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‘The Cake Is Baked’: GOP Senators Believe Trump Is A Lock For 2024 Nomination
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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‘The Cake Is Baked’: GOP Senators Believe Trump Is A Lock For 2024 Nomination

With fewer than 40 days until the Iowa caucuses, leading Senate Republicans believe the 2024 GOP presidential primary is already over, with former President Donald Trump sitting comfortably atop the polls and his rivals more interested in squabbling with each other.The party’s presidential debate in Alabama this week yielded the poorest television ratings of the primary cycle so far, and the four candidates who ended up on the stage made little progress in distinguishing themselves from likely runner-up status. They mostly stuck to feuding with each other, name-calling, and even sharing wild conspiracy theories popular on the far right.“The cake is baked,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s top allies on Capitol Hill, told HuffPost on Thursday about the state of the presidential...
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Rep. Dean Phillips Says He Won’t Seek Reelection Amid 2024 Run
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Rep. Dean Phillips Says He Won’t Seek Reelection Amid 2024 Run

At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and care working on hard-hitting investigations and researched analyses, along with quick but robust daily takes. Our Life, Health and Shopping desks provide you with well-researched, expert-vetted information you need to live your best life, while HuffPost Personal, Voices and Opinion center real stories from real people.Help keep news free for everyone by giving us as little as $1. Your contribution will go a long way.At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs ...
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John Leguizamo Writes Scathing Op-Ed After Univision Airs ‘Cozy’ Interview With Trump
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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John Leguizamo Writes Scathing Op-Ed After Univision Airs ‘Cozy’ Interview With Trump

John Leguizamo says that Univision’s recent decision to “buddy up” to Donald Trump is a betrayal to its audience.On Tuesday, the “Encanto” star and fierce advocate for Latino causes wrote a biting op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times in which he called out the Spanish-language network for airing an interview earlier this month in which the former president — who is facing multiple criminal indictments — sat down with popular broadcast news anchor Enrique Acevedo for what Leguizamo described as a “cozy interview.”“On Nov. 9 the network aired an hourlong interview with him that held a completely uncritical lens on the dangerous policies Trump espoused during his presidency and what he has vowed to set in motion if he is elected in 2024,” Leguizamo wrote. The actor also pointed out in his p...
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Conservative News Site Slammed For ‘Race-Baiting’ Post About Nikki Haley
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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Conservative News Site Slammed For ‘Race-Baiting’ Post About Nikki Haley

At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions. That is why we are committed to providing deeply reported, carefully fact-checked news that is freely accessible to everyone.Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and care working on hard-hitting investigations and researched analyses, along with quick but robust daily takes. Our Life, Health and Shopping desks provide you with well-researched, expert-vetted information you need to live your best life, while HuffPost Personal, Voices and Opinion center real stories from real people.Help keep news free for everyone by giving us as little as $1. Your contribution will go a long way.At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs ...
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Laura Ingraham Says Nikki Haley’s Strong Showing In Debate Is Political ‘Suicide’
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Laura Ingraham Says Nikki Haley’s Strong Showing In Debate Is Political ‘Suicide’

Nikki Haley got rave reviews on her performance in the third Republican presidential debate ― but Laura Ingraham was troubled by where some of the praise came from: mainstream media. (Watch the video below.)“Well, it’s nice to get good press. I do get that,” the Fox News host said. “But politically, this is suicide for Nikki Haley. There’s no future in the Republican Party for someone who’s been endorsed by Politico and The New York Times. So Nikki Haley can be a media hero or she can be a leader in the GOP, but she cannot be both.”While Haley was not officially endorsed by the Times, Opinion section writers there did compliment her with the headline, “She Certainly Beat All The Boys.“Crisp and confident. She refused to let her opponents’ attacks go unanswered,” one wrote. “Neoconservatis...
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Jill Stein Running For President As Green Party Candidate
9Nov By adminNo Comments
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Jill Stein Running For President As Green Party Candidate

Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein announced Thursday her plans to run again for the office in 2024, entering the race with a video on social media decrying the “failed two-party system.”Stein ran in 2012 and 2016. The 2016 bid generated particular enmity following the narrow election of Donald Trump, earning Stein a “spoiler” label from critics who say she siphoned off votes that could have put Hillary Clinton over the top in the Electoral College count.“The political system is broken,” Stein says in the 3½-minute introductory video. “The two Wall Street parties are bought and paid for.”“Change won’t come from the ruling elites. It comes from we the people. And when we stand together, we can create living-wage jobs for all Americans. We can guarantee an economic bill of...
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Peter Meijer, Republican Who Voted To Impeach Trump, Launches U.S. Senate Campaign
6Nov By adminNo Comments
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Peter Meijer, Republican Who Voted To Impeach Trump, Launches U.S. Senate Campaign

Former Rep. Peter Meijer has launched a U.S. Senate campaign, entering the race Monday as a long shot for the Republican nomination in Michigan.Meijer, whose family owns the Meijer retail chain, is best known for losing a GOP primary in 2022 after joining nine other Republicans who also voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.“My wife and I prayed hard about this race and how we can best serve our state and our nation,” Meijer said in a statement. “We considered every aspect of the campaign, and are confident we have the best chance of taking back this seat for the Republicans and fighting hard for a conservative future.”Meijer’s path to the nomination is unclear. Trump still appears to be popular with Michigan’s GOP base, and it’s unli...
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Trump Knows The Distinction Between A Jail And A Prison — And He May Learn It Firsthand
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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Trump Knows The Distinction Between A Jail And A Prison — And He May Learn It Firsthand

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump made clear to his followers he knows the difference between a jail and a prison, and he may well get a chance to experience both thanks to the same federal judge.Soon after U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday night reinstated a limited gag order banning Trump from attacking likely witnesses in the criminal case related to his coup attempt, the former president unloaded on his onetime attorney general, Bill Barr, who is almost certain to be called as a prosecution witness.“I called Bill Barr Dumb, Weak, Slow Moving, Lethargic, Gutless, and Lazy, a RINO WHO COULDN’T DO THE JOB,” Trump posted to social media about an hour after Chutkan’s decision was entered into the court record. “Bill Barr is a LOSER!”It’s unknown whether Chutkan will respond to the appare...
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