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ILLINOIS Republican Rep. Mary Miller, speaking alongside Trump, calls SCOTUS ruling "victory for white life"
The crowd cheered and Trump grinned as Miller heralded the errosion of women's rights as a "historic victory for white life." Miller later pretended she misread her applause line.
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The statement unleashed a forceful rebuke on social media, likening Miller to a white supremacist and recalling her quoting Adolf Hitler on Jan. 6, 2021 — the day a mob broke into the nation’s Capitol. She later apologized.
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Republican Sen. James Lankford said 13-year-olds can consent to sex
In a 2010 deposition, Lankford, who spent a decade working as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center outside Oklahoma City, testified that he believed a 13-year-old could consent to sex.
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Both of Oklahoma's U.S. Senate seats on primary ballots
https://www.joplinglobe.com/elections/both-of-oklahomas-u-s-senate-seats-on-primary-ballots/article_510e0496-ec4e-11ec-86ff-c323113175cc.html
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Game-changer Tim Ryan turns heads with new strategy to win in red America
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Rhode Island cop arrested after punching Senate opponent at abortion rights rally
Jeann Lugo, a Rhode Island police officer and Republican state Senate candidate, was arrested on an assault charge after attacking his female opponent, Jennifer Rourke, during an abortion rights protest Friday night.
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The Providence Police Department said it launched a criminal investigation into the incident and placed Lugo on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation and an administrative review.
Lugo, who has been with the department for three years, briefly addressed the incident on Twitter.
"I will not be running for any office this fall," he posted. He was running for District 29 as a Republican. The account did not appear to exist later Saturday.
Biden signs gun safety bill into law, takes swipe at Supreme Court
President Biden signed into law the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after the far-right Supreme Court recklessly expanded firearm owners' rights.
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Canada will allow Americans to cross the border for abortion care
America's conscientious, forward-thinking neighbors to the north are stepping up once again as gleeful Republicans turn back the clock on women's reproductive rights.
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"Mitt Romney Republican" is now a potent GOP primary attack
In a sign of just how far to the right the GOP has lunged, the 2012 Republican nominee for president is increasingly viewed as a pariah in his own party.
January 6 Committee CATCHES key Trump ally in the act
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.
Ginni Thomas left a voicemail for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment
There is no bottom with Ginni Thomas. Set a bar and she will sink beneath it.
Tucker Carlson says corporations are helping their employees get an out-of-state abortion because those "without families are much cheaper for the company"
Fox News' chief blowhard hit viewers with his latest hot take, claiming that American corporations that provide their employees with essential reproductive healthcare are "against families."
Fox News' chief blowhard! Good label!
Jury awards $21 million to the family of pregnant teen shot and killed by police
16-year-old Elena Mondragon was a passenger in a vehicle targeted in a "botched covert arrest operation" by undercover police officers in Fremont, California.
Former Marine resigns as July 4 parade grand marshal after right-wing Texas radio host targeted her family
Ex-Marine and pro soccer player Haley Carter and her family received physical threats of violence after right-wing rabble-rouser and Tucker Carlson pal Jesse Kelly demonized her online as a communist "gun-grabber" who's "into drag."
Seriously?
Yes. Seriously.
Hope...
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