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MoveOn to Kennedy Jr.: Tell Your Super PACs to Give Back All the MAGA Money

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NYT: “Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates” WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to New York Times reporting outlining how Donald Trump’s allies are investing in third-party presidential candidates, such as Robert Kennedy Jr., to swing the election against President Biden, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne release the following statement:  “Trump and his MAGA dark money crowd are not fooling anybody. It’s clear as day that Robert Kennedy Jr. is a Trojan horse for the Trump campaign. Here’s an idea: How about…

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MoveOn to CNN: Don’t Give Trump Free Airtime 

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WASHINGTON – Ahead of tomorrow’s planned CNN town hall with former President Donald Trump, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement: “If CNN goes through with its planned town hall with Donald Trump tomorrow, the news network will be providing a noted insurrectionist, liar, and conspiracy theorist with free, unfiltered airtime with only limited live fact-checking. CNN will be platforming someone who has already shown that he will use his voice to inspire violence and bigotry with no remorse. This decision by CNN is dangerous and…

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This bipartisan bill would give the GSA new cybersecurity responsibility

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A bill before the House would create a new cadre of people to help the government in case of a serious cyber attack. The National Digital Reserve Corps would be managed by the General Services Administration. To learn more about the Corps, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales. Interview transcript: Tony Gonzales First off, I am a retired Navy Master Chief. I spent 20 years and in the Navy as a naval cryptologist, with a top secret SCI clearance. I spent five years in…

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Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

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A bicameral pair of Democrats proposed a bill to give federal employees a pay raise in 2024, in what has become an annual tradition in recent years. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act in the House and Senate, respectively, to give most civilian employees an 8.7% average pay raise next year. Specifically, the bill includes a 4.7% across-the-board base pay raise, plus a 4% average locality pay increase. The legislation also includes a 4.7% raise for prevailing rate…

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Pause Before You Give Congress Credit for Trying to Stop Slave Labor in China

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American corporate and political leaders are more eager than ever to burnish their do-gooder credentials. Companies are taking stands on social issues more than ever before. Politicians also want to make sure the voters know they are socially just. It’s no surprise, therefore, that each house of Congress has passed a bill to stop the importation of goods made with Chinese slave labor. What’s more interesting is just how much top American companies and our political leaders have done to slow down the process and weaken the protections. It’s a…

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4 Problems With Left’s Hypocritical Plan to Give Wealthy Constituents a Bigger SALT Deduction

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Liberal legislators in high-tax states like New York, New Jersey, and California seem determined to make sure that their own high-income constituents pay for as little of their big spending plan as possible. Recently, the House of Representatives passed the largest expansion of means-tested welfare spending in U.S. history, along with hundreds of billions of new corporate welfare. In addition to about $ 2 trillion of new taxes in the bill, fully funding the so-called Build Back Better Act would require multitrillion-dollar tax increases in the future. Members of congress…

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