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The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates

What were the takeaways from the final Republican debate of the year? Who won? Who lost? Were the various gaffes forgettable, or can they lodge themselves in the addled brain of a viewer in Iowa or New Hampshire, lasting there in the grooves well into mid-January, when she will go to put in her vote? Was that candidate’s feeble command of the lectern in Tuscaloosa—or in Milwaukee or Miami before it—a preview of a career of wannabe tyranny? Are there heels hidden in his boots? Paraphrasing some of the punditry response to the Republican debates is not done scornfully. Everyone has a job to do, and everyone, from the press to the moderators to the shrinking crowd of hopeful extremists shouting over one another on a lit stage, has worked in tedious harmony, these past several months, to fill...
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George Santos Says House Expulsion Will Be ‘Badge Of Honor’ In 3-Hour Rant
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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George Santos Says House Expulsion Will Be ‘Badge Of Honor’ In 3-Hour Rant

Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose various deceptions have landed him in hot water with colleagues and the Justice Department, remained defiant during a three-hour-long appearance on a live audio program Friday.“You want to expel me? I’ll wear it like a badge of honor,” he declared, adding: “I’ll be the only one expelled because people did not like me.”Santos spoke with conservative host Monica Matthews on X Spaces, formerly known as Twitter Spaces, around two weeks after a damning House ethics report found that he spent thousands of campaign dollars on Botox and other luxuries for himself. “I will defend myself to the end of time,” Santos said.Even before he took the oath of office in January, Santos has been plagued by allegations ranging from the silly to serious. He pre...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson Is Hit With The Same Problems That Vexed Kevin McCarthy
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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House Speaker Mike Johnson Is Hit With The Same Problems That Vexed Kevin McCarthy

WASHINGTON (AP) — By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That's disrupting the party's agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.Capitol Hill devolved into fresh scenes of political chaos this past week as tensions soared. A Republican senator challenged a Teamsters union boss to a brawl, one of several outbursts involving lawmakers, and the untested new speaker was forced to abandon his own party’s schedule and send everyone home early for Thanksgiving."T...
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Dalton City Council agrees to move money to stormwater, recreation projects | Local News
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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Dalton City Council agrees to move money to stormwater, recreation projects | Local News

City of Dalton officials have agreed to redirect $6 million from a 2020 bond issue that was originally allocated for a proposed aquatics center to recreation and stormwater projects.City Council members informally agreed to the proposal when they met as the Finance Committee last week. The council members will have to vote to approve any specific contracts.Citing soaring construction costs and large projected operating deficits, the council members voted in October to cancel the aquatics center. The city had budgeted $13 million for the project, with $6 million coming from bond funds.City Administrator Andrew Parker said th...
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Ex-RNC Spokesperson Has The Perfect Response For Kari Lake’s Election Fraud Obsession
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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Ex-RNC Spokesperson Has The Perfect Response For Kari Lake’s Election Fraud Obsession

Former Republican National Committee spokesperson Tim Miller shut down Arizona senatorial candidate Kari Lake for obsessing over Trump’s “big lie.” (You can check out a clip of Miller’s interview with Lake below)Miller – guest host of Showtime’s “The Circus” – dropped by Steve Bannon’s “War Room” last week and spoke with Lake, who questioned the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.The former RNC spokesperson later brought up the fentanyl crisis among American children, a topic Lake said she cares “deeply” about, before questioning her fixation on election fraud.“So if you care so deeply about this, couldn’t you actually do something about it if you stopped the bullshit about the last election?” Miller said.“If you had just acknowledged that Trump had lost and acknowledge...
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Sen. Tim Scott Drops Out Of 2024 Presidential Race
13Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sen. Tim Scott Drops Out Of 2024 Presidential Race

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) suspended his presidential campaign on Sunday, just days after he failed to gain traction during the third Republican debate.“I love America more today than I did on May 22nd, but when I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending my campaign,” Scott said on Fox News. “I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they’re telling me: Not now, Tim.”Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had been a long-shot candidate in the Republican primary, with him frequently polling in the single digits while attempting to undermine former President Donald Trump’s overwhelming stronghold on the Republican Party.He formally launched his campaign in May while it was flush with $22 millio...
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The Warnings About Trump in 2024 Are Getting Louder
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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The Warnings About Trump in 2024 Are Getting Louder

Donald Trump often takes the breath away with his defiance of the basic norms of American public life. (See: January 6th.) But sometimes it’s the smaller encroachments on decency that serve as a reminder of how far outside the bounds he operates. “Can you control your client?” Judge Arthur Engoron demanded of Trump’s lawyer, during the former President’s testimony on Monday in Manhattan, where he stands accused of running a fraudulent business in the state of New York. “This is not a political rally. This is a courtroom.” Later, after yet another Trump soliloquy in response to a yes-or-no question, Engoron repeated his entreaty. “I beseech you,” the judge said, “to control him if you can.”Of course, seven years and five months into Trump’s political career, we know by now that there is no...
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For Nikki Haley, Opportunity Knocks Again
4Nov By adminNo Comments
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For Nikki Haley, Opportunity Knocks Again

Manchester, N.H. You might say Nikki Haley has an exceptional sense of timing, or that she possesses the most valuable political gift of all: luck. That’s not to diminish the former South Carolina governor’s political skill or competence; it’s to point out that at crucial moments in her career, things have gone her way—either because she took the right opportunities at the right time, or because those opportunities fell into her lap, or both. Probably both. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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