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Trump may not be headed to next week's Republican debate, but Democrats will be there
The DNC plans to run television ads, purchase billboards and be on the ground to offer its counterarguments to Republican criticism.
NBC News | Monica Alba
August 17, 2023
Donald Trump still hasn't said whether he will show up for the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee next week, but Democrats plan to be there and talk about the former president either way.
President Joe Biden's re-election campaign will have a significant presence on the ground and on the airwaves, according to plans top officials shared exclusively with NBC News. The Democrats' message will be simple: Regardless of whether Trump participates, the rest of the GOP field has already embraced his worldview.
In a statement, campaign manager Jule Chavez Rodriguez said she believes the showdown "will put on display just how extreme and out of touch the Republican candidates are with the American people." Read more
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House, Senate Republicans team up to crack down on FTC for destroying documents related to congressional probe
'Congress and the public deserve an explanation of why the FTC improperly destroyed records': Cruz
Fox News | Brianna Herlihy
August 17, 2023
Top Republicans on Capitol Hill are vowing a crackdown on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly destroying documents related to a congressional probe.
"Be deleting documents, the FTC likely violated federal law. It also impeded Congressional oversight of the FTC's recent, unprecedented actions, including its proposed rule banning non-compete clauses," Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican and ranking member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, wrote in a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, which was dated for Thursday and shown to Fox News Digital ahead of its release. Read more
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WG Economy: Gas Prices Jump To Highest Level All Year
WG Economy | David Winston
August 16, 2023
If you think gas is costing you more than it did a few weeks ago, you would be right. According to the latest gas price tracking from the US Energy Information Administration, gas prices have jumped to their highest level all year - a national average of $3.96 for a gallon of gas. This is almost a 30-cent increase from a month ago when the average for the week of July 17 was $3.68. As of EIA tracking this week, the new national average of $3.96 sets a record for 2023 and marks an increase of $1.50 since the start of the Biden administration when the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.46. From our most recent update of the Presidential Inflation Rate (based on the CPI), gas prices have gone up 53.4% since President Biden took office. WG Economy, August 16, 2023.pdf
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Republicans introduce bill that could
abolish DC government
The Home Rule Act was signed into law in 1973 by President Richard Nixon and went into effect in 1975.
WUSA9 | Alanea Cremen
August 15, 2023
A new bill is taking aim at D.C.'s government, more specifically ending it and giving control to the federal government.
HR 5195 was introduced by Rep. Andrew Ogles who represents Tennessee's District 5. The bill would repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which gives local autonomy to D.C. and establishes branches of local government, such as DC Council and the mayor's office.
The Congress.Gov website says no text has been submitted for the bill, so the specifics Ogles is suggesting are unclear at this time.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton took to Twitter Tuesday, calling the bill an attempt to abolish D.C.'s government. She added that repealing the Home Rule Act would be "as undemocratic as abolishing Nashville's [government], a city [Ogles] represents." Read more
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Republicans need to stop fighting early voting. It's how we can win on Election Day.
Republicans cannot afford to go into Election Day down thousands of votes - that will all but guarantee a loss.
USA Today | Glenn Youngkin, Opinion contributor
August 13, 2023
Elections are competitions, and the principles for victory are straightforward - which candidate has the most compelling vision, communicates that vision best, and builds trust to turn promises made into promises kept.
Yes, like any team sport in a tough game, the team that fields the best players, executes the better strategy, and competes the hardest, wins.
In Virginia this fall, where every seat in the General Assembly is on the ballot, the stakes could not be more consequential for the future of our state. Republicans have an opportunity to cement our majority in the House, flip the Senate, and take Virginia to the next level. Read more
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The mystery of Vivek Ramaswamy's rapid rise in the polls
The theories behind the longshot presidential contender's rise.
Politico | Steve Shepard
August 12, 2023
Two new polls of Republican primary voters released on Thursday showed former President Donald Trump in first place by a wide margin. But what was startling was who came in second.
The first shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in his usual spot far behind Trump. The others hows 38-year-old first-time political candidate Vivek Ramaswamy edging out DeSantis for second place.
Ramaswamy's early rise represents the most significant movement in the still-nascent race for the GOP presidential nomination. Or does it? Read more
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Experts throw cold water on Dem claims that Hawaii wildfires caused by climate change
'Blaming this on weather and climate is misleading,' a top environmental expert in Hawaii said
Fox News | Thomas Catenacci
August 11, 2023
Environmental experts are pushing back on claims that the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, were caused by global warming, instead pointing to poor state land management practices.
Over the last several days, wildfires have spread across western Maui, razing much of the historic Lahaina Town and claiming the lives of more than three dozen people, according to state officials. As first responders continue to battle the devastating fires, some Democratic lawmakers have been quick to blame the event on climate change and global warming.
"Heartbreaking fires in Hawaii! Scientists are clear that climate chaos wreaking havoc on ecosystems everywhere is the new norm," Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said in a post on X. "We need to take action immediately or else it will get even worse." Read more
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Republicans unveil effort to claw back school funds Biden admin is holding over hunting, archery classes
Republican Rep Tenney tells Fox News Digital that Biden administration's move to defund
school hunting programs is a 'power grab'
Fox News | Thomas Catenacci
August 11, 2023
A group of House Republicans led by Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., are unveiling legislation to reverse the Biden administration's crackdown on school hunting education and archery programs nationwide.
Tenney - joined by Reps. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Brandon Williams, R-N.Y. - plan to introduce the Protecting Hunting and Archery in Schools Act, which would remove the current federal restriction on funding hunting and archery programs. The bill comes after a Fox News Digital report highlighting Education Department guidance that strips such funding from schools nationwide.
"The Biden administration continues to advance its radical anti-Second Amendment agenda by prohibiting ESEA funding for archery and shooting sports programs," Tenney told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Upstate New York schools offer hunting, archery, and shooting sports programs to teach students how to responsibly handle firearms and respect our Second Amendment Rights." Read more
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WG Discussion Points: The White House
Bets On Bidennomics
WG Discussion Points | David Winston
August 11, 2023
Politico reports that the White House is not judging the success of the Bidenomics rollout by what voters believe today, but what they will believe a year from now. They are betting that over the next year, the economy will improve, inflation will moderate and Republicans will focus on other topics.
From Politico: ...About two months in, [Biden's] efforts to sell his sweeping economic agenda don't appear to be working. Inside the White House, aides remain confident the bet will pay off, adopting the mantra of the hockey legend Wayne Gretzky: Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is now. "If you look at where the puck's going to be a year from now," said a White House official granted anonymity to discuss strategy, "inflation's going down and the term "Bidenomics" is going to come to signify... President Biden has a plan... As for Republicans who continue to ding Biden over rising prices, the official added, "they're skating right around where the puck was yesterday."
The White House thinks that over the next year, they will be able to turn around President Biden's economic job approval, which we show at 37-54 approve-disapprove. As shown in our tracking, the President started out in a positive position with an economic approval of 55-35 approve-disapprove. This means voters gave him the benefit of the doubt when he came into a difficult situation as the country was emerging from COVID. But his economic approval started to decline in the summer of 2021 following the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in March and the inflation started ticking up. Then when the White House and Democrats were trying to pass their Build Back Better Legislation in July and August, his approval declined further to 45-47 with more voters disapproving than approving. Read more
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