While millions of Americans are trying to do the right thing and stay home to suppress the spread of coronavirus, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and the New York Republicans threw a massive indoor party with at least 150 people, flouting mask requirements and crowd limitations. The New York Young Republican …
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National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has returned nearly $300,000 to the gun group, in repayment of illicit personal gains, according to an explosive report in the Washington Post.The Postdetails new tax filings, obtained from the NRA, in which the gun group reportedly admits to a “significant diversion of its …
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Nevada — and, more importantly, in the 2020 election — according to calls by the Associated Press and the major networks. Read Rolling Stone‘s full Biden-victory coverage here. All that’s left now is the final counting. Biden is …
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More than 9,000,000 people have voted in Texas, already surpassing the entirety of the ballots cast in 2016. That had been an all-time record. The turnout is just one sign that this election is different, and Julián Castro is thankful to be home to witness it. In past campaigns, it …
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In a raising-the-white-flag-of-surrender moment, the White House Chief of Staff admitted on Sunday that Trump’s administration cannot “control the pandemic.” When pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper and asked why not try, Meadows compared Covid-19 to the flu. The problem with that comparison is that the mortality rate of the coronavirus …
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After three straight nights of braying about his greatness and dancing to the Village People in front of his most devoted supporters, President Trump ran into a buzzsaw in Miami on Thursday. Unlike his rallies, the town hall event hosted by NBC took place in reality, and a confused, exceptionally …
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Department of Homeland Security officials were given “talking points” supportive of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who was charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisc., in August, according to NBC News. The talking points, according to the report, instructed DHS officials to use “comments sympathetic” to Rittenhouse when questioned …
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President Donald Trump and and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off in-person for the first time on Tuesday, and judging by Trump’s ludicrous insistence that Biden take a drug test prior to taking the stage, it’s probably going to be ugly. But more concerning than whatever low blows …
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The president seemingly does not care about the more than 200,000 Americans who have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus, but we do know one thing he cares deeply about — his golf game. Before hitting the links at one own private golf courses in Virginia on …
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WASHINGTON —This summer, with Americans hunkered down at home as the Covid-19 pandemic raged, teams of organizers located in a half-dozen battleground states made thousands of phone calls and put a theory to the test: Can an empathetic, heartfelt conversation persuade a complete stranger to change their mind about how …
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