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Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The Associated Press (Florida)This weekend's gathering of Moms for Liberty has showcased how the group has moved toward fully embracing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his political messaging as November's election draws closer.
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Trump speaks at Heritage-sponsored event after disavowing Project 2025
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)Former President Donald Trump headlined an event sponsored by the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Friday, magnifying the struggle he faces in credibly distancing himself from Project 2025, a controversial policy plan the conservative think tank shepherded.
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Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred’ Arlington for ‘political stunt’
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via NBC New York (New York)Donald Trump has blamed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, during which 13 U.S. soldiers were killed.
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Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event • New Hampshire Bulletin
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)Former President Donald Trump rarely touched on education issues at Moms for Liberty conference for conservative group with ties to Project 2025.
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Temecula School District Staff Cut Lights and Video During Public Board Meeting
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via California Globe (California)The intense battle over parental rights in California's schools took another dramatic turn at Tuesday's Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) Board meeting. In clear violation of the Board's…
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Trump leans into culture wars with Moms for Liberty at D.C. summit
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)Moms for Liberty said it plans to spend more than $3 million in key battleground states ahead of the presidential election.
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Meet the 3 Republican choices for Delaware’s governor on the ballot this September
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Delawareonline (Delaware)Learn more about Delaware's three choices on the Republican primary ballot Sept. 10.
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AP News Summary at 12:18 a.m. EDT
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The Daily Gazette (New York)Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
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Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)Former President Donald Trump late Friday rarely touched on education issues during the third conference of Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights group that has ties to Project 2025, the…
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Recalled school board member’s appointment to library board came as a surprise
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Gov. Jim Pillen replaced Beth Kabes, an educator who had been accepted for a second term on the Nebraska Library Commission, with former school board member Terri Cunningham-Swanson.
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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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