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MoveOn Rescinds Planned Endorsement of Rep. Adam Gray Following Vote for Trump’s Anti-voter Agenda

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Rep. Gray was one of only six House Democrats to support the NDAA package after Republican leaders attached the SAVE America Act Read at NBC News HERE Washington, D.C. – As reported by NBC News, MoveOn pulled back plans to endorse Representative Adam Gray for reelection following his vote for the National Defense Authorization Act, which included the anti-voter SAVE America Act. Rep. Gray was one of only six House Democrats to support the package, which passed the House by a 216–212 vote on Wednesday. “Despite the previous stated intention…

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Lights! Camera! Cage match! The White House lawn’s Octagon is ready for Trump’s 80th birthday bash

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For non-UFC fans, all of this might be disorienting under any circumstances. But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House’s South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Inside Trump’s Reversal on ICE

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President Trump woke up this morning with an urgent message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed on U.S. streets: They were to pay no mind to the internal memo, issued barely a day earlier, telling them to suspend vehicle stops amid a public outcry over two fatal shootings by ICE officers in less than a week. Trump was issuing his own orders. “We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!,” the president wrote on his Truth Social network. “Once we…

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Inside the crowd drawn to Trump’s UFC fight night at the White House

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One by one, the burly mixed martial arts fighters made their entrance past the solemn, hulking marble statue of America’s 16th president and jogged down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to roars from thousands of fans drawn to the unusual sporting weekend marking the nation’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Good Riddance to Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund 

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Taxpayers Should Never Pay the Tab for Insurrectionists’ Bucket Lists WASHINGTON – In response to news reports indicating the White House is revoking its plan with the IRS to create an unprecedented $ 1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to reward President Trump’s allies after strong rebukes from multiple federal courts, Congressional members of both parties, and persistent grassroots pressure, MoveOn’s Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement:  “Trump’s outrageous slush fund is a hallmark example of the lengths he will go to abuse his executive powers at…

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Trump’s Outrageous Slush Fund Gives Peak Abuse of Power

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WASHINGTON–A MoveOn Political Action petition is calling on Congress to block Trump’s newly created $ 1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” established by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche through the settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department.  In less than 24 hours, the MoveOn petition has garnered more than 27,385 signatures and counting.  MoveOn’s Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne said, “Trump’s outrageous slush fund is giving peak abuse of power at the expense of the American people.” He continued, “The same Department of Justice that has…

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