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A ‘Roast and Ride’ diary: Debate jitters, freebies and high demand for DeSantis

A ‘Roast and Ride’ diary: Debate jitters, freebies and high demand for DeSantis

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mike Pence rode a motorcycle. Longshot candidates scrambled to find new donors to make it on stage for the first Republican presidential debate. And Ron DeSantis briefly — only briefly — lost his daughter in the crowd. In the first major cattle call of 2024, every declared Republican presidential candidate except for Donald Trump gathered at the Iowa Fairgrounds on Saturday for Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual “Roast and Ride.” I got there early, stayed late and…

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Pence dings Trump over praise for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Pence dings Trump over praise for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Former vice president and soon-to-be 2024 presidential candidate Mike Pence made a rare jab at his erstwhile running mate Saturday, saying that “no one should be praising the dictator in North Korea” or Russian President Vladimir Putin. While he did not name Donald Trump in his comments, the dig came just one day after the former president reupped an article about North Korea’s appointment to the World Health Organization’s board on social media, writing “Congratulations to Kim Jung Un!” Trump…

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Google’s YouTube Drops Policy that Censors Discussion of 2020 Election Fraud

Google’s YouTube Drops Policy that Censors Discussion of 2020 Election Fraud

Google-owned video behemoth YouTube, facing increased competition from platforms that are friendlier to free speech including Rumble and Twitter, has dropped a policy responsible for the widespread censoring of conservative voices. It is now possible to dispute the results of the 2020 election on YouTube. Powered by WPeMatico