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☆ Middle East Crisis Biden Rebukes Netanyahu Over Civilian Deaths but Reaffirms Support
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Vivek Shankar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

President Biden has remained steadfast in his support of Israel, but has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the rising civilian death toll in Gaza. “In my view, he’s hurting Israel more than helping Israel,” Mr. Biden said, appearing to refer to Mr. Netanyahu’s military strategy. Mr. Biden did not offer details. In recent days, United Nations officials have warned that the enclave is close to famine. “I think it’s always possible,” Mr. Biden said.

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☆ Biden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden expressed regret on Saturday for using the word “illegal” to describe an undocumented immigrant who has been charged in the killing of a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia, agreeing with his progressive critics that it was an inappropriate term. Mr. Biden used the word during an unscripted colloquy with Republicans during his State of the Union address on Thursday night, and then came under fire from immigration supporters who consider the term dehumanizing. Among those who said he should not have used it were several congressional Democrats. “I shouldn’t have used ‘illegal’; it’s ‘undocumented,’” Mr. Biden said on Saturday in an interview with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC, during which he addressed his disagreements with former President Donald J. Trump. I’m not going to treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect.”

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☆ Gov. Newsom says Republicans are going after Taylor Swift for the wrong reason
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gavin Newsom defended Taylor Swift after some Republicans made the 34-year-old singer their new political target. During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," Newsom was asked about conspiracy theories aimed at the star by right-wing Donald Trump supporters. She wants more people to vote," Newsom said." To be clear, Swift has not endorsed Biden for the 2024 election, though she threw her support behind the president in 2020. However, these theories did not pan out after the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC championship in January.

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☆ Kamala Harris brushes aside concerns over Biden's age by saying he is 'very much alive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementVice President Kamala Harris says she isn't bothered by peoples' concerns about President Joe Biden's age. When pressed by Whitaker, Harris said she doesn't pay attention to speculation. Bill, we're gonna win," Harris said. We're gonna win. Besides dealing with high-profile staff turnover during her early days as vice president, Harris also faced criticism from Republicans over her handling of the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border.

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☆ Casey DeSantis hits back at reports calling her 'Walmart Melania': 'I do shop at Walmart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An opinion piece published by The Daily Beast referred to Casey DeSantis as "the Walmart Melania." In a "Fox & Friends" interview on Thursday, Florida's first lady brushed off the criticism. In Thursday's interview, "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt asked Casey how she deals with the criticism. Ron DeSantis, his wife, Casey DeSantis, and their children Mason, Madison, and Mamie during his inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on January 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. Lynne Sladky/AP"One thing that the corporate media did get right about me, I do shop at Walmart," Casey DeSantis said.

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☆ Former GOP lawmaker says Casey DeSantis is 'America's Karen' to a lot of people, and she can only do so much to help her husband Ron
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former GOP congressman, David Jolly, told MSNBC that Casey DeSantis has "become America's Karen." and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis — has "become America's Karen." "Look, she's a more effective messenger than Ron DeSantis, but if all she's doing is amplifying the wrong message, she's actually clarifying Ron DeSantis' weaknesses," Jolly told MSNBC. We are going to learn that the more Casey DeSantis gets out there," Jolly added. Casey DeSantis, a former news anchor, has been credited with boosting her husband Ron's 2024 presidential campaign and improving the governor's image.

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☆ Former Army officer and witness to Texas mall shooting who calls himself a 'gun lover' says mental health isn't the problem: 'We need more gun control'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former Army officer who rushed to scene of mass shooting in Allen, Texas says US needs gun control. Steven Spainhouer said he's a "gun lover" but that "this is going to keep happening" without stricter laws. He added that it was a gun, not mental health issues, that "killed these people." "I don't know what the gunman's problem was, but it wasn't mental health that killed these people. "I'm a gun lover.

☆ Trump dismisses criticisms about Biden's age, saying when people 'do the age thing' they're coming after him as well
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Trump said anything "wrong" with President Joe Biden has nothing to do with age. Whether you like him or not, he's 100% sharp," Trump said of his fellow 2016 presidential candidate, adding "so it's not an age thing." Trump also levied criticisms at President Joe Biden, saying he could not see Biden running for president in 2024 — but made clear that he did not think what was "wrong" with Biden had anything to do with him being 80 years old. "I think they do the age thing because I'm 4-5 years behind. In October, Biden addressed the concerns, saying they were "legitimate" but said that voters should judge him not by his age, but by his health.

☆ Biden goes a step further, says he 'plans on running' for a 2024 re-election campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Biden went further in teasing a 2024 announcement on Monday. The president told NBC's Al Roker that he plans on running, pushing closer to a formal announcement. "I plan on running, Al, but we're not prepared to announce it yet," Biden told NBC's Al Roker during an interview on the "Today" show. And we have time to make that decision," Biden told MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart last October. The veteran NBC host teased the president's future by asking how many more Easter Egg Rolls Biden expects to lead.

☆ George Conway says an insanity defense is Donald Trump's best shot against a possible indictment in New York, but that he'll never use it
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Conway says an insanity defense might be Trump's best shot in New York. Conway was weighing in on a series of incoherent Truth Social rants Trump posted on Sunday. Conway was responding on Twitter to screenshots of one of Trump's Truth Social rants on Sunday. "Are the coup-attempter's lawyers intending to use these posts as their proof in an insanity defense?" Conway told Insider on Sunday that from a legal perspective, even an insanity defense won't help Trump get off the hook in New York.

☆ Jennifer McClellan makes history as the first Black woman elected to Congress in Virginia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Zoë Richards | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Democrat Jennifer McClellan has made history as the first Black woman elected to represent Virginia in Congress, NBC News projected Tuesday. McClellan, a state senator, defeated Republican Leon Benjamin in Tuesday's special election in the 4th Congressional District. McClellan was heavily favored to win in the reliably blue district, which covers Richmond and reaches counties bordering North Carolina. She said her commitment to voting rights stems in part from the challenges family members faced in their efforts to vote. In 2021, as Republican-led states passed legislation to restrict voting rights, McClellan co-sponsored Virginia's voting rights law to protect elements of the Voting Rights Act the Supreme Court struck down in 2013.

☆ George Santos arrived in D.C. this week. No one is more riled than N.Y.'s other gay congressman.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Matt-Lavietes-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Matt Lavietes | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

“The House Republican chaos has a silver lining,” Torres tweeted Wednesday, referring to Republicans’ difficulty in electing a House speaker. Does Stefanik have George Santos in mind?” Torres tweeted Tuesday. In another tweet last week, Torres posted a screenshot of an invitation Santos sent to supporters, inviting them to celebrate his swearing into Congress. “He’s a pathological liar who cannot be trusted to serve the very public he defrauded,” Torres told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Monday. “No one has handed me anything on a silver platter,” he previously told NBC News.

☆ Trump's legal team better be able to get him to plead insanity at trial, a Harvard law professor says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyers should consider having him plead insanity at trial, a Harvard law professor said. Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe commented on Trump's response to the January 6 panel. "They'd better be psychiatrists expert at reflexive projection and capable of getting their client to plead insanity," Tribe added. In the video, Trump called the committee members "very bad people" while repeating baseless voter fraud conspiracy theories. In response, Trump said in a Truth Social post on December 19 that he felt the move made him "stronger."

☆ Jill Biden holds the key to the nation's political future as her husband weighs re-election in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

"Joe Biden wouldn't have run in '20 if Jill Biden had not wanted him to run and he won't run in '24 if Jill Biden doesn't want him to run," he told Insider. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks go off on national mall from the White House on July 4, 2022, in Washington, DC. Jill Biden divorced her first husband after five years and married Joe Biden two years later. First lady Jill Biden tours a classroom at the James Rushton Early Learning Center in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 9, 2021. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 18, 2022.

☆ Biden, who is less than a month away from turning 80, said it's 'totally legitimate' for voters to question whether he can serve a second term
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joe Biden said it's "totally legitimate" for people to question whether he is too old for a second term. Biden, who will turn 80 in November, has signaled his intention to seek reelection in 2024. I think that's totally legitimate," Biden said, whose 80th birthday is in November. In a separate interview, Biden said it is his "intention" to seek re-election in 2024, though he has not yet formally declared his candidacy. Recent polls show a majority of Americans think both Biden and 76-year-old former president Donald Trump are too old to seek reelection.

☆ Nancy Pelosi said Donald Trump isn't 'man enough to show up' to a Jan. 6 committee deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker Pelosi said she doesn't think Donald Trump is "man enough" to testify before the January 6 panel. Trump could be held in contempt of Congress if he doesn't comply, or he may drag out the process. "I don't think he's man enough to show up," Pelosi told Jonathan Capehart on "The Sunday Show" on MSNBC. When the committee voted unanimously earlier this month to subpoena Trump, he sent a letter repeating his false claims about the 2020 election. The speaker added that if Trump doesn't comply with the subpoena, then citizens can conclude "that he thinks he is above the law."

☆ Biden says it's his 'intention' to seek reelection and that the first lady thinks 'we're doing something very important'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joe Biden said it's his "intention" to seek re-election in 2024, though he hasn't formally declared his candidacy. Many have questioned whether Biden, 79, will seek reelection and who might challenge him. When asked if Dr. Jill Biden supports his decision, Biden paused for a long moment. "My wife thinks that we're doing something very important and that I shouldn't walk away from it," he said. Some Democrats have debated whether the 79-year-old president should seek reelection, citing his age and job performance as reasons to consider a different candidate.

☆ Biden warns Republicans will 'tear down' his accomplishments if they win midterms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“They don’t have a platform other than to tear down what I’ve been able to do, we’ve been able to do. “These last several weeks all I’m doing is saying here’s what we’re for, here’s what they’re for and make a choice and vote,” Biden said in the interview. “I have not made that formal decision, but it’s my intention, my intention to run again, and we have time to make that decision,” Biden said. Biden indicated first lady Jill Biden is supportive of a potential second term, as NBC News reported Friday. And they’ve been straightforward and to the point and it seems to me they would make sense,” Biden said.

☆ Former DOJ official says Trump's reaction to the January 6 panel is starting to look like the makings of an insanity defense
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former DOJ official Neal Katyal commented on Donald Trump's 14-page response to the DOJ. Katyal said he did not think the response would help Trump unless he was trying to plead insanity. He said Trump's response was "evidence" of an insanity plea. But it does seem to dig the hole in deeper for Donald Trump," Katyal told MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart. A representative at Trump's post-presidential press office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Michael Cohen is selling t-shirts depicting Trump in prison to 'celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Cohen is selling t-shirts depicting Trump behind bars. Cohen said the shirts were meant to "celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini." "BREAKING: I am excited to announce my new Mar-a-Lardo clothing line during Milan Fashion Week as we celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini," Cohen wrote. BREAKING: I am excited to announce my new Mar-a-Lardo clothing line during Milan Fashion Week as we celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini. I mean, this guy is out of his mind," Cohen quipped.

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