Trump Campaign and RNC Launch Massive Election Monitoring Effort, Drawing Scrutiny and Concern The Republican National Committee and former President Donald Trump’s campaign have unveiled a vast initiative to deploy an unprecedented number of volunteers and legal staff to monitor ... 04/28/2024 - 2:44 am | View Link
Lara Trump says RNC will have people ‘who can physically handle’ ballots on Election Day Chair Lara Trump said the national committee will have both poll watchers and people “who can physically handle ballots” on Election Day. “We now have ... 04/24/2024 - 5:16 am | View Link
RNC To Mobilize 100,000 ‘Election Integrity’ Workers Across Battleground States The Republican National Committee and Donald Trump’s campaign announced plans to mobilize over 100,000 volunteers and lawyers across battleground states as “election integrity” monitors for the 2024 ... 04/23/2024 - 10:19 am | View Link
Trump, RNC promise ‘aggressive’ election interference in battleground states Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee on Friday announced a “100,000 person strong” program designed to harass election officials and their employees and discredit democracy in Nevada and ... 04/22/2024 - 9:10 pm | View Link
RNC and Trump campaign to hire 100K ‘election integrity’ operatives to watch polls on Election Day The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced plans to launch an “ election integrity” program, intending to recruit 100,000 volunteers and attorneys who will work to preserve ... 04/20/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link
On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church repealed its 1984 ban on LGBTQ clergy with an overwhelming 692–51 vote by church leaders at its general conference. The conference, which ends on May 3, has also resulted in the church rolling back several other anti-LGBTQ policies, including bans on performing gay marriage and funding queer-friendly ministries.
The student-run radio station at Columbia, WKCR, has been praised widely for its coverage of campus protests. The station’s popularity even led the website to, briefly, crash. And some have said the students should win a Pulitzer Prize. (This point helped poke at an irony embedded in such a situation: The prizes are given at Columbia University.)
Last week, we talked with two managers at WKCR about how the small group of reporters is doing this sensational work.
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Today, we caught up with Sarah Barlyn, director of engineering at WKCR and a senior at Barnard College, for a follow-up.
Barlyn works mostly behind the scenes—“I actually don’t like my voice on radio,” she told us—and has, in her role, been in the field covering the protests.
(PHOENIX) — Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state’s highest court recently allowed to take effect.
Voting wasn’t complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance the bill.
Fourteen Democrats in the Senate were joined by two Republican votes in favor of repealing the bill, which narrowly cleared the Arizona House last week and is expected to be signed by Democratic Gov.
A spokeswoman for the Colorado treasurer’s office has resigned from her job, weeks after her sexual assault allegations against a state lawmaker were found not credible by a judge.
The office of Treasurer Dave Young, a Democrat, confirmed that Sheena Kadi resigned from her position, effective Tuesday. Kadi had been placed on paid administrative leave on March 21 for a personnel matter, Deputy State Treasurer Eric Rothaus said.
(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud.
Saying the chain lured students with “pervasive” lies, the Education Department is invoking its power to cancel student loans for borrowers who were misled by their colleges.
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“This institution falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt without leading to promising career prospects at the end of their studies,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.
The Education Department will automatically erase loans for 317,000 people who attended any Art Institute campus between Jan.
On Wednesday, the Libertarian Party revealed a special guest speaker at its convention in late May. Surprise! It’s former President Donald Trump.
“This momentous occasion will mark the first time a former President directly addresses our members, candidates, and executive committee,” the party announced. “Don’t miss this opportunity to hear insights from a prominent figure in American politics and watch him engage with Libertarian ideals.”
That wasn’t all.