Republican’s Wife Tries to Win Voters With Cheap Gift CardThe wife of Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers is at gas stations in Detroit handing out $10 gas gift cards while begging people to vote for her husband. This is an illegal, desperate, and ironic move given that the spiking gas prices were directly caused by President Trump’s Iran war, which Rogers has supported wholeheartedly . The Michigan…The New Republic2d agoWhole story →SecurityPlanet
Trump’s War on Trees Is a War on the RepublicGreat men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit, according to a familiar aphorism. Lesser men, by comparison, cut down those trees for a few hours’ warmth. Rarely has a saying come to life so vividly as it did over the last few days in the nation’s capital. President Donald Trump wants to renovate a local golf course on public land in his own…The New Republic2d agoWhole story →JusticePlanet
Trump’s New Press Secretary Tries to Backtrack on Her China AnswerKatie Zacharia’s latest approach to handling the scandal around her boosted legal credentials involves pretending the whole thing never happened. The new White House press secretary told The New York Times Wednesday that she had misinterpreted a reporter’s question earlier this week about where she passed the bar exam. At the time, Zacharia answered :…The New Republic2d agoWhole story →EducationSecurity
Trump’s Boast About Rallies Backfires as Humiliating New GOP Leaks HitEarlier this week, Donald Trump made some audacious claims. He insisted at length that his rallies are having a “tremendously positive impact” on Republicans’ chances in the midterms because it causes their support to “go up.” He also insisted costs are plummeting. But on Wednesday, the new consumer price index report demolished that claim by showing…The New Republic2d agoWhole story →CommerceGovernment
