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The DSCC has pledged a “multimillion" dollar effort to help Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried announced Monday in a call with reporters. Regardless of whatever national money comes for Democrats, Scott will no doubt hold his long-running huge cash advantage. “It's no surprise that polling shows this race tied — Floridians know that Rick Scott is far too extreme for our state," Mucarsel-Powell said. "For 14 years Rick Scott has ruthlessly attacked our freedoms, hard-earned benefits and economic opportunities. “National Democrats can flirt with spending in Florida if they want and risk losing incumbent races,” he said.

Persons: Republican Sen, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, DSCC, Mucarsel, Nikki Fried, ” Fried, Scott, Scott’s, “, ” Scott, Chris Hartline, “ It's, —, Tyson, ” Organizations: Republican, Florida Senate, Scott, NBC News, Tampa, Democratic, Democratic Senatorial, Florida Democratic, “ Locations: TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Florida, Orlando, Miami, Powell, Texas

☆ Helene recovery could cost $34 billion. Here's who might pay for it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An aerial picture taken on September 28, 2024, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene across the southeastern United States could cost upwards of $34 billion, according to early estimates from Moody's Analytics. The Moody's report, released as Helene was making landfall last week, estimated that property damage could cost between $15 billion to $26 billion. And the resulting economic slowdown could cost $5 billion to $8 billion in productivity losses. Only about 6% of U.S. homeowners have flood insurance through either a private company or the congressionally funded National Flood Insurance Program, despite 90% of natural disasters involving flooding, he said.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Helene, Mark Zandi, Zandi, Mark Friedlander, Friedlander, Joe Biden, Wiley Nickel, Florida Republican Sen, Rick Scott, Mark Amodei Organizations: Moody's, CNBC, Insurance, Flood Insurance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Disaster Relief Fund, Capitol, Florida Republican Locations: Hurricane, Valdosta , Georgia, United States, Florida , Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Appalachia, Washington

☆ Harris could face Senate GOP roadblock for any Supreme Court pick
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

For more on the Senate Republican leadership race, watch “Inside Politics with Manu Raju,” this Sunday at 8 a.m. EDT. If Republicans regain control of the Senate, a President Harris would have to rely on the next GOP leader to schedule a vote on a Supreme Court nominee. “It depends,” Texas Sen. John Cornyn said when asked if a Harris Supreme Court pick would get a vote in a Senate that he would lead. “We’ll cross the bridge when we come to it,” Thune said when asked last week if he’d allow a Harris Supreme Court pick to be confirmed. Asked how he would work with a President Harris, Cornyn deadpanned: “We would be the loyal opposition.”

Persons: Manu Raju, ”, Kamala Harris, Harris, Mitch McConnell, Texas Sen, John Cornyn, ” Cornyn, I’m, John Thune, ” Thune, ” Sens, Tom Williams, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Sen, Rick Scott of, McConnell, don’t, Trump, Cornyn Organizations: Republican, , Washington CNN, Senate, GOP, CNN, Harris Supreme, Harris, South Dakota Republican, Republican Senate, ”, Texas Republican, Inc, Getty, Florida — Locations: Washington, Texas, South Dakota, Washington, Rick Scott of Florida, Florida, Republican Senate

☆ Kamala Harris' economic agenda may now depend on beating Ted Cruz or Rick Scott
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewVice President Kamala Harris has made a number of promises as part of her proposed domestic agenda. That's left Democrats with little choice than to go on offense and try to beat Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas and Sen. Rick Scott in Florida. Cruz and Scott we will crystallize the case against them," Peters said. In Texas, Cruz faces Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, who was recently endorsed by former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. A source close to Scott signaled that the Florida senator isn't sweating it, telling Business Insider that "if national Democrats decide to spend in Florida, Rick Scott will spend more."

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Harris, She's, Donald Trump, Sen, Joe Manchin's, Tim Walz, Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester, Montana . Brown, Tester, Tim Sheehy, That's, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, Gary Peters of, Cruz, Scott, Peters, Colin Allred, Liz Cheney, Scott's, Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, Allred Organizations: Service, Business, Senate, Gov, Republican, Democratic Senatorial, Gary Peters of Michigan, Sens, Democratic, Republicans Locations: Ohio, Montana ., Texas, Florida, In Texas, In Florida, New York, California

☆ Senate Democrats launch first multimillion-dollar TV investments in Texas and Florida as map grows more daunting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida, with additional TV investments likely to come, according to the committee. “Senate Democrats are expanding the map and going on offense. That’s where Florida and Texas – which have been seen as relative long shots – come into play. Of the two states, Texas – which is at No. 9 on CNN’s ranking of flippable Senate seats – has been seen as a more viable target.

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☆ Republicans still haven't found their footing on the abortion issue: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Bernie Moreno, Republican Senate candidate for Ohio, at the RNC in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 16. “Honestly I think Bernie is heading in the right direction but handed Sherrod an opening with that.”Democrats have been hammering Republicans across the country on the abortion issue. Some Republicans warned that the party’s failure to counter abortion attacks cost them crucial seats that year. In 2022, exit polling found Democrats had an 11-point advantage on the issue of abortion. And in this new NBC poll, Harris’ advantage was just under 20 points.

Persons: Chuck Todd, Kamala Harris, Roe, Bridget Bowman, Adam Edelman, Henry J, Gomez, Bernie Moreno’s, Bernie Moreno, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Sherrod Brown, “ Bernie oof, ”, Moreno, Bernie, Sherrod, Democratic Sen, Jacky Rosen of, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Harris, Gail Gitcho, “, Sam Brown, Pennsylvania’s Dave McCormick, Larry Hogan —, Sen, Rick Scott, hasn’t, Trump, Joe Biden, Republican Bill McInturff, Jeff Horwitt, Biden, I’d, Trump’s, it’s, Chuck → That’s Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Gomez Republicans, Ohio, Republican, RNC, Bloomberg, Getty, Democratic, Democrats, Republicans, NBC News, GOP, didn’t, Trump, Hart Research, Biden Locations: Milwaukee, Wis, Ohio, Spanish, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Florida

In the seven most competitive Senate races, Democratic campaigns and outside groups launched 33 TV ads on abortion just in the last week, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact. Just one Republican ad, a Spanish-language spot from an outside group targeting Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, mentioned abortion. Some Republicans warned that the party's failure to counter abortion attacks cost them crucial seats that year. In Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake has softened her position on abortion rights. Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it.

Persons: Bernie Moreno’s, Sherrod Brown, “ Bernie oof, ”, Moreno, “, Bernie, Sherrod, Sherrod Brown’s, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris, Democratic Sen, Jacky Rosen of, Sarah Guggenheimer, Tommy Garcia, Joe Biden's, Harris, Gail Gitcho, Sam Brown, Pennsylvania's Dave McCormick, Larry Hogan —, Florida Sen, Rick Scott, Mike Berg, Lauren Zelt, Mitt Romney's, —, Sen, Jon Tester, Tim Sheehy, Debbie Mucarsel Powell, Republican Sen, Amy Walter, haven't, Kari Lake, Republican Sam Brown, Brown, Alex Conant, it’s, Conant, Moreno’s, Reagan McCarthy, Ohioans, “ Moreno, ” Brown, Reeves Oyster Organizations: Ohio, GOP, Republican, Democratic, PAC, Democrats, Republicans, NBC News, Trump, didn’t, “, NBC, WCMH Locations: Ohio, Spanish, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Florida, America, Arizona, Florida , Nevada, Montana, Nevada, Columbus

☆ Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Reed’s is one of 55 families from Tennessee to California asking the U.S. government for humanitarian parole for some 70 children they’re adopting. But a State Department spokesperson told The Associated Press that other Haitian authorities overseeing the adoption process do not agree. Sherrod Brown, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, who have written the U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security on their behalf. Gangs forced the children to relocate to southwest Haiti, where their family is running low on food and other basic supplies. “We are not looking to bypass any part of the adoption process.

Persons: Esai Reed, Esai’s, Esai, hasn’t, ”, Michelle Reed, Haiti’s, Reed, Emmerson, “, ” Stéphane Vincent, adoptees ”, Sherrod Brown, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, William O’Neill, Diane Kunz, ” Reed, Michelle, ” Michelle, they’re, Angela, —, “ It’s Organizations: JUAN, Puerto Rico —, U.S, State Department, Haitian Central, Department, Associated Press, Immigration, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Sens, . State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Kenyan, New, Adoption Locations: Puerto Rico, Haiti, U.S, Caribbean, Florida, Tennessee, California, Port, Haitian, New York, ”, “

Some lawmakers have called for more Secret Service funding, while others said the Secret Service could be more effective by shifting resources. But if it's signed into law, Trump and Harris would be granted the same standard of Secret Security protection as President Joe Biden. Biden said this week that the Secret Service "needs more help" and called on Congress to act. And both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have committed to getting the Secret Service what they need. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he wants the Secret Service to provide “clarification of what the current practices are” to confirm that.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, Mike Lawler, Ritchie Torres, it's, Harris, Joe Biden, “, ” Lawler, ”, Biden, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, GOP Sen, Rick Scott of, ” Scott, Sen, John Cornyn, President Trump, Cornyn, Dick Durbin, ” Torres, Durbin, Torres, Joe Raedle, Ryan Wesley Routh, Ronald Rowe, Rowe Organizations: WASHINGTON —, Service, GOP, FBI, Scott's, Act, “, Democratic, Senate, Trump International Golf, Secret, Trump, Secret Service Locations: U.S, —, Rick Scott of Florida, America, Texas, Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ Senate GOP blocks IVF bill again as Democrats spotlight issue ahead of elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Clare Foran | Ted | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday pressed for Republicans to join Democrats in voting to advance the IVF bill. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon objected, and instead urged their colleagues to support Democrats’ bill during Tuesday’s vote. Another Senate GOP bill aimed at addressing concerns about IVF was introduced earlier this year. On Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Patty Murray blocked a uninamous consent request to pass Britt and Cruz’s IVF bill, ahead of the vote on the Democrats’ broader IVF package. “Our bill is the only bill that protects IVF access while safeguarding religious liberty,” Britt said.

Persons: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, “ We’re, ” Schumer, “, John Thune, ”, Democratic Sen, Tammy Duckworth, Patty Murray, Cory Booker of, GOP Sen, Rick Scott, Ron Wyden, Kat Cammack, Katie Britt, Ted Cruz’s, Britt, Murray, Cruz, ” Britt, we’ve, ” CNN’s Aaron Pellish Organizations: Washington CNN —, Republicans, Democrat, GOP Sens, Republican, Democratic, Illinois, Alabama’s, GOP, Oregon, Democrats, Health Savings Locations: Washington, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Florida

“Obamacare was lousy health care. Harris senior adviser David Plouffe promised Wednesday that voters will hear more about Trump’s health care comments. “He promised us a health care plan back in 2015. But he still wants to basically throw tens of millions of people off health care,” Plouffe said on MSNBC. I say: How are we going to fix the system?”Asked if he supports Trump's call to reopen the ACA fight, No.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “ Obamacare, It’s, ” Trump, “, ”, didn’t, Trump’s, Trump, Harris, Biden, David Plouffe, ” Plouffe, Barack Obama, Sen, John McCain, I’ve, Joe Biden, hasn’t, ” Sen, Rick Scott, Republican Sen, John Barrasso, Obama’s Organizations: Affordable, ACA, Republicans, MSNBC, “, GOP, Trump, Democrats, Republican Locations: Trump, Wyoming

☆ Opinion | Nate Silver on How Kamala Harris Changed the Odds
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +81 min

You know, Hillary Clinton, who was, I think, kind of a terrible candidate, won the popular vote by two points. So I don’t think they gave her a very good hand to play. It doesn’t matter who you are, it matters that you’re right and you’re able to prove it or bet on it in some way. What wasn’t in the Harris model that should have been?” “Yeah, maybe you really can meme your way to victory. And there’s something in it that I don’t think she can explain how she does it, but it makes her a fascinating leader.

Persons: Nate Silver, ”, ESPN’s Nate Silver, Silver, He’s, “ Savage, ” “, he’s, Ezra, Harris, we’ve, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, There’s, Hillary Clinton, she’s, She’s, Gavin Newsom, It’s, Biden, I’m, you’re, Joe Biden, Democratic Party Harris, Liz, —, “, Donald Trump, that’s, George W, Bush, Donald Trump wasn’t, it’s, Michael Jackson, Woody Allen, ’, Chick, don’t, George Floyd, ‘ COVID, COVID, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Michael Moritz, Elon, Mark Cuban, Thiel, Max Chafkin, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Ted Cruz, Sam Bankman, Tom Brady, SBF, Carrick Flynn, Oregon’s, I’m Carrick Flynn, Tara MacAulay, vouched, Bill Clinton, Tyler Cowen, they’ve, Jane, JD Vance, Peter Thiel’s, Vance, Trump, Steve Bannon, Don Trump, Jr, Tucker Carlson, Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Tell, you’ve, Shapiro, Walz, I’ve, Iglesias, Obama, Susan Collins, Joe Manchin —, Jon Tester, ” “ Sherrod Brown, I’d, Dana White, Hulk Hogan, Joe Biden’s, — let’s, Mike Donilon, Kennedy, ” “ Tim Alberta, Georgia —, Brian Kemp, Blake Masters, Rick Scott, ” “ Trump, Doug Burgum, Black, didn’t, — Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, Michael Jordan, everyone’s, Nancy Pelosi’s, Nancy Pelosi, Joe ’, we’re, I’ll, John Coates, Richard Rhodes, Natasha Schüll, Natasha Organizations: Oracle, Trump, Democratic Party, Facebook, Twitter, The New York Times, ’ Harvard University, Democratic White House, Republican White House, Democratic, Silver, George, Vegas, Poker, extroversion, Elon, Sequoia Capital, McLaren, Paypal, Republican, New, PAC, Alameda, Las, Ohio Senate, underperform, White, UFC, RNC, Biden, Biden ., National Association of Black Journalists, Deutsche Bank, Manhattan Project, Design Locations: Nate, Russian, Russia, ’, Elon, Florida, predestiny, Bahamas, Sam, Africa, New York, Oregon, Las Vegas, Petersburg, United States, Ohio, Trump, Minnesota, ” “ Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Gaza, Chicago, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada , Arizona, Biden . Georgia, Carolina, Arizona, Ukraine, LA, It’s, Vegas

Early voting is underway for Florida’s Aug. 20 primaries, and Mucarsel-Powell and Scott face nominal competition for their party's nominations. The November elections will be a test on where Florida Democrats stand after devastating losses in the midterm elections. A focus on abortion rightsMucarsel-Powell is making abortion rights a key issue in the race. Some abortion rights advocates have pushed back on politicizing the issue. Tim Walz, are vocal supporters of abortion rights and IVF and fertility treatment access and have made the issue a campaign priority.

Persons: Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, Mucarsel, Sen, Rick Scott, that’s, Scott, ”, Elia, Dimitris Harvalis, Carmen Sesin, Carlos Gimenez, Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, Eduardo Gamarra, Gamarra, Bill Nelson, GovTrack, Scott’s, Nancy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar, Will Hampson, Hillsborough Community College Dale, Thomas Simonetti, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis, Republican Sen, Marco Rubio, “, It’s, “ It’s, That’s, Tim Walz, Harris, it’s Organizations: U.S, Senate, Republican, America, Public, University of North, Florida’s, NBC, Ecuadorian, Rep, Latina, U.S . Senate, Democrat, Florida International University, Republicans, Democratic, Hillsborough Community College, Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry, Bloomberg, Getty, Democrats, Florida Democrats, Gov, Miami, Dade, ”, Minnesota Gov, FIU Locations: Fla, Florida, Mucarsel, University of North Florida, Miami, Dade, Ecuadorian American, American, Ecuador, Nevada, Tampa, Venezuela, Cuba, Latin America, Dade County, North Carolina, Virginia

☆ Google and X lag peers in addressing non-consensual explicit images, lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Google, X and Discord are among a group of tech giants that could be doing more to address the rising threat of non-consensual explicit images online, according to a letter that a group of senators sent to the companies Friday. The letter criticizes nearly a dozen tech firms for their lack of participation in two programs that make it easier for people to request the removal of non-consensual explicit images and videos from the internet. The letter was spearheaded by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Sen. Rick Scott, and co-signed by ten other senators. Most of the companies named in the letter have policies against the creation or sharing of non-consensual, explicit images, and in some cases offer their own ways for users to report or request the removal of such content. The fight to address non-consensual explicit images and deepfakes has received rare bipartisan support.

Persons: popstar Taylor Swift, OpenAI, Democratic Sen, Jeanne Shaheen, Republican Sen, Rick Scott, deepfakes, Ted Cruz, —, Amy Klobuchar Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, CNN, Microsoft, National Center for, Democratic, Republican, Capitol Locations: New York

☆ ‘20th Hijacker’ Is Denied Transfer From Federal Supermax to French Prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Carol Rosenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department has denied a request by Zacarias Moussaoui, the only prisoner ever convicted in the United States of having ties to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to serve the remainder of his life sentence in his native France. Mr. Moussaoui had made the application from the supermax prison in Colorado, using a process that is routinely available to foreign nationals held as U.S. prisoners. Then on Wednesday afternoon, two relatives of people killed in the attacks said they were notified by the Justice Department that the request was denied. “Our office appreciates your concerns and comments regarding Zacarias Moussaoui,” the email said. “I am notifying you that Mr. Moussaoui’s application to transfer to France was denied by the United States on July 26, 2024.”No explanation was offered for the delay in notification.

Persons: Zacarias Moussaoui, Moussaoui, Zacarias, “, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, Biden, General Merrick B, Garland Organizations: Justice Department Locations: United States, France, Colorado, Florida

☆ How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races. We talked by email about the state of play for the House and Senate and how the shake-up in the presidential race might change things. PATHE: House races are typically more nationalized than Senate races because the candidates are lesser known; therefore, it’s harder for them to separate themselves from their party and the top of the ticket. WOLF: The presidential primary process is over, but we’re still in the thick of statewide primaries for House and Senate races. WOLF: If there’s one Senate race that could be a bellwether for the country as a whole, which one is it and why?

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Simone Pathe, Harris, Biden, It’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Wisconsin Sen, Tammy Baldwin, who’s, Baldwin, she’d, Sen, Jon Tester, Tester, it’s, Priscilla Alvarez, hasn’t, WOLF, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, doesn’t, Brown, — Tester, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Jacky Rosen, Nevada –, —, There’s, we’re, — GOP Sen, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, Colin Allred, GOP Sen, Ted Cruz, there’s, Cruz, we’ve, Beto O’Rourke’s, Jaime Harrison’s, South Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham, Allred —, That’s, Debbie Stabenow, Elissa Slotkin, Mike Rogers Organizations: CNN, CNN Politics, Senate, PATHE, Democratic, Black, Biden, Trump, Air Force, GOP, Republican, Democrat, House, — GOP, of Houston, South Carolina, Democrats, Democratic Rep Locations: Washington, Wisconsin, Madison, Milwaukee, Baldwin, Montana, California, Pennsylvania, Trump, New York, Oregon , Washington , Colorado , Michigan, North Carolina, New Mexico, Maine, Alaska, York, Ohio, In Ohio, Nevada, Arizona , Michigan, West Virginia, — Texas, Florida, Maryland, Texas, Michigan

TuesdaySeveral Senate candidates and House leaders joined Mr. Trump in the box over the course of Tuesday night. Eric Trump Donald J. Trump Senator J.D. Mr. Trump responded with applause, flanked by Mr. Vance and Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the House majority leader. Walt Nauta, Trump’s valet Vanessa Trump Massad Boulos Ronan Anthony Villency Linda McMahon, business executive Kimberly Guilfoyle Kai Trump Eric Trump Lara Trump Michael Boulos Issac Perlmutter Laura Perlmutter Donald Trump Jr. Usha Vance Donald J. Trump Gov. Vance, Ohio Melania Trump Eric Trump Donald Trump Jr. Photo by Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Persons: Hiroko Masuike, Donald J, Trump’s, Trump, J.D, Vance of, Byron Donalds of, Katie Britt, Ala, Sarah Boulos, Ronan Anthony Villency, Massad Boulos, Tiffany’s, David Sacks, Donald Trump Jr, Kimberly Guilfoyle Eric Trump Lara Trump Tiffany Trump Michael Boulos, Tiffany's, Tucker Carlson, Byron Donalds, Ohio Mike Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Mike Johnson’s, Trump Sarah Boulos, Kimberly’s, Eric Trump Donald Trump Jr, Kimberly Guilfoyle Lara Trump Tiffany Trump Michael Boulos, Ohio Tucker Carlson, Trump Mike Johnson, Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tiffany Trump, Michael Boulos, Donald Trump , Jr, Vance, Mike Johnson, Massad, Ken Paxton, Markwayne Mullin, Okla, Marsha Blackburn, Ronny Jackson, Rick Scott, Brian Mast, Anna Paulina Luna, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Cory Mills, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Ark, Eric Trump Donald J, Tom Emmer, Elise Stefanik, Tiffany Trump Michael Boulos Eric Trump Donald J, Steve Scalise, Kyle Yunaska, Lara Trump’s, Robert Luke Yunaska, Michael Boulos Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Linda Ann Sykes, Lee Zeldin, Jim Banks, Eric Schmitt, Haiyun Jiang, Glenn Youngkin, Marco Rubio, Callista Gingrich, Newt Gingrich, Mary Miller, Dale Strong, Nicole Malliotakis, Lisa McClain, Callista Gingrich Amber Rose, Troy Nehls, Troy Nehls , Texas Ronan Anthony Villency Mike Johnson Isaac Perlmutter, Laura Perlmutter, Lauren Boebert, Jeanette Rubio, Marco Rubio’s, Greg Abbott, Monica De La, Monica De La Cruz , Texas Newt Gingrich, Todd Heisler, Vance’s, Usha Vance, Doug Burgum, Kai Trump, Trump's, ” Walt Nauta, Jason Smith, Mo, Boris Epshteyn, Ronan Anthony Villency Kai Trump Vanessa Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle Linda McMahon, Lara Trump Usha Vance Eric Trump Michae, Laura Perlmutter Issac Perlmutter Donald J, Mike Johnson Gov, Texas Bev Vance, Walt Nauta, Vanessa Trump Massad Boulos Ronan Anthony Villency Linda McMahon, Kimberly Guilfoyle Kai Trump Eric Trump Lara Trump Michael Boulos Issac Perlmutter Laura Perlmutter Donald Trump Jr, Usha Vance Donald J, Mike Johnson Bev Vance, Jamie Kelter Davis, Ivanka, Jared Kushner, Melania, Ronan Anthony Villency Steve Witkoff, Dan Bongino, Kai Trump Laura Olaya, Tiffany Trump Michael, Vanessa Trump Jared Kushner Ivanka Trump, Hulk’s, Hulk Hogan Kimberly Guilfoyle Lara Trump Usha Vance, Vance , Ohio Melania Trump Eric Trump Donald Trump Jr Organizations: New York Times, Republican, Convention, Fox News, Trump, New York, House, Mr, Republicans, Rep, Michael, Tiffany Trump Gov, Texas Rep, Trump Rep, Gov, Republican National Committee, Ill, Monica De La Cruz , Texas Gov, Trump Gov, The New York, The New York Times, Daily Locations: Trump’s, Vance of Ohio, Byron Donalds of Florida, Fla, Vance, Ohio, Ala, Ken Paxton , Texas, Tenn, Texas, Ga, Vance , Ohio, Minn, N.Y, Massad, Louisiana, Bird , Iowa, La, Ind, Mo, Virginia, Marco Rubio of Florida, Mich, Troy Nehls , Texas, Colo, Monica De La Cruz , Texas, Va . Rep, North Dakota

☆ Words Used at the Republican National Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jonathan Corum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated PressWords Used at the Republican National ConventionSpeakers at the Republican National Convention used more than 110,000 words over four boisterous days. The selection of speakers and their choice of words reflected both the pointed campaign rhetoric and the rewritten platform of the Republican Party in 2024. Excluding common and routine words, the most frequently spoken words were:Words on the EconomyJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesEconomic concerns were a recurring theme of the convention. Frequently used words when talking about the economy included:Words on ImmigrationReuters/Brian SnyderSpeakers described “millions of illegal aliens” crossing the southern border, promoting the idea of a migrant crime surge with descriptions of “murderers and rapists” and “criminals and terrorists.”Some of the words frequently used when discussing immigration:Words From Notable SpeakersCircles show the number of times that these selected speakers used the following words. The only known Republican acceptance speech with a comparable word count was William Howard Taft’s in 1908.

Persons: Scott Applewhite, Joe Raedle, Rick Scott of, Biden, Brian Snyder, ”, Ted Cruz Nikki Haley Ron DeSantis Donald Trump Jr, J.D, Vance Donald J, – –, Harris, –, Kenny Holston, Donald J, Trump, William Howard Taft’s, William Howard Taft, Michael M, Mr Organizations: Republican, Republican National Convention, Republican Party, Immigration Reuters, Trump, Biden, –, Israel –, Afghanistan –, Iran, Putin, Health, New York, American, of, Affordable, The Democratic, Convention Locations: Rick Scott of Florida, Gaza, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, China, Chicago

☆ How Biden’s 2024 choice could reshape the Senate and Supreme Court for years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But recent history raises deep questions about whether Democratic Senate candidates can continue to levitate as far above the presidential ticket as polls now show. “A Democratic Senate majority coalition relies on having both Senators from a state such as Michigan,” said Daniel Hopkins, a University of Pennsylvania political scientist. As recently as the 1980s, it was common for voters to split their tickets in Senate races. Still, even that alignment left room for some Senate candidates to swim against this general tide. This history, by itself, doesn’t answer whether Democratic Senate candidates would have better prospects with or without Biden as their presidential nominee.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Republican Sen, Susan Collins of, Trump, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, ”, Democratic Sen, Evan Bayh, Bayh, “, —, Sen, Joe Manchin, who’s, Democratic Sens, Sherrod Brown of, Jon Tester, Montana, Bob Casey, Tammy Baldwin, Jacky Rosen, Elissa Slotkin, Ruben Gallego, Kyrsten, Martin Heinrich, Nella Domenici, Pete Domenici, Curtis Bashaw, Andy Kim, Bob Menendez, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, Collins, Ron Johnson, Daniel Hopkins, — hasn’t, David Bergstein, ” Bergstein, ” Mike Berg, ” Lee Drutman, Drutman, Biden’s, ” Drutman, Democratic pollster, ” Jason Kander, Kander, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Roy Blunt, doesn’t, ” Kander, ” Bayh, Republican Todd Young, it’s, Ronald Reagan’s, Barack Obama, Obama, Republican Dean Heller, Heller —, Steve Bullock, Jesse Hunt, Hunt, Hopkins Organizations: CNN, Senate, Democratic, Republican, White, GOP, West, Republicans, Biden, Democratic Sens, Democrats, Trump, University of Pennsylvania, don’t, Democratic Senatorial, “ Republicans, National Republican Senatorial, Democratic Senate, ”, White House, Indiana Senate, Democratic Gov Locations: Susan Collins of Maine, Indiana, West Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona, New Mexico, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, — Maine, Florida , Iowa, Ohio, New America, Missouri, Southern, Maine, Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky, Montana , South Carolina

☆ Trump Isn’t Choosing a V.P. He’s Casting a Reality Show. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Ramin Setoodeh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The public jockeying by various candidates to become Donald Trump’s running mate has taken on the air of a circus. Vance of Ohio; Senator Rick Scott of Florida; Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama; the businessman and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; and others. Mr. Trump’s search is playing out more like an open cattle call audition. But Mr. Trump is always governing for the cameras — his favorite constituency. Mr. Trump was America’s first reality-TV president, and now he’s reviving the hits: He’s turned the veepstakes into a reboot of “The Apprentice.”

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☆ What Mitch McConnell's truce with Trump means
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have decided to play nice, again. According to reports at the time and since then, the longest-serving GOP Senate leader came close to voting to convict Trump of inciting the violence. Now, the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell has said he will step down from the role after the election. AdvertisementAmid his pique, Trump pushed Sen. Rick Scott of Florida to challenge McConnell for the right to lead Senate Republicans. "Well, as the Republican leader of the Senate, it should not be a front-page headline that I will support the Republican nominee for president," McConnell said.

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☆ Far-Right Vows to Tie Up the Senate to Avenge Trump Are So Far Mostly Empty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Rick Scott is so furious over the felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump that the Florida Republican says he and his colleagues need to take it out on the Senate, by acting as disrupters and blocking all Biden administration nominees and legislation. “We can’t have business as usual,” Mr. Scott insisted as the Senate convened this week for the first time since Mr. Trump’s trial ended in New York with a fusillade of “guilty” verdicts. Yet so far at least, business as usual it is. Despite the far-right conservative bloc vowing to draw the line against White House nominees and Democratic legislation, three nominees — one a judge for the usually pummeled District of Columbia, no less — have breezed through the Senate this week with plenty of Republican backing. side is willing to draw such a hard line in a fit of pique.

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☆ These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe Senate failed on Wednesday to advance a bill designed to protect access to contraceptives nationwide. Just two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted with Democrats to advance the bill. Advertisement"Do people really think that even a significant minority of the Republican conference is against access to contraception?" AdvertisementBut still — if Republicans aren't against contraception, why won't they just vote for the bill? Glenn Youngkin of Virginia vetoed a bill to protect access to contraception, arguing that it violated principles of religious freedom.

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It’s just the latest sign that the pilgrimage to Trump’s criminal trial in New York has become a new litmus test for Trump loyalty inside the GOP ahead of November. Then, the GOP members joined Trump in his motorcade – including the Republican candidate challenging GOP Rep. Bob Good, who has tried to cozy up to Trump after initially endorsing Florida Gov. President, we’ve got your back,” GOP Rep. Andy Ogles said outside the courthouse. Gaetz along with Boebert and GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who were all in New York on Thursday, missed the vote. GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sparked outrage when she went after Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s appearance and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s intelligence, with the committee meeting devolving into a heated sparring match.

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☆ Donald Trump's allies are doing his dirty work while tiptoeing around his gag order
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But while the former president has been uncharacteristically restrained recently, a cast of Republican lawmakers and Trump surrogates have traveled to court to rail about the proceedings. It's raised questions about whether the "surrogates" could be violating Trump's gag order. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, who has been floated as a potential VP pick, told Newsmax one reason he attended was to "overcome this gag order." Under the gag order, Trump is not allowed to comment about Cohen. But Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told BI that "practically speaking," Judge Merchan can do little to stop lawmakers from speaking on Trump's behalf.

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