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  • Scaramucci: We Have to Make Sure Republicans Either Don’t Vote or Vote for Biden

    03/28/2024 6:02:23 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 57 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/28/2024 | Pam Key
    Former Trump administration communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that he is working to “split the Republicans” and make sure that “these people either don’t vote or they vote for Joe Biden.” Scaramucci said, “I would say to you and other people that are listening here, it’s one day and one step at a time. I’m going to do my job or my part in this. I certainly love Liz Cheney for what she’s doing. We’d like to get Paul Ryan out there. Secretary Esper has told people publicly that I may not like President Biden’s policies,...
  • Landrieu: Our Children’s Ability to Live Free Is on the Line if Trump Elected

    03/28/2024 5:55:25 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/28/2024 | Pam Key
    Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that if former President Donald Trump is elected again, “our children’s ability to live in a free world” will be in jeopardy. Landrieu said, “What’s so critically important to remember is that elections are about choices. It’s about the past versus the future. It’s about values, and it’s critically important. When President Biden ran for office, he said, ‘I’m going to help restore the soul of the nation. I’m going to invest in the American people. I’m going to lower costs. I’m going to impact people’s freedoms.’ And he’s bringing...
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    03/28/2024 12:35:42 PM PDT · by Miss Yvonne G 75 · 141 replies
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  • UN high court again orders Israel to alleviate crisis in Gaza

    03/28/2024 11:48:25 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/28/2024 | BRAD DRESS
    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Israel to take more steps to protect civilians in Gaza and alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the coastal strip where Israeli troops are fighting against Palestinian militant group Hamas. The court ordered Israel to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, noting there is no substitute for land crossings for supplies. The court also said Israel must “not commit acts which constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza.” The United Nations high court’s Thursday order comes after a plea from South Africa for the...
  • Support for legal abortion hits new high among US voters: Fox News poll

    03/28/2024 11:02:37 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/28/2024 | NICK ROBERTSON
    A record 59 percent of surveyed Americans believe abortion should be legal, according to a new Fox News poll published Wednesday, as the Supreme Court argued over whether abortion pills should be outlawed, and GOP politicians consider support for a national abortion ban. Support for abortion rights has increased by double digits since early 2022, just before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that removed federal protections for abortion procedures. The Dobbs ruling created a cascading effect of abortion restrictions in Republican-controlled states nationwide and sparked a new movement of abortion rights activism. The 59 percent figure is a significant increase...
  • Karl Rove: Democrats ‘should worry’ about RFK Jr.

    03/28/2024 7:34:24 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/28/2024 | LAUREN SFORZA
    Republican strategist Karl Rove said the Democrats “should worry” about Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. independent bid for the White House. Democrats ramped up their criticism of Kennedy after he announced Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday. Fox News’s Bret Baier asked Rove on “America Reports” whether Democrats should be concerned about Kennedy’s campaign potentially hurting President Biden’s reelection efforts. “Well, they should worry. In 2016, third party candidates got 5.8 percent of the vote. That’s one out of every 17 voters cast a ballot for third-party candidates. And in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, the Green Party candidate got more...
  • Study: Tires on Electric Cars Wear More Quickly, Have Less Durability

    03/27/2024 1:31:08 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 46 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    Tires on electric vehicles (EVs) have less durability and wear more quickly than tires on traditional gas-powered cars, a 2024 study shows. The revelation poses another problem for President Joe Biden’s quest to force Americans into EVs. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study found that EV owners reported more tire wear compared to gas-powered cars, Automotive News reports: Findings from the study highlight EV owners having less satisfaction with the durability of their tires, expecting them to wear similar to gasoline-powered vehicle tires. However, EV tires naturally wear quicker because of greater vehicle weight and...
  • Former Watergate prosecutor weighs in on recent Trump gag order: ‘This is so unusual’

    03/27/2024 12:31:39 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | FILIP TIMOTIJA
    Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said Wednesday that the gag order recently imposed on former President Trump in his New York hush money trial is “so unusual.” “I think what the viewers have to understand is, this is so unusual,” Akerman told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield in an interview. “This never happens, in over 50 years of law practice, both as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer. Akerman emphasized the unprecedented nature of how Trump’s case has unfolded, and that his attacks on Judge Juan Merchan could get the former president in “harm’s way.” Not only is the gag order itself unusual,...
  • Bill Maher: ‘I’ll do everything I can to make sure’ Trump isn’t president again

    03/27/2024 12:23:19 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | JUDY KURTZ
    Bill Maher says he’s committed to ensuring that former President Trump doesn’t return to the Oval Office. “I’ll do everything I can to make sure that doesn’t happen, but none of us have much influence,” the HBO “Real Time” host said of Trump winning his rematch against President Biden, in an interview with Variety that published Wednesday. “What I have decided to do is not preemptively give up my nervous system to Donald Trump like I did last time, or maybe the last two times,” Maher, 68, said. “If he wins, he wins,” he added. “The country is polarized. It’s...
  • NCAA will push states to ban prop bets on college athletes

    03/27/2024 9:43:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 5 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | NICK ROBERTSON
    The NCAA announced Wednesday it will lobby state gambling boards to ban player proposition bets in an effort to curb harassment against individual student athletes. As March Madness tournaments get underway, the college athletics organization said prop bets — those made on the specific stat lines of players, like how many points, rebounds or turnovers they make in a game — are harmful to the sport. “Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to student-athletes and professional athletes getting harassed,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said...
  • Baltimore Ship ‘Black Box’ Data Recorder Taken by Investigators as Search for Missing Continues

    03/27/2024 9:35:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | Oliver JJ Lane
    The investigation and recovery after the catastrophic bridge strike over the Patapsco River continues, with National Transportation Safety Board officials having boarded the MV Dali and professionals continuing to seek victims of the collapse. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials have now removed the MV Dali’s data recorder — like the famous ‘black boxes’ of commercial aircraft — which upon evaluation may contain further information about the cause of the loss of propulsion that seems to have contributed to Tuesday’s disaster. Among the more mundane reasons for the “lost propulsion” that would have left the ship not able to steer...
  • U.N. Chief Demands Slavery Reparations After ‘Generations of Discrimination

    03/27/2024 8:28:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 66 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/27/2024 | SIMON KENT
    U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has declared reparations are due now to compensate for the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a way to tackle “its legacy” in today’s society, including “systemic racism and white supremacy.” In a statement to mark the U.N. International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, Guterres said the past “laid the foundations for a violent discrimination system based on white supremacy.” “We call for reparatory justice frameworks to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination,” Guterres said.
  • Chris Cuomo rips NBC’s reversal on Ronna McDaniel hiring

    03/27/2024 6:51:16 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/27/2024 | TARA SUTER
    NewsNation host Chris Cuomo criticized NBC’s News’s decision to oust former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. “How is this not a ‘[former President Trump] and his people tried to rig the election, we don’t want ‘em around,’” he said on his show “Cuomo” Tuesday. “‘Cause they’ve had plenty of Democrats on that said that Trump won because of Russian election interference.” “Now, they didn’t do what Trump and his cronies did, but the idea that ‘This is so offensive, that we can’t even have someone who wants to discuss it,’” Cuomo continued. McDaniel’s ouster...
  • Cheney trolls Trump over Bible sale, suggests he read verse on adultery

    03/26/2024 5:55:15 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 97 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/26/2024 | SARAH FORTINSKY
    Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) took aim at former President Trump for launching an initiative to sell Bibles on Tuesday and encouraged him to read what the Bible says about adultery. “Happy Holy Week, Donald. Instead of selling Bibles, you should probably buy one,” Cheney wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a screenshot of Trump’s Bible pitch on Truth Social. “And read it, including Exodus 20:14,” Cheney added, referring to the verse that commands, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” In his latest effort to raise funds, Trump pitched his “God Bless...
  • Klobuchar: This Election Is About ‘Codifying Roe v. Wade into Law’

    03/26/2024 5:44:06 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 48 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | Pam Key
    Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that the election in November was about electing lawmakers “to codify Roe v. Wade into law.” Klobuchar said, “This all came out of Dobbs. We wouldn’t be having these arguments right now. This came out of Dobbs. We used to have protections for the women of this country. That was called Roe v. Wade. That Dobbs decision turned it on its head. now we are seeing a patchwork. If the judges went the other way on this, it wouldn’t just be states where abortion is banned, it would be...
  • Utah Senate Republican Candidate John Curtis Says Border Wall Carries ‘Pent-Up Racism’

    03/26/2024 2:04:10 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | SEAN MORAN
    Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), who is running for Senate to replace retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), said in 2017 that former President Donald Trump’s border wall carries “pent-up racism.” Curtis is just one of the many candidates running to replace Romney. He was the mayor of Provo and considered himself a Democrat until 2006. During an online debate in 2017, he said, when running for Congress, that hopes to continue then-President Donald Trump’s agenda.
  • America has a housing problem. New Dems have a solution.

    03/26/2024 12:05:31 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 58 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/26/2024 | REP. NORMA TORRES
    You’ve probably heard of the “Not In My Backyard” — or NIMBY — movement, but you might not be familiar with “Yes In My Backyard,” an approach that embraces affordable housing development in every community. We face a national housing crisis, and Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the needs of our neighbors, ignore the problem or hope someone else will solve it. We need more YIMBYs. As chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Affordable Housing Task Force, I’m proud to lead our group of YIMBY Democrats in the House, and unveil the New Dems’ comprehensive Housing...
  • Poll: Joe Biden and Bob Casey Hold Slight Leads in Pennsylvania

    03/26/2024 9:52:17 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 41 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
    President Joe Biden and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) hold slight leads over former President Donald Trump and businessman Dave McCormick in general election match-ups in Pennsylvania, according to a poll. The Susquehanna Polling and Research poll, published Monday, found Biden with a five-point lead over Trump in a two-way presidential race. He registered 50 percent of support to Trump’s 45 percent. Another four percent of respondents were unsure who they would back, and one percent preferred someone else. Here is a screen shot of SP&R's last two polls in the PA POTUS race – Trump is down by 5 which...
  • Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, tied in two other swing states: poll

    03/26/2024 8:54:43 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/26/2024 | Josh Christenson
    President Biden has narrowly pulled ahead of former President Donald Trump in the key state of Wisconsin and is even with his predecessor in Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to a new 2024 election poll. Trump still leads Biden 47% to 43% across seven battleground states, per the March survey conducted by Bloomberg News/Morning Consult — but the Democrat is gaining ground against his presumptive Republican opponent for the first time in five months. Biden, 81, is backed by 46% of registered voters in Wisconsin while 45% support Trump, 77, in a head-to-head battle. Registered voters in Pennsylvania and Michigan broke...
  • Franken: If Trump Puts His Hand on the Bible, It Will ‘Burst Into Flames’

    03/26/2024 6:43:31 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 55 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/25/2024 | Pam Key
    Former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) quipped Monday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that if former President Donald Trump testifies in his court cases and puts his hand on the Bible, it would burst into flames.” Host Jen Psaki asked, “As you’re watching this, and you see all the different messages the Democratic party is throwing at him, there’s a lot of material there, there’s no question, there’s the legal cases obviously his threat to abortion rights, the threat to the Affordable Care Act. What should people be doing? There’s almost too many to pick from. What is the right approach, in your...