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Biden on Trump: He 'didn't build a damn thing'

(Politico) President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast a major new investment in battleground Wisconsin as emblematic of the nation’s economic comeback. But the main thrust of his address wasn’t so much to boast about the current climate as it was an attempt to contrast it with his predecessor’s record. Time and again, Biden took aim at former President Donald Trump, casting him as someone who talked but didn’t deliver. Even the setting of the speech itself was meant to deliver the point: Biden was highlighting a new Microsoft data center that would be built on grounds where then-President Trump announced that Foxconn would build a $10 billion factory for making LCD panels. That plant was never built, even after the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer received millions in subsidies and bulldozed homes and farms to build the factory.

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Biden says Trump won't accept 2024 election results

(NBC News) President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump would not accept the outcome of the 2024 election. "He may not accept the outcome of the election? I promise you he won’t," Biden said in an interview on CNN, adding that it was "dangerous." Biden was responding to a question about Trump's remarks last week in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that. If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country," Trump said.

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Most Think Trump Would Ban Abortion Nationally

(Political Wire) Donald Trump thought his “let the states decide” position on abortion was threading some imaginary middle ground on the controversial issue. A new poll suggests it's backfiring badly. Navigator Research finds that 65% of voters now think Trump’s position on abortion is that “abortion should be illegal” — up 8 percentage points from September of 2023. In contrast, 70% believe Joe Biden’s position is that abortion should be legal.

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There's A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House

(Huff Post) Last year, a coalition effort by conservative groups known as Project 2025 released an 887-page document that lays out policy goals and recommendations for each part of the federal government. Buried on page 554 is a directive to execute every remaining federal death row prisoner — and to persuade the Supreme Court to expand the types of crimes that can be punished with death sentences.

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Schumer plans to revive bipartisan border deal

(Axios) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is seriously considering bringing the failed bipartisan border deal back to the floor for a vote later this month — turning the tables on the GOP's favorite 2024 issue, Axios has learned. Senators are slamming Republicans again for killing the border deal months ago and President Biden is unveiling new proposed asylum changes this week. Schumer plans to force Republicans to again reject the border package, according to three Democratic Senate aides familiar.

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Michigan AG charges 2 election deniers over 2020 voter data breach

(CNN) Two prominent 2020 election deniers in Michigan were charged Wednesday with allegedly tampering with election equipment and sharing voter data with an unauthorized third-party. The defendants are former Adams Township clerk Stephanie Scott and pro-Trump attorney Stefanie Lambert, who is already facing charges in a separate election-tampering case in Michigan. Lambert also recently made news for publicly leaking emails from Dominion Voting Systems as part of her ongoing efforts to discredit the 2020 presidential election results.

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Barron Trump picked to serve as a Florida delegate at Republican National Convention in July

(ABC News) Barron Trump, the youngest child of former President Donald Trump, was chosen as one of Florida's at-large delegates for the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by ABC News.

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Donald Trump Has a GOP Base Problem

(Newsweek) Donald Trump's dominance in the 2024 Republican primaries is still being hampered by Nikki Haley's ongoing and potentially significant support. On Tuesday, the presumptive 2024 Republican candidate continued his successful primary season with a resounding victory in Indiana, winning more than 78 percent of the vote. However, Haley, Trump's last remaining Republican rival who dropped out of the race in March, still managed to achieve 21.7 percent of the vote, amounting to more than 128,000 votes. It's the latest sign that a sizable portion of the GOP's base still does not want to support the MAGA former president.

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Both anti-Hamas and anti-Netanyahu, Thomas Friedman argues for a two-state solution

(New York Times/Thomas Friedman) I am intensely both anti-Hamas and anti-Netanyahu. And if you oppose just one and not also the other, you should reflect a little more on what you are shouting at your protest or your anti-protest. Because no one has done more to harm the prospects of a two-state solution than the codependent Hamas and Netanyahu factions.

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Michigan AG charges 2 election deniers over 2020 voter data breach

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Barron Trump picked to serve as a Florida delegate at Republican National Convention

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