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Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) is offering advice to his Republican friends trying to hold their seats in the upcoming midterms: Get away from the Republican Party.“If I were a Republican candidate running in this cycle and I was in anything close to a competitive district, I would be making sure that I have a brand that is separate and distinct from the party,” Dent said during a Friday panel discussion on MS NOW. “If my brand, in a year like this, is generic Republican, that might be fine in north Alabama, but it isn't going to work in Allentown, Pen

Acclaimed Hollywood director James Cameron recently elaborated on why he left the United States, and lamented that the U.S. has become paralyzed by political division under President Donald Trump.The Hill reported Friday that Cameron – who directed the "Avatar" series along with blockbuster films like "Titanic" and the first two installments of the "Terminator" series – gave frank criticism of the political climate in the United States during an interview with journalist Graham Bensinger.The Canadian-born filmmaker said that

The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a state law deployed by Republicans to tamper with or adjust ballot measures to mislead voters.The Kansas City Star reports the law, which critics called the “Let Politicians Lie Act,” provided the Republican Missouri Secretary of State’s Office and the GOP Attorney General’s Office powers to meddle with the language of ballot measures with which they disagree. Over the last year, the law allowed Secretary of State Denny Hoskins two opportunities to rephrase ballot questions and summaries to potentially mislead the p

As dozens of states brace for a historic winter storm this weekend, all eyes are on President Donald Trump's administration and whether politics will play a role in who gets federal disaster assistance.Politico reported Friday that many governors of states in the path of Winter Storm Fern are already scrambling to line up resources as nearly an inch of freezing rain is expected across much of the Deep South, while heavy snow is likely to pummel the bulk of the Midwest and the East Coast. According to the Weather Channel, the storm will impact

Laura Loomer – a MAGA social media influencer who has been referred to as President Donald Trump's unofficial "loyalty enforcer" — posted a lengthy screed to her 1.8 million followers attacking Vice President JD VanceIn a Friday post to her X account, Loomer addressed Vance's recent remarks in which he appeared to heap criticism on Loomer while quote-tweeting one of her posts. The vice president wrote: "It's interesting that some 'conservative influencers' spend all of their time attacking the administration and sowing division. Disgracef

I Paper columnist Simon Marks writes that European leaders are already convinced President Donald Trump will try to rig the U.S. midterms and probably the subsequent national election.“There is invariably a ‘tell’ that reveals unannounced ideas percolating away inside his mind,” said Marks. “His daily, stream-of-consciousness engagements with White House visitors and members of the press corps often include throw-away lines that turn out to contain the germ of a notion taking root within his grey cells.”Trump recently mused that he had accomplished so mu

Donald Trump went to Davos on Wednesday morning and gave the speech that Vladimir Putin wanted him to, lying and pissing off Europe and shaking the North Atlantic alliance to its core.Our president has refused to help Ukraine in any meaningful way for a year now, giving Russia the room to destroy much of that country’s electric and heat infrastructure so badly that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to cancel his trip to Davos to deal with the crisis.Trump’s now invaded Venezuela and is threatening the same with Greenland, legitimizing Putin’s land-grab

President Donald Trump's 2024 victory was largely due to voters trusting him more on the economy. But one longtime Republican strategist is now arguing that becayse prices for basic needs are continuing to rise, the president effectively has nothing to stand on.During a Friday interview on The Bulwark Podcast, Republican strategist Mike Murphy – who advised the campaigns of Republicans John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, among others — argued that that the lone reason President Donald Trump secured a second term has been effectively debunked. Murphy told host Tim Miller (a former spokesper

MS NOW anchor Katy Tur squeezed Republican lawmaker Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) regarding White House fabrications and shared click-bait targeting U.S. citizens and protestors.“How do you trust the White House when they're saying ‘we're getting all the worst of the worst’ … when the numbers don't back it up, and then also when they're putting out fake imagery,” said Tur, referring to a White House shared image of a protester edited to transform her expressionless face into a wailing mess.“They arrested a woman the church protest. … DHS puts out an image of her where she looks composed, and then the White House puts an image out of her 30 minutes later, where she's been AI manipulated to look like she's crying and disheveled,” Tur told Law

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are reportedly at each other's throats following a contentious vote over a specific regulation for vehicles.The conservative Daily Caller reported Friday that a provision to ban a mandatory "kill-switch" in cars in the U.S. recently failed to pass with a majority vote in the House, after 57 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the provision's passage. Libertarian-leaning Republicans, like Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued that the rule — which is meant to prevent impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel — intruded on Americans' personal f