Migrants in 'urgent humanitarian' need flown to US from Bahamas, other vacation hot spots ( www.foxnews.com )
If Trump Wins ( www.nytimes.com )
The evolution of Ritchie Torres [David Cruz | Jun 10 24 | City and State NY] ( www.cityandstateny.com )
“I didn’t leave the progressive movement; the progressive movement left me.”
Biden campaign hires Republican to pursue 'never Trump' voters [Doina Chiacu and Nandita Bose | Jun 07 24 | Reuters] ( www.reuters.com )
WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is making a pitch for his re-election to Republicans who do not support their party's standard-bearer, Donald Trump, in November's election, a Biden campaign official said on Thursday.
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17713638...
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War [Sheera Frenkel | Jun 05 24 | NYTimes] ( www.nytimes.com )
Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war with Gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation.
Could Trump beat Biden in a blowout? [Julia Mueller and Brett Samuels | 06/05/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
President Biden’s poor polling numbers have raised questions about the possibility of a blowout victory by former President Trump in November, even as he grapples with his own political challenges in the wake of a conviction in a New York hush money trial.
Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict [Paul Steinhauser | May 31, 2024 | Fox News] ( www.foxnews.com )
Trump campaign touts smashing single-day fundraising record in the first 6 hours after the former president's conviction in his criminal trial
Donald Trump joins TikTok and rapidly wins three million followers [Jasper Ward | Jun 02, 2024 | Reuters] ( www.reuters.com )
June 2 (Reuters) - Roughly a day since joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted 3 million followers on the short video social media platform that he tried to ban as president on national security grounds.
Maureen Dowd’s sister is backing Trump after verdict [Sarah Fortinsky | 06/02/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said this weekend that her sister is backing former President Trump’s reelection bid following the guilty verdict in the New York hush money criminal trial.
Biden’s Pier-less Incompetence | National Review ( www.nationalreview.com )
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change [Lisa Rathke | May 31, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature late Thursday, saying he is very concerned about the costs and outcome of the small state taking on “Big Oil” alone in what will likely be a grueling legal fight. But he acknowledged that he understands something has to be done to address the...
Bipartisan leaders officially invite Netanyahu to address Congress [Mychael Schnell | 05/31/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday sent Netanyahu a formal invitation to speak during a joint meeting of Congress, and the invitation featured the signatures of all four Congressional leaders: Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader...
These Convictions Thwart Trump’s Plan to Pardon Himself ( theintercept.com )
Netanyahu Under Fire After Calling Rafah Massacre a 'Tragic Mistake' [Brett Wilkins | May 27, 2024 | Common Dreams] ( www.commondreams.org )
"This was intentional," said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. "You don't accidentally kill massive amounts of children and their families over and over again and get to say, 'It was a mistake.'"
(Clinton blaming Russia to Trump being an illegitimate president to 3rd parties and now...) Clinton says women abandoned her because she wasn’t ‘perfect’ [Tara Suter | 05/25/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
“They left me because they just couldn’t take a risk on me, because as a woman, I’m supposed to be perfect,” Clinton said in an interview with The New Times, published Saturday. “They were willing to take a risk on [former President Trump] — who had a long list of, let’s call them flaws, to illustrate his...
‘A deranged fringe movement’: what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson? ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15781650...
Pennsylvania poses problems for ‘Scranton Joe’ [Amie Parnes | 05/25/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
President Biden goes by “Scranton Joe,” he references Pennsylvania often in speeches and his campaigns have spent millions of dollars there in political ads....
How campus protests flip-flopped America’s free speech debate [Colin Meyn | 05/25/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
The battle lines over free speech on college campuses were largely entrenched before pro-Palestinian encampments rapidly spread across the country last month....
Chicago Develops Exciting New Form of Gun Crime | National Review ( www.nationalreview.com )
Trump pitch to oil companies turns off two-thirds of likely voters, poll finds [Saul Elbein | 05/21/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
Almost 6 in 10 likely voters surveyed — 58 percent — said they were “concerned” about a second Trump term after hearing about the former president’s reported offer to undo broad swaths of President Biden’s climate policies, according to polling by Data for Progress and Climate Power....
[Latest NH Journal/Praecones Analytica poll] Biden, Trump tied in New Hampshire survey [Sarah Fortinsky | 05/21/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
In the latest NH Journal/Praecones Analytica poll, released Monday, Trump received 36.6 percent support, compared to Biden’s 36.5 percent. Kennedy followed the presumptive party nominees in a not-so-distant third place, with 14.6 percent of the vote....
[7/10 voters... want to see third-party/independent candidates in presidential debate this cycle] 71 percent in poll want RFK Jr., third parties in debate [Julia Mueller | 05/20/24 | The Hill] ( thehill.com )
Seven in 10 voters in a new poll want to see third-party and independent candidates in presidential debates this cycle, as President Biden and former President Trump prepare to go head-to-head....