the den of wolves Trump will see nothing of the sort today when he addresses the Libertarian National Convention this evening. The former president will likely be met with boos, obscenities and outright hostility as he ... 05/25/2024 - 4:10 am | View Link
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WATCH: Possible Trump VP pick makes major prediction about Black voters as Biden bleeds support Sen. Tim Scott, widely considered a frontrunner on Donald Trump's VP shortlist, predicted Black voters would show up in "historic" numbers for the former president in November. 05/18/2024 - 4:11 am | View Link
Harris accepts debate invite to face off with Trump’s VP pick, which may come at convention The Biden campaign says Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CBS News to debate former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick this summer. 05/16/2024 - 6:37 am | View Link
When they first crawled out from under their rocks, Moms for Liberty pretended to be just a grassroots group of moms with everyday concerns such as having threesomes, underage drinking parties, shoplifting, book burning, fascism and quoting Hitler.
But now they are dropping their facade and have announced an initial drop of $3 million on four swing states, including Wisconsin:
The coordinated push in presidential swing states also raises questions about the group’s intentions and funding.
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Washington Post: “Over the past 16 years, Netanyahu has departed sharply from his predecessors’ studious bipartisanship to embrace Republicans and disdain Democrats, an attitude increasingly mirrored in each party’s approach to Israel.”
“The war in Gaza has vastly accelerated the shift, as the once-broad support from Americans for Israel is shattering along partisan and generational lines.
New York Times: “Homicide rates are tumbling from pandemic highs in most cities, funding for law enforcement is rising, and tensions between the police and communities of color, while still significant, are no longer at a boiling point. But property crime, carjackings and smash-and-grab burglaries are up, adding to a sense of lawlessness, amplified on social media and local online message boards.”
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New York Times: “Now, with the battlefield crises seemingly behind him and Mr. Prigozhin dead, the Russian leader has decided to act, changing defense ministers for the first time in more than a decade and allowing a number of corruption arrests among top ministry officials.”
“The moves have ushered in the biggest overhaul at the Russian Defense Ministry since the invasion began and have confirmed Mr.
“U. S. and allied intelligence officials are tracking an increase in low-level sabotage operations in Europe that they say are part of a Russian campaign to undermine support for Ukraine’s war effort,” the New York Times reports.
“The covert operations have mostly been arsons or attempted arsons targeting a wide range of sites, including a warehouse in England, a paint factory in Poland, homes in Latvia and, most oddly, an Ikea store in Lithuania.”
“But people accused of being Russian operatives have also been arrested on charges of plotting attacks on U.