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Trump praises Texas GOP for extreme platform denying Biden won 2020 election

State party also agreed that homosexuality is ‘abnormal’ and that schools should be forbidden from providing sex education

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Virginia attorney general raised $7.4 million in 2021 election

According to campaign finance reports filed with the Virginia Department of Elections, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares raised $7.4 million and spent $6.9 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 1, 2021. Miyares ranked fourth in state-level donations in the 2021 election cycle.

Ballotpedia · Jun 21, 2022

Cannabis Prohibition Still Official Stance Of Texas GOP As Marijuana Popularity Grows Among Residents

The majority of Texas residents are in favor of legalizing recreational cannabis, according to a recent survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University.

Benzinga · Jun 21, 2022

Michael Smolens: DACA has been a boon to the US, but remains on the brink of disappearing

The story of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is one of a valuable program with broad public support that is undermined by dysfunctional politics.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Editorial: Texas GOP’s platform is usually nutty. This year, it’s also offensive and conspiratorial

The Texas Republican Party’s heartiest activists did their thing over the weekend, bringing an embarrassing spotlight to a state and party that should be touting Texas successes and what we can offer the nation.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Will Bunch: GOP’s violent, expanding war on LGBTQ kids should make you think about 1930s Germany

I’ve been meaning to write a column on the growing threat — and reality — of violence to America’s LGBTQ community posed by right-wing rhetoric and politics, but it’s proved a difficult piece to write. Not because the “culture wars” around sexuality and gender are complicated — they can be,…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 21, 2022

How the Jan. 6 hearings are landing in one Virginia swing district

In Rep. Abigail Spanberger's competitive 7th Congressional District, some voters are more concerned with economic issues than the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings at the U.S. Capitol.

WEKU · Jun 21, 2022

Greitens denounced for "RINO-hunting" ad

"Join the MAGA crew, get a RINO hunting permit," says Eric Greitens in campaign ad featuring military-style raid

Salon · Jun 21, 2022

Ramesh Ponnuru: A conservative plan to strengthen families, post-Roe

Conservatives who want an economic policy that supports parents have long been a minority faction within the Republican Party.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Virginia GOP voters to settle crowded congressional runoffs

Republican Virginia voters are set to winnow a crowded field of candidates to two nominees to compete in what are expected to be a pair of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022