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Republican Senate Candidate Gets 9 Percent of Vote, Refuses to Concede
Republican Senate candidate Bobby Piton claimed that massive fraud was responsible for his fourth-place GOP primary finish. A voting machine is pictured during a primary election in Chicago, Illinois, on March 17, 2020. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP/Getty A Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois is refusing the concede, despite suffering a blowout loss in Wednesday's GOP primary.Bobby…
Republican donor and investor Peter Thiel to leave Facebook board
Facebook's parent company, Meta, said Monday that Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist who helped supercharge the social network's trajectory and later became a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, will leave the company's board of directors later this year. Meta said in a statement that Thiel had decided not to be re-elected to the…
The Republican Party Is Now the Party of January 6
The January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol failed to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden, but it could ultimately prove successful as a galvanizing point for the radical right. In the year since the attack, the rioters have been embraced as martyrs by many in the GOP; Trump allies have made…
‘The Republican Senate Needs New Leadership’: Trump Grills McConnell, GOP Senators For Throwing ‘A Lifeline’ To Democrats
October 07, 2021 11:36 PM ET Former President Donald Trump appeared on “Hannity” Thursday night and criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the ten other Republican senators who voted with Democrats to extend the debt ceiling until December.“He threw him a lifeline that they didn’t have to throw them,” host Sean Hannity said after…
‘Republican Leadership Blinked’: Ted Cruz Says McConnell Caved On Debt Ceiling Out Of Fear Democrats Would Nuke Filibuster
October 07, 2021 10:23 PM ET Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had caved on the debt ceiling because he was afraid Democrats would make good on threats to “nuke the filibuster.”Cruz joined Fox News host Sean Hannity on his radio show to discuss McConnell’s agreement to extend…
Republican Governors Outline Plan to End Border Crisis
U.S. Border Patrol agent Carlos Rivera guides migrants to be processed after they attempted to cross the border from Mexico into Sunland Park, N.M., September 17, 2021. (Paul Ratje/Reuters) A group of GOP governors outlined a ten-point plan to end the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and called on President Biden to address…
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Former Bush/Cheney political strategist Matthew Dowd is running as a Democrat to unseat current two-term incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, as other anti-Trump Republicans like Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney gear up for a rough midterm battle.Oct. 3, 2021Read More