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GOP Develops Small Dollar Donation Fundraising System to Counter ActBlue

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ January 22, 2019 at 5:00pm

“Small-dollar donors are an important measure of how much grass-roots enthusiasm a campaign or organization has.”

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GOP Develops Small Dollar Donation Fundraising System to Counter ActBlue

Posted by Mary Chastain - 1/22/2019 at 5:00pm

According to Politico, the GOP finally has an answer to the Democrat Party’s ActBlue, which brought in over $700 million small-dollar donations in 2018:

Following weeks of closed-door discussions, Republicans have agreed to create a new platform dubbed Patriot Pass, which will be used to cultivate and process online donations. The GOP — whose jungle-like ecosystem of vendors has long fought bitterly over contracts and dollars — has struggled in the past to create such a unified system.

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2018 Elections, 2020 Election, Republican National Committee

WAPO Corrects Covington Smear Story to Say Native American Activist Didn’t Fight in the Vietnam War

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye ▪ January 22, 2019

WAPO Corrects Covington Smear Story to Say Native American Activist Didn’t Fight in the Vietnam War

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye
1/22/2019 at 3:09pm

In an interview with CNN, Phillips claimed he was a Vietnam times veteran, WaPo appears to have assumed he meant Vietnam war veteran

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnT8IFTScA

Supreme Court agrees to hear 2d Amendment case involving NYC firearm transport restrictions

Posted by William A. Jacobson ▪ January 22, 2019

Supreme Court agrees to hear 2d Amendment case involving NYC firearm transport restrictions

Posted by William A. Jacobson
1/22/2019 at 1:00pm

SCOTUS hasn't taken a 2A case in almost a decade. Does this signal that the right to keep and bear arms will no longer be "this Court’s constitutional orphan" (as Justice Thomas once wrote)?

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to go into effect

Posted by William A. Jacobson ▪ January 22, 2019

Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to go into effect

Posted by William A. Jacobson
1/22/2019 at 10:19am

In 5-4 Orders, with the liberal Justices voting against, the Court issued stays of District Court preliminary injunctions against the Trump administration plan.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_HL0wiK4Zc&feature=youtu.be

Egard Watch Company video counters Gillette’s “Toxic Masculinity” ad

Posted by Leslie Eastman ▪ January 22, 2019

Egard Watch Company video counters Gillette’s “Toxic Masculinity” ad

Posted by Leslie Eastman
1/22/2019 at 9:00am

Due to overwhelmingly positive response, Egard must now back-order stock & is donating to charity for veterans.

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Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 Presidential Campaign Plan: Climate Change and Gun Control

Posted by Mike LaChance ▪ January 22, 2019

Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 Presidential Campaign Plan: Climate Change and Gun Control

Posted by Mike LaChance
1/22/2019 at 7:35am

"No successful presidential campaign has ever been anchored to those issues."

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Leftist Activism 101: Get in someone’s face and then play victim for the cameras

Posted by William A. Jacobson ▪ January 21, 2019

Leftist Activism 101: Get in someone’s face and then play victim for the cameras

Posted by William A. Jacobson
1/21/2019 at 8:30pm

This tactic was used against me and pro-Israel students at Cornell, and appears to have been used by an activist against a high school student in D.C.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7UZCjnSmOc

Giuliani: Trump team reached out to Mueller office after BuzzFeed article, both “agreed a significant portion of it was false”

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ January 21, 2019

Giuliani: Trump team reached out to Mueller office after BuzzFeed article, both “agreed a significant portion of it was false”

Posted by Mary Chastain
1/21/2019 at 7:00pm

"We commend them for standing up for the truth."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABM4YeVkCJQ

Report: Pompeo Discussing Running for Kansas Senate Seat in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ January 21, 2019

Report: Pompeo Discussing Running for Kansas Senate Seat in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain
1/21/2019 at 5:30pm

“He hasn’t closed the door."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gwFeSR_0fM

Germany Bans Iran’s Terror-Linked Mahan Air

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal ▪ January 21, 2019

Germany Bans Iran’s Terror-Linked Mahan Air

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal
1/21/2019 at 3:30pm

German Foreign Office: The ban necessary for "safeguarding security interests of Germany."

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Kentucky Student Speaks Out: ‘I Will Not Stand for This Mob-Like Character Assassination of my Family’s Name’

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ January 21, 2019

Kentucky Student Speaks Out: ‘I Will Not Stand for This Mob-Like Character Assassination of my Family’s Name’

Posted by Mary Chastain
1/21/2019 at 1:30pm

"I did smile at one point because I wanted him to know that I was not going to become angry, intimidated or be provoked into a larger confrontation.”

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UCLA Student Paper Finds School’s Diversity Statement ‘Troublingly Bad’

Posted by Mike LaChance
1/22/2019 at 12:00pm

Kansas Dem Supports Allowing College Admins to Use State Funds to Push Gun Control

Posted by Mike LaChance
1/22/2019 at 10:00am

Tufts University to Review Relationship With Opioid Company After Legal Troubles

Posted by Mike LaChance
1/22/2019 at 8:00am

Student Loan Debt Contributing to Declining Home Ownership

Posted by Mike LaChance
1/21/2019 at 3:00pm

https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1087327804163682304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1087327804163682304&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fpolitics%2Fkamala-harris-enters-2020-race-for-president

Kamala Harris Running for President in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ January 21, 2019

Kamala Harris Running for President in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain
1/21/2019 at 11:30am

Harris touts her prosecutor career, but that has recently come under scrutiny for not being progressive enough.

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SNL compares Elizabeth Warren to a Prostate Exam: “So bend over America, and let Mama Warren get to work”

Posted by William A. Jacobson ▪ January 21, 2019

SNL compares Elizabeth Warren to a Prostate Exam: “So bend over America, and let Mama Warren get to work”

Posted by William A. Jacobson
1/21/2019 at 9:30am

Not exactly the narrative an already *unlikable* candidate wants.

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Branco Cartoon – Near Miss

Posted by A.F. Branco ▪ January 21, 2019

Branco Cartoon – Near Miss

Posted by A.F. Branco
1/21/2019 at 8:00am

Try, try again

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Media Narrative of “Catholic MAGA high schoolers mob Native American elder” doesn’t hold up to video scrutiny

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers ▪ January 20, 2019

Media Narrative of “Catholic MAGA high schoolers mob Native American elder” doesn’t hold up to video scrutiny

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers
1/20/2019 at 8:15pm

Twitter mob launched against teens by celebrities encouraging doxing and assault against minors

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Time to fire up the judicial confirmation engines again

Posted by William A. Jacobson ▪ January 20, 2019

Time to fire up the judicial confirmation engines again

Posted by William A. Jacobson
1/20/2019 at 6:00pm

Trump needs to speed up renominations, Graham needs to spirit them through the Judiciary Committee, and McConnell needs to get tough on Democrat stall tactics for floor votes.

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Sexiest Russian Collusion Story Bites The Dust

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers ▪ January 20, 2019

Sexiest Russian Collusion Story Bites The Dust

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers
1/20/2019 at 4:00pm

Anastasia Vashukevich, aka Nastya Rybka, arrested in Thailand for prostitution, recants claim she has recordings of conversations with Russians about U.S. election

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