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Kayleigh McEnany Called Out for ‘Weird and Pointless Lie’ About White House Communications Team
Kayleigh McEnany was dragged Sunday night and Monday morning for a tweet that said “President @realDonaldTrump already has an ALL FEMALE Senior White House Press Team.”By way of responding to news that President-elect Joe Biden had named an all-female communications team for his White House, she also claimed that the vice president, first lady and second lady also have all-female senior staff. She wrote that by reporting on Biden’s selection, the Washington Post “once again reveals their blindin
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Georgia's Secretary of State Learns Nothing Will Save You If You Fail to Serve the Authoritarian Leader
It didn't save him to be a Republican or a white guy or anything else. He declined to lie and cheat at the right time to benefit Donald J. Trump, so now he's in trouble.
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Pollster Frank Luntz Says 2020 Election Results Are ‘Devastating’ for His Profession
Conservative pollster Frank Luntz believes the 2020 election results — which again diverged from forecasts of how voters would behave — could signal the end for people like him. “The political polling profession is done,” Luntz told Axios. “It is devastating for my industry.”By Wednesday morning, votes were not yet fully counted in a handful of key battleground states and there was no indication whether incumbent Republican President Donald Trump would win re-election or if Democratic nominee Jo
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Fox News Anchor Grills Network’s Own Expert on Calling Arizona for Biden: ‘You’re 100% Sure?’
As election results poured in on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, Fox News found itself defending its position as the only network to call the state of Arizona for Vice President Joe Biden.To do so, they trotted out Arnon Mishkin, who is the director of the “decision desk” for Fox News.“What I think we’ve heard from the White House is that … they need just to get 61% of the outstanding vote, and there are 870,000 outstanding votes, and they’ll be getting that,” Mishkin said. “That’s not
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25-Year-Old Republican Madison Cawthorn Keeps Trolling After House Win: ‘Cry More, Lib’
Madison Cawthorn, the 25-year-old North Carolina Republican and political novice, continued his trollish behavior upon winning the U.S. House seat recently held by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.“Cry more, lib,” Cawthorn tweeted Tuesday night after the Associated Press projected him the winner in his contest with Democrat Moe Davis, a 62-year-old retired Air Force colonel. Cawthorn won 54.4% of the vote to 42.4% for Davis, with 99% of the ballots counted.Cawthorn, a real estate ex
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Lizzo Poses Naked as She Encourages Voters to "Stay Determined"
The singer ditched her clothes in favor of a strategically draped American flag.
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Fox News Hosts Defend Themselves From On-Air Trump Attack: We Show ‘Both Sides’
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy were forced to defend their employer Tuesday morning as President Donald Trump began attacking the network during an on-air “Fox & Friends” interview.In one of his final chances to speak to the public and advocate for his re-election as many Americans head to the polls, Trump lambasted the cable news channel for airing speeches from former President Barack Obama: “Actually, Fox puts him on more than anybody else, which is sort of shockin
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