April 16, 2026

02b U.S. Politics – Left

Crooks and Liars Makes another “Clever” Trump-Putin Parallel – “Trump Parrots Putin’s Talking Points On Ukraine”

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Trump Parrots Putin’s Talking Points On Ukraine– crooksandliars.com
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During an interview with Patrick Bet-David on the PBD podcast, Trump blamed Ukraine President Zelensky and President Biden for Russia’s unprovoked and bloody attack on Ukraine, which started the war.

“I think Zelensky is one of the greatest salesmen I’ve ever seen,” Trump said. “Every time he comes in, we give him $100 billion. Who else got that kind of money? In history, there’s never been.”

President Zelensky didn’t have to sell anything. Russia thought they could swoop in and take over Ukraine in a blink of an eye with their assault and they failed.

“But he should never have let that war start,” he said. “That war is a loser.”

WTF? Loser for who? How would Biden stop the war? Maybe a Trumpian love letter to Putin would have done the trick. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives and their country. They did not attack Russia. Maybe Trump misremembered.

TRUMP: Ukraine, remember, is not Ukraine anymore. Every city almost is knocked down to the ground. All those beautiful golden domes are laying on their side, smashed to smithereens. There’s no city.

You go into the city, and every building is demolished.

It looks like a demolition crew went through.

They’ve been hit by missiles.

Ukraine being attacked and invaded and they survived should be celebrated, not demeaned. Putin’s Comms director couldn’t have said it better.

TRUMP: This should have been settled before it started.

It would have been so easy. If we had a president with half a brain, it would have been easy to settle.

And I’m not, you know, everyone would say, oh, this is terrible, he’s blaming Biden.

I do largely blame Biden.

If you watch his words, his words were the exact opposite of what he should have been saying.

He instigated that war.

Why are Ukrainian buildings destroy and their people dead? Vladimir Putin did it, idiot.

This is complete garbage. It’s unseemly that a former US president would blame his successor and defend an enemy state like Russia for their invasion of a US ally.

Vladimir Putin has never had a stronger vocal supporter in the entire world than Von Shitzinpants.

“We didn’t answer”: DeSantis refuses to take calls from Kamala Harris as another hurricane looms– www.salon.com

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“We didn’t answer”: DeSantis refuses to take calls from Kamala Harris as another hurricane looms– www.salon.com
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Despite his state dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and anticipating yet another devastating storm, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won’t answer calls from Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss federal relief efforts, purportedly believing that the calls  “seemed political,” NBC News reported.

“Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” a DeSantis aide told the outlet.

DeSantis also missed a call from President Joe Biden because he was on a plane. He also did not attend a post-hurricane meeting held by Biden in Northern Florida, despite being invited. He has spoken with FEMA director Deanne Criswell, NBC reported.

“It’s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press conference Monday. “But what we’re doing is we’re working with state and local officials to make sure we are ready to be there for the communities that are going to be impacted. We are doing the job.”

Tim Walz is wrong. Project 2025 doesn’t call for pregnant women to register with a federal agency– www.politifact.com

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Tim Walz is wrong. Project 2025 doesn’t call for pregnant women to register with a federal agency– www.politifact.com
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, said Sept. 14 the project would require women to register with the federal government when they become pregnant.

“By the way, Project 2025. Some of you want to know, in there, they’ve got a national pregnancy coordinator that tracks all pregnancies,” Walz told the crowd in Superior, Wisconsin.

“Think about what they’re saying in Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant,” he added.

Walz’s claim is a new version of something Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, have been saying for weeks: that the 900-page presidential transition document calls for monitoring each woman’s pregnancy.

It doesn’t. Walz is describing a policy that doesn’t exist.

House lawmakers demand Secret Service briefing on 2nd Trump assassination attempt– www.politico.com

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House lawmakers demand Secret Service briefing on 2nd Trump assassination attempt– www.politico.com
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A bipartisan House task force was already investigating the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Sunday’s attack may have lawmakers expanding their probe.

Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jason Crow (D-Colo.), the chair and top Democrat on the House task force, have requested a briefing for the panel with the Secret Service this week over what authorities have deemed another “attempted assassination” that occurred at Trump’s golf club in Florida. Shots were fired near Trump, who was unharmed, and a suspect is in custody.

“The Task Force is monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump in West Palm Beach this afternoon. We have requested a briefing with the U.S. Secret Service about what happened and how security responded,” Kelly and Crow said in a joint statement, vowing to “share updates as we learn more.”

Judge rules voting machine company’s defamation suit against Newsmax can go to trial– thehill.com

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Judge rules voting machine company’s defamation suit against Newsmax can go to trial– thehill.com
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A voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Newsmax appears to be headed toward trial following a judge in Delaware’s ruling on Thursday.

The Florida-based company, Smartmatic, accused Newsmax and other conservative media outlets of airing defamatory statements that implied the company rigged the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Newsmax argued it was reporting on newsworthy allegations made by former President Trump and his allies, though the company previously issued a clarification saying, “it has not reported true certain claims made about these companies.”

Both Newsmax and Smartmatic asked Superior Court Judge Eric Davis to rule in their favor without the case going to trial. Davis granted partial summary judgment but said a jury will decide key issues. The trial is scheduled to start Sept. 30, The Associated Press reported.

Conservative group comes to cash-strapped Kari Lake’s rescue– www.politico.com

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Kari Lake is getting some reinforcements.

Win It Back PAC, a group affiliated with the conservative Club for Growth, will begin a $12 million ad buy on Wednesday to help Lake, the GOP’s Senate nominee in Arizona. The ads will air in English and Spanish in the Phoenix and Tucson media markets.

Lake faces Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego for the open Senate seat. And she has so far faced a giant financial disparity on the air. As of Tuesday, Gallego and his allies have or are set to spend nearly $83 million on the airwaves, compared with $24.5 million for Lake and her allies.

The new ad features a Marine accusing Gallego, a Marine veteran, of ignoring “the invasion of illegals at our border.” A Spanish-language spot slams Gallego for supporting President Joe Biden, whose policies caused rising prices for gas and groceries.

Kamala Harris Raised More Than Twice As Much Money As Trump In August– www.politicususa.com

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Donald Trump is being buried under a blue wave of donor money as VP Kamala Harris more than doubled Trump’s fundraising total in August.

NBC News reported:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ political operation raised more than $300 million in the month of August — more than twice as much as former President Donald Trump’s operation gathered in the same period — two sources familiar with the Harris fundraising numbers told NBC News.

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The whopping fundraising numbers for Harris come just after the Trumpcampaign reported it and related entities raised $130 million in the month of August, with nearly $300 million cash on hand. Trump’s campaign reported that 98% of the month’s donations came in at less than $200.

Kamala Harris raised as much money in August as Donald Trump has cash on hand for his entire campaign. Trump’s fundraising slowed from July to August, while Harris maintained the same pace or growth.

Top Trump Volunteer Out After Warning NH is ‘No Longer a Battleground State’– www.politicususa.com

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Top Trump Volunteer Out After Warning NH is ‘No Longer a Battleground State’ – politicususa.com

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A top Trump volunteer in Massachusetts is out after sending an email on Sunday evening warning “the campaign has determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state” and urging supporters to put their efforts into Pennsylvania instead.

Tom Mountain, who had served as one of several vice chairs for the Trump in Massachusetts, wrote “the campaign has determined that New Hampshire is no longer a battleground state,” and advised supporters to instead direct their attention to Pennsylvania, the Boston Globe reported in an exclusive.

“(T)he Dems’ campaign shakeup from Biden to Harris led our campaign to shift strategy to other winnable battleground states,” Mountain wrote in an email to Trump volunteers in the state. “So for those who were active in the NH ground campaign in 2016 and 2020, and expected to do the same after Labor Day, the simple question is… what are we to do?” Mountain wrote. “GO TO PENNSYLVANIA. The nearest battleground state. This is a must-win state. If we lose Pennsylvania we lose the election.”

DOJ charges Hamas leader, other militants over Oct. 7 attacks– thehill.com

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DOJ charges Hamas leader, other militants over Oct. 7 attacks –  thehill.com

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The Department of Justice has charged Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants over the group’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday.

The charges, unsealed Tuesday, accuse Sinwar and other senior Hamas leaders of “financing and directing a decades-long campaign to murder American citizens and endanger the security of the United States.”

The criminal complaint, filed in federal court in New York City, includes seven counts, including charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, resulting in death.

“In its attacks over the past three decades, Hamas has murdered or injured thousands of civilians, including dozens of American citizens,” Garland said in a video announcement.

Vance calls for tightened school security, calls school shootings a ‘fact of life’– thehill.com

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Vance calls for tightened school security, calls school shootings a ‘fact of life’

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) called for tighter school security, describing school shootings as a “fact of life” in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Georgia.

“If these psychos are going to go after our kids we’ve got to be prepared for it,” Vance said at a rally in Phoenix. “We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in. We’ve got to deal with it.”

His remarks came in response to a reporter’s question about what can be done to stop school shootings. The Ohio Republican argued that restricted access to guns will not prevent shootings, per the Associated Press.

“I don’t like that this is a fact of life,” Vance said, per the news wire. “But if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. And we have got to bolster security at our schools. We’ve got to bolster security so if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children they’re not able.”

DNC’s Law & Order Parody Calls Out Trump As Convicted Felon– crooksandliars.com

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A blistering ad during last night’s Democratic National Convention laid waste to the lie that Republicans are the party of Law & Order. They are not. They shield lawbreakers, men who sexually assaulted women, business cheats, and politicians who would overturn free and fair elections.

NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. This is the story of Donald Trump.

His entire life, Trump has believed he’s above the law, that no one would ever dare hold him accountable. He lies. He rips off workers. He sexually abuses women.

TRUMP: And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.

NARRATOR: He cheats in business. He cheated on his wife with a porn star and paid her off so the American people wouldn’t find out during an election.

But in the criminal justice system, ordinary Americans have had the courage to find him accountable, time and time again.

Barack Obama has a blast shredding Trump at the DNC– www.dailykos.com

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Barack Obama has a blast shredding Trump at the DNC

The Trump trolling didn’t stop with Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.

Former President Barack Obama got some burns in, too, at Tuesday’s Democratic National Convention.

“Here’s a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago,” Obama said.

“It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually been getting worse,” he continued. “The other day, I heard someone compare Trump to the neighbor who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day. Now, from a neighbor, that’s exhausting. From a president, it’s just dangerous.”

Trump’s “a guy whose act has, let’s face it, gotten pretty stale,” Obama said. “We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse.”

“America is ready for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story. We are ready for a President Kamala Harris.”

How Tim Walz could help Harris connect with veterans– www.politico.com

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How Tim Walz could help Harris connect with veterans

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz joins the Democratic ticket with a record of military service and work on veterans’ issues that could help Vice President Kamala Harris make the argument that the Democratic Party is the one that can protect the country’s national security.

Harris’ pick for vice president has a thin foreign policy resume and his stances largely mirror that of his running mate. Yet Walz also spent 24 years in the Army National Guard before retiring as a command sergeant major, making him the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress when he joined the House in 2007. While he was deployed abroad to regions including the Arctic Circle during his military service, he did not see combat, unlike his Republican counterpart, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).

That background could also bolster Harris, who has been a top surrogate for President Joe Biden on the world stage but has no military background.

Walz has been noted primarily for his ability to connect with rural voters, having won election to Congress in a traditionally Republican area. But Walz could also buttress Democrats’ appeal among veterans and servicemembers.

Joe Biden Is Still a Danger to Gaza. He Must Resign Now.– www.thenation.com

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Palestine can’t afford six more months of this president. We have to demand that he goes immediately, and then pressure Kamala Harris to change course.

For many Americans terrified of a second Trump term, Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he is ending his reelection campaign augured immediate relief. So did the Democratic Party’s swift consolidation around Kamala Harris as Biden’s presumptive replacement.

But for the Palestinians of Gaza who have suffered for more than nine months under Israel’s genocidal onslaught—a campaign only possible because of the military assistance and de facto diplomatic immunity provided by the Biden administration—there is no relief in sight. Biden is committed to serving out the rest of his term, meaning that, for the next six months, he will remain a key player during a period that could prove pivotal both for the scale of the atrocities inflicted on Gaza and for the trajectory of the region as a whole. And while he has shaken up the US presidential race, there is no evidence at all to suggest that Biden’s malign influence on the horrors in Gaza will abate.

Secret Service struggles to quash congressional fury over Trump assassination attempt– www.politico.com

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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle privately acknowledged in dual congressional briefings on Wednesday that her agency had made mistakes — but it won’t be enough to stem a wave of bipartisan criticism over Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Instead, the House is now expected to have a classified briefing next week once the chamber returns to Washington — a step both Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed on a call between top Secret Service, FBI officials and lawmakers, according to a person on the briefing and two people familiar with it.

Cheatle is at the center of a storm of congressional ire as lawmakers dig into a sweeping investigation of the shooting, including how the gunman was able to get on a roof roughly 200 yards from where Trump was speaking.

She appeared to acknowledge that frustration on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that there was a “failure” by the Secret Service at Trump’s rally. One of the people familiar with the briefing said that Cheatle acknowledged “mistakes and gaffes.”

Trump campaign GoFundMe for rally shooting victims raises more than $2M– thehill.com

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Former President Trump’s campaign raised more than $2 million through a GoFundMe campaign this weekend for the victims of the Trump rally shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.

By Sunday afternoon, just before 3 p.m., the Trump campaign more than doubled its $1 million goal, reaching $2.034 million in donations.

The total number of donations reached 27,900, according to the website, and the top donation was listed as $50,000.

The Trump campaign confirmed the authenticity of the GoFundMe page to The Hill.

Biden Condemns Political Violence Without Whitewashing Trump– www.thenation.com

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The president deftly avoids the trap of surrendering his critique of MAGA lawlessness.

Joe Biden delivers a nationally televised address from the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2024.(Erin Schaff-Pool / Getty Images)

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday has upturned the political world, not least the reelection campaign of Joe Biden. Trump, empowered now with a dramatic photo showing him defiantly raising his fist after being fired on, has assumed the role of a righteous and perhaps divinely protected victim. In response, could Biden really carry on with his planned strategy of highlighting Trump’s threat to American democracy?

Some of Biden’s political allies were so demoralized they seem to have preemptively surrendered. On Sunday, Axios quoted a “senior House Democrat” as saying, “We’ve all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez correctly responded to this comment by noting, “If you’re a ‘senior Democrat’ that feels this way, you should absolutely retire and make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves to fascism. This kind of leadership is functionally useless to the American people. Retire.”

Condemnation Pours Out After Trump Rally Shooting. So Do Heated Allegations. – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage after a shooting at his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday.Gene J. Puskar/AP

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Officials on both sides of the aisle expressed shock, condolences, and condemnation after an attack at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania left the former president bloodied and at least one spectator dead, according to a statement from the Secret Service. The alleged shooter was also reportedly killed, and two spectators were critically injured, officials said.

One Spectator Killed and Two Badly Injured at Rally Shooting That Injured Donald Trump – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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Donald Trump had blood on his ear and face after what sounded like gunshots interrupted his rally on Saturday.Evan Vucci/AP

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Secret Service personnel surrounded Donald Trump and rushed him off stage on Saturday after his rally speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, was interrupted by a series of popping sounds that turned out to be gunshots. As the popping began, Trump winced and touched his right ear, as though struck by a projectile, before ducking down. A second series of shots could then be discerned.

Trump later released a statement on Truth Social saying he’d been hit by a bullet: “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin.”

Christian nationalism goes national, Trump remains an anti-abortion radical– www.dailykos.com

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Daily Kos uses Christian Devil boogeyman and Orange Man Evil boogeyman to frighten people to not realize they’re voting for a party that hates them

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Josh Hawley embraces Christian nationalism on the national stage

He’s speaking the quiet words out loud.

Shameless media insinuates Biden has Parkinson’s

Speculation is not the same as cold, hard facts.

 

Republicans Preview the Voter Suppression Policies They’ll Enact if Trump Wins – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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Mother Jones announces to world it believes requiring Americans to prove they are who they say they are when they vote is “voter suppression”

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference with Donald Trump on April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP

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In April, when he was at risk of being toppled by hardline conservatives, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago and endorsed Donald Trump’s false claims of rampant voter fraud.

Republicans know Americans despise Project 2025. They don’t care– www.dailykos.com

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Daily Kos invokes left’s newest favorite boogeyman, Project 2025 and attempts to smuggle in an assumption that “Americans” are against whatever it is

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More than 100 conservative organizations that back the Republican Party created Project 2025, the 920-page right-wing manifesto for governance in a renewed Donald Trump administration that (incredibly) went completely unmentioned in the recent presidential debate, because they know their policies are deeply unpopular with the American public. These are policies that, for the most part, cannot be realized through elections or through legislation—because the American people don’t want them.

There is simply no electoral outcry for massive tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of all other taxpayers. There is no constituency for rolling back environmental, civil rights, and labor protections. There is no widespread demand to transform women and others into second-class citizens whose reproductive destinies are ruled by religious edicts from unelected political appointees. Nor is there any demand by Americans for militant, Christian nationalism in our justice system or public schools, or a politicized FBI and Justice Department meting out “retribution” against Trump’s political opponents.

Pelosi dodges on Biden reelection bid: ‘I want him to do whatever he decides to do’– www.politico.com

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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was non-committal Wednesday morning when asked if she supported President Joe Biden continuing his reelection bid — something the incumbent has repeatedly told Hill Democrats he would do.

“It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” Pelosi said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “We’re all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short.”

When pressed on her answer, as Biden has told Hill Democrats, donors and voters that he plans to stay in the race, Pelosi still demurred: “I want him to do whatever he decides to do.”

The morning appearance highlights the simmering Capitol Hill concerns about Biden’s viability against former President Donald Trump.

Pelosi, for her part, urged a hold on such discussions until after the president finishes hosting the NATO summit this week. Biden will have a press conference on Thursday.

RNC Member Shocked At Lack Of Democracy On Platform Committee– crooksandliars.com

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Crooks and Liars runs scathing, leftist-slanted review of the Trump-RNC platform by “Republican” pro-unborn-baby-murder advocates

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Matt Smith of WISN-TV in Milwaukee caught up with Gail Ruzicka, one of the RNC platform committee members. She was not at all pleased with what had happened with this year’s platform. Not only are the Republicans trying to pretend that they aren’t 100% anti-abortion, but they aren’t even allowing their own people to bring it up behind closed doors. She was not alone in her displeasure:

The platform, released after a closed meeting of Republican National Committee party officials Monday in Milwaukee’s Baird Center, promotes nationalism, is less socially conservative on the issue of abortion access, and promotes new voting restrictions at a time when the GOP is pushing a conflicting message to their party faithful.

The way the platform was crafted and approved angered some committee members focused on pursuing a more aggressive policy on abortion access, who told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel debate was discouraged more than had been the case in previous platform draftings.

House Republicans don’t love inherent contempt. They might vote for it anyway.– www.politico.com

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Politico headline suggest GOP “hypocrisy” is somehow worse than being forced to go a nuclear option because the Department of Justice refuses to prosecute their head Merrick Garland for contempt of congress in the same way the DOJ prosecuted former Trump cabinet members Peter Navaro and Steve Bannon

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House Republicans are openly skeptical of holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt.” But they just might vote to do it this week.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is expected to trigger a vote Wednesday on her resolution, which would hold Garland in “inherent contempt” over the Justice Department’s refusal to hand over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur.

In a bid to assuage concerns from her GOP colleagues, Luna changed her resolution from allowing the House sergeant-at-arms to take Garland into custody to instead fining him $10,000 per day until he hands over the audio, which Biden has asserted executive privilege over.

The first draft of the resolution was expected to garner enough GOP opposition to tank it. But Republicans privately acknowledge there’s a chance Luna’s revised resolution could pass this week — not necessarily because GOP lawmakers enthusiastically support it, but because they won’t vote against it.

A New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths– www.thenation.com

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The Nation joins growing list of pro-unborn-baby murder advocates in spreading false narrative that “drop” in infant mortality rates is significant and not the result of having more at-risk pregnancies, resulting in significantly more infant lives saved, especially from the consequences of intended 1st degree murder

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Researchers with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that infant deaths rose by nearly 13 percent in 2022. Comparatively, these deaths, defined in the study as occurring under 12 months old, increased less than 2 percent in the rest of the United States.

“We found that infant mortality increased pretty substantially in Texas, but not in the rest of the country,” Alison Gemmill, assistant professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health and one of the study’s lead authors, tells The Nation. “It speaks to how these restrictive laws can have horrific and devastating effects on infant health, pregnant people, and on families overall—unintended or not.”

While many reproductive health studies (including ones that show a link among infant mortality and abortion bans) can only prove a correlation between factors, this one notably claims a direct causation, providing important evidence of the law’s dire impacts. “This study shows that the state policy is responsible for these deaths—there is a very, very strong causal link here,” says Gemmill.

Democrats Must Change Their Whole Approach Toward White People– www.thenation.com

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Most of them are with Trump, and that’s not going to change. Instead, Democrats should target a far more winnable group of voters.

Democrats need to realize that if Donald Trump’s felony conviction won’t weaken his support among most white voters, then nothing will.

In the days after Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsification of business records, white leaders from coast to coast rushed to microphones and social media to pledge their allegiance. Polls show no meaningful erosion of backing for Trump among voters (a New York Times/Siena survey found just 3 percent of his supporters saying they plan to switch their vote after the conviction).

Johnson, House GOP campaign arm chief meet Trump on election strategy at Mar-a-Lago– www.politico.com

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s meeting with former President Donald Trump on Monday ended with a thumbs up and a photo op — the latest sign of bonhomie between the party’s top leaders.

“Our Party is united, and working together, I am confident we will send President Trump back to the White House, win back the Senate, and grow our House Republican majority!” Johnson wrote on social media.

Johnson and his party’s House campaign chief, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate to discuss the party’s election strategy.

Trump has already played kingmaker in many GOP contests this year. But this sit-down — the speaker’s second meeting with the president in a week — shows party leaders are working toward further collaboration as November approaches.