First Read: “It’s worth noting that Carson’s popularity may be more about his Fox News contract than his policy positions; in fact, two of the four Republicans with the highest popularity scores in our latest NBC News/ WSJ poll were regular personalities on the cable channel.”
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Biden Leads In Wisconsin
A new Quinnipiac poll in Wisconsin shows Joe Biden leading Donald Trump, 50% to 44% among registered voters. When the match up is expanded to include independent candidates, the race…
Democrats Brace for Gaza War Protests at Convention
“Democrats are bracing for the prospect of waves of protests seeking to disrupt the party’s August convention in Chicago, a spectacle that could damage President Biden’s re-election bid and the…
Biden Revives ‘Build Back Better’ Proposals
“As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities…
McCarthy Escalates Attacks on Matt Gaetz
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) “is escalating his revenge campaign against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),” Politico reports. “In an interview with Politico, McCarthy backed Gaetz’s new Florida GOP primary challenger;…
Quote of the Day
“I have cognitive problems, clearly. I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quoted by the New York Times…
FreedomWorks Shuts Down
“FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down, according to its president, a casualty of the ideological split in…
Trump Super PAC Joins TikTok
Donald Trump’s Super PAC has launched a @MAGA account on TikTok — the first entity connected to the GOP nominee to join the video sharing social media platform, Fox News…
Biden Needs More Than Another Ad Blitz
President Biden’s campaign is continuing its swing-state ad blitz this month with a $14 million ad buy. This follows a six-week, $30 million ad buy in March and April. Join…
GOP Lawmaker Defends Child Marriage
New Hampshire state Rep. Jess Edwards (R) opposed raising the age of marriage to 18 years old and “drew gasps and groans from lawmakers,” the Granite Post reports. Said Edwards:…
Jamaal Bowman Follows Fringe Content on YouTube
Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY) personal YouTube page “features known Russian and Chinese disinfo peddlers, flat earthers, musings about UFOs and ‘signs you’re being prepared to cross to the new earth,’…
What Stormy Daniels Said
Most news coverage of Stormy Daniels’ testimony at Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial avoided the more lurid details, but the Daily Mail didn’t. Save to Favorites
Appeals Court to Weigh Disqualifying Fani Willis
“The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday decided to hear an appeal of a judge’s ruling allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain at the helm of Fulton County’s election…
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Most Think Trump Would Ban Abortion Nationally
Donald Trump thought his “let the states decide” position on abortion was threading some imaginary middle ground on the controversial issue. A new poll suggests its backfiring badly. Join now…
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Gets GOP Help
“Georgia conservatives are launching a rescue mission for Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson ahead of a May 21 election that pits him against former Rep. John Barrow (D-GA),” the…
Louisiana Republicans Reject Exceptions for Rape, Incest
“Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill Tuesday that would have added cases of rape and incest as…
Paul Ryan Confirms He Won’t Vote for Trump
Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) “doubled down on his claim that he will not vote for Donald Trump this November, reasserting his opposition to the former president just two months…
RFK Jr. Staffer Was at Capitol During January 6 Riot
A right-wing social media influencer hired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign who previously said Jan. 6 was “Democrat misdirection” appears to have himself been on the restricted grounds…
Trump to Dine with NFT Buyers
“Donald Trump is scheduled to spend part of his day off from court today at a Mar-a-Lago dinner with supporters who spent thousands of dollars for Trump ‘Mugshot Edition’ NFTs,”…
Biden Races to Protect His Legacy
President Biden is in a race against time to dole out hundreds of billions of already-appropriated dollars that haven’t yet been spent in case Donald Trump wins in November and…