Tag: Democrats
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Democrats flip key New Hampshire seat, putting them inches from erasing GOP’s majority
[ad_1] New Hampshire Democrat Hal Rafter scored a major pickup for his party on Tuesday by flipping a swingy seat in a special election for the state House, a triumph that puts Democrats one seat away from erasing the GOP’s majority in the chamber. Rafter beat Republican Jim Guzofski 56-44 to flip Rockingham County’s 1st…
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House Democrats press for cameras in federal courts, as Trump trials and Supreme Court session loom
[ad_1] “You try to read their body language. You watch them and their reactions closely. It’s an art. Not a science,” Glenn Ivey recalled. “When you’re in a jury trial, the last thing on your mind is anything other than the judge and the jury.” Even a television camera would be ignored, Ivey argued. …
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Obama Could Deliver The House To Democrats Via Redistricting Fight
[ad_1] Democrats have turned to former President Obama to lead the redistricting fight in states like New York, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Louisiana. Politico reported: Former President Barack Obama hosted a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee on Thursday. The event in Martha’s Vineyard raised $1.5 million, the committee told POLITICO, ahead of…
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Trump outdoes Milwaukee debaters in taped interview accusing Democrats of being ‘savage animals’
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump nearly stole the limelight from last night’s RNC-sponsored live FOX TV presidential debate, first in the series in the run-up to the GOP primaries, shocking the nation by calling prosecuting Democrats “savage animals and sick…”, even as eight contestants grappled with each other debating abortion, Ukraine, spending as…
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Schumer touts Inflation Reduction Act as a way for Democrats to win voters : NPR
[ad_1] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is using the Inflation Reduction Act as a key message for Democrats in 2024. He says it will frame the choice for voters between Republicans and Democrats. LEILA FADEL, HOST: This week marks the one-year anniversary of one of President Biden’s big legislative achievements, the Inflation Reduction Act. The…
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Justice Democrats Faces More Staff Reduction In Latest Layoffs
[ad_1] The prominent progressive group Justice Democrats laid off three more members of its staff this week, adding to a contraction of its workforce that began in mid-July. Departing staff members held either administrative roles or positions at the group’s political nonprofit arm, Organize for Justice, according to Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for the group,…
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Media Attack Florida Education Rules, Whitewash Democrats’ Race History
[ad_1] Ya can’t make it up. In the dust-up over Florida’s Board of Education publishing new guidelines for teaching Black history, the Washington Post editorial board, without the slightest sense of irony, headlined this: DeSantis seeks to whitewash slavery in Florida’s curriculum The editorial said, among other things, this: The state’s Board of Education has unveiled its newest…
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U.S. Stablecoin Bill Takes Big Step Despite Fight from Democrats, White House
[ad_1] In a contentious hearing Thursday that ended with a 34-16 vote to clear the legislation for wider consideration in the House of Representatives, the panel’s top Democrat, Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), said it was really McHenry who shut down the talks early after negotiations broke down the night before the hearing. The battle sullied what’s…
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Democrats question proposed part of AUKUS deal — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] A key part of the AUKUS security pact aiming to create a “seamless” defense industry across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States appears at risk after congressional Democrats raised doubts about Canberra’s ability to protect U.S. military designs from China. The concerns were raised during a session of the House Foreign Affairs…
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Transgender Democrat’s Child Porn Charges Draw Conservative Outrage
[ad_1] The news that a transgender former Democratic lawmaker faces charges over allegedly colluding with a daycare center employee to obtain child pornography sparked an avalanche of conservative condemnation. Stacie Marie Laughton, 39, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was arrested and charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children and aiding and abetting on June…
