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“Are you a Trump supporter now?” is the question my friends, acquaintances, and colleagues sometimes ask me. I know the answer to that question could end our relationship. So do they. Most of the time, they just don’t ask. They quietly assume that I might be, but what they don’t know can’t hurt them. Since 2016, being labeled “Trump supporter,” has given most people the green light to cut ties, publicly humiliate, attack, and dehumanize at will. What you will rarely see on the Left is empathy. What has become all too common is unfiltered, bottomless hatred. In too many...

It has long been obvious that the Democrats badly want Donald Trump to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024. This may seem counterintuitive in light of a recent spate of polls showing the former president leading Joe Biden, but this is primarily an artifact of the latter’s weakness. The most reliable polls show Trump bumping up against a ceiling of about 47 percent of the popular vote, which is consistent with his performance in the last two elections. Moreover, in order to win in the Electoral College, he must recapture several swing states Biden narrowly won in 2020 —...

Behold! Fashion Notes, Met Gala edition are here! I’m breaking down the best and worst dressed stars from the red carpet. For this year’s Costume Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the late and great Karl Lagerfeld is being paid tribute. Lagerfeld died in February 2019 and I wrote about his legacy at the time. I consider him the most innovative designer of the 20th and 21st centuries as he defied expectations during his tenure at Chanel and did not allow the limits of the fashion crowd’s narrow-mindedness dictate his artistry. He designed a world that lives in...

And Why Are They Leaving the Democrats? Hispanic working class (noncollege) voters are emerging as an Achilles heel for the Democrats. Here are some facts about Hispanic working class voters that help bring this challenge for Democrats into focus. In the 2020 election, Hispanic voters moved sharply away from the Democrats. Both Catalist and States of Change (forthcoming) data agree that it was around a 16 point pro-GOP margin shift (two party vote). States of Change data indicate this shift was heavily driven by Hispanic working class voters, whose support for the Democrats declined by 18 points. This pattern could...

Over the years, Republicans have shown that they know how to do token diversity outreach efforts... One often gets the sense that some Republican politicians would rather just pack these voters into gerrymandered districts designed to elect Democrats, shrug, and ignore them...Trump dramatically improved his party's margins in South Texas..South Texas Democratic congressman Filemon Vela resigned to become a lobbyist just before midnight Friday. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has the power to call a special election. If he does, the Republican nominee will be favored to win and represent this 84% Hispanic district... There hasn't been anything quite like this...

Through 2019 and 2020 the women worked to increase Republican turnout across South Texas, with Flores running Hispanic outreach. For the most part, they toiled out of the spotlight. Even when De La Cruz announced a congressional bid, in 2020, to try to unseat two-term Democratic congressman Vicente Gonzalez, national and state Republicans paid little attention to her campaign... In 2016 Donald Trump hadn’t even mustered 30 percent of the vote in Hidalgo County, where Gonzalez’s district was anchored. Then everything changed. The world of South Texas politics was rocked in November of 2020, when Trump far surpassed expectations in...

(CNN) — We may be witnessing a critical turning point in Latino politics in the United States. Contrary to their monolithic treatment by many Americans, Latinos have always been very diverse -- economically, culturally and in their ethnic and national origins. But, politically speaking, they were reliably Democratic. That may no longer be true..... a number of new polls show Latino voters growing more Republican. But this trend may be less about how Latinos see America's political parties and more about how new generations of Latinos see themselves. "The idea of unidad -- Latin unity -- not all Latinos buy...

President Biden comfortably won the Hispanic vote in 2020 by 59 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet a Quinnipiac Poll this month showed Biden’s job approval rating among Hispanics plummeted to just 28 percent. So, what happened? It’s important to know because defection of a once reliable voting bloc could signal disaster for the Democratic Party in this year’s midterm elections and, possibly, loss of majority control in the House and Senate. From my perspective as an immigrant from Nicaragua, combined with analysis of reliable polls, what happened seems clear. First, Hispanic voters care about the same things...

Republican gains among Hispanics in Reading mirror those in other parts of the country, but Democrats think they still have important advantages with this growing demographic!READING, Pa.—Joseph Nuñez at first didn’t like Donald Trump. “I couldn’t stand the guy. I didn’t like the way he spoke about Hispanics or people in general,” he said. But by 2020, Mr. Nuñez had become a fan of Mr. Trump’s style and priorities, and he voted in favor of giving the president a second term. So did many other Latino voters in this working-class city who had once backed Democrats or, like Mr. Nuñez,...

The Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem It's Not As Bad As You Think—It’s Worse The Democrats are steadily losing ground with Hispanic voters. The seriousness of this problem tends to be underestimated in Democratic circles for a couple of reasons: (1) they don’t realize how big the shift is; and (2) they don’t realize how thoroughly it undermines the most influential Democratic theory of the case for building their coalition. On the latter, consider that most Democrats like to believe that, since a relatively conservative white population is in sharp decline while a presumably liberal nonwhite population keeps growing, the course...

The nation’s large and diverse group of Hispanic voters is showing signs of dividing its support between Democrats and Republicans more evenly than in recent elections, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds, a troubling development for the Democratic Party, which has long counted on outsize Hispanic support. One year after giving Democratic House candidates more than 60% of their vote, according to polls at the time, the Journal survey found that Hispanic voters are evenly split in their choice for Congress. Asked which party they would back if the election were today, 37% of Hispanic voters said they would...

If this defection, covered by Katie on Monday, were merely a one-off event, I'm not sure it would merit much additional attention: (1) Over the last year or so, Republicans have made major gains in South Texas, boasting revitalized and surging support among Hispanics. Major news organizations have taken notice and written about the emerging phenomenon... Hispanic Republicans, especially women, have become something of political rock stars in South Texas after voters in the Rio Grande Valley shocked leaders in both parties in November by swinging sharply toward the G.O.P. Here in McAllen, one of the region’s largest cities, Mr....

Will the Hispanic Right Turn Last? Noah Rudnick is the director of research at Cygnal, a Republican polling firm, and writes a blog about historical election trends. One of the surprises on Election Night 2020 was how much Donald Trump gained among Latino voters, especially in such regions as Miami-Dade County and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas that had long been Democratic strongholds. Later Pew polling of 2020 voters would show that Hispanic voters nationwide went from voting in 2016 for Hillary Clinton by a margin of 38 percentage points to voting in 2020 for Joe Biden by a...

<p>Dear Freepers, after careful soul searching from Tuesday night- I believe that we need a movement to WalkAway from BOTH parties! The GOP have demonstrated that they're NEVER going to fight for "Conservative" causes. Trump will have no chance to overcome this without the GOP's full support which they will NEVER give due to their treachery! It's time that Trump figure a way to regroup and announce the creation of a new party (Call it whatever you want- MAGA, etc) and have testimonials every DAMN day of people walking away from BOTH parties! If a gay no name hairdresser from NYC can get 500,000 plus people to join in 3 1/2 years then Trump can get 50 MILLION! No more contributions to the GOP. Let them be relegated to a third glass party! There are MILLIONS of Democrats who have already walked away from the Democrats but after this election they would NEVER join the Republican Party after seeing the leadership's true colors! Trump will have an enduring legacy as the new party grows EVERY year and gains new seats throughout the different states! Don't kid yourself, the Democrats WILL overreach and F*ck things up as they ALWAYS do but the Republicans should NEVER be rewarded again with our trust after they have failed to coordinate a REAL response to this FRAUD that has occurred! Let the corrupt party leaders join forces as the UNIParty that they are but NEVER again should we fall victim of believing a word the Republicans have to say. They NEVER supported Trump. Ask yourself how long will it be before the Democrats ask Biden to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate himself and his son? Thought so- NEVER! Folks- we have been SOLD OUT by our own party "leaders" and its time we....WalkAway!!!</p>

An apartment on Central Park just sold for $238 million. That's the highest price ever paid for a home in the US Most expensive home in US sold for $238 million (CNN) — The most expensive home in the country sold in New York for $238 million. Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin closed on the Manhattan property at 220 Central Park South on Wednesday his spokesperson said. The nearly 24,000 square foot apartment takes up several floors at the top of a tower designed by architects Robert A.M. Stern This sale is the most anyone has paid for a home...

Published on Jun 5, 2017 A Pro-Trump rally broke out in London on 6/5/2017 1 day after Islamic terrorists attacks struck the city resulting in many deaths and injured. YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrMiXmT2lIs

“We aren’t being mindful of each other.” Do you think only women need access to abortions and reproductive healthcare? That’s the common assumption – and it shows up in so many conversations about reproductive rights. But the truth is that there are transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people who need abortion access, too – and society’s assumptions about gender are making that really difficult. Here’s a short video from the All Access Coalition of organizations working for reproductive health, rights, and justice. Jack Qu’emi’s moving words show exactly why this issue matters – and how we can all help make...

Trump-backing artist blacklisted from art show puts on his own f—ing event December 20, 2016 Scott LoBaido is an outspoken artist from Staten Island and the star of our series "Diary of a Mad White Patriot." In this installment, Scott wages war over a decision to not feature his art at an event for political reasons, and stages a yuge, super-sexy, hyper-patriotic art show of his own.

CNN Investigates Why Latinos In Florida Voted For Trump: "Silent Majority Has Won" CNN's Randi Kaye goes to a Cuban diner in Orlando to get the Latino reaction to a Trump victory. CNN found that Latinos in Florida have a problem with people illegally entering the country, one legal immigrant said, "I came through the front door." One person interviewed expressed excitement for a border wall while another and declared "the silent majority" has won. The stunned CNN anchor said Florida Latinos "loved that he isn't politically correct." "The bottom line is that they broke the law. When I came...

CNN’s Carol Costello spoke Friday with Asra Nomani, a Muslim woman who co-founded the Muslim Reform Movement and voted for Donald Trump. This week, Nomani wrote a much-criticized Washington Post article titiled: I'm a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump. "I believe in progressive values but I do believe that we have a liberal honor brigade nowadays that is basically shutting up and silencing people who disagree with them," Nomani said. About her vote, she said: "Even now the idea of speaking out as somebody who voted for Trump is earning me all sorts of lovely...