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Vice President JD Vance brought his unlikable visage to Ohio to stump for Republican Sen. Jon Husted, delivering a speech full of shameless lies and racism. “If you look at it, at every step of the way, these Democrats have voted for foreign workers and fraudsters over American citizens and hard-paying taxpayers,” Vance said before accusing Democrats of voting “for corporations.”…

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After unexpectedly losing a Democratic primary on Tuesday to challenge Florida GOP Sen. Ashley Moody, retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said he will donate his campaign war chest to help fellow Democrats get elected in the Sunshine State, saying that defeating Republicans in November is paramount to anything else. “Here in Florida, we have a governor’s race, and House races we need to win to…

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A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related | Who will replace Karoline Leavitt as Trump’s chief liar?

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Michigan’s Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed slammed his Republican rival, former Rep. Mike Rogers for cowardice on the issue of the unpopular Iran War during an MS Now appearance on Thursday night. El-Sayed was asked by host Jen Psaki to respond to recent comments by Rogers, who claimed that in his interactions with voters he has heard “hardly anything” about the war.

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Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters appeared on NewsNation Friday to give a withering defense of his party’s prospects in the coming midterm elections. After mentioning President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings and the fact that the GOP has controlled all of government “for 18 months now,” host Markie Martin asked, “How do you convince people that you’re the right…

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Regarding the firestorm around President Donald Trump’s assistant Natalie Harp, Josh Marshall made an excellent observation in a recent Talking Points Memo newsletter: Trump has never been ashamed of his affairs, and the supposedly moral right wing ignores or even defends that stuff, similar to how the online far right worships Andrew Tate. It’s masculinity and virility…

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The Fix List In the last week, we’ve made a couple of small improvements to hopefully make scheduling posts easier. Now, instead of clicking on the word “immediately” to trigger the scheduling pop-up, the text says “Now or Schedule”, as below. And, once a post is scheduled, the time zone appears next to the scheduled time, which will hopefully remove some confusion. Next…

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The Trump administration is planning to remove the name of an aircraft carrier meant to honor a pioneering Black military hero, a report from CNN revealed on Thursday. The USS Doris Miller is currently under construction, but Navy leadership is reportedly in discussions to remove the name and possibly use President Donald Trump’s name on the craft instead. Placing the name of a living…

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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Trump’s airplane switcheroo proves he’s a selfish coward…

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First lady Melania Trump showed her face at the White House on Thursday for the first time in weeks, as chatter about her husband’s relationship with 35-year-old aide Natalie Harp has exploded into public. “I heard you missed me,” Melania Trump said at an event in the tackily paved Rose Garden, the first time she appeared at the White House in more than a month. “Here I am.

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16 minutes agoWalter EinenkelTrump’s FCC says no to faster internet FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologiesFCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."arstechnica.comSurprising no one, chairman Brendan Carr sided with the telecom industry on lowering expectations of its services. Not the price, however. That never gets lowered…

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As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is out here being trash. Right now, he’s really leaning into trying to drive Muslims out of the state, and one of the grossest ways he’s doing it is by attacking anything specific to Muslim religious practices. “Religious liberty for me but not for thee” is pretty much the core belief of people like…

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“For Lease” signs dot once-busy storefronts, where immigration raids led to a drop in foot traffic and fear among workers and shoppers. By Marisa Gerber for Capital & Main El seis, they call it. That day in June of last year when armed federal immigration officers descended on a garment shop in Los Angeles’ Fashion District, arresting and shackling more than a dozen employees…

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Mitch McConnell’s disappearing act hits 2-month milestone…

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There possibly can’t be anything more terrifying to a Republican candidate facing brutal electoral headwinds this November than the prospect of President Donald Trump hitting the campaign trail on their behalf. Just these past few weeks, he’s delivered winning gems like this: “For you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline, just remember you’re doing that a very evil…

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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Democrats can make Natalie Harp scandal a bigger headache for GOP…

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As we’re all wondering who is going to step into Karoline Leavitt’s dainty slingback heels, or whatever living monsters masquerading as press secretaries wear these days, a new contender has emerged. Yes, it’s Natalie Harp, the gift that keeps on giving. She’s currently the absolute weirdest person in Trump’s orbit, a sort of human printer and human Canva, dutifully tapping out his little…

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The national deficit has ballooned to $40 trillion, helped along by the GOP’s tax cuts for the rich, President Donald Trump’s disastrous tariffs, and spending on the Iran war. But as Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempt to do damage control, they are leaning into their one trick: Blame it all on former President Joe Biden. “Even though the debt is too high…

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The Cook Political Report on Thursday moved the open-seat Senate contests in Texas and Iowa to toss-ups, as they found strong Democratic candidates and a growing backlash to President Donald Trump are creating the perfect storm to flip these seats long held by the GOP. “These two races, which had been in the Lean Republican column, now are close enough to merit a move to Toss-Up. Even though…

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