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#islamophobia
fromTruthout
2 days ago
US politics

Speaker Johnson Defends Ogles, Fine, Amid Calls to Condemn Islamophobic Rhetoric

fromTruthout
2 days ago
US politics

Speaker Johnson Defends Ogles, Fine, Amid Calls to Condemn Islamophobic Rhetoric

#congressional-retirements
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago
US politics

GOP members of Congress are stepping down in droves. Dems say they see the writing on the wall. - LGBTQ Nation

Record 35 Republican representatives announced non-reelection, exceeding 1930s levels and surpassing 2022 midterm retirements, signaling anticipated Democratic gains in November elections.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Republican Vern Buchanan to Retire Latest in GOP Exodus

Rep. Vern Buchanan will retire from Congress after 20 years, becoming the 28th Republican not to seek reelection in the 2026 cycle.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

GOP members of Congress are stepping down in droves. Dems say they see the writing on the wall. - LGBTQ Nation

Record 35 Republican representatives announced non-reelection, exceeding 1930s levels and surpassing 2022 midterm retirements, signaling anticipated Democratic gains in November elections.
#antisemitism
fromWIRED
4 months ago
US politics

The GOP Civil War Over Nick Fuentes Has Just Begun

A Tucker Carlson appearance with Nick Fuentes ignited a deep Republican split over antisemitism, Heritage Foundation ties, and the MAGA movement's direction.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago
US politics

Moral Abomination': National Review Draws Battle Lines Against Tucker Carlson

Conservative influencers are normalizing antisemitism by platforming and not challenging Jew-haters, pushing the Republican movement toward hostility to Israel and American Jews.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

GOP Senator Torches Right-Wing Influencers Who Sound Like Elizabeth Warren and Rashida Tlaib

Sen. Tom Cotton condemned right-wing influencers and pundits for antisemitism and anti-American views, declaring they have no place in the Republican Party.
SF politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Veteran Rep. Darrell Issa decides not to seek reelection in new Democratic-leaning district, sources say

Veteran Republican congressman Darrell Issa is retiring after 23 years representing San Diego-area districts due to redistricting that shifted his district from Republican to Democratic advantage.
Miami food
fromSun Sentinel
1 week ago

South Florida university investigates racist group chat tied to a local GOP official

Florida International University launched an investigation into a group chat involving students and conservative leaders containing racist slurs, antisemitic comments, and misogynistic language started by a Miami-Dade Republican Party official.
US politics
fromPOLITICO
1 week ago

Republicans confront the massive cost of Trump's Middle East war

Senior Republicans expect the Trump administration to request tens of billions of dollars for Middle East military operations, with Pentagon spending estimated at $2 billion daily, though officials have not provided specific numbers to lawmakers.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Texas primaries could test whether Latino support for GOP is holding after 2024 gains

Latino swing voters in Texas, crucial to Republican gains in 2024, show signs of shifting away from the party due to economic concerns and cost-of-living issues that could undermine GOP support in upcoming elections.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

'Like it's 2024 again': Inside Trump's midterm election strategy

I'm here because we're starting the campaign to win the midterms. We've got to win the midterms. Trump told the crowd at an Iowa rally, signaling his central role in the Republican Party's midterm strategy despite not being personally on the ballot in 2026.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

That 1930s Feeling

Republican politicians and some federal agencies increasingly use Nazi imagery, rhetoric, and ideas, normalizing fascist aesthetics and authoritarian tendencies within conservative institutions.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Let Me Speak!' House Republican Battles Dem Strategist Who Accused Him Of Being in the Tank for Trump

I think this is the whole problem is, you're making life harder for people in your district, right? Like, costs are going up and you say Congress should be in check, but you're not you haven't checked the president's power, Katz said. She continued, You haven't let him, like moderate at all. He's unchecked. And the only Republicans who ever go at him are people who are either retiring or who have lifetime appointments, Katz said.
US politics
US politics
fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

Kristi Noem Can't Even Convince Red States to Build ICE Detention Centers

A Texas Republican operative, Bo French, engaged in antisemitic, racist, and violent online rhetoric that prompted calls for resignation and formal scrutiny.
US politics
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

3 in 10 Americans Support or Sympathize with Christian Nationalism, Poll Finds

Roughly one-third of Americans are Christian nationalists or sympathizers, with active support linked strongly to Republican and pro‑Trump alignment and authoritarian views.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Is Trumpism losing steam?

Trumpism reshapes both major US parties: Republicans stay unified behind Trump while Democrats remain centrist despite gains by left-leaning progressives.
#donald-trump
US politics
fromBBC
1 month ago

Americast - Can Trump really save the midterms for the Republicans? - BBC Sounds

Republicans face a critical midterm fight to retain both congressional chambers as Trump leads intense Iowa campaigning to boost turnout despite economic and immigration concerns.
#minnesota-politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Karl Rove Warns That Texas Is Turning Against GOP as Hispanic Support for Trump Craters

Hispanic support for President Trump has plunged, eroding Republican backing in Texas and threatening GOP electoral strength tied to immigration and border tactics.
#jd-vance
fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

After GOP fights about antisemitism, JD Vance rejects 'purity tests' and says there's 'more important work to do than canceling each other' | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

After GOP fights about antisemitism, JD Vance rejects 'purity tests' and says there's 'more important work to do than canceling each other' | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Jesse Watters Says Jesse Ventura 'Declared War' On Admin

Freedom is not arresting people without warrants. We have a system here, it's called a Constitution. And we have a party, the Republicans. Who don't seem to want to abide by the Constitution. January 6 is a prime example of that. And now they're all free, and they're in charge. You know what? Maybe it's time for Jesse I only did one term I'm owed a second, Ventura told reporters in Minnesota this week. Ventura called the Republican Party a domestic enemy of the Constitution and referred to President Donald Trump as a draft-dodging coward.
US politics
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Majority of Americans think GOP has a transphobia problem

A YouGov poll published earlier this week suggests that US adults believe transphobia among the GOP is at least somewhat of a problem. 64 per cent of the 1,107 adults surveyed said that they believe transphobia is a problem among Republicans, with 44 per cent saying it is a major problem. Transphobia was the second-highest issue that respondents believed Republicans had taken too far, just behind hostility towards immigrants at 68 per cent.
US politics
#midterm-elections
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Joe Scarborough Screams in Fury at Republicans Ashamed to Honor' Jan 6 Officers

Joe Scarborough angrily condemned Republicans for delaying formal recognition of Capitol Police who defended Congress on January 6 and decried Trump's false claims.
US politics
fromPoynter
2 months ago

Five years after Jan. 6, the fight over truth is still unfolding - Poynter

The Jan. 6, 2021 attack marked a turning point that enabled a more lawless, unaccountable political era culminating in Trump's 2024 return.
Right-wing politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Racist GOP U.S. Senate candidate throws Nazi salute while hosting antisemitic rally - LGBTQ Nation

Republican Senate candidate Jake Lang publicly performed a Nazi 'Sieg Heil' salute and used racist, antisemitic threats at an AIPAC rally.
#america-first
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Rand Paul Rejects JD Vance as Donald Trump's 'Heir Apparent'

Senator Rand Paul opposes JD Vance as a future president and champions conservative free-market, low-tax policies while rejecting pro-tariff protectionism.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 months ago

Video: Opinion | The G.O.P.'s Women Problem'

The Republican Party has a long-standing problem attracting and retaining women leaders and voters, exacerbated and exploited by Trump's misogyny and hypermasculinity.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Goldberg: Republican women suddenly realize they're surrounded by misogynists

Republican women in Congress are being sidelined by male leadership and patriarchal norms, limiting their influence and preserving retrograde sexism within the party.
#marjorie-taylor-greene
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 months ago
US politics

MTG just realized the GOP is sexist as she begs Mike Johnson to pass her anti-trans bill - LGBTQ Nation

fromPoynter
3 months ago
US politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene's CNN interview raises questions about her rebrand - Poynter

fromLGBTQ Nation
3 months ago
US politics

MTG just realized the GOP is sexist as she begs Mike Johnson to pass her anti-trans bill - LGBTQ Nation

fromPoynter
3 months ago
US politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene's CNN interview raises questions about her rebrand - Poynter

US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Hypocrisy!' Marjorie Taylor Greene Torches GOP for Not Taking Women Seriously'

Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Republican leadership, especially Speaker Mike Johnson, of hypocrisy and failing to take women seriously, citing stalled bills and a growing revolt.
#milo-yiannopoulos
#healthcare
fromFortune
3 months ago

Republican lawmakers in Indiana face 'a very dangerous and intimidating process' as threats pile up while Trump pushes redistricting | Fortune

a very dangerous and intimidating process.
US politics
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Fox Host Tells Women They'll Get Hotter' if They Join GOP: All Republican Women Are Hot'

Claim that Republican affiliation increases women's attractiveness while a critic accused an actress of courting right-wing audiences and suffering a box-office failure.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Troy Nehls Is Latest Republican Retiring From Congress

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) will retire from Congress after this term to focus on family, concluding six years representing his district.
fromAxios
3 months ago

Trump ally Troy Nehls joins growing group of lawmakers retiring from Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a longtime Trump ally who recently split with the president, made headlines last week by announcing her plans to resign in January. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a Trump critic, told Axios he nearly resigned over the Trump administration's 28-point peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war. "I have made the decision, after conversations with my beautiful bride and my girls over the Thanksgiving holiday, to focus on my family and return home after this Congress," Nehls said in a statement.
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#tucker-carlson
#trump
#dick-cheney
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: We look like clowns'

Five days a week, thousands of fans gather online to watch Nick Fuentes hold court about the dangers of non-white immigration, feminism and organized Jewry. Usually dressed in a dark suit and tie, he lectures to his far-right followers, known as Groypers, about what he argues is the insufficient radicalism of Donald Trump's Republican party and what he describes as the perfidies of the state of Israel and its American supporters.
US politics
Right-wing politics
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Nick Fuentes Is Not Just Another Alt-Right Boogeyman

The rise of white-nationalist streamers like Nick Fuentes, amplified by mainstream platforms and personalities, poses growing political and social danger.
#jeffrey-epstein
fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

Trump calls on House Republicans to release Epstein files in surprise reversal, but Senate fate is unclear | Fortune

fromFortune
3 months ago
US politics

Trump calls on House Republicans to release Epstein files in surprise reversal, but Senate fate is unclear | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Not Enough Votes': Top Republican Announces Indiana Won't Redraw Congressional Districts

Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state's congressional maps, Bray said in the statement. I'm announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December. Trump has repeatedly urged GOP-led states, including Indiana, to rework their congressional boundaries to lock in stronger Republican advantages ahead of 2026.
US politics
fromThe American Conservative
4 months ago

MAGA's 'Multiracial Coalition' Was a Mirage

Even after decades of mass immigration from the Global South, the red team has remained overwhelmingly white. Trump's voters in 2024 were 84 percent white, according to the comprehensive AP VoteCast survey of 120,000 voters. That's not much more diverse than Mitt Romney's 88 percent in 2012. Romney, you may remember, was hammered in the media for not winning minorities.
Right-wing politics
#nick-fuentes
fromwww.ocregister.com
4 months ago

What went wrong for California Republicans in the Proposition 50 fight?

Since the election, criticisms have been lobbed at Corrin Rankin, who only just became chair of the California Republican Party in March; former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who led one of the main opposition campaigns; former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who only tepidly opposed Proposition 50; and the national Republican Party. The No' campaign suffered from a disadvantage that no amount of money could fix: A lack of recognizable leadership for people to rally around,
California
#virginia-politics
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago
US politics

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal confirms running mate is '100% against gay marriage'

fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago
US politics

Gay Virginia Republican plagued by Nazi porn scandal confirms running mate is '100% against gay marriage'

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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Eric Trump Insists Dad's 2020 Election Loss Was Greatest Thing That Ever Happened' to Republicans

2020 energized the Republican Party, leaving it in its strongest position with fighters prepared to advance a MAGA-aligned agenda.
fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

Trump Is Attacking Canada When He Should Be Attacking Reagan

When someone says, "Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports," it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while, it works - but only for a short time. But over the long run, such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

Sliwa Defies Intense Pressure From Cuomo, Post to Drop Out

On Monday, John Catsimatidis, a businessman and top conservative donor, urged Sliwa to quit the race, saying that Republicans "cannot take a chance" on Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani winning. Catsimatidis is also the owner of the radio station 77 WABC ,where Sliwa has hosted a radio program for years. "Curtis has to realize that he should love New York more than anything else. It certainly looks like Curtis should pull out right now," Catsimatidis said on radio host Sid Rosenberg's show, per the .
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Trump Fan On CNN Battles Accusation Donald Trump Is a Racist!'

Batya Ungar-Sargon condemned racist Young Republicans' messages, urged Republican leaders to repudiate extremists, and criticized failing to immediately and vociferously condemn anti-Semitism and anti-black racism.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 months ago

Mike Johnson says Republicans "defended" Nazism amid recent antisemitic GOP scandals - LGBTQ Nation

Republicans were described as having 'defended' Nazism amid revelations of neo‑Nazi symbols and an antisemitic leaked group chat that some tried to downplay.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 months ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Republican men "weak" in blistering critique of GOP leadership - LGBTQ Nation

Many Republican men are characterized as weak and intimidated by strong Republican women, causing marginalization of those women within party leadership.
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

Who are the Log Cabin Republicans, the LGBTQ+ conservative group?

LGBTQ+ Americans vote overwhelmingly Democratic - 86 percent of voters from the community chose Kamala Harris as president in 2024, according to NBC News exit polls, and just 12 percent went for Donald Trump. But there are LGBTQ+ Republicans, and for decades, the chief organization speaking for them has been the Log Cabin Republicans. Today, it has a record 80 chapters in 40 states and is an enthusiastic backer of Trump, who has a record of anti-LGBTQ+ policies and comments.
LGBT
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 months ago

House Republican Rips His Own Party For Covering Up For Pedophiles' Out of Fear of Trump

I don't think my colleagues are happy about covering up for pedophiles, but that's what's happening. And it's so sick and twisted. The reason they're doing it is because they're terrified of President Trump's political machine, not just his legislative affairs folks are reaching out from the White House to every Republican member of Congress who might think about co-sponsoring this, Massie continued, adding: They're getting calls from the political machine that Donald Trump runs.
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fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

California Republicans energized by their opposition to Newsom's redistricting special election

California Republicans united against Proposition 50, fearing it could cost them up to five U.S. House seats and endanger their already limited influence.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
6 months ago

'Party above politics': Brooklyn GOP chair Richie Barsamian endorses George Sarantopoulos for District 47 after contentious primary * Brooklyn Paper

Richie Barsamian publicly endorsed primary rival George Sarantopoulos to unify Brooklyn Republicans and strengthen the party's chances in the District 47 general election.
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