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I’d like you to meet my new favorite person Tommy, who goes by “My_Doode” on TikTok and other platforms. Tommy regularly debates MAGA - and he regularly crushes them. He brings the facts, and he brings receipts. I’ve been watching his video obsessively...
by Frank Vyan Walton
on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:11 AM PDT
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Last week, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis climbed behind CNN podiums in Des Moines for a final pre-caucus debate. As he has for every debate since the primary season began, Donald Trump chose to sit ...
by Mark Sumner
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 11:30 AM PST
with 148 Recommends
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Turning in a solid third-place finish in Iowa's caucuses, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley declared the candidacy of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be over and moved on to New Hampshire. "I can safely say, tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 06:17 AM PST
with 163 Recommends
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The primary—and only, really—goal of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign should be to enfeeble Donald Trump, who is now so openly fascist he may soon start wearing his Mussolini Underoos on the outside of his pants. Otherwise,...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 12:15 PM PST
with 201 Recommends
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Five Republican presidential candidates debated each other on Wednesday night. Once again, the winner was the guy who skipped the debate. The opening question was why these candidates—and not Donald Trump—should be the nominee, and it’s hard to imagine...
by Laura Clawson
on Thu Nov 09, 2023 at 08:46 AM PST
with 129 Recommends
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not want to attack Donald Trump, even though the two men are opponents in the Republican presidential primary. DeSantis thought that either voters would flock to him ...
by Laura Clawson
on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 10:15 AM PST
with 103 Recommends
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Well, that debate sucked. Democrats obviously wouldn’t appreciate the politics on display at the second Republican presidential primary debate, but it could have shaken up the race in an ...
by Laura Clawson
on Thu Sep 28, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 131 Recommends
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It’s understandable if you’ve forgotten, but seven Republican presidential candidates will debate on Wednesday evening. Donald Trump will be in Michigan for a speech that the media has gone along with him in describing as being to union workers, even...
by Laura Clawson
on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 07:51 AM PDT
with 61 Recommends
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As we brace ourselves for another political debate, we can naturally expect debaters talking over each other, interrupting, going over their time limits, grandstanding, etc. etc. That’s what they do, every time. Couldn’t we avoid all of the drama and...
by RichardLang
on Fri Sep 08, 2023 at 05:01 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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A new story in Politico ponders why we didn't hear much argle-bargle about Hunter Biden during the first Republican primary debate. Hunter is, after all, the only reason House Republicans continue to show up for work each day. Without new hearings...
by Hunter
on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 10:12 AM PDT
with 318 Recommends
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If you were looking for the first Republican debate to be anything but the usual dismal fare, consider this a life lesson. The state of political debates has been trending toward all-night vapidity every year since the invention of television, and you...
by Hunter
on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 10:13 AM PDT
with 200 Recommends
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“Woke” has been one of the top Republican refrains of recent months and even years, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in particular turning to it whenever he feels the need to score a point. So it was shocking when the word was used only once in the first...
by Laura Clawson
on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 09:24 AM PDT
with 240 Recommends
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Eight Republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage Wednesday night, for whatever it’s worth. And a ninth—the one currently pulling more than 50% in polls—will skip the debate ...
by Laura Clawson
on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 08:10 AM PDT
with 48 Recommends
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A media column in The Washington Post says that Fox News will use the first Republican primary debate to help burnish the network’s image following its bevy of legal setbacks, and boy howdy, do journalists still not understand what Fox News is or how...
by Hunter
on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
with 137 Recommends
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Before the tomatoes and other rotten produce start flying at me, please hear me out. Yes, Asa Hutchinson would be a terrible president. No doubt about that. So why donate $1 to his presidential campaign, you ask? Well, it’s because he’s still a bit...
by RedTwo
on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 08:12 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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The press has gotten hold of the advice Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' team is giving the candidate ahead of next Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, and it is thin, thin, thin. It's not like ...
by Hunter
on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
with 323 Recommends
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A group of Conservative attorneys successfully challenged a County Commissioner in New Mexico because of his involvement in the attack and Insurrection on the US Capitol, January 6, 2021. A Court upheld the challenge, and found that the County...
by NM Ray
on Sat Aug 12, 2023 at 09:12 AM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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Parties’ prerogative Neither the Democratic National Committee nor the Republican National Committee has ever organized a presidential primary debate when their party held the White House and the president was running for re-election (lists of past...
by Rob in Vermont
on Mon May 29, 2023 at 02:46 PM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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No, this is not a SNL skit. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel states with a straight face that to get into the RNC debates for president in 2024 all candidates MUST take a pledge to support the eventual nominee. I’d say that McDaniel...
by Merlin196357
on Sun Feb 26, 2023 at 05:16 PM PST
with 14 Recommends
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Call it a Hail Mary. On the eve of the midterms, President Biden told ralliers at Maryland’s Bowie State University “We know that this is your moment to defend our democracy.” Translation: ‘This is my time to get around to stressing how we’re under...
by Inspector Clueso
on Sun Dec 04, 2022 at 01:25 PM PST
with 5 Recommends
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