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Trump’s Bizarre Closing Message to Voters

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Modern political history offers few examples of closing arguments that appear more out of touch, self-defeating, or downright bizarre than what Donald Trump has offered his fellow Republicans ahead of next week’s midterm elections. In 1980, when Ronald Reagan told voters to consider Jimmy Carter’s presidency and to ask themselves, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?,” it helped turn a tight race into a Reagan landslide. But many stretch-run messages prove deeply ineffective, and are quickly forgotten. Ahead of the 1998 midterms, Republicans went all in…

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MoveOn: Voters Are Done with the Status Quo

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Establishment Politicians Are on Notice: Step Up or Step Aside NEW YORK—In response to recent primary contests in New York, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “Voters are telling you what they think of the establishment of both political parties. And they are refusing to let their voices be silenced by dark money from corporations and lobbyists. They are tired of timid politicians who run from bold ideas and tough conversations. That’s why we are all in on electing fighters who are focused on making…

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By Invalidating 3 Million Voters, Courts Greenlight Trump and Republican Power Grabs to Try to Rig the Election

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VIRGINIA – In response to the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down Virginians’ voting to redraw the state’s congressional map, MoveOn Political Action Chief Communications Officer Joel Payne released the following statement: “Virginians voted to level the playing field against Republican efforts to avoid accountability at the ballot box. And now a court is silencing and invalidating the votes of 3 million Virginians. Once again, the courts have blunted the will of the people, and are giving a green light to President Trump and Republicans’ unprecedented power grab in the…

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The Disappointment of Young Trump Voters

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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The past two months have been some of the worst for Donald Trump’s approval rating—ever. Polling aggregators have his net approval in the low 40s, with 34 percent approval on the economy and 30 percent on cost of living. In individual polls, his overall approval dips down into the mid 30s. The last time Trump’s numbers looked this bad was right after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. George W. Bush…

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Voters in Kamala Harris’ Hometown Smack Down Initiative to Tax Natural Gas Use

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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Voters in Berkeley, California, soundly rejected a proposal that would have required owners of certain larger buildings to pay a fee in order to use natural gas. Measure GG would have required owners of multifamily or commercial buildings larger than 15,000 square feet to pay up in order to use natural gas. It failed with 68.25% of voters moving to reject the measure, according to Alameda County election data. Environmentalists and labor unions advocated for “Measure GG” on the grounds that reducing emissions from buildings is imperative to fight climate…

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Kamala Harris Is Keeping Voters in the Dark

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“We are not going back,” Vice President Kamala Harris has promised. But where are we heading? And who is being left behind? Concerned Americans asking these questions can find answers at this year’s Climate Week NYC, a gathering of liberal activists and elites who claim that we are heading away from a “fossil-fuel society” and toward a “green economy” that “will drive a seismic change… in the way we build, live, and learn.” Unfortunately, they might be right. Make no mistake, this revolution isn’t the organic byproduct of a free market and…

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