Marianne Williamson opens long shot 2024 challenge to Biden Self-help author Marianne Williamson has officially launched another long shot Democratic presidential campaign The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
Trump proposes building "freedom cities" on federal land in campaign video "These freedom cities will reopen the frontier, reignite American imagination," Trump said in the 2024 campaign video. Axios · Mar 4, 2023
CPAC veepstakes: Who does Trumpworld want to replace Mike Pence? The far-right is largely settled on their pick for 2024. But who will run at their side? The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
Ron DeSantis proclaims Texas, Florida partners against “woke” left in Houston speech Where others see a budding rivalry between GOP states, the likely presidential candidate focused on similarities with Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas. The Texas Tribune · Mar 4, 2023
Florida Republicans propose ‘fascist’ bill to remove trans kids from parents’ custody The bill follows 2022’s “Don’t Say Gay” law The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
‘Biden is leading us into oblivion,’ Trump says in address to Maga Republicans at CPAC – as it happened Trump closes rightwing political summit in Oxon Hill, Maryland – follow all the latest news The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2023
Trump drops single with J6 Prison Choir The song, titled “Justice for All,” features Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance Salon · Mar 4, 2023
Kellyanne Conway and husband George are planning to divorce, according to report Donald Trump praised his former adviser for finally getting rid of the “disgusting albatross around her neck” The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
Scoop: Trump to blast "Bush Republicans" at CPAC "The issues that brought Trump to the fore in 2016 are still with us," one Trump aide told Axios. "These issues have never left. He’s going to remind people of the bigger picture." Axios · Mar 4, 2023
"Rip roarin' pissed": Biden's D.C. crime stunner strains relations with House Dems "He is going to have a much harder time asking people to take tough votes after this." Axios · Mar 4, 2023
LOCALIZE IT: Conspiracies target effort to clean voter rolls EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
Election conspiracies fuel dispute over voter fraud system A bipartisan effort among states to combat voter fraud has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claim about the 2020 presidential election and now faces an uncertain future The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023
N.D. to sue Minn. over clean energy Interstate feuds threaten to make getting regional power grids off fossil fuels even more complicated Salon · Mar 4, 2023
Doubts vanish as Democrats unite over Biden’s 2024 bid: ‘He will win’ House Democrats issues’ conference sees lawmakers across party’s ideological spectrum embrace idea of president’s re-election The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2023 Commentary: Why does Mexico’s president want to dismantle the democratic system that elected him? No president in modern Mexican history has enjoyed as much of a mandate as Andrés Manuel López Obrador. It is a shame he is so determined to invest it in a quest to dismantle the much-admired democratic institution that made his election possible in the first place.
Chicago Tribune · Mar 4, 2023 Commentary: The next mayor of Chicago has a reform mandate One thing is clear from the mayoral election: The people of Chicago want reform. That’s why we saw such a large number of candidates enter the race against a one-term mayor and why there were more than twice as many early votes counted than in 2019.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2023 Jackie Calmes: Here's what we should do about Marjorie Taylor Greene Do as I say, not as I do?
Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2023 Michael Hiltzik: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights California teenager Chloe Cole has become something of a star of the movement to deny treatments to transgender youth.
Chicago Tribune · Mar 4, 2023 Police are still ticketing students in Illinois schools. A new bill would make that illegal. CHICAGO — A new bill in the Illinois House aims to stop schools from working with police to issue students tickets for minor misbehavior, a harmful and sometimes costly practice that many districts have continued despite pleas to stop from the state’s top education officials.
The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2023 ‘Just the tip of the iceberg’: Kimberlé Crenshaw warns against rightwing battle over critical race theory Exclusive: Author and academic cautions pushback against racial justice education feeds revival of segregationist policies
The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2023 Mike Lindell backs rightwing California county as it ditches voting machines Shasta county officials have ended their contract with Dominion Voting Systems, leaving them with no replacement
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023 Ohio derailment tests Sen. Brown's push to buck Dem defeats Republicans say the federal response to a train derailment in an eastern Ohio village shows Democrats are not focused on policy at home
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023 Paid express lanes grow more popular in once-reluctant South Southern states are more frequently turning to pay-to-use express lanes as a way to address highway congestion without raising taxes
Reason · Mar 4, 2023 Department of Justice v. Texas Judges Does DOJ actually agree with "a couple of law professors beating a drum on Twitter"?
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 4, 2023 Catanzara wins second term as FOP president John Catanzara Jr. captured nearly 57% of the 7,192 votes for president of Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge 7. His opponent, Robert Bartlett, had argued that Catanzara’s confrontational approach alienated potential union allies.