Lee Zelden Strizes from Trump’s rulebook to adopt mail-in voting before the New York gubernatorial election

CASTLETON ON HUDSON, NY – Lee Zelden, having recently left a sunset helicopter ride, was satisfied and let my dad jokes flow. The Long Island Republican congressman was so charmed that he compared his long-running campaign for governors not only to those of repeat New York victors like Senator Chuck Schumer and former Governor George Pataki—the last Republican to win statewide in 2002—but also a prince of all people. “And with all apologies to Prince, as I thought a few days ago, I think New York is ready to celebrate…

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Dick Ohlin, the Republican Party’s largest benefactor, has a poor position for election deniers

Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the political finance fold. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Billionaire Ohlin’s family is the largest Republican donor for the 2022 half-term. But a review of federal data also shows that the vast majority of that money went to candidates who disapproved or questioned the results of the 2020 election — in fact, about 80 percent of it went to those Republicans. Between January 7, 2021, and August 31, 2022, Dick and Elizabeth Oehlen — owners of Uline’s shipping…

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Arizona election denier Mark Finchim credits Elon Musk for unblocking Twitter

One of the most hard-line conspiracy theorists and election deniers in the November poll thanked Elon Musk for “fixing” his Twitter ban just hours after the tech billionaire promised to “research” on Monday. Mark Fencham, the GOP nominee for Arizona Secretary of State, wrote about his book Facebook page On Monday afternoon, Twitter banned his account “from telling the truth one week before the election.” “Tag Elon Musk and tell him to unblock me now,” Fenchem added in the post, which included a link to his campaign donation page. “What…

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What Ron DeSantis’ silence on anti-Semitic messages in Jacksonville says about the Republican Party

It’s been nearly two full days since the phrase “Kaneya is right about the Jews” was shown on a screen at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida (and in another building in that city) — a nod to Kanye “Ye” West’s speech. Antisemitic comments that came straight from the infamous falsification and roadmap to antisemitic conspiracy theories, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, who was present at the match, said nothing in public about the messages, even Other leaders have condemned them. This includes…

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GOP spends ‘F*ck You Money’ in blue seats as polls tilt their way to the midterms

The closing days of the 2022 half-term presented the money-rushing Republican PACs with an opportunity too good to be missed: owning Libyans by getting them to spend money in dependable blue benches. “We are able to play in areas that Biden won by more than 10 points, which shows how weak Democrats are in two weeks,” one GOP strategist told The Daily Beast. Not without strategic advantage. Republicans insist that irritating voters in places like New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon — trusted liberal strongholds — are heading in…

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RNC President Rona McDaniel blames Democrats while wishing Paul Pelosi well

It was Democratic politics that led a Republican suspect with a conspiracy mindset to attack the Democratic House Speaker in pursuit of the House Speaker herself, according to the GOP chairwoman. Fox News Sunday Host Shannon Brim asked Rona McDaniel for a response a Washington Post a story which detailed the Republican Party’s decade-long effort to “demonize” Nancy Pelosi, questioning McDaniel’s accusation that the party’s “violent rhetoric and increased threat to its political opponents” led to the attack. McDaniel, characteristically, has blamed Democrats for not ostracizing those who desire violence…

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MAGA candidate Joe Kent ‘spoiled’ his employer’s name more than 30 times, report says

One Donald Trump-backed rival in Congress said that he and his campaign were unable to get the name of the company he works for correctly. Two days after The Daily Beast published a report on American Enterprise Solutions – Washington State House nominee Joe Kent identified him as the employer of 34 political donationsAnd the two personal Financial Disclosuresand at least 1 year appearance– It didn’t look like it was there, the Republican confirmed that he and his team were saying it and typing it wrong the whole time. according…

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Marco Rubio says one thing, cops say another on volunteer attack

After assaulting a volunteer who was hanging out with Senator Marco Rubio Sunday night, the Florida Republican appeared rocking on social media. “Last night, a flight attendant wearing my Desantis shirt and hat was brutally attacked by 4 animals who told him Republicans are not allowed in their neighborhood in #Hialeah #Florida,” Rubio tweeted on Monday. “He has had internal bleeding and a broken jaw and will need facial reconstructive surgery[.]” but, Incident report submitted by the arresting officer and submitted by the Hialeah Police Department to The Daily Beast…

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We need to stop calling far-right extremists Maga Trump “conservatives.”

Do you want to prove that the stopped watch is correct twice a day? The right-wing newspaper The Federalist on Thursday published what can only be described as a statement targeting fellow travelers, arguing that “We need to stop calling ourselves conservatives. “ As a conservative, I think the author, John Daniel Davidson, got it 100 percent right: It he is It’s time for right-wing nationalists to stop tarnishing our good reputation! Those of us who have remained steadfast conservatives are no longer attuned to the right-wing or Republican believers…

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Putin’s last hope for victory in Ukraine is the Republican Party’s victory in November

Vladimir Putin is fighting a war on two fronts. Sure, he lost a big deal in eastern Ukraine, but things are looking up to the Russian dictator in the West — at least on the political front that runs through every ballot box in America. Although the resilience, courage, and skill of the Ukrainian military have led Putin to take increasingly desperate and corrupt measures to avoid further humiliation on the battlefield, he can see a glimmer of hope on the horizon. It is provided by the leadership of the…

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