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Georgia GOP lawmakers call off redistricting special session

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The Georgia legislature plans to hold off on redrawing the state’s congressional map during Wednesday’s special legislative session, despite a request from Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) to take up redistricting ahead of the 2028 election cycle. Instead, Republican leaders said they want lawmakers to focus on tax relief measures and ratifying the state’s gas tax […]

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Georgia Republicans decline to redraw congressional map after voting rights decision

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Georgia Republicans decline to redraw congressional map after voting rights decision

Lawmakers cite rushed timeline and public input despite pressure to redraw districts after supreme court opinionGeorgia Republicans declined to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session, citing a rushed timeline and incomplete understanding of the ramifications of a recent US supreme court decision that effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act.“We believe that it’s important to do things the Georgia way, responsibly, transparently, and with ample opportunity for public input,” said Jon Burns, the Georgia house speaker. Continue reading...

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Gavin Newsom solicited $340M in ‘behested payments’ from special interests, filings reveal

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Gavin Newsom solicited $340M in ‘behested payments’ from special interests, filings reveal

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proactive defense in the face of multiple federal investigations — the governor is accusing President Trump of lawfare and rampant corruption — is starting to draw pushback, as the California leader’s own record has frequently raised questions of pay to play.

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Georgia Republicans backtrack on redistricting plans

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Georgia Republicans backtrack on redistricting plans

State lawmakers told Gov. Brian Kemp, who called them into a special session, that they didn’t have enough time to draw new maps that would have taken effect for the 2028 elections.

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GOP strategist reveals 'the greatest irony' to Trump's Iran surrender

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GOP strategist reveals 'the greatest irony' to Trump's Iran surrender

As information emerges about President Donald Trump’s peace deal to end his war with Iran, there has been no shortage of criticism about the many concessions it offers from the American side. According to longtime Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, Trump’s surrender has not only been a major loss for the U.S., but its greatest irony may be that it validated the actions of one of the president's predecessors and top adversaries: Barack Obama.On Wednesday, Schmidt explained what he asserts are the three looming ironies to Trump’s failed “excursion” to Iran.First was the very fact that “the president who thundered that there would be nothing less than ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!’ now appears prepared to conclude his war by accepting an agreement that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the diplomacy he once condemned as treasonous. If the reported Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed this week, the United States will have spent months at war, exhausted enormous military resources, suffered American casualties, destabilized the global economy, and emerged not with the destruction of the Iranian regime, but with another negotiated framework. That’s not ‘unconditional surrender.’ It’s negotiation. It’s compromise. It’s the very thing Donald Trump spent a decade telling the American people was weakness. The irony is staggering.”Then Schmidt raised Trump’s assertions regarding Obama’s previous deal with Iran.“There is another irony that deserves attention because history has a wicked sense of humor,” wrote Schmidt. “Donald Trump built much of his foreign policy identity around destroying Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran. He called it ‘the worst deal ever negotiated.’ Republicans spent years portraying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as an act of appeasement. The accusation was simple. Obama negotiated with terrorists. Obama rewarded aggression. Obama was weak.”Now in the aftermath of Trump’s war, says Schmidt, it is clear which president had the wiser approach.“Barack Obama negotiated before there was a war,” writes Schmidt. “Donald Trump fought the war first — then he negotiated. Obama’s critics promised that strength would produce a dramatically better outcome. Instead, America appears poised to arrive at another agreement centered on sanctions, inspections, nuclear limitations, implementation timelines and economic incentives — the very architecture that Republicans spent years condemning.”And according to Schmidt, “The road between those two agreements is measured not simply in dollars, but in blood. The cost and destruction have been immense. Entire regions have been destabilized. American military stockpiles have been depleted. Strategic deterrence has been tested. Global markets have been shaken. The prestige of American power has been diminished because maximalist promises created expectations that reality could never satisfy.”Finally, according to Schmidt, “The greatest irony of all may be this: Barack Obama was vilified for negotiating with Iran. Donald Trump may ultimately be remembered for fighting a costly war only to negotiate over many of the same questions. History has a cruel way of exposing the distance between rhetoric and reality. That distance is measured in lives, treasure and broken promises — and it is measured by the judgment of history, which has never accepted slogans as substitutes for success.”

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Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting As Anger Grows

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Georgia Republicans Shelve Redistricting As Anger Grows

The leaders of the Georgia legislature pulled the plug on gerrymandering away U.S. House seats held by Black Democrats just hours before a special session was to begin.

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BREAKING: Georgia Republicans Reject Governor Kemp’s Call For 2028 Redistricting That Would Add 2 GOP Seats

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BREAKING: Georgia Republicans Reject Governor Kemp’s Call For 2028 Redistricting That Would Add 2 GOP Seats

Georgia Republicans on Wednesday rejected GOP Governor Brian Kemp's call to redraw the state's 2028 Congressional map. The post BREAKING: Georgia Republicans Reject Governor Kemp’s Call For 2028 Redistricting That Would Add 2 GOP Seats appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Ossoff targets Collins’s trucking business in first ad since Republican won Georgia primary

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Ossoff targets Collins’s trucking business in first ad since Republican won Georgia primary

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) took aim at Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) in his first campaign ad since the Republican won the Senate GOP primary runoff election late Tuesday. The two will be facing off in the general election, with the Democratic incumbent looking to hold onto his seat for a second term. In the new […]

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WACH: Trump Nukes ABC, CNN, NBC During Press Conference on Iran Memorandum – “For Ten Years They’ve Been Calling Me a Nazi and Now They Have a Nazi Running!”

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WACH: Trump Nukes ABC, CNN, NBC During Press Conference on Iran Memorandum – “For Ten Years They’ve Been Calling Me a Nazi and Now They Have a Nazi Running!”

President Trump went off on the Fake News Media during his press conference at the G7 Summit in Evian, France, on Wednesday, blasting leftist outlets multiple times throughout his responses to various questions. Trump held a press conference at the G7 Summit, where he and US officials read the 14 points of his memorandum of understanding with Iran aloud to the press. The post WACH: Trump Nukes ABC, CNN, NBC During Press Conference on Iran Memorandum – “For Ten Years They’ve Been Calling Me a Nazi and Now They Have a Nazi Running!” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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