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Here's a winning issue for Biden or Trump: Support legalizing pot

American voters face a November rematch for president that many did not want, and the winner will be the oldest man ever to hold or retake the White...

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Chris Brennan 

GOP 'election integrity' lawyer indicted for fraud. How Trumpy is that?

Even for Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee, the latest legal mess involving their 2020 election lies is a little too on the nose....

26.04.2024 60

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How low can Trump sink? Even the Enquirer turned on him.

Try to view the world for a moment through Donald Trump’s eyes.  I’ve been covering the developer turned politician turned president turned...

24.04.2024 20

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Trump wants 'election integrity.' It's same nonsense he spouted in 2020.

Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee called Friday for more than "100,000 dedicated volunteers and attorneys" to help run an "election...

23.04.2024 40

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People keep mocking Truth Social, but Trump can still cash out big

The barbs and banter about Truth Social, the social media website that counts Donald Trump as its largest shareholder, split into two camps. And both...

19.04.2024 20

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Trump said he wants to debate. Will Biden fall for it?

Donald Trump is completely predictable when cornered by a problem of his own making. The one-term president is predisposed to distraction, desperate...

17.04.2024 50

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Does Trump's hush money trial matter to MAGA voters? 'Hell no.'

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Donald Trump's most fervent fans offered a variety of views when I asked if they believed he had sex with the porn star and...

15.04.2024 20

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Don't look now, but some Republicans are making Putin very happy

Can America secure our southern border to stem an immigration crisis while also helping Ukraine fight off a prolonged invasion from Russia? There are...

12.04.2024 30

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You can give Trump feedback on his VP pick. But give him money first.

Do you want to be Donald Trump's running mate? That's the question the former one-term president asked supporters in an email Sunday evening. But that...

09.04.2024 10

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No Labels never had a chance. They've finally admitted it.

No Labels, with no candidate and no shot at winning the presidency, is no longer a player in that election this year. That gust of wind you just felt?...

05.04.2024 10

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Biden is ignoring protest votes over his Gaza policy. It's a mistake.

Progressive voters in Wisconsin, a swing state that helped Joe Biden secure the presidency four years ago, issued an emphatic warning Tuesday about...

04.04.2024 10

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Republicans keep giving Biden a winning message with abortion

Donald Trump works feverishly to turn his many weaknesses into shows of strength. Charge him with crimes for paying hush money to a porn star and the...

03.04.2024 20

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Truth Social warns against buying Trump's new stock. We should listen.

You may have heard – because the news was everywhere last week – that Donald Trump is suddenly a few billion dollars richer on paper after his...

31.03.2024 20

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Trump's legal problems are costly. Will he have money to campaign?

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both in a world of hurt. But who would you rather be? Biden is an incumbent president seeking a second term with...

27.03.2024 30

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Chris Brennan 

RFK Jr. picks the perfect running mate for his 2024 vanity campaign

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s improbable bid for the presidency always looked more like a vanity project than a political campaign. His pick for a running...

27.03.2024 10

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Chris Brennan 

No Labels still hasn't named a presidential candidate. Is it a scam?

No Labels, the nonprofit trying to lure a third-party candidate to run for president this year, should consider rebranding itself as "No Candidate."...

25.03.2024 20

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Chris Brennan 

What is Christian nationalism? Americans don't know, but many support it.

Joe Biden, America’s second Catholic president, is often the subject of media coverage when he regularly attends church. Donald Trump’s best known...

24.03.2024 60

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MAGA loves when Trump repeats his lies. Will the rest of the voters?

Donald Trump knows the value of a historical rewrite. For two decades, Trump has pitched and re-pitched versions of his own story that seriously...

20.03.2024 20

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Willis won the case against her while hurting her case against Trump

Have you ever watched an argument and thought: Everyone here should be on the losing end? That's the takeaway from Fulton County, Georgia, where...

15.03.2024 7

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Does Trump or Biden want a TikTok ban? Depends on when you ask.

Donald Trump's flip-flop on TikTok makes abundantly clear that every single thing is transactional for the former president. And while Trump was...

14.03.2024 20

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Dysfunction of the primaries shows what's ahead for Biden and Trump

Primary elections are family squabbles, the old political saying goes, that the family puts behind them and unites to fight everyone else in the...

10.03.2024 20

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Chris Brennan 

It's time for No Labels to pick a presidential candidate or walk away

Imagine a group that looks and acts like a political party (while insisting it is not a party) with deep-pocket donors (whom the group won't identify)...

06.03.2024 5

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Liberal voters won't let Biden off the hook on Super Tuesday

There are two ways to look at last Tuesday's Michigan Democratic primary, when 13% of the voters picked "uncommitted" over President Joe Biden. One:...

04.03.2024 10

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Chris Brennan 

Alabama's IVF ruling made it harder for Republicans this election year

Republicans up and down November’s ballot were always going to be on the back foot when it comes to access to abortion and other reproductive health...

28.02.2024 6

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Trump seems like a fan of authoritarian rulers. Is he jealous?

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, was given a hero's welcome Thursday while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee's annual...

25.02.2024 9

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Trump is bashing mail-in voting again. Republicans need that to stop.

Donald Trump portrays presidential politics as a cast of allies and enemies, loyal supporters trying to help him return to the White House and bad...

21.02.2024 10

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Why do evangelical voters flock to Trump and his sinful ways? I asked.

Donald Trump is known for many things: bankrupt casinos, claims of adultery, bragging about sexual assault, actual sexual assault, paying hush money...

18.02.2024 40

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Trump wants us to 'get over' gun violence. NRA is counting on it.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Donald Trump on Friday acknowledged his cowardice when it comes to America’s epidemic of gun violence and the resulting...

13.02.2024 20

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Trump's lawyers thought the courts were safe bet. Now? Not so much.

Former President Donald Trump never hesitates to take contradictory positions if it helps his cause. He brags about appointing Supreme Court justices...

08.02.2024 10

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Georgia district attorney is now a sideshow in Trump's legal circus

Fani Willis should know better. The Fulton County district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump and his allies on trying to overturn the 2020 election in...

06.02.2024 4

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Chris Brennan 

GOP doesn't have evidence against Biden. They don't care. Will voters?

Imagine a television show about law and order where detectives keep interviewing witnesses who insist they saw no crime committed before they then run...

04.02.2024 10

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Chris Brennan 

Trump wants the border broken. Biden needs it fixed to win.

America's southern border is a chaotic mess. And that mess is a mirror, reflecting the longstanding political division not just between Democrats and...

31.01.2024 7

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Chris Brennan 

Biden's economy is thriving but Trump's message of collapse is winning

Listen to the men who are (one) president of the United States or (two) trying to get that job again and you might think this country has at least two...

28.01.2024 50

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Chris Brennan 

Biden is the best bet for protecting abortion. Just ask him.

President Joe Biden holds a 360-degree view of bad news. Everywhere he turns, trouble looms in his bid for a second term.  The economy? It’s...

25.01.2024 6

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Chris Brennan 

Trump's political victimhood schtick is built to grift supporters

Maybe it sounded out of control to you. A former president, already found by a judge and jury to have raped a woman, heckled her and the judge in...

24.01.2024 70

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Following the GOP nomination? Third-party candidates may change 2024.

Iowa is over and New Hampshire looms large as former President Donald Trump aims for inevitability as the Republican nominee for president. Still, his...

21.01.2024 6

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