Buttigieg reflects on one year of parenthood
Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg marked one year of parenthood with a post on Medium this weekend, recalling the day when he first discovered he and his husband Chasten would be adopting twins. The soon-to-be parent remembered feeling both delighted and uncertain on the sunny afternoon when he got the news, after a "share of painful false starts" on the adoption waitlist. Fast forward a year later, and Buttigieg says he experienced an "extr
Read More6 in 10 Republicans say Trump should be 2024 GOP nominee: survey
Approximately six in 10 Republican respondents in a new poll said that former President Trump should be the GOP nominee in the 2024 election. The USA Today/Ipsos survey found that 59 percent of Republican respondents favor Trump, who has said he has made up his mind about running again, and 41 percent belie
Read MoreKinzinger: Republicans in ‘real trouble because we have no leadership’
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday said that Republicans are in "real trouble" ahead of the midterm elections because the GOP lacks strong leadership from both House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). "Republicans are in real trouble because we have no leadership. This is the problem," Kinzinger said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Kevin McCarthy isn’t leading, he’s asking, 'What does [Republican Rep.] Marjorie Taylor Greene [Ga.] want me to do?' "Mitch McConnell’s just trying to save the Senate," Kinzinger added. "
Read MoreThe abortion emergency in the federal courts
It is now notorious that the criminalization of abortion, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, doesn’t do much to lower the abortion rate but has had devastating effects on the ability of doctors to treat pregnancies that go wrong. Horror stories
Read MoreDNC chair avoids criticizing Biden calling GOP philosophy ‘semi-fascist’
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison avoided criticizing President Biden for his remarks in which he referred to the Republican party’s philosophy as “semi-fascist.” During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” guest moderator Major Garrett asked Harrison whether he embraced the president's assessment. "Well, it's not about the embracing – its calling what what it is what it is, in the end of the day, we are a country built on freedom. And when you chip away at that, when you see the bullying that takes place in place like Florida with [Gov.
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