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Duran: Why we must stand against Trump’s campaign of hate
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In less than two months, voters will go to the polls and decide whether the next president of the United States will be Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. In the time we have left this election cycle, it’s more urgent than ever to show Trump for what he is: a fear-mongering bully whose election to…
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Scarce targets curb Dem hopes for House gains, despite Trump
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In a taste of ads to come, House Democrats have run national TV spots in which actors recount Donald Trump’s derogatory remarks about immigrants, women and veterans and one asks, “How can Republican members of Congress support that?” The commercials, by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, underscore the party’s hopes for an Election Day bumper…
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Trump sends Chicago GOP donors spinning in different directions
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Ron Gidwitz, Dan Webb and William Kunkler are veteran Republicans – and friends – from Chicago’s political money circuit. They raised buckets of cash for Mitt Romney four years ago. This time, however, their party’s nominee has sent them spinning off in three directions. Gidwitz is hosting fundraisers for Donald Trump. Webb wrote a big…
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McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump, Speaking to a Louisville-area civic group in his home state, McConnell said Senate Republicans were going to be “on defense” in…
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If Trump can’t get along with GOP, how will he govern?
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Beyond the immediate fallout from his rocky relationship with party elders, there’s a longer-term reality for Donald Trump: Should he win the presidency, he’ll have to work closely with the same GOP leaders he’s vilified on the campaign trail. He has taken modest steps in recent days to ease tensions, yet a growing chorus of experienced…
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More Republicans reject Trump despite bid to reset campaign
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Donald Trump is seeking to quell concerns he lacks the discipline or policy know-how to make a competent president, even as the list of fellow Republicans deeming him unfit for the Oval Office grows. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate long wary of Trump, became the latest Republican to announce her intent not to vote…
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Clinton wooing a new group of voters: Republicans
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Hoping to capitalize on the criticism battering Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has begun portraying support for her candidacy as a patriotic duty of voters. She’s broadening her message and appealing directly to Republicans to keep him out of the White House. It’s a twist for a Democratic presidential candidate who has some of the highest…
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In crucial battle for control of state Senate, all eyes turn to general election swing seats
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The eyes of politics watchers in Colorado this year are trained on the state Senate, the only lever of legislative power Republicans in the state control and one they have worked to great effect, forcing Democrats to the negotiating table on big issues and killing bills in committee that may well have passed into law…