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 Republic3d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentmichigan senate election
We Now Have a List of Trump’s Ballroom Donors—and It ReeksThe donors behind President Trump’s $330 million White House Ballroom project have finally been revealed. Trump isn’t one of them, even though he pledged to cover a portion of the cost himself. The Washington Post has reported that 57 companies donated $100,000 or more to the vanity project. Some of those companies are headed by individuals who have…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmenttrump donor list revealed
Kimberly Guilfoyle Lost Her Mind After Trump Publicly Humilated HerKimberly Guilfoyle is reportedly “spiraling” after her fall from grace , and nearly retracted her resignation. The ex–U.S. ambassador to Greece (and Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-fiancée) was publicly asked to resign during White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s first-ever media briefing Tuesday, following reports that President Donald Trump was preparing…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →Culture
Minnesotans: Trump’s Raid on Ilhan Omar Will Backfire Big-TimeYou’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free . Inside Washington Minnesota leaders are decrying the raid on Representative Ilhan Omar ’s D.C. home as a blatant attack on their state ahead of the midterms. “The purpose is to animate their…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →EconomyJustice
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 Republic3d agoWhole story →EducationSecurity
Trump Uses Nuclear Option to Keep Kennedy Center Documents HiddenPresident Trump is fighting attempts to make him testify and produce documents related to his takeover of the Kennedy Center. In a court filing Wednesday, Trump asserted executive privilege, claiming that in her lawsuit, Kennedy Center board member and Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty initiated “overbroad discovery requests that expressly…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →TechnologyJustice
Transcript: Trump Boast About Rallies Wrecked by Humiliating GOP LeaksThe following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 15 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Earlier this week, Donald Trump made two very audacious claims. First, he said Republicans will do very…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →Culture
