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Trump’s Press Secretary Admits She Was in “Sort of a Pyramid Scheme”Katie Zacharia’s long résumé includes stints as an unqualified legal commentator, an associate at a Chinese law firm, an uncredentialed general counsel, and—in her own words—a participant in “sort of a pyramid scheme.” The 41-year-old White House press secretary told Wired Thursday that she used to be an affiliate marketer for Beachbody, a…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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More Than 100 Suspicious Letters Sent to Election Officials NationwideMore than 100 letters containing an unknown white substance were mailed to election officials, state officials, and members of Congress, according to three election workers who were briefed on the investigation and spoke to Votebeat . The FBI acknowledged an investigation into the letters on Thursday, though it did not state how many letters exactly were…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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Trump’s New Press Secretary Straight-Up Admits She’s Not a LawyerThe mystery of Katie Zacharia’s legal credentials has finally been solved: She doesn’t have any. The brand-new White House press secretary appeared on the right-wing media outlet Real America’s Voice Thursday for an interview with Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and attempted to put the whole “lawyer” thing to bed. “A lot of the…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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Texas Sued After Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter RegistrationsNearly 600,000 people in Texas had their voting registration delayed due to a computer glitch. Now state election workers are trying frantically to register them before early voting starts on Monday in one of the country’s most consequential electoral battlegrounds. A lawsuit filed by two voting rights groups, the League of Women Voters Texas and Move…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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“She Could Barely Read”: Trump Team Trashes New Press SecretaryKatie Zacharia delivered her debut performance as White House press secretary just two days ago, but she’s already made enemies of her colleagues. The 41-year-old appeared before the White House press corps for the first time on Tuesday, whereupon she stumbled her way through a wordy briefing, took three questions, and fled out of the room after just 14…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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Trump Brags About Redoing White House in Bizarre Speech to CopsPresident Donald Trump made a speech to first responders in the Rose Garden Thursday—and spent his time talking about “reskinning” the White House. After rambling about the upcoming midterm elections and briefly thanking the first responders gathered there for lunch, the president quickly pivoted to describing his pet White House construction projects.…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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Has Trump Put His Most Powerful Aide on The Chopping Block?White House chief of staff Susie Wiles could be facing the boot. Donald Trump has reportedly called his allies to explore potential successors for his once-irreproachable “ice maiden,” Politico reported in its Playbook newsletter Thursday. The reviews of Wiles’s performance, apparently, are not good. “She’s burned a lot of people,” a Republican operative…
The New Republic3d agoWhole story →
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