Activists who describe themselves as “abortion abolitionists” want to charge women who have abortions with homicide and ban the fertility treatment known as IVF, saying life begins at conception.
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Pete McCloskey’s life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present
McCloskey’s story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.
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These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state
In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa County’s LDS community, where Republican women have been turning away from former President Donald Trump.
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This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here’s what it can tell us about 2024
Erie County, Pa., is one of just a handful of places that boomeranged from supporting Obama in 2008 and 2012, to Trump in 2016, to Biden in 2020. It’s worth watching in 2024.
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In Tuesday’s ‘primary’, Arizona’s independent voters don’t get much of a say
Arizona holds a presidential preference election to choose how its delegates will be awarded. That means independents don’t get to vote – in a state where they are a third of the electorate.
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As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like
Chair Michael Whatley sent a memo to staff emphasizing the initiatives he wants to see bolstered at the GOP’s main campaigning operation now that Trump secured the delegates to receive the nomination.
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Nikki Haley wins D.C.’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
Haley’s victory at least briefly halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates this week.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for March 1, 2024
With the arrival of March, we’re on a glidepath to more daylight and the crack of the bat. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here. *** […]
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Nikki Haley says Biden is ‘more dangerous’ than Trump but neither is fit for the job
In an interview with NPR, Nikki Haley says in a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump, Biden is a bigger threat. But she’s hoping she presents voters with another option.
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Republicans see Latino voters in Nevada as key to retaking the White House in 2024
Former President Donald Trump has pretty sharp rhetoric around immigration. At the same time, he is trying to reach a potentially powerful voting bloc in pivotal swing states: Latinos.