Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: People of New York v. Trump begins
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet.
We begin today with María Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo of El País in English describing the fir
Morning Digest: Trump targets one of last two pro-impeachment House Republicans
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Trump wants tax cuts for the rich. Biden's making sure voters know it
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Talking about tax policy is one of the best ways for President Joe Biden to create a contrast with Donald Trump on who will fight for average Americans. As Trump told a group of wealthy campaign donors earlier this month, one of his signature issues if electe
Live coverage: Donald Trump's first criminal trial, Day Two
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Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan for the second day of his criminal trial over falsifying business records connected to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
On Monday, Merchan ruled on s
Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist election robocall scheme
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Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, the right-wing fraudsters who orchestrated a robocall campaign targeting Black voters in seven states during the 2020 election, have agreed to pay $1.25 million in a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James.
‘A disaster’: Vulnerable Arizona Republicans panic over abortion ruling
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Arizona Republicans got just what they wanted Tuesday when the state’s Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban—enacted before the state was even a state—that criminalizes abortions and mandates prison sentences for providers. That ruling cement
House GOP is so over Marjorie Taylor Greene's antics
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene welcomed Republicans back to work Tuesday with a five-page broadside attack on Speaker Mike Johnson, making sure everyone knows that she’s serious about her threat to try to oust him. Greene’s trying to foment more anger and di
Abandoned GOP minority outreach center gets a sexy makeover
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A GOP minority outreach center in suburban Atlanta that was once devoted to artificially creating buzz, giving people the shaft, and taking an unusually keen interest in what happens in other people’s bedrooms is now a sex shop. In other words, th
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet.
We begin today with Rex Huppke of USA Today asserting that the shoe salesman cares
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Trump and his allies find a new way to be extra racist
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As his legal woes have mounted, Donald Trump has taken to casting himself on the campaign trail as a victim of discrimination at the hands of “racist” Black prosecutors engaged in “massive election interference.” Trump has called N
'Serious blow': Florida's abortion ballot measure has the GOP on the run
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As recently as two weeks ago, Donald Trump told the conservative radio show “Sid & Friends in the Morning« that he was warming up to the idea of backing a national abortion ban.
“The number of weeks, now, people are agreeing on 15, and I’m th
'Enough of their price gouging': New Democratic ad slams 'greedflation'
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Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, facing a tough reelection against Republican and former hedge fund manager David McCormick, is signaling to voters that he's on their side in the fight against inflation.
Casey's first ad of the cycle centers on «greedlf
From the 'big lie' to the big grift, Trump’s destroying the RNC
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If Donald Trump knows how to do anything, it’s destroy a business. And while the Republican National Committee might not be a “business” in the conventional sense, Trump and his family are doing their level best to bring their special magic to the opera
For the most part, political fundraising pitches skew alarmist, bordering on histrionic. That's true of both major U.S. parties, of course. But only one of those parties is currently led by a black hole of iniquity who, when it comes to donor cash, is like a
ICYMI: Trump’s Bible-hustle backlash, new House map is trash
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Trump's pretending to be president, with an 'envoy' and everything
Trump is conducting shadow diplomacy, and the facts of it are terrifying.
The House map was already skewed to the GOP. Now it's even worse
Can Democrats reclaim the House against the odds?
Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital
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A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson starting on Monday.
The ruling came just before U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate dismissed
Judge rules former clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses must pay $260K
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Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge's ruling.
That's in addition to $10
Republican primaries are coming. So are Trump’s trials
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Donald Trump’s trial on conspiracy and obstruction charges in the 2020 election is slated to begin in Washington, D.C., on Mar. 4. That’s a Monday. The next day is “Super Tuesday,” when 16 states and territories are set to hold their Republican presid
Everyone was texting Mark Meadows to get then President Trump’s attention on January 6, 2021 in the hopes that he would get his violent supporters to stop their attack on the capitol. Alas, that gamer took 187 minutes to stop playing games.
Attendees of high-profile, far-right conspiracy event got sick. They swear it's anthrax, not COVID
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In yet another extreme departure from reality and into the stuff of sci-fi, several presenters and attendees at the ReAwaken America Tour fell ill after the Dallas, Texas, event—but, instead of putting the blame where it obviously lies (we are in the middl
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: This anti-vaxxer's brother is PISSED, and with good reason
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit, tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale leaves behind a furious brother.
House committee investigating Jan. 6 insurrection asks Rep. Jim Jordan to testify on Trump contacts
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We've long known that Republican Rep. Jim Jordan was in contact with Donald Trump on Jan. 6, the day Trump and his allies mounted a last-ditch attempt to erase an American presidential election rather than acknowledge Joe Biden's victory. The select Hous
COVID-19 pill approved by FDA, Pfizer says it's ready to start U.S. delivery 'immediately'
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On Wednesday, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer’s antiviral drug treatment Paxlovid for use against COVID-19. Data from clinical trials indicated that when taken within five days after the onset of symptoms, the pill is 88% effec
Biden celebrates record Affordable Care Act enrollments, notes BBB has to pass to sustain them
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With three weeks left to go in open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) for most states, the Biden administration has already achieved record enrollments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesd
DOJ gives inmates on home confinement a happy holiday gift—the possibility of permanent freedom
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a decision today that can only be considered one thing to thousands of people… a Christmas miracle.
In a stunning reversal, the DOJ‘s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) ruled to allow inmates released
Florida Power & Light dropped thousands over an anti-solar bill voters don't even want
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It should come as no surprise that energy companies are threatened by climate change mitigation. Saving the planet but offsetting profits apparently sounds so unappealing that companies like Florida Power & Light (FPL) will do anything to keep shareholder
Florida's energy companies are doing their damnedest to thwart green energy shifts
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It should come as no surprise that energy companies are threatened by climate change mitigation. Saving the planet but offsetting profits apparently sounds so unappealing that companies like Florida Power & Light (FPL) will do anything to keep shareholder
Democrats see glimmer of hope in ongoing talks with Manchin on Build Back Better
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Senate Democrats held a “Zoom caucus” Tuesday night, and the big question was whether Sen. Joe Manchin would attend. He did, but little progress seemed to be made, according to various sources to CNN and Politico. Manchin continued his specious claims abo
Democrats keep communication with Manchin open, hoping to keep millions of kids out of poverty
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Senate Democrats held a “Zoom caucus” Tuesday night, and the big question was whether Sen. Joe Manchin would attend. He did, but little progress seemed to be made, according to various sources to CNN and Politico. Manchin continued his specious claims abo
The U.S. economy is beating the world, thanks to Joe Biden, but you wouldn't know it from the media
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The U.S. economy is expanding at a 7% rate over the last three months, up by 5% from the beginning of the year. That number isn’t just three times the expected growth rate in Europe, it almost doubles the rate of growth in China. As reported in Th
Fascism: Republican candidates are now near-unanimous in backing the Big Lie
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Republicanism is now fully a fascist movement. The hoax claims that our current elections have been «rigged» against Republicans—claims that continue to be provably false—continue to be used to stoke the convenient fear and outrage of a b
EPA enforcing stricter emissions standards may not be enough to reach Biden's 2030 goal
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On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the finalization of regulations that would boost the current fleet of environmentally friendlier vehicles, resulting in 17% of cars on the road in the country either being an EV or plug-in hybrid. The v
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Maneuvering around Joe Manchin is a full-time job
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Manchin's decision on Build Back Better is a sign no one is afraid of this White House
Joe Manchin's stunning announcement on Fox News should show Democrats they need to have a better plan for governing and navigating politics in 2
News Roundup: Omicron surges; military believed Trump might use them to seize power
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In the news today: The omicron variant of COVID-19 is looking to be bad news for the unvaccinated—but potentially catastrophic for overworked hospitals. Rethink travel plans, wear masks, and make sure you've gotten your booster if it's time for you to get o
