Trump news live: Melania’s office breaks silence on skipping White House meeting with the Bidens
14 Nov
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Trump news live: Melania’s office breaks silence on skipping White House meeting with the Bidens

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Politics tamfitronics This live blog has now closed.Thank you for following our live coverage of a monumental day in politics: Here are some of the dramatic updates you might have missedBreaking:Rep. Matt Gaetz RESIGNS from CongressRep. Matt Gaetz stepped down from his congressional seat on Wednesday. It came just hours after Donald Trump announced the he was nominating the Florida Representative to be his Attorney General and lead reforms at the Justice Department. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Gaetz issued his resignation letter, effective immediately. This gives Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the ability to appoint someone else to Gaetz's seat – meaning the partyu split in the lower chamber will not change. Allegations about Matt Gaetz resurface after Trump announces AG pickAllegations about Rep. Matt Gaetz having sexual relationships with underage girls have resurfaced...
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Why Democratic Turnout Cratered — And Why It Won’t Be Easy to Fix
14 Nov
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Why Democratic Turnout Cratered — And Why It Won’t Be Easy to Fix

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Politics tamfitronics In the days following Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, Democratic politicians, journalists, and pundits have been searching for potential explanations for Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. We have offered up some of our own. On Monday, Rolling Stone spoke with Michael Podhorzer, former longtime political director for the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, to gain more insight into what went so wrong for Democrats.Podhorzer, who chairs the Analyst Institute and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, is an expert in data-driven politics. In a blog post Monday, he writes that the election results were not about Americans embracing Trumpism — but rather a continuation of a trend in U.S. politics: Elections are consistently “change elections,” because “Americans are simply fed up with the system not working for...
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PNM politics in walkabout
13 Nov
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PNM politics in walkabout

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Politics tamfitronics Letters to the EditorNewsday4 Hrs AgoMinister in the Ministry of National Security Keith Scotland on a walkabout on High Street, San Fernando, on November 8. - Photo by Lincoln Holder THE EDITOR: Is it me or is the TTPS too close to the PNM? This was my conclusion after watching the Keith Scotland walkabout in Chaguanas on Friday.I couldn't help but notice how loyal and subservient senior members of the TTPS were to Minister in the Ministry of National Security Scotland, especially since he was "talking the talk" when he proposes the stiffest of penalties for extortionists, even if they come from his constituency or those loyal to the PNM. I sensed the real "buddy hood."In so doing he must be given a favourable nod: he did what his colleague (Richie Sookhai)...
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