By Marianne LeVine, Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump is spending some of his waning time on the campaign trail stopping in two states that nonpartisan analysts do not expect him to win: New Mexico and Virginia. The Republican presidential nominee’s decision to visit states regarded as safely Democratic terrain is part of […]
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Trump’s visit to Albuquerque sparks ups and downs, confusion
The announcement that former President Donald Trump will stop through Albuquerque for a campaign rally on Thursday set off a rollercoaster of political tension, along with uncertainty about the location and where attendees should park. While there is now a location for the rally and a plan for parking and shuttle services there’s still partisan […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Pueblos
Trump’s visit to Albuquerque sparks ups and downs, confusion
The announcement that former President Donald Trump will stop through Albuquerque for a campaign rally on Thursday set off a rollercoaster of political tension, along with uncertainty about the location and where attendees should park. While there is now a location for the rally and a plan for parking and shuttle services there’s still partisan […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? It comes down to an apostrophe.
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 For years, Republicans have strained to recreate the political magic that was Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment. This was when Clinton in September 2016 decided to label as many as half of Donald Trump’s supporters racist, sexist, Islamophobic and/or xenophobic. She soon walked it back, but […]
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Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? It comes down to an apostrophe.
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 For years, Republicans have strained to recreate the political magic that was Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment. This was when Clinton in September 2016 decided to label as many as half of Donald Trump’s supporters racist, sexist, Islamophobic and/or xenophobic. She soon walked it back, but […]
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In a Latino-majority city, outrage over rally insult, but some still back Trump
By Sabrina Rodriguez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Tairy Pagan,41, had no plans to vote next week, exhausted with politics and frustrated by the state of the economy. She changed her mind after a comedian’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally. Now she’s voting for Vice President Kamala […]
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In a Latino-majority city, outrage over rally insult, but some still back Trump
By Sabrina Rodriguez, The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Tairy Pagan,41, had no plans to vote next week, exhausted with politics and frustrated by the state of the economy. She changed her mind after a comedian’s racist joke about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally. Now she’s voting for Vice President Kamala […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Trump recalls watching racial justice protesters flee D.C. There’s no evidence it happened.
By Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump has a new yarn to tell about 2020’s racial justice protests. For years, the former president has falsely claimed that he stopped protesters who were trying to pull down statues in D.C. by enacting or signing a new law that threatened anyone who vandalized a […]
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Trump recalls watching racial justice protesters flee D.C. There’s no evidence it happened.
By Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump has a new yarn to tell about 2020’s racial justice protests. For years, the former president has falsely claimed that he stopped protesters who were trying to pull down statues in D.C. by enacting or signing a new law that threatened anyone who vandalized a […]
Posted inPueblos, Westside Albuquerque
Bannon released from prison after serving sentence for contempt
By Spencer S. Hsu, Shayna Jacobs, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Stephen K. Bannon was released from prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress over his refusal to cooperate with a House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The influential right-wing podcaster and […]