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Lynn Tramonte: “Ohioans are looking for leaders, not lemmings, and Rob Portman is failing the test” When Donald Trump proposed a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” he was denounced by many within the Republican Party. But most of those critical of Trump’s remarks still plan to vote for him if he...
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Last Sunday, GOP Presidential candidate Jeb Bush complained to CBS’ “Face The Nation” that “it’s kind of scary” to listen to Donald Trump talk, saying that “he’s all over the map, misinformed at best and praying on people’s fears at worst.” Still, that didn’t stop Jeb from telling that...
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Tonight, Donald Trump will address the nation at a joint session of Congress, although it appears a significant number of Democrats won’t sit in the House chamber to hear his rant. And it will be a racist, xenophobic rant. How do we know? Well, it’s Trump. But also, we...
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Feb 14, 2025
Rep. Elise Stefanik, MAGA Republican from New York’s 21st congressional district, has been nominated to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations by Donald Trump. Stefanik’s rise in the Republican Party is attributed to her sharp turn from so-called “moderate” to the far-right, embracing white nationalist extremism...
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Jan 29, 2025
President Trump’s mass deportation efforts will harm all communities, not just immigrant communities, and will lead to more chaos and dysfunction. His efforts to end birthright citizenship would redefine who gets to be an American, and his attacks on the immigrant community have led to ICE targeting lawful immigrants,...
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A recording of the press call can be found here Immigration advocacy groups prepared to counter early actions of the Trump administration, raise concerns regarding extreme Trump nominees. WASHINGTON — Today, leaders from America’s Voice, CASA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Make the Road New...
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Jan 13, 2025
Donald Trump selected former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his latest nominee for U.S. Attorney General, following his disastrous pick of disgraced former Congressman Matt Gaetz for the position. Bondi was the state’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019, and has more recently been affiliated with the America...
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Jan 10, 2025
Donald Trump has nominated America First Policy Institute (AFPI) founder and former Trump administration official Brooke Rollins as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees our nation’s food and farm supply, nutritional programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and houses the U.S. Forest...
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Donald Trump nominated former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott for the new commissioner of the parent agency Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seeking the return of one of the most ardent defenders of the border policies from his first administration. Scott, a career official who was promoted by the...
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Donald Trump and his incoming team have confirmed they’re moving forward with costly and “bloody” mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants as their signature policy of the second term. They are also getting the green light from the Republican-controlled Congress, as Sen. Lindsey Graham put it in a...
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