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A Defensive Trump Tries to Limit the Fallout of the Arlington Clash

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)

At two events on Friday, the former president insisted that he had not been seeking publicity at the military cemetery on Monday and defended his campaign's actions.

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Moms for Liberty features ‘culture warrior’ Trump at DC summit

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Co-founder of Moms for Liberty Tiffany Justice sat down for a one-on-one with the Washington Examiner.

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Trump to speak at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

Trump will speak at the Moms for Liberty summit, an event hosted by the parental-rights group that counts the Heritage Foundation among its key sponsors.

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Trump’s Pitch to Parents

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The New York Times (Michigan)

Also, an obesity drug may prevent Covid deaths. Here's the latest at the end of Friday.

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Helping a minor travel for an abortion? Some states have made it a crime

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Mercury News (California)

Proponents of the laws argue they're needed to protect parental rights and to prevent other adults from persuading adolescents to get abortions.

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New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Associated Press (New Hampshire)

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district's policy aimed at supporting the privacy of transgender students.

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GOP governor candidate ejected from Weirs campaign event after heckling Ayotte

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

WEIRS BEACH — A Republican candidate for governor was asked to leave a candidate forum at Paugus Bay Pub Wednesday night after disrupting another candidate's remarks.Frank Staples, an addiction and recovery counselor from Manchester and candidate for...

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Outgoing Houston state Rep. Shawn Thierry says she’s joining the GOP

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

The announcement comes after the Democrat lost her primary after breaking with her party last year to vote for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

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Trump Will Speak to Moms for Liberty, a Conservative Group

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The New York Times (California)

Last year, the former president told the group it was time to 'liberate our children from the Marxist lunatics and perverts' in education. Does that message still resonate with voters?

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Election 2024 Latest: Trump to appear at Moms for Liberty event, Harris campaign launches bus tour

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Florida)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has spearheaded efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ+ identity and structural racism out of K-12 classrooms.

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Why Rep. Clay Staires has not signed on to impeach Ryan Walters

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

Twenty-one Oklahoma House Republicans have signed a letter calling for impeachment proceedings against State Superintendent Ryan Walters. Local Rep. Clay Staires has not signed onto that effort.

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Trump to speak at Moms for Liberty summit, spotlighting education and policy clashes

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via CBS 21 News (Pennsylvania)

Former President Donald Trump will make an appearance Friday night at the annual gathering for national nonprofit Moms for Liberty.

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Live updates: Trump to hold rally in Pa., address conservative parental rights group in D.C.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

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Trump’s mixed record on vaccines in spotlight after RFK Jr. endorsement

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

Trump vows to defund schools with vaccine mandates. But, as president, he has also embraced vaccines, championing the development of the coronavirus vaccine.

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Trump seeks to activate his base at Moms for Liberty gathering but risks alienating moderate voters

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Washington)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is set to appear at the annual gathering of the group Moms for Liberty.

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Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via Sun Sentinel (Florida)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear Friday at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has spearheaded efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ+ i…

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Morning Update: South Florida’s top stories for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via Sun Sentinel (Florida)

Here are South Florida's top stories for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

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Candidates for governor give their positions on NH’s public education system

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

Public schools are a favorite topic for politicians who often debate LGBTQ issues, parental rights, religion and the power of the First Amendment.At its core, public education is funded by the government and local communities – and in campaign events...

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Patchwork of new Title IX rules are in effect with no end in sight

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via NM Political Report (New Mexico)

Thanks to court challenges by conservative groups and Republican-led states, six schools in New Mexico - three colleges and three K-12 - cannot implement Biden's Title IX rules to expand protections…

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