By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]
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Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump. Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree to contact dozens of their friends and relatives […]
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Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump. Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree to contact dozens of their friends and relatives […]
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TikTok fails a test of its ban on political ads
By Will Oremus, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds. In September, researchers from the nonprofit Global Witness tested the political ad moderation systems of three leading social media platforms – TikTok, […]
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TikTok fails a test of its ban on political ads
By Will Oremus, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds. In September, researchers from the nonprofit Global Witness tested the political ad moderation systems of three leading social media platforms – TikTok, […]
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McConnell called Trump ‘stupid,’ a ‘despicable human being,’ new book says
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2020 said then-president Donald Trump was a “despicable human being,” a “narcissist,” “stupid” and “ill-tempered,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Republican leader by the Associated Press’s deputy Washington bureau chief. According to the AP, which reported […]
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McConnell called Trump ‘stupid,’ a ‘despicable human being,’ new book says
By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2020 said then-president Donald Trump was a “despicable human being,” a “narcissist,” “stupid” and “ill-tempered,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Republican leader by the Associated Press’s deputy Washington bureau chief. According to the AP, which reported […]
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Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we’
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Shortly after the dust settled on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s allies went to great and strained lengths to distance the then-president from the insurrectionists who had stormed the U.S. Capitol. They falsely linked the attack to antifa and supposed government “provocateurs” – claims that had no […]
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Trump drops the pretense, labels Jan. 6 insurrectionists ‘we’
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Shortly after the dust settled on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump’s allies went to great and strained lengths to distance the then-president from the insurrectionists who had stormed the U.S. Capitol. They falsely linked the attack to antifa and supposed government “provocateurs” – claims that had no […]
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City Council asks voters to weigh-in on who can fire police, fire chiefs
Albuquerque voters will see two questions on their ballots this election that propose changes to the city’s charter. One charter amendment would allow the council to have the same amount of say as Mayor Tim Keller has in firing police and fire chiefs. The other amendment would create a process for filling vacancies on a […]