GOP ACCOUNTABILITY
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Ramaswamy downplays Trump attack, says he is the future of MAGA
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy downplayed a social media attack on him by Iowa Caucus frontrunner and former President Donald Trump who told people not to waste their vote on the political newcomer. In Waterloo, Ramaswamy, who has largely run on Trump’s MAGA agenda but says he would be “the future” of it, was careful…
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Haley: ‘Don’t complain’ about general election if you don’t pick me
Nikki Haley tried a last-ditch appeal to Republican caucus voters during a campaign appearance in Cedar Rapids Thursday just before a blizzard warning went into effect across Iowa. The Republican candidate for President recently polled at around 20% of likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa—a distant second place behind former President Donald Trump’s 54%, but ahead…
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Zach Nunn rejects plan that could prevent shutdown
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Workers warn of flight delays, other pitfalls in GOP government shutdown
While some federal employees would still be required to go to work—and not be paid—in the event of a government shutdown, Ruark Hotopp warns services across the country would be negatively impacted. “As you might imagine, nobody’s happy about it in the first place,” said Hotopp, a union rep who serves as the national vice…
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Republicans Are About to Cause a Government Shutdown. Here’s How It Would Affect You.
The United States government is headed for a shutdown in less than 10 days, due to the failure of Republicans in the House of Representatives to agree on a new federal budget amongst themselves, let alone with Senate Democrats and Republicans and the White House. A shutdown, which would be the fourth Republican-caused shutdown over…
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Trump Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes Again
If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025—as polls suggest he has roughly a 50/50 chance of doing—slashing the tax rate for big corporations could be one of his top priorities, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. Trump and his economic advisers have discussed cutting the corporate tax rate to as…
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Here’s Where the Jan. 6 Criminal Proceedings Stand
Before a jury in a Washington, D.C. federal court began deliberating last week on whether to hold five leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group responsible for violence committed on Jan. 6, 2021, they were shown two videos. One depicted a Black woman being knocked to the ground by a Proud Boy during a…
