ROUNDUP: More Republican Collusion and Corruption Propping Up Spoiler Candidates

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A story from the Associated Press this week details how Republican operatives are propping up Cornel West and Jill Stein’s campaigns in key states to boost Donald Trump’s chances at the presidency. This includes gathering signatures for the candidates, representing them in court, and swindling folks into signing on to be electors.  For months, Republicans have gone all in on their national strategy to get West on the ballot in swing states to boost Donald Trump. West has continually used lawyers and MAGA consultants who have ties…

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GoFundMe for Trump Rally Shooting Victims Raises More Than $2 Million in 14 Hours

The Daily Caller News Foundation—The GoFundMe campaign raising money for victims of the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally raised more than $ 2 million in 14 hours, according to the fundraising website. The fundraiser titled “Support For Butler PA Victims – President Trump Authorized” was started by Meredith O’Rourke, the Trump campaign’s national finance director. The campaign raised over $ 2.4 million by Sunday afternoon, surpassing the $ 1 million goal, according to the fundraising site. “President Donald Trump has authorized this account as a place for donations to…

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Why These Women Chose to Have 5 or More Kids

Why do some women choose to have large families? As the American birth rate declines, academic Catherine Ruth Pakaluk decided to look at the 5% of American women who are outliers, and who have five or more children. With a colleague, she interviewed 55 of those women, and shares their reasons and experiences in her new book, “Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.” These women share openly about how having a large family has affected their careers, their identities, and their marriages. Listen to the full interview…

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Abraham Accords Needed ‘More Than Ever’ as Israel-Hamas War Escalates

The escalating Israel-Hamas war means that the Abraham Accords between Israel and two former enemies in the Middle East “are needed now more than ever,” Jared Kushner said in a post last week on social media. Kushner should know. As a top White House aide as well as son-in-law to then-President Donald Trump, Kushner was instrumental in achieving the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain. I joined former Italian Prime Minister @matteorenzi this morning at #FII7 to discuss conflict…

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There’s More Than Enough Evidence for a Joe Biden Impeachment Inquiry

“Without evidence.” They want those two words imprinted in your mind whenever you hear about the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “Since gaining the House majority in January,” writes The Associated Press, “House Republicans have aggressively investigated Biden and his son, claiming without evidence that they engaged in an influence-peddling scheme.” Many other pieces use the same language. Sticking the words “without evidence” into a story is meant to insinuate that the impetus for an investigation is itself meritless. What kind of people make accusations without evidence, right?…

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