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Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening, after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted. Paul Ingrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week. On Monday, however, Politico reported on a text chat that showed him saying the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” Ingrassia […]

todayOctober 22, 2025

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Why did Kamala Harris lose the election? Inside the missed messages and Trump’s unexpected gains

For Democrats and Kamala Harris supporters, the question of “what happened” has been floating through text messages, cyberspace, phone calls, and other modes of communication since late last night and early this morning. It may perhaps be a lingering thought for many Americans in the months to come. Republican media mogul Armstrong Williams, who has the ear of Donald Trump, told theGrio the takeaway from this election for Kamala Harris is “they [voters] were not voting for Kamala Harris but […]

todayNovember 8, 2024 1

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Activists search for messages to resonate with Black voters in 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s elections in Louisiana didn’t go the way that voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton had hoped, with the far-right conservative attorney general replacing a term-limited Democratic governor and consolidating Republican control in the state. Turnout was just 37%, despite the efforts of activists like her. “Even when you work hard and you do all the things you’re supposed to, you get an unfortunate outcome, which was these statewide elections,” said Shelton, the executive director of Power Coalition for […]

todayDecember 30, 2023