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Topline Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anticipated exit from the presidential race and rumored endorsement of former President Donald Trump might help Trump in the race by a tiny margin, according to some analyses, but his single-digit polling average isn’t likely to boost Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris enough to tip the scales in either candidate’s favor. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Freedom Fest at the … [+] Caesars Forum Conference Center, on Friday, July 12, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Daniel Jacobi II/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)TNS Key Facts RealClearPolitics’ polling average…
Support trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.Beyoncé has reportedly threatened to send a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign over the unauthorized use of her song “Freedom.”On Tuesday (August 20), Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a 13-second video on social media of the Republican nominee deplaning in Michigan. The clip, which sees Trump giving a two-handed fist pump as he walks the tarmac, is overlayed by the singer’s 2016 song.A source…
Key Points Republican candidate for US Senate, Curtis Bashaw, started accepting Bitcoin donations for his campaign. His stance on crypto aligns with other prominent political figures seeing digital assets as innovation and progress. Curtis Bashaw, a Republican candidate for the US Senate, started accepting Bitcoin donations for his campaign. Bashaw is running for the US Senate in New Jersey to “provide freedom, security and opportunity to every New Jerseyan”, according to his X account. The Republican candidate positions himself as a supporter of innovation and progress by integrating Bitcoin into his campaign. The move appeals to the growing number of…
Bill Clinton and Tim Walz will headline the Democratic national convention Wednesday night.The former president will give an address before the vice-presidential hopeful – Clinton’s 11th Democratic convention speech.In 2020, he tore into Donald Trump, remarking: “If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man.” In 2016, he made the case for his wife, Hillary Clinton, to be elected, and in 2012, he made a passionate and clear case for why Barack Obama deserved a second term.Walz, the Minnesota governor, will close out the…
A powerful group that boasts 28 Republican attorneys general, including many who have sided with oil and gas firms to block states seeking compensation for weather disasters caused by climate change, has raked in millions of dollars from fossil fuel giants and a dark money fund tied to Federalist Society co-chair, Leonard Leo.The Republican Attorneys General Association (Raga) has roped in about $5.8m from oil and gas giants and their allied lobbying groups since Joe Biden was elected president in 2020, campaign finance records show.Further, Raga has received a whopping $18.8m from the Leo-linked Concord Fund since 2014 when the…
Michelle Obama is being widely applauded for delivering a devastating takedown of Donald Trump in a speech at the Democratic national convention.The former first lady artfully lampooned Trump and belittled his exploitation of race for political gain in a 20-minute speech that was greeted ecstatically by Democratic delegates in Chicago, her hometown.“For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. His limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working, highly educated, successful people who happen to be Black,” Obama told the gathering, referring to Trump’s…
Donald Trump’s appearance in Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday sparked controversy before he even arrived. That’s because the visit continued his notable tradition of scheduling campaign stops in locations known as hotbeds for racist extremism.Just last month, a group of white supremacists marched in Howell and expressed their support for Trump and Adolf Hitler. As journalist Jon King wrote for the Michigan Advance, the event evoked memories of Howell’s racist — and in some cases, fairly recent — history of public bigotry and the Ku Klux Klan.So this was certainly a peculiar location for Trump to host a rally — especially…
The Senate battlefield is set after Tuesday’s primaries, with both parties bracing for a close — and expensive — fight for control centered on a handful of key states.After GOP Sen. Rick Scott and Democratic former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell advanced to the general election in red-leaning Florida, the key November races on the Senate map are officially set, most of them in Democratic-held territory. Democrats are optimistic they can hold their narrow majority, buoyed by the fresh wave of enthusiasm Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy has provided and the strength of the brands incumbent senators have built in their home states.…
The struggle for democracy persists as we come into the second half of 2023. As the year progresses, we face lies, corruption, and violence. And so the fight for America will continue as Senate Republicans strive to prevent Democrats from passing even the most popular measures under Biden’s presidency. While prices skyrocket across the country and our rights are put in jeopardy, Americans like you continue to fight for representation and push back against the rise of fascism. Despite the challenges facing the journalism industry these days, we’ve been fortunate to have a loyal reader base and to be able…
Lance Restum, a Bryant Republican, has formed a committee to explore a potential run for Arkansas’ commissioner of state lands in the 2026 election.He announced this week he filed paperwork with the secretary of state’s office last week to form an exploratory committee.Restum, 44, serves as director of community 0utreach for the Arkansas Travelers baseball team, an AA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, and as executive director of the Arkansas Travelers Youth Foundation.”Family, friends, business owners, and non-profit leaders like myself have approached me and encouraged me to run for Land Commissioner,” he said in a news release. “They want…