THIRD-PARTY WATCH: Growing Chorus of Voices Warn of Third-Party Threat

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, MoveOn Political Action spotlights the growing chorus of voices raising the alarm on how third-party presidential candidates could damage Democratic chances again in 2024. Pete Rothpletz of The New Republic points out that Jill Stein has made the Green Party even worse off than it was before. Echoing an earlier critique by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rothpletz points out that Stein has done next to nothing to build the party over the years, nor is she focused on actually achieving long-term progressive power:  “This meager coalition can’t possibly…

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Intelligence agencies warn of election threats from active Russia, aggressive Iran

The U.S. government’s top intelligence official said Wednesday that the country faces active threats to its coming elections from Russia and an increasingly aggressive Iran. But Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines also contended that the U.S. government has “never been better prepared” to address challenges to election security, even as the threats multiply amid new tech tools and a potentially growing pool of adversaries. The Washington Times stories: White House

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The ‘Uniparty Foreign Policy Blob’ Is Codifying a ‘War on Wrongthink’ Through Big Tech and the Biden Admin, Analysts Warn

The foreign policy establishment that once thrived under the control of both political parties has used Big Tech and the Biden administration to codify a “war on wrongthink” that stifles dissent from the elites’ narrative, a journalist and an online censorship analyst warned. “What we’re up against here are not pink-haired, ambi-gendered LGBT-BLM-maximizing identitarian politics when we’re talking about censorship on the internet,” Michael Benz, a former State Department official under President Donald Trump and founder of the Foundation for Freedom Online, said Tuesday at an Oversight Project event at The…

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U.S., G-7 allies demand Russia pull back from Ukraine border, warn of ‘massive’ response

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations meeting Sunday in England issued a blunt warning to Russia to draw down forces that have massed on Ukraine’s border, accusing Moscow of trying to intimidate its smaller neighbor and vowing strong joint action if Russia does not relent. The G-7 industrial … The Washington Times stories: White House

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Parent Activists Warn That Fight for Education Far From Over

Parent activists, school board members, and a congressman gathered Monday in Washington to remind Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department that the fight for education is only just beginning.  “Whether it’s radical transgender policies in our schools, whether it’s putting masks on our children, which is paramount to child abuse, whether it’s forcing vaccines on our children, or whether it’s teaching radical critical race theory in our school systems, educating our teachers to teach that, the lens through which everything is taught, we reject that,” Rep. Bob Good,…

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