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Marjorie Taylor Greene served notice Trump voters don't want her as his running mate

According to a poll conducted for Newsweek, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is not the first choice among supporters of Donald Trump to be his running mate if he wins the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

In fact, she comes in tenth place following Ivanka Trump, "Doesn't matter to me" and Mike Pompeo, in order.

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'Deep squeamishness' in Georgia as Republican elected officials refuse to back Trump: report

Republican elected officials in Georgia are refusing to endorse Donald Trump in a “clear sign of deep squeamishness” over the former president, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

According to the AJC, “most of the state’s top Republican elected officials have yet to back” Trump’s third presidential run, “or — in rare cases — are siding with other GOP hopefuls they see as more formidable challengers to President Joe Biden.”

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Ron DeSantis birthday card advertisement goes up in flames

The flagging presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis thought it was a good idea to pay for an ad on X, formerly known as Twitter, encouraging people to wish the Florida governor a happy birthday next Thursday.

The ad comes in the form of a tweet from Casey DeSantis, Ron DeSantis’ wife, and says, “Wish Ron DeSantis Happy Birthday!”

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No 'adult in the room': Don Trump Jr. among father's allies panicked that Iowa campaign is falling apart

Supporters of Donald Trump looking at the Republican caucus in Iowa that's just months away are expressing fears that the former president's campaign is lagging way behind due to a lack of staffing and organization.

Among concerns are that his rivals are making inroads with conservative voters, making Iowa less of a sure thing.

According to a report from NBC News, a panicked call was made with Don Trump Jr. in which the president's son complained there is no "adult in the room" and added, "That they were running from behind in getting things going, and that there was concern about that at the highest levels.”

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DeSantis draws ire over fundraising shirt that promotes 'extra-judicial executions'

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is using violent remarks he made last month during the GOP presidential debate in an attempt to advance his White House run, but critics are expressing concern.

“The cartels are killing tens of thousands of our fellow citizens,” DeSantis claimed. “We have to defend our people. We’re going to use force and we’re going to leave them stone cold dead, no excuses. We will get the job done.”

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DeSantis 'apoplectic' with top strategist after 'Defend Trump'  blunder

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who is already reeling in the polls and falling farther and farther behind Donald Trump in his bid for the 2024 Republican Party presidential nomination, is reportedly furious with his top strategist for leaking a debate strategy memo that ended up embarrassing the Florida governor.

According to a report from the Washington Post, multiple DeSantis insiders were on hand when he went on a tirade about Jeff Roe, his top strategist at the Never Back Down PAC, and has expressed regrets about hiring him.

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Proud Boys are GOP's 'neo-fascist foot soldiers' — and have their full support: reporter

The Proud Boys may have seen their leaders sentenced to hard time, said Huffington Post reporter Andy Campbell on MSNBC Thursday, but they still hold a great deal of power in some corners of the Republican Party — and GOP leadership seems content for them to effectively be serving as a militant wing.

Former President Donald Trump threw the group into prominence in 2020 when he ordered the far-right group in a presidential debate to "stand back and stand by" — and they went on to be a strong presence at the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, for which their leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

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After filing lawsuit, Worrell calls suspension by DeSantis ‘his latest abuse of power’

The day after she filed a petition asking the Florida Supreme Court to restore her to elected office, suspended Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell called her ouster by Gov. Ron DeSantis “his latest overreach and his latest abuse of power.” “Although he proclaims to be a man of ‘law and order,’ he has only challenged the Constitution and pushed it to its very extremes at every single end,” she told reporters at a press conference Thursday. “And he has created chaos instead of order.” In asking the justices to reverse DeSantis’ Aug. 9 executive order, Worrell accused the governor of c...

'I am not going to take that!' Ron DeSantis screams as Black man blames him for racist shooting

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis became angry with a constituent who accused him of enacting policies that hurt the minority community.

At an event in Jacksonville, Florida, a Black man complained to DeSantis about his policies. The man pointed to a recent race-based shooting in the city.

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The $17 million Hail Mary DeSantis hopes will finally bury Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has faced wave after wave of bad news, as his campaign receives negative press and his polling continues to languish well below that of former President Donald Trump. But his super PAC is hedging its bets on a new strategy his camp is hoping can turn all of that around, according to Politico – a texting campaign.

According to the report, Never Back Down PAC's latest tactic is part of a series of aggressively placed advertisements known as the "surge" hitting voters in early states like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, with voters in some of these areas receiving text message links to the ads — at a $17 million cost.

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'Brain drain': Nearly half of Florida's college faculty say they're looking for jobs in new states

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has often touted his state as "The Education State," but a new survey shows that many of the people responsible for doing the educating want no part of it.

Tampa Bay Times reports that a big survey of more than survey 4,250 faculty members across four different states – Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas – paints a particularly dire picture of how educators feel about Florida.

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'The dread is palpable' among DeSantis fans but they 'have no one to blame but themselves': analysis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was supposed to be the Republican Party's savior from former President Donald Trump. But it hasn't worked out that way — he is flagging in polls and mired in bad press and scandals, while Trump appears to be cruising to another nomination despite having been impeached twice and despite facing multiple criminal indictments.

"The dread is palpable" among Republicans who want a candidate other than Trump, wrote Christian Vanderbrouk for The Bulwark — but they should look in the mirror when asking why this is happening, because they "have no one to blame but themselves."

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Google to require political ads to disclose AI creations

Google on Wednesday said it will mandate that political advertisements on its platforms disclose when images and audio have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI).

The change to Google's ad policy is to take effect in November, about a year ahead of what is likely to be a contentious US presidential election and as fears mount that generative AI will be used to mislead voters.

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