Hannah Knowles
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Reporter covering politics @WashingtonPost //[email protected] // hannahknowles.34 on Signal
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Biden campaign event in Phoenix ahead of Trump’s Turning Point town hall here features Peggy Neely, the former vice mayor, who says she’s a lifelong Republican who switched to independent because of Trump.
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At #RJC in Vegas, not much applause for Rick Scott’s explanation of where GOP went wrong in the midterms – that the party didn’t explain what it stands for. Big applause/cheers earlier this morning for Chris Sununu saying, “Let’s stop supporting crazy unelectable candidates.".
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Outside Trump’s first 2024 rally, a stand sells shirts covered in Trump’s face, grilled cheeses and $10 foot massages
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One local health official, a doctor, recalls protesters banging on his door and calling him a "force of darkness.".“I’m sure people will write about this for years to come,” he said. "What happened? What happened here in this country?"
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Chris Christie directly blames Trump for the GOP's underperformance in the midterms and also says it appears they will lose a seat in the Senate — which would happen if Herschel Walker loses in GA.
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A dozen+ women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, many of them coming forward in 2016 after Trump denied ever doing what he described on Access Hollywood. Now they’re taking in 2024, Trump’s trials and Stormy Daniels’s testimony together.
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At the SEC game, a GOP voter regrets voting for Walker in Nov and will cast his first ever ballot for a Democrat on Tues. His tipping point was vampires and werewolves. Earlier “I thought … I’m a Georgia fan. How bad can he be?. But he’s pretty bad.”
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The entourage following Ron DeSantis’ every move at the Iowa State Fair today
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Mark Robinson spox Mike Lonergan says he is “certainly not” dropping out of the NC gov’s race, as Republicans brace for a damaging CNN story on him.
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“Do you not believe us?” one of the women, Amy Dorris asked of Trump supporters. “Or do we not matter?… Where is his accountability?” . Dorris said Trump once groped her when she and her boyfriend were at the U.S. Open in Trump’s VIP suite. Trump denied it.
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Ron DeSantis works a very crowded diner in New Hampshire
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Trump attorney Todd Blanche said the gag order in Trump’s NY case prevented him from responding to this story. He said he planned “to initiate litigation should the Washington Post run the story maliciously defaming and denigrating President Trump.”.
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DeSantis big retreat includes. - Sens. Tom Cotton, Ron Johnson (who spoke on covid panel with Joseph Ladapo) .- Govs. Reynolds, Lee, Stitt .- Reps. Roy, Massey.- Media figures/influencers: Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok, Benny Johnson, Chris Rufo, Josh Hammer, Dan Senor &more.
From Palm Beach to Staten Island, DeSantis makes 2024 moves on Trump’s turf, w/ @jdawsey1
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At least seven (!) interns were involved in The Post’s breaking news submission… Very grateful to be at a place that gives young people the kind of trust, guidance and constant support I felt the week these shootings unfolded.
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Ruby Garcia's sister reiterates to The Post that Trump and his campaign haven't spoken with her family, despite Trump's claim today as he talked about her murder case. No comment from campaign at this point.
Trump said today he spoke to the family of Ruby Garcia, the young woman whose murder case he highlighted as a reason for a border crackdown. But Garcia's sister tells local station Target 8 that they haven't heard from Trump or his campaign:.
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Public contrasts and behind-the-scenes tensions show how formidable a rival Ron DeSantis has become to Donald Trump — with @jdawsey1 .
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Traffic at a standstill for literally miles heading into Trump’s rally in Waco:
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Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist barred from CPAC, came to the conference hotel for a good few minutes and hurled insults at reporter @ZTPetrizzo:
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Trump said today he spoke to the family of Ruby Garcia, the young woman whose murder case he highlighted as a reason for a border crackdown. But Garcia's sister tells local station Target 8 that they haven't heard from Trump or his campaign:.
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Unless I missed something, Trump did not end up mentioning this in his speech.
Trump plans to call for the death penalty for child rapists at his crime event in Howell today, per prepared remarks -- which seems to be an expansion of his previous calls for the death penalty for human traffickers and drug traffickers.
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Some data points for DeSantis's camp to celebrate:.- Viewers thought he won, per WaPo poll.- Super PAC exceeded its $10M goal for August, per one person.- Sold-out fundraiser today in CA, more than 1M raised for the campaign last week in TX.
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A very big DeSantis press gaggle at his last event today, in Ankeny…
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“God bless the Supreme Court — they are making a lot of things right, Nikki Haley says at Moms for Liberty’s summit, where she’s one of three presidential candidate speaking today.
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I was struck by a prosecutor's comments when asked if anyone reviewed the officer's actions (the woman is charged): "We have to rely on the police agencies to self-police.". Asked him what he thought of this system and he said historically it "does work."
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I’m covering campaigns now! . And would love to hear story ideas and advice at hannah.knowles@washpost.com. So excited to join the amazing Politics team.
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Asked about possible Trump indictment, DeSantis broadly criticizes the prosecutor but seems to make a point of repeating the allegations. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, I can’t speak to that.”.
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DeSantis starts off his speech at Ashley Hinson’s cattle-call BBQ with a newer addition to his stump speeches: His kids — 3, 5 and 6 — “won’t be bringing cocaine into the White House”
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To clarify — the Supreme Court ruling does not have bearing on whether the FDA can restrict mifepristone. The fact that the Trump campaign keeps pointing to the court ruling reflects their reluctance to stake out a clear position.
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A deep examination of Jim Jordan’s life, including time coaching during Ohio State sex abuse scandal, by the great David Maraniss and @sallyjenkinswa1 .
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Earlier this month, a Trump adviser approached a Michigan Arab American official and said Trump would put any policy the leader wanted on paper in exchange for a meeting and the leader’s support. Via @AshleyRParker @yabutaleb7 @jdawsey1
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Via @JStein_WaPo: "Donald Trump appeared to dramatically escalate his prior calls for imposing tariffs on all U.S. trading partners, suggesting import duties of up to 20 percent on the trillions of dollars of goods imported every year."
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Trump also just called Dem VP nominee Tim Walz, a longtime National Guard member, "Tampon Tim" in his remarks to the National Guard Association. “His nickname is Tampon,” Trump said, alluding to a Minnesota bill on school tampon access.
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As pro-Trump protesters outside decry a “fake election,” people inside the Maricopa County elections center are still examining ballots. This is the ballot adjudication room where people from opposite political parties work together to determine a voter’s intent.
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DeSantis had some of these influencers over for dinner last year; Trump is also courting influencers and hosted Raichik this year.
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….also there: Sen. Mike Lee and Jim Lamon, who aligned himself with Trump for an AZ Senate run… as first reported by Politico.
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As DeSantis visits the pork tent, someone hands out Trump campaign flyers calling him a “catastrophe” for farmers. Campaign aides duck q of whether they’re behind the plane overhead flying a banner making fun of DeSantis.
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Log Cabin Republicans — which has joined many GOP criticisms of the LGBTQ rights movement — calls DeSantis’s campaign homophobic.
Conservatives understand that we need to protect our kids, preserve women's sports, safeguard women's spaces and strengthen parental rights, but Ron DeSantis' extreme rhetoric goes has just ventured into homophobic territory. (2/5).
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How abortion has changed the midterms, w/ @CAKitchener. - Democrats newly motivated, suburban women shifting.- In PA, even antiabortion canvassers don't mention Mastriano's heartbeat bill.- GOP House leaders signalled “all hands on deck" on a call.
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As Nikki Haley, Never Back Down and others criticize rising candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, advisers to several candidates said they expect the debate to litigate inconsistencies in Ramaswamy’s policy statements. w/ @MaeveReston @dylanewells
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“Will America pursue celebrity, what you might call a celebritocracy?” said Nick Begich, one of Sarah Palin’s chief rivals in the House race. “Or will America pursue sound policy?”
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As CNN's Mark Robinson story loomed, a member of Robinson's own team asked the Trump campaign for help persuading their boss to drop out, a person familiar says. How the GOP made Robinson a star then saw it all crash down w/@AmyEGardner @marianne_levine
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In Georgia, threats drove a poll worker from his home. In Arizona, an election worker left her shift to find a big crowd of Trump supporters chanting "stop the steal" — led by Alex Jones.
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DeSantis is in S.C. ostensibly to discuss federal term limits, per a person familiar.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just announced a media availability this afternoon in. Columbia, SC. days before the South Carolina GOP primary. Don't know what this is about yet, but as they say, when you see a turtle on a fence post. it didn't get there by accident.
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Trump’s relentless attacks and recent polling gains are rattling some close allies of Ron DeSantis, tempering their expectations… more on Trump/DeSantis as the former president holds his first big rally this year, with @isaacstanbecker @iarnsdorf
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It is unprecedented for presidential candidates to pay this kind of attention to an education-focused pressure group, observers say — with @hannah_natanson
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CPAC straw poll results: 98 percent approval for Trump. 70 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him in 2024 primary, with DeSantis the second choice.
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A Trump spox says now that Trump did not hear the mifepristone question well: “As President Trump said numerous times during the press conference, the questions being asked were difficult to hear….”.
Trump suggests he's open to the FDA curbing abortion pill access (despite earlier praising the Supreme Court decision that maintained it) and declines to say how he'll vote on Florida's abortion ballot measure:.
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Earlier this summer, oil billionaire Harold Hamm called for Trump to drop out of the presidential race…. late last month, Hamm showed up at Mar-a-Lago with a $200,000 check and met privately with Trump, via @jdawsey1 @maxinejoselow
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Talked with a lot of thoughtful young people for this story — "We’re able to listen in a way that we haven’t been able to before. And I hope that when things go back to normal. we can remember to still listen and help people the way that we have now.” ”
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The anti-Biden swag that used to fill whole tables is gone; vendors said they don't know when any Harris swag might be coming. One of them wondered what they would do with all the "Let's Go Brandon" shirts now. "Kind of irrelevant," she said.
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A rare infection of monkeypox was confirmed in the U.S. today, after European officials also found cases outside the virus's usual territory. “It’s either a lot of bad luck or something quite unusual happening here,” @ArisKatzourakis says.
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“Right now, it’s less about Trump than it is survive and advance,” one person close to DeSantis campaign argues. “It’s like March Madness. If you come out on the top. then you get to the championship game. And once you get to the championship game, anything can happen.”.
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A text from the DeSantis campaign falsely claims that Haley canceled her Iowa event today “because she can’t stop making gaffes” (multiple campaigns have canceled things due to weather)
Haley’s town hall in Sioux City this morning has been cancelled, citing travel difficulties. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect here in Iowa — warning of up to twelve inches of snow.
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Nikki Haley and Tim Scott converge again in Charleston as potential 2024 rivals:
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DeSantis goes further than usual at a WMUR town hall when asked about Trump's insults: . "That is not the way a great nation should be conducting itself. That is not the way the President of the United States should be conducting himself. I wouldn't teach my kids to treat.
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“When they mentioned this was a terrorist organization, I said, 'Well then count me a mom for liberty!’” @NikkiHaley declared at Moms for Liberty’s summit today, to big cheers.
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Conservative lawmakers are casting the promotion of covid-19 vaccines as a menace from big government. One CPAC attendee’s thoughts on what could persuade him to get a shot: “You’re going to have to bury me”. With @ddiamond @tylerpager .
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis solicited donations by showing President Biden in front of a Pride flag. “When did we start accepting this as the norm?” one message asked. W/ @iarnsdorf @jdawsey1
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A super PAC affiliated with the Koch network is launching new ads against Trump during the debate tonight, via @sabrod123 . More live debate updates here:.
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And as noted here….
@KnowlesHannah He had a whole political ad based on teaching his kids to be just like Trump.
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DeSantis on Haley: “She has even linked Hamas attacking Israel to Russia. She said Hamas chose to attack on Oct. 7 because that was Putin’s birthday. That’s a conspiracy theory! Give me a break.”.
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In 24 hours, Donald Trump shared a sex joke about Harris, a picture of Bill Gates in an orange jumpsuit, a call for Obama to face a “military tribunal,” a QAnon post that said “WWG1WGA! RETRUTH IF YOU AGREE,” a promotion for digital trading cards, and more
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When Samuel Little started confessing to 93 murders, police got a remarkable second chance to give closure to families repeatedly failed by law enforcement. 2.5 years later, nearly half of the victims remain unidentified. with @WesleyLowery @markberman
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More than an hour later, pro-Trump protesters are still outside the Maricopa County ballot-counting center. They started out yelling “let us in,” leading those inside the building to close the doors. They chanted “fake election.”
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A top official at Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis super PAC, elaborated publicly today for the first time on the rationale for three recent firings. He revised the statement after contact from an attorney for the fired officials.
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DeSantis has expressed regrets over Jeff Roe’s hiring as a lead strategist at the super PAC boosting his 2024 run, according to a donor who said they heard the comments directly and another person familiar with the comments.
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"Absolute disaster," one GOP strategist said of proposed national 15-week abortion ban, which undermined many Rs' "leave it to the states" message. “Oy vey,” he said when told that Blake Masters expressed support. w/ @rachel_roubein @MariannaReports .
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The GOP was very worried about Robinson’s vulnerabilities during the primary. But in the end there was no major party effort to sideline him.
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Inside a WVa hospital where the National Guard became janitors, laundry-sorters, ER aides and more as omicron slammed essential workers:.
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Florida rejects an abortion rights ballot measure that would have overriden the state's 6-week ban. Live coverage:
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Trump suggests he's open to the FDA curbing abortion pill access (despite earlier praising the Supreme Court decision that maintained it) and declines to say how he'll vote on Florida's abortion ballot measure:.
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“… His position on mifepristone remains the same – the Supreme Court unanimously decided on the issue and the matter is settled,” Trump spox says. (The court rejected a challenge to mifepristone access on the grounds the plaintiff did not have standing).
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Just listened to a heavily armed Boogaloo Boi try to get the Biden-Harris supporters on one street corner do a dance-off with the QAnon/Trump crowd on the other corner outside an election center. they politely declined. Just another day in 2020.
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Samuel Little was linked to many brutal attacks on women in the 70s & 80s. Some victims survived and testified, and local authorities say they tried to flag the FBI. But no one stopped the country's deadliest serial killer. With @markberman @WesleyLowery
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“He’s done good for the state of Florida, but it doesn’t seem to resonate for the rest of the country.”. How DeSantis lost support with both moderates and MAGA this year — a long slide further reflected in today’s @DMRegister Iowa poll.
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DeSantis, at his rally celebrating his 99th county stop in Iowa, says he would move the USDA there as part of reducing federal gov in D.C.: "You guys will have first dibs on the Department of Agriculture. We'll send it to Iowa, and you guys take care of it.”.
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Jeff Roe, top adviser to Glenn Youngkin, jumps to a likely outside spending vehicle for DeSantis's presidential campaign. raising further doubts about Youngkin's interest in a 2024 bid -- w/ @michaelscherer, confirming @politicoalex
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A protester yells “go back to Florida” throughout DeSantis’s first stop in Iowa today, leading the tour to pack up about five minutes after he began greeting voters.
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How three White men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's murder talked about Black people:. One didn't want his daughter dating a Black man and called him the n-word. Another once texted, “We used to walk around committing hate crimes all day.".
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The Twitter Spaces where DeSantis was supposed to announce ends after 21 minutes of intermittent sound and mostly silence….
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After his speech in D.C. today, Gavin Newsom reiterated his frustration with the Democratic response to GOP gains write large but said emphatically that Joe Biden should run for re-election.
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Justin Trudeau just returned to his West Palm Beach hotel after meeting with Trump. More from @maeganvaz @davidjlynch
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At a faith breakfast, RNC chair Michael Whatley defended the GOP's new platform and said forcefully that party will be "pro-life":
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Spotted at Trump's St. Cloud rally: A little girl walking around in shirt with a more obscure nod to the assassination attempt: "LET ME GET MY SHOES".
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Trump prepares to take power as his team has already zeroed in on some possibilities for Cabinet roles, including Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. w/ @JaxAlemany @jdawsey1 @marianne_levine @PerryStein @LACaldwellDC
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How 91 felony counts helped boost Trump's standing in the GOP. “The closer a person is to God… the more Satan attacks him,” one Iowa voter said. W/ @jdawsey1 @iarnsdorf @yvonnewingett
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One MI swing county shows how hard it is for even the first trial of a U.S. president to sway voters. “I’m still deciding the lesser of two evils," said Judy Loachridge, who talks about the trial with her daughter and says Trump "doesn't respect women."
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“The Democratic Party institutionally is not doing justice as it relates to being a counternarrative and helping define the terms of an agenda that is organized and cohesive at all levels of govenrment,” he said. "Just doesn’t exist, respectfully, l submit from my vantage point.".
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Protesters are dragged out of the area of DeSantis’s talk with Kim Reynolds after ringing bells and blowing whistles for 10 min, making it hard to hear
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- Scott spoke with Trump, DeSantis and Christie today, texted with Haley.- Lots of Scott donors heading to Haley.- Christie isn't going anywhere, says adviser @MikeDuHaime, because "nobody else is really taking [Trump] on." w/ @MerylKornfield .
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Ned Cobb, the very first person listed here by FL officials as someone who developed trade skills during slavery… was not enslaved. Many other issues with this list laid out here:
Want the truth on Florida’s African American History Standards? See statement below from experts who crafted them. “Any attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resiliency during a difficult time in American history.”
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You know your mom’s your biggest fan when her top news “app” is just a link to your articles
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