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From the Dispatch Politics on The Dispatch Happy Friday! Unless you're a Democratic Party insider, in which case you're just beginning to get sucked into a recriminations spiral. Up to … Click ...

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The popularYellowstone TV series, set and filmed in Montana, taps into a lesser-known chapter of the state's history: its settlement by Confederates and ex-Confederates during and after the Civil...

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The conventional wisdom is that President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and raise tariffs on foreign goods will create economic havoc in Latin Ameri...

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A convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender is returning to the White House. A candidate who spoke of using the military against political foes and called for the summary execution … Click t...

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On Nov. 5, the American people did the unthinkable — they elected a convicted felon president. Judge Juan Merchan should now do what was once unthinkable — force a president-elect … Click t...

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Unfortunately for Florida’s Democratic Party, staggering inflation cost them young voters — and Tuesday’s presidential election. As the James Madison Institute Blueprint for Florida mention...

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"A star is born - Elon!" Donald Trump shouted early Wednesday morning, giving thanks to Elon Musk for helping him win the presidential election. When you're a star,they let you … Click to Conti...

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ATLANTA -- On Tuesday night, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became the first official in the state to say that former President Donald Trump would win Georgia, even with more … Click to ...

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While there have been no credible claims of fraud contributing to Donald Trump's victory on Tuesday, and the vote does not appear to have even been close, the election was … Click to Continue �...

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Maybe it never rains in Southern California, but for about a month this fall it also never rained in New York City, which this week asked citizens to conserve water. … Click to Continue »

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Democrats who are reliving their worst nightmare with the pending return of Donald Trump to the White House have only themselves to blame. Trump should have had no chance to … Click to Continue...

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So … what happened? How is it possible that this country reelected Donald Trump after everything he's been convicted of doing, everything he has said he plans on doing, and … Click to Continu...

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I’d like to speak to the manager. The election did not go the way I wanted it to go. I’m angry. I demand a redo. Except that’s already Karen’s line, … Click to Continue »

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In our collective political memory, the 2022 midterm elections are remembered as a historic underperformance by the Republican Party, while the 2024 presidential election will be remembered as a ...

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Muppet News Flash: Kamala Harris, who doesn't win competitive elections, didn't win a competitive election. I don't make my living advising political campaigns or parties, but the Democrats proba...

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President-elect Donald Trump's victory Tuesday night prompted discussions across the internet over what a second Trump administration agenda might look like. Some social media users have falsely ...

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From the Techne on The Dispatch Welcome back to Techne! Colossal is a company I've been following for a while. It's working on de-extincting the wooly mammoth, the dodo, and … Click to Continue...

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If the results of Tuesday’s elections in Miami-Dade County are truly about “the economy, stupid” — as the old political slogan goes — it’s not very hard to see why. … Click to Conti...

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Better together As someone who has worked on Capitol Hill and have been a lobbyist for more than 30 years, I can tell you that every politician lies. They over-promise … Click to Continue »

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Confusion is spreading online about how many votes Donald Trump will be awarded in the Electoral College following his victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Dozens of … ...

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When it came to their ballot choices on Tuesday, many of the same women who voted to enshrine reproductive rights in their state constitutions also voted to return to the … Click to Continue »...

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God help us. I can't do better than those words, uttered last year by Donald Trump's longest-serving White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, when he … Click to Continue �...

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It was perhaps natural that campaign coverage of the presidential candidates' health care policies began and ended with abortion rights; since June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. ...

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I am not a prophet. I don’t imagine you were confused about that, but I thought I’d better go on record as having said it up front of my own … Click to Continue »

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This was supposed to be the big gender gap election. The data showed women leaning heavily Democratic, with abortion rights a primary driver. Women were expected to line up in … Click to Contin...

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In the 2021 Florida legislative session, House Bill 233 was amended to require Florida College System (FCS) and State University System (SUS) institutions to annually assess intellectual freedom ...

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With the election of Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz, Miami-Dade voters have chosen their first county sheriff since the mid-1960s. Voters eliminated the office in 1966 — for good reason, aft...

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After a late night, I woke up Nov. 6 to a stream of text messages from friends and family with one basic message: ”I did not think this is who … Click to Continue »

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Nostalgia can be a beautiful and dangerous thing. It’s beautiful, because it allows us to revel in fond memories of simpler times: swimming at the city pool and then playing … Click to Contin...

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Like a lot of you who hoped for a different result, I went to sleep early Wednesday sick at my stomach over Donald Trump’s decisive victory, and woke up the … Click to Continue »

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