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Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed Department of Justice (DOJ) officials to probe election practices throughout the country as part of the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on federal election laws. The DOJ's Civil Rights Division is largely leading the effort, which has involved seeking information from states about their election practices and voter registration lists, sometimes known as "voter rolls," and placing an emphasis on identifying any noncitizens on them. "Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls. That's the foundation for secure elections," a DOJ source told Fox News. "There's been a culture of noncompliance from several states...

Last week, we handicapped possible Democratic candidates for president. Now, the Republicans. There won’t be an incumbent president in the 2028 race, but there will likely be a sitting vice president in the running. That’s why any assessment of Republican presidential prospects begins and ends with JD Vance. And of course, his prospects begin and end with Donald Trump. The current president got him elected U.S. senator and then, two years later, picked him to be his running mate, elevating Vance to MAGA’s crown prince — and the nomination front-runner. Vance can learn a lot of lessons from other vice...

In an age when political authenticity is currency, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making a risky bet: that he can repackage his image from slick, left-coast progressive into pragmatic, media-savvy moderate. Newsom’s strategy appears engineered to break out of the coastal liberal mold. His new iHeartRadio podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” features guests from across the political spectrum. He’s launched a Substack, plastered Fox News with ads, and even taken his feuds with Donald Trump directly to national audiences. ... But this isn’t just about booking podcast guests. In another instance, Newsom criticized the inclusion of biological males in women’s...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer I’m convinced that @TuckerCarlson is going to run for US President in 2028 as the extreme libertarian Bernie Sanders. Bookmark this! 11:38 AM · Jul 13, 2025

Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he was considering running for president in 2028. Host Dana Bash said, “Governor, you’ve committed to serving out your term as governor, which is slated to end December 2027. Your name frequently comes up as a contender for the 2028 Democratic primary for president. You said, I’ll think about it after next year. What will make you decide that that’s going to be a yes, you’ll run for president?” Beshear said, “So my primary obligation and what I’m putting all my energy towards is to be the...

The last time the phrase “Los Angeles riots” dominated the national headlines, Patrick Buchanan told a story about order being restored to the city. “The mob retreated because it had met that one thing that could stop it,” he said at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. “Force, rooted in justice and backed by moral courage.” President Donald Trump has been compared to Buchanan before. As streets burn in Los Angeles in defiance of federal immigration law, he may have the opportunity for his ultimate Buchananite moment as he sends in the National Guard. These Los Angeles riots are...

President Barack Obama’s first act as a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2009 — nine months after he took the oath of office — was to try to wriggle out of accepting it. “The morning the prize was announced, his staff investigated whether anyone had failed to travel to Oslo to receive their prize,” writes Nobel insider Geir Lundestad in “The World’s Most Prestigious Prize” (Oxford), out this month. Apparently, the president was among the 61 percent of Americans who believed he didn’t deserve it. “It is true, Obama did not do much before winning,” Lundestad, 74, a member of...

Unearthed video shows Jasmine Crockett talking with a much different accent than the one she has now in Congress. Interesting.

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec No wonder all the DeSantis influencers are getting activated this week to throw shade at the Trump admin Poll: JD Vance would beat Ron DeSantis by 14 points in Florida Presidential Primary From floridapolitics.com 5:18 PM · Mar 4, 2025

Vice President Vance argued that it’s too early for President Trump to name his successor, after Trump declined to endorse his No. 2 as the Republican nominee in 2028. Vance, in an interview with the Daily Mail, laughed off questions over the president saying he wouldn’t name the vice president as his pick to succeed him. “I think he said exactly what he should have said, which is, ‘It’s too early,’” Vance said, adding that he isn’t focused on politics. “There will be a time to focus on politics, of course — [like] the midterms. … So let’s do a...

📊 2028 National Republican Primary• Donald Trump Jr. — 30% • JD Vance — 30% • Ron DeSantis — 9% • Nikki Haley — 6% • Vivek Ramaswamy — 5% • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — 5% • Sarah Huckabee Sanders — 1% • Marco Rubio — 1% • Tucker Carlson — 1% • Greg Abbott — 1% • Brian Kemp — 1% • Glenn Youngkin — 1% --- • Someone else — 5%@MorningConsult | 12/6-8 | n=994

Does this count as election interference? Because I remember voting out this kind of corruption, along with at least 77,000,000 other Americans—or a majority of the nation—and I can only interpret it as an intentional act to subvert the will of the people. According to a new item by Casey Harper at The Center Square, Joe Biden’s outgoing commissioner at the Social Security Administration, Martin J. O’Malley, just inked a new deal that will allow the federal workers sent home during the Covid-19 era for remote work to keep their couch “jobs” through the entirety of President Trump’s term, ending...

Let it be.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gathered about 100 top supporters and donors over the weekend at South Florida’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to say “thank you” — and to foreshadow what might be next. DeSantis supporters see those moves, along with the weekend event at the Hard Rock, as clear signs the Florida governor is once again eyeing a White House bid. The main event Saturday evening featured DeSantis speaking with Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., He needs to repair his image nationally,” said one of the attendees. “I don’t know anyone is going to be like...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R) holds a 4-point lead over Rep. Val Demings (D) in the race for Florida’s Senate seat, new polling shows. A USA Today-Suffolk University poll released Wednesday found Rubio ahead with 45 percent to Demings’s 41 percent. The results fall just inside the poll’s 4.4 percentage point margin of error.

A new poll commissioned by the GOP revealed that 75% of swing voters find that Democrats are “out of touch” with everyday people and “condescending” towards voters. 67% of those polled said Democratic spending in Congress is “out of control.” This poll surveyed voters from 77 swing Congressional districts, in which Biden won by an average of 5.5 points. However, Republicans now lead in the generic ballot in these same districts by 4 points. In these crucial districts, Biden’s approval rating stands at 40%, with a whopping 55% reporting their disapproval of him as our president.

On Thursday night the House Democrats passed by a vote of 220-210 legislation designed It is telling that the legislation titled “HR1” introduced by the Nancy Pelosi led Democrats in the House is a power grab dressed up as “election reform”, the provisions of which are all intended to create more Democrat candidate votes in upcoming elections in order to secure a permanent Democrat Party control of the Legislature and the White House. Passage of this legislation was their first priority — it is numbered ahead of all other proposals because securing power unto themselves in the form of hegemony...