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Cartoon: Snoozalini
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Campaign Action
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Petition could make Texas city council reconsider abortion travel ban
By Jayme Lozano Carver, Texas Tribune This article was originally published on Texas Tribune. Anti-abortion activists in Amarillo, Texas, say they have collected enough signatures—more than 10,000—to force the city council to reconsider a policy that would outlaw using local streets to access an abortion in other states. Organizers submitted the petition to the city last week. If they were indeed successful in collecting the required number of signatures—the city secretary must validate the...
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People charged with 2020 election interference are still in politics
As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud. At least five states that were won in 2020 by President Joe Biden have investigated efforts to install slates of electors who would cast Electoral College votes for Trump despite his loss. Those slates were to be used by Trump allies in the House and Senate to justify delaying or blocking the certification of the...
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Cartoon: 2024 candidates
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Campaign Action
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How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a potential national security threat, according to U.S. officials. On Wednesday,...
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Kristi Noem is the latest Republican to show the party has no shame left
Kristi Noem is on quite a roll lately. The South Dakota governor—a once-rising GOP star—is irked that people are calling her unpublishable names simply because she murdered her dog for being a skosh too dog-like. And now she has further ‘splaining to do after more rancid bologna emerged from the new book she wrote to bolster her VP bona fides, as she’s starting to face backlash with her appearances being canceled. As you’ll no doubt recall, Noem recently decided to destroy a mangy, useless,...
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Personal data is easier to get than ever. Reproductive health workers are at risk
By Jasmine Mithani, The 19th This article was originally published on The 19th. In November, a study revealed how easily foreign governments could use companies known as data brokers to purchase personal information about U.S. military personnel. In some cases, researchers paid less than a quarter per record for information that included home addresses, cell phone numbers, and sensitive health data. Congress reacted quickly; the House passed legislation this year that seeks to restrict the...
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Cartoon: GOP backing Trump
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Campaign Action
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: More Trump trial coverage making his scandals and weakness the focus
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet. Tom Nichols/The Atlantic: A Failure of Imagination About Trump American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate. In a recent interview with Time magazine, Donald Trump once again told Americans what he will do to their system of government. Why don’t they believe him? [] One problem has been around...
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ICYMI: Trump gets caught in another lie, Hope Hicks called to testify
Kristi Noem's most public murder is her political career Who would have guessed murdering a puppy would be such a career killer? Trump fatigue is real, but now is not the time to look away Because ignoring all the hate and misinformation he spews is how he wins. Cartoon: Kristi becomes Cruella If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will RFK Jr. sued Daily Kos. Things are not going well for him And it’s not over yet! A Georgia justice could be the first to lose in over a...
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Cartoon: Supreme Court fortune-telling
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Biden campaign's surprising target for new abortion ad: Latino men
The Biden campaign is leaning into abortion as an issue that can cut against Donald Trump with a critical constituency: Latino voters. On Friday, the campaign announced a new battleground state ad blitz targeting Latino men that will pour $1 million into Latino media in May alone, according to Reuters. The 30-second spot, which will air in English and Spanish, features Marine Corps vet and Nevada carpenter Cesar Carreon, talking about abortion as an attack on freedom. “I know what tough is,”...