RoundUp: The Wackiest Moments from RFK Jr.’s Baffling “Counter Programming”

RFK Jr. reminded voters of his extreme views on abortion, Social Security, and the Ukraine war WASHINGTON, D.C. – After throwing a temper tantrum because he didn’t qualify to share the debate stage with President Biden and former President Trump, RFK Jr. decided to hold his own “counter-programming” – consisting of a bizarre, one-man “debate” and an interview with Dr. Phil – which he hoped would turn the tide of his floundering campaign. Unsurprisingly, it only served as a reminder for voters of his backward, MAGA-flavored positions on reproductive rights…

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Flurry of House activity on 2025 federal spending, but not much bipartisanship

In the House, it’s one down and 11 to go for the appropriations bills that make up the federal budget for 2025. And lawmakers are set to make a lot of progress over the next several weeks, with an aggressive schedule of votes coming up. Loren Duggan is Deputy News Director at Bloomberg Government spoke with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview Transcript:  Loren Duggan This is the latest week that’s very spending focused in the House. As you mentioned, three of the…

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Trump and the ‘Champion of the Migrants’

Over the weekend, at two campaign events, Donald Trump bragged to audiences about another of his big “ideas,” this one presented to his friend Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. “Dana,” Trump said he suggested, “why don’t you set up a migrant league of fighters and have your regular league of fighters, and then you have the champion of your league—these are the greatest fighters in the world—fight the champion of the migrants?” This anecdote was in addition to his usual routine: claiming, erroneously, that migrants are…

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After Another Ugly Antisemitic Incident in LA, the Left Has Few Words, No Answers

A violent antisemitic mob descended upon a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday and harassed the congregants, injuring several. Yet the response from the LA media and authorities has been pitiful. The initial protests were organized by Palestinian Youth Movement LA and Code Pink LA, the same coalition of people who’ve organized the protests on college campuses and in our cities. Some of the protesters filmed their march down the streets of Los Angeles holding Palestinian and pro-Hamas flags. They screamed chants like, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.” This…

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Trump Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Trumpets Kennedy, Stein, West as Spoiler Candidates for Biden Reelect

Donald Trump: “Cornel West—he’s one of my favorite candidates. I like her also—Jill Stein. You know why? She takes 100% from them. He takes 100%. Kennedy—probably 50-50.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action called out Donald Trump for saying the quiet part out loud: Third-party spoilers will deliver the White House to Trump. During the Trump campaign’s Saturday night rally in Philadelphia, Trump acknowledged that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein, and Cornel West would all take votes away from President Biden —emphasizing that that’s why they are his…

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