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Alaska Republican Party vows to recruit challenger to Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022
The Alaska Republican Party has voted to censure U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and will recruit a challenger to run against her in next year’s election. Under party rules, a resolution of censure is just “an official rebuke and disapproval,” but a copy of Saturday’s resolution explicitly states that the party […]
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Not One Republican Asked Deb Haaland About Her Vision For Indian Country
In 2019, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) pressed a Trump administration Interior Department official about his history of ridiculing Native Americans over their religious beliefs regarding sacred lands. After downplaying his 2009 statement as one made “as a private attorney representing private clients,” William Perry Pendley, then-acting director of the Bureau […]
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Utah Republican proposes state bill requiring watching video before abortion
A Utah Republican lawmaker proposed a bill in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday that would require women to watch a video that includes ultrasounds of a developing fetus before undergoing an abortion. State Rep. Steve Christiansen (R) introduced a bill in the Utah House that would mandate women […]
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Ohio’s U.S. Sen. Rob Portman won’t run for re-election; Republican cites ‘partisan gridlock’
I feel fortunate to have been entrusted by the people of Ohio to represent them in the US Senate. Today, I am announcing that I have made a decision not to run again in 2022. This doesn’t mean I’m leaving now – I still have two more years in my […]
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Tiffany Trump gave us an alarming insight into her father’s mind at the Republican National Convention tonight
Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany speaks at the Republican National Convention: AP Just before Tiffany Trump, the least publicly seen of the presidential children, appeared onscreen at the Republican National Convention, the Lincoln Project leaked her speech with the simple tweet: “Our apologies.” I glanced over the document with interest, but […]