Kerry Eleveld, Author at Flux https://flux.community/creator/kerry-eleveld/ A platform for change Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:16:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Wealthy Republican donors are desperately looking for a Trump alternative but coming up short https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2023/08/wealthy-republican-donors-are-desperately-looking-for-a-trump-alternative-but-coming-up-short/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:16:23 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14144 As of now, the most important date in next year’s presidential calendar likely isn’t Nov. 5, 2024. It’s March 4, 2024—the official start date for Donald Trump’s trial in the federal election conspiracy case. That’s assuming Trump doesn’t succeed in further delaying it. His legal team had laughably argued for an April 2026 start date—presumably plenty […]

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]]> DeSantis’s spectacularly bad campaign gives Tim Scott an opening with flush GOP donors https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2023/07/desantiss-spectacularly-bad-campaign-gives-tim-scott-an-opening-with-flush-gop-donors/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:17:27 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13999 This spring, high-dollar Republican donors fired warning shots across the bow of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after he flubbed a response to Donald Trump’s first criminal indictment and declared the war in Ukraine a mere “territorial dispute.” Though DeSantis made an effort to paper over both missteps, a group of roughly 16 conservative donors met in late March to consider whether DeSantis was really […]

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]]> The GOP has a problem, no one seems to care about the ‘Biden crime family’ https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2023/07/the-gop-has-a-problem-no-one-seems-to-care-about-the-biden-crime-family/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:07:40 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13978 House Republicans generally have no interest in pushing anything with the majority support of the American people, and their lengthy list of pet investigations is no exception to the rule. After Republicans reclaimed the lower chamber last year, the incoming majority promised a series of probes to supposedly combat wokeness (i.e., own the libs) and unmask the […]

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]]> GOP at odds with itself https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2023/06/gop-at-odds-with-itself/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:11:17 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13769 Senate Republicans breathed a sigh of relief several weeks ago when Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano announced he was taking a pass on running for the Keystone State’s Senate seat. A forced birther MAGA extremist, he imploded last year as Republicans’ gubernatorial nominee. That makes the Senate GOP nomination path of hedge fund manager David McCormick, the […]

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]]> Leaked Republican memo blames abortion policies for party’s recent failures https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2023/06/leaked-republican-memo-blames-abortion-policies-for-partys-recent-failures/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:26:35 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13637 When Republicans were asked last year whether abortion would benefit Democrats in the midterms, they developed a mantra that amounted to something like, “Voters will be focused on real issues, like the economy, inflation, and immigration.” “They’re talking about inflation. They’re talking about the border. They’re talking about the Afghanistan debacle,” Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said in […]

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]]> Trump plots October surprise for September https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2022/07/trump-plots-october-surprise-for-september/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:00:03 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11704 Why wait? The proverbial October surprise is just as good—perhaps even better—in September, when voters really have a chance to let it sink in and take action. Donald Trump is reportedly plotting just such a scenario as he weighs launching his 2024 presidential bid in September right as the country rounds the corner toward the final stretch […]

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]]> GOP extremism on abortion opens new lane for Democrats in November https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2022/07/gop-extremism-on-abortion-opens-new-lane-for-democrats-in-november/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:00:35 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11571 The number of registered voters who believe the country is now headed in the “right direction” has fallen to an excessively dismal 10%, according to Civiqs tracking of the issue. Analysts have regularly cited the right/wrong track data as evidence that Democrats—and Democrats alone—are in deep trouble in November since the party that controls the White House […]

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]]> New polls show fall of Roe disrupting the midterms https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2022/06/new-polls-show-fall-of-roe-disrupting-the-midterms/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 23:00:45 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11393 For the last several months, nearly all political analysts have predicted November would be a blood bath for Democrats based on historical trends, President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, and polling data suggesting Republican voters were far more motivated to vote in November. But fresh polling suggests the so-called enthusiasm gap got a jolting disruption in […]

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]]> Biden: What are Republicans for? McConnell: No comment https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2022/01/biden-what-are-republicans-mcconnell-no-comment/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:26:43 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/01/biden-what-are-republicans-mcconnell-no-comment/ The post Biden: What are Republicans for? McConnell: No comment appeared first on Flux.

]]> GOP members of Congress keep trying to take credit for pandemic relief they voted against https://flux.community/kerry-eleveld/2021/12/gop-members-congress-keep-trying-take-credit-pandemic-relief-spending-they/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:11:41 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/12/gop-members-congress-keep-trying-take-credit-pandemic-relief-spending-they/ The post GOP members of Congress keep trying to take credit for pandemic relief they voted against appeared first on Flux.

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