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GOPers call "bulls**t" on Tucker J6 spin

Capitol Police chief says Carlson segment "filled with offensive and misleading conclusions"

Salon · Mar 8, 2023

Why the 2024 election cycle could result in more threats to US democracy

“I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution.” These were the words of former US president Donald Trump during an address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. In a speech laced with threats…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

Hope and Despair on the Campaign Trail ‘24 - Roll Call

CPAC and Principles First showed two different Republican parties. Roll Call political reporters break down why that's important.

Roll Call · Mar 8, 2023

Carl P. Leubsdorf: The surprising parallels between Reagan and Trump

On a February night in 1975, as the chief political writer of The Associated Press, I attended the second annual meeting of a new conservative organization for a speech that was to have a historic long-term impact.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Will Bunch: Joe Biden's pander to Fox News tropes is the worst move of his presidency

It's a rare moment that we can place a time stamp on a U.S. president's worst decision. But in the case of Joe Biden, we can thank politics-by-Twitter for the ability to write definitively that the dumbest move —both governmentally and politically — by our 46th POTUS is the unforced…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 8, 2023

2024 Republican presidential candidates: A list of who is or may be running

Republicans face a likely crowded field for the chance to challenge President Biden, who is expected to announce he's running for reelection. Here's who's in and who's thinking about a 2024 run.

WEKU · Mar 8, 2023

DeSantis disavows controversial GOP bill

Even former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a far-right Republican, condemned the GOP bill

Salon · Mar 8, 2023

Joe Battenfeld: Ron DeSantis escalates war against ‘leftist’ states and politicians

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his war on “leftist” states and politicians while promoting his likely presidential bid in an early trip to California exactly one year before that state’s presidential primary.

Boston Herald · Mar 8, 2023

Editorial: Josh Hawley is right: The GOP is dead. Pompeo and Trump are fighting over its corpse

Mike Pompeo almost got it exactly right with his critique of what’s gone wrong in the GOP circa 2023. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., last week, the former Kansas congressman and secretary of state put his finger on the deep problems in the Republican Party.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Biden upends politics, precedent in pivot on DC crime law

President Joe Biden’s support of a resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation’s capital and other cities

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023