21 h. ago Some Democrats want to use gerrymandering. That’s a bad idea | Carlo Invernizzi

When a house is on fire, more fire won’t helpWhen Texas Republicans unveiled yet another contorted congressional map last week – one that would all but erase Austin’s Latino-led seat and increase the Republican party’s federal House tally by up to five seats in total – the outcry from Democrats was immediate and justified. But beyond the Democratic state legislators’ brave effort to stymie the proposal by boycotting the vote, a different refrain has also been heard by leading Democrats in other states: if they do it, why can’t we?Governor Gavin Newsom of California has vowed to “fight fire with fire”, advancing a proposal that would redraw California’s own congressional map to offset Republican gains in Texas. New York’s Kathy Hochul has also embraced the prospect of aggressive gerrymandering in Democratic-controlled states, sidestepping the independent commissions that Democrats themselves had once championed and successfully implemented in both California and New York. Continue re...

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3 d. ago What is going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene? | Arwa Mahdawi

The far-right Republican and conspiracy theorist is suddenly speaking (a small amount of) sense. Weird!Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conspiracy theorist and bigot who also happens to be a Republican congresswoman, has suddenly started to speak (a small amount of) sense. It’s unclear what exactly precipitated it, but the Georgia congresswoman has declared war on her fellow Republicans.“The course that [the Republican party] is on, I don’t want to have anything to do with it,” Greene told the Daily Mail last week. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene takes shot at Fox News viewers for being too old: ‘They are not the future of America’

Fox News host Mark Levin called the Georgia Congresswoman a 'lunatic' amid her recent rift with the Republican party

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7 d. ago ‘Has to sting’: MTG turned on GOP after Trump snubbed her ambitions to be governor, expert says

Former MAGA stalwart recently escalated her criticism of the Republican Party, less than a week after addressing speculation about a potential run for governor

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8 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republican party has lost touch with its base

Georgia congresswoman says she has no plans to leave Republican fold but urges party to support ‘America first’Marjorie Taylor Greene, historically one of the most prominent voices in Donald Trump’s Maga movement, has declared in an interview that she feels that the Republican party has lost touch with its base, but she said she has no plans to leave the party.After telling the Daily Mail this week she was questioning whether she still belongs in the Republican fold, the Georgia congresswoman told the Guardian she would not become independent or seek a third party option. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests she may abandon the Republican party

Georgia congresswoman declared in an interview that she feels the GOP has lost touch with its baseMarjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most prominent voices in Donald Trump’s Maga movement, has declared in an interview that she feels that the Republican party has lost touch with its base, and suggested she may abandon the party entirely.The Georgia congresswoman told the Daily Mail this week she was questioning whether she still belongs in the Republican fold and expressed resounding frustration with GOP leadership. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'Surprising' rival to JD Vance as next Presidential candidate emerges with Republicans preparing for 2028

While Vance has been positioned as President Donald Trump 's understudy, there is a groundswell of support for another Republican figure among party activists and voters.

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9 d. ago MTG hints that she might be finished with the GOP: ‘I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me’

Georgia firebrand recently broke from her party to condemn Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza – one of the few positions she’s taken in opposition to her party

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9 d. ago Sydney Sweeney’s Republican voter registration revealed amid jeans ad controversy

Revelation comes amid public fixation on American Eagle’s jeans ad featuring the star and a pun about her genesSydney Sweeney registered as a Republican voter in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won a second US presidency, it has been revealed, as the public continues fixating on a new jeans ad campaign featuring the actor and a pun about her genes.The Euphoria and White Lotus star registered to vote in Florida on 14 June 2024 – shortly after buying a mansion in the Keys – and listed her party affiliation as Republican, according to publicly available records reviewed by the Guardian on Sunday. That was about two weeks after Trump, another registered Republican Florida voter, was convicted in New York City of criminal falsification of business records and before he secured a return to the White House in November’s presidential election. Continue reading...

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