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It really isn’t much of a surprise that the 2020 Trump Campaign organization used about every trick to defraud his supporters, especially the poorer and more naïve ones. The New York Times has a story about small time Trump contributors who thought they were making a single donation through their...

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  • April 4, 2021

Taggan Goddard of Political Wire has an interesting theory about why Trump decided to veto the National Defense Appropriation Act (NDAA): Buried in its 4500+ pages is something called the Corporate Transparency Act (link is to the original stand-alone House version). According to Goddard (behind a paywall) this puts Trump...

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  • December 28, 2020

I don’t know if any of these polls have any scientific basis, but it does look like Biden held his own, at first glance. x BREAKING: Based on our snap poll of 772 likely voters who watched tonight's debate, 52% say Joe Biden won the debate overall. 39% say Donald...

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  • October 23, 2020

The NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll, rated A- by 538, has Joe Biden leading Trump 53% to 39%. The poll of registered voters was taken September 30 through October 1 after Tuesday’s debate but before Trump’s positive test for Coronavirus was made public. assets.documentcloud.org/… Joe Biden’s national lead over President Donald Trump...

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  • October 4, 2020

A Hodas & Associates Poll, just released, shows Joe Biden with big leads in Michigan and Wisconsin and a smaller lead in Pennsylvania despite apparently being designed to damage Biden and Democrats by asking leading questions. politicalwire.com New battleground polls from Hodas & Associates, a Republican polling firm: Michigan: Biden 53%,...

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  • August 4, 2020

Taegan Goddard has a members-only piece up on Political Wire: Imagining Biden’s Team of Rivals. If Biden is elected — and I will hold my breath until he’s actually sitting behind the Roosevelt Desk and the nuclear codes are safely in his hands — then, Goddard suggests, Biden should consider...

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  • July 25, 2020

politicalwire.com Republican Party Chairperson Ronna McDaniel is self-quarantined after coming down with flu-like  symptoms including a fever. She has been tested for coronavirus and is awaiting results. Results were negative when she was tested for strep and the flu. Last night, @GOPChairwoman 's doctor determined a test for COVID-19 was...

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  • March 15, 2020

politicalwire.com/… http://www.economist.com/… YouGov has released a poll showing Democrats are taking the coronavirus pandemic much more seriously and are taking more precautions than Republicans. The poll taken March 8 throught March 10 showed 61% of Democrats are very or somewhat worried about coronavirus but only 37% of Republicans are. Some...

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  • March 11, 2020

There are reports that former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar will endorse Joe Biden at a Rally in Texas on the eve of Super Tuesday. Former Senator Harry Reid has also endorsed Biden. politicalwire.com/… Pete Buttigieg will be joining Amy Klobuchar to publicly endorse Joe Biden at a...

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  • March 2, 2020

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar will endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Texas on the eve of Super Tuesday. Former Senator Harry Reid has also endorsed Biden. politicalwire.com/… Pete Buttigieg will be joining Amy Klobuchar to publicly endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Texas later...

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  • March 2, 2020

http://www.foxnews.com/… Two new national polls are consistent in showing leading Democrats are running ahead of Donald Trump and that enthusiasm for the 2020 Presidential election is very high. Fox News National Poll 9/15-17 Democrats Trump Biden              52% 38% Sanders         48% 40% Warren ...

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  • September 18, 2019

politicalwire.com Republican Mike Conaway of Texas’ 11th congressional district has reportedly decided he will not run for re-election in 2020 expanding the retirement trend to 5 Republican members of the US House in the last couple of weeks. The 11th district in west Texas has a Cook PVI of R+32...

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  • July 31, 2019

politicalwire.com http://www.reuters.com/… Donald Trump’s support rose 5% among Republicans after he made comments widely considered racist about four Democratic congresswomen who are members of minorities. His overall approval rate in the Rueters/Ipsos poll stayed the same due to a  two percent drop in approval from Democrats and independents.  A new...

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  • July 17, 2019