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 […]
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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 […]
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Bernalillo Council Rundown
During a quick Bernalillo Town Council meeting Oct. 14, councilors welcomed Sandoval County Commissioner Kathrine Bruch, who presented the county bond measures on the general election ballot. Mayor Jack Torres also appointed Councilor Phillip Valverde as mayor pro tem, and the council unanimously approved the appointment, filling the vacancy left by the death of former […]
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‘Off the charts’: How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies
By Jeff Stein, David J. Lynch, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump is campaigning on the most significant increase in tariffs in close to a century, preparing an attack on the international trade order that would likely raise prices, hurt the stock market and spark economic feuds with much of the world. Trump’s […]
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‘Off the charts’: How Trump tariffs would shock U.S., world economies
By Jeff Stein, David J. Lynch, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump is campaigning on the most significant increase in tariffs in close to a century, preparing an attack on the international trade order that would likely raise prices, hurt the stock market and spark economic feuds with much of the world. Trump’s […]
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One in 6 presidential votes will likely be cast by mail for Harris
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, election observers, state officials and the media repeatedly articulated that results would be slow in coming. The coronavirus pandemic had triggered an expansion of remote-voting options across the country, with the side effect of increasing the number […]
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One in 6 presidential votes will likely be cast by mail for Harris
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 In the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, election observers, state officials and the media repeatedly articulated that results would be slow in coming. The coronavirus pandemic had triggered an expansion of remote-voting options across the country, with the side effect of increasing the number […]