Новости за 12.07.2024

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank believes that President Joe Biden needs to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, if for no other reason than it would take away any excuse for the media to not shift focus back to former President Donald Trump's profound unfitness for office.

Reacting to the growing number of Democratic lawmakers who have publically called for President Joe Biden to step aside for another 2024 presidential nominee, the Rev. Al Sharpton warned on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," that the party is in danger of losing Black voters.

Speaking with co-host Willie Geist, Sharpton noted that the overwhelming number of the lawmakers who have taken that stand are white, which he suggested is indicative of a tone-deaf party.

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Sam Brown, an army veteran who is running for the United States Senate in Nevada, attends a church who believes that transgender rights are being promoted by "demons" who are coming directly "from Satan."

During a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" about the controversial Project 2025 that Donald Trump is fleeing from, regular contributor Elise Jordan stated it is the best weapon against the former president and his campaign and it is getting under their skin.

Speaking with co-host Wille Geist, NBC correspondent Vaughan Hilyard set the table by noting that the authoritarian Project 2025 proposed firing as many as 50,000 civil service workers and replacing them with Trump loyalists.

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The Montana Human Rights Network is calling on the Montana University System to fire a Montana Tech postdoctoral fellow it says is a prolific white nationalist running for the Legislature, who espouses a wide variety of views, ranging from exterminating Jews and members of the LGBTQ+ community, to learning how to suture a wound for an upcoming collapse of society.

Two Middle Tennesseans will be featured on billboards erected near Milwaukee’s Fiserv Arena, site of the 2024 Republican National Convention, as part of an advertising campaign organized by Republican Voters Against Trump. The campaign includes 15 billboards and a 60-second ad running in four battleground states.

Recognizing the threat posed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down by the right-wing justices earlier this month, a pair of U.S. House Democrats on Thursday introduced the Corner Post Reversal Act.

"What’s the value of planting trees? Conservation groups say a new formula can tell them." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

This week the U.S. House approved the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act, which contemplates dramatic changes to the way Americans register to vote and cast their ballots. The measure is a priority for House Speaker Mike Johnson, and he invoked dubious reports of noncitizens on Ohio’s voter rolls in a white paper backing the bill.

As nearly everyone living above ground now knows, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted Donald Trump and future Presidents broad immunity for official acts they commit while in office. The Court’s 6-3 majority opinion in United States v. Trump, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, confers “absolute immunity” on Presidents for exercising their “core Constitutional powers,” such as the authority to confer pardons, and “presumptive immunity” for all other acts within the “outer perimeter” of their official duties. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump is once again denying any knowledge or involvement with the controversial far-right Project 2025 initiative written by the Heritage Foundation.

Former President Donald Trump will implement the core part of Project 2025, despite his denials, warned former Trump administration communications official Alyssa Farah Griffin on CNN Thursday — and it would undermine the very foundation of effective government.

I have had a few days to think about it, so it’s time to discuss the Replace Biden Debate. As you know, it’s not being driven mainly by voters, polling or elected Democrats, but by members of the Washington pundit corps. (It may evolve to be driven mainly by voters, polling and elected Democrats, but not yet.) They watched the debate, same as you did, but unlike you, didn’t notice Donald Trump’s lies, smears and habitual incoherence. They only had eyes for Joe Biden.

As eight Republican presidential candidates descended upon Milwaukee last summer for a Fox News debate, the last thing on any politician’s mind were seemingly silly photos of Iowa women Heather Ryan and Kara Ryan.

President Joe Biden snapped back at Donald Trump Thursday night after the former president made fun of the current on Truth Social.

The Supreme Court's recent pro-Donald Trump immunity ruling could "box in" the New York judge overseeing the case in which the former president was convicted of 34 felonies, a legal expert said Thursday.

Some members of a panel of Democratic and independent voters on CNN changed their position on whether president Joe Biden should stay in the presidential race after the president's press conference Thursday, saying he assuaged their concerns.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Thursday slammed Vice President Kamala Harris, who most expect might be the next in line if President Joe Biden chooses to step down from his presidential campaign, saying Harris is a liar.

Evangelical political leader Tony Perkins, who has already raised gripes about the Republican National Committee's alterations to the abortion plank of their platform, took another swipe at them on Thursday.

President Joe Biden worked to put fears about his age and fitness to rest with a rousing press conference at the NATO summit, where he demonstrated a commanding grasp of foreign policy issues, took potshots at former President Donald Trump, and reiterated his commitment to remain in the presidential race.

Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) pushed for millions of dollars in earmarks that would benefit a pair of companies that donated thousands of dollars to her election campaign, reported Politico on Thursday.

When President Biden gave his press conference at the NATO summit on Thursday, he was predictably bombarded with questions about his age, his fitness to carry on the election campaign, and whether he was giving any thought to dropping out of the race — which he again adamantly denied.

President Joe Biden sought once again to quell fears about his age and fitness, following the conclusion of the NATO summit, with a lengthy press conference in which he touted his accomplishments and took open questions from the press, at several times fielding questions about whether he really had the ability to campaign for a second term.

Colorado's carpetbagging firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert was busted on Mother's Day speeding nearly 20 mph over the speed limit in the Rocky Mountains, then failed to pay a $174 ticket on time.

Another major TV network host is slamming a viral advertisement for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that apparently misused their voices to appear to support his presidential candidacy.