Tag: Republican
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Rep. Kevin Kiley Files For Reelection As an Independent
Rep. Kevin Kiley Files For Reelection As an Independent By: Sam Massey Kevin Kiley, the two-term Republican congressman from Roseville, California, filed for reelection on Friday as an independent under “No Party Preference,” the latest move in a months-long repositioning effort that tells you more about political survival instinct than any genuine ideological evolution. Kiley…
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Billionaire Asks Oklahoma Governor To Be Appointed to Mullin’s U.S. Senate Seat
Billionaire Asks Oklahoma Governor To Be Appointed to Mullin’s U.S. Senate Seat By: Sam Massey In a time where it feels the world works for only the very rich, reality only continues to confirm those indications. Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma oil billionaire and founder of Continental Resources, reportedly called Governor Kevin Stitt on Thursday night…
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Will Donald Trump Seize Control of U.S. Elections?
Will Donald Trump Seize Control of U.S. Elections? By Sam Massey Authoritarianism in 2026 does not always look like troops in the street. It often looks like memos, procedural traps, and people “just asking questions” about whether the normal rules should still apply. That is a core theme of Spin Dictators by Daniel Treisman and…
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Rep. Tony Gonzales Likely Won’t Resign After Affair Scandal
Rep. Tony Gonzales Likely Won’t Resign After Affair Scandal By: Sam Massey Another week, another Republican scandal that somehow ends with the same conclusion: he’s not going anywhere. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R, TX-23) is facing calls to resign after allegations of an affair with a congressional aide, including unearthed text messages that paint a picture…
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An Infallible Leader, In Real Time
An Infallible Leader, In Real Time By: Sam Massey In the closing hours of a late-night social media blitz, President Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social account shared a short video that rapidly became a flashpoint in a national debate. The clip depicted Democrats as animals and image-superimposed the faces of former President Barack Obama and…
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Looking For Retirement Homes? Run For Congress!
By: Sam Massey There are few examples that better illustrate the decline of Congress as a functional governing institution than Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton has served as the District of Columbia’s non-voting congressional delegate since 1991. Spending more than three decades in the role, she was often polarizing, widely known, frequently defended, and just as…
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Top U.S. Cyber Defense Official Uploads Sensitive Documents to ChatGPT, DHS Investigation
By: Sam Massey Madhu Gottumukkala, a technocrat appointed in 2025 to lead the United States’ top cyber defense agency, has come under scrutiny after uploading internal government files into a public version of ChatGPT. The incident triggered automated security alerts within the Department of Homeland Security and prompted an internal review of his actions. Gottumukkala…
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Letlow to Challenge Cassidy for US Senate in Louisiana, Already Trump-Endorsed
Rep. Julia Letlow announced Tuesday that she will challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Her entrance immediately reshapes the race, putting a high-profile incumbent on defense in a state President Donald Trump carried by 22 points in 2024. Letlow has served in Congress since 2021. She entered office…
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Rep. Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65, GOP Leaders Say
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a rice farmer who represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Tuesday, according to House GOP leaders. He was 65 years old. The cause of death has not yet been announced. LaMalfa had served as the U.S. Representative for California’s 1st Congressional District since 2013. A reliably conservative vote…
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Nicolás Maduro Is Gone. So Are Republicans’ Chances to Keep a Trifecta.
On a dark winter morning in Washington, D.C., senior U.S. officials executed an unprecedented military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to statements from U.S. leadership and multiple international news agencies. The operation, which involved a series of explosions and airstrikes across Caracas, was…