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Why Americans do political speeches so well (and debates so badly)

The recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a showcase of impressive speeches. Presidential nominee Kamala Harris justified the newfound enthusiasm of Democrats with a strong acceptance speech, but even she couldn’t match the oratorical power of Michelle and Barack Obama two nights earlier.

The Conversation

GOP protection racket crumbles

At last week's Democratic National Convention, former Trump White House staffers got on stage and spoke the truth

Salon

Project 2025: what is it and why does Trump say he knows nothing about it?

Think-tank policy proposals rarely make the headlines, but 2024 is no ordinary year and Project 2025 is no usual set of plans for government. This is a not-very-secret set of plans that Republicans have put together in order to be ready to leap into the White House, if elected, and…

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Mcconnell Urges Strong Defense, Support For Allies Amid Global Challenges

Senate Republican leader advocates for deterrence, unity with allies, and support for Ukraine amidst global challenges.

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Republicans are silent on gun control a week after Trump rally shooting

Reagan’s assassination attempt led to bipartisan support for reforms. Now, the GOP will probably focus on security instead

The Guardian - US

This is how Secret Service protection has changed for presidents over the years

As the world has vastly changed, so has protection for presidents since the days when the public could come to the White House to meet Abraham Lincoln

The Independent UK

Assassination attempt or domestic terrorism? Why Trump’s shooting poses a problem for the FBI

Experts weigh in as the FBI investigates Thomas Crooks’ assassination attempt

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Past assassination attempts led to US gun reform. But not this time

Political violence has long shaped the gun control movement, but it appears little will change from this week

The Independent UK

If you’re a ‘Real American’, you’re in with Trump. What does that really mean?

What are we gonna do, brother?

Reason

Biden and Trump Are Pushing the Same Failed Trade Policies

Tariffs lead to trade wars, limit competition, and reduce innovation. But both Trump and Biden want more of them.

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Dana White rallies for Donald Trump re-election at RNC: ‘I’m going to choose real American leadership’

UFC president Dana White has once again thrown his political support behind president Donald Trump leading up to the 2024 election.

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John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, condemns assassination attempt of Trump

‘Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance,’ Hinckley says after former president was inches away from losing his life at Pennsylvania rally

Salon

RNC: Anti-party in a ghost town

Donald Trump's Republican Party has no history, no principles and no ideology — because it's just a front

The Conversation

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project 2025’ is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking

As the 2024 presidential election heats up, some people are hearing about the Heritage Foundation for the first time. The conservative think tank has a new, ambitious and controversial policy plan, Project 2025, which calls for an overhaul of American public policy and government.

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Trump's Health Condition Raises Concerns After Assassination Attempt

Former President Donald Trump's lack of transparency regarding his health post-assassination attempt raises concerns about his well-being and medical infor...

Fortune

The markets hate political violence, but a top historian says presidential assassinations are ‘endemic’ to American culture

If the attempted Trump assassination spells the beginning of a long period of political violence markets could become unstable.

The Guardian - US

Man who tried to assassinate Reagan says ‘violence is not the way to go’

John Hinckley Jr tweets ‘give peace a chance’ in wake of Trump assassination attempt – drawing bemused responses

The Conversation

How Trump’s appeal to nostalgia deliberately evokes America’s more-racist, more-sexist past

There’s a reason Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign is working hard to evoke nostalgia: People who are nostalgic – meaning, people who long for America’s “good old days” – were more likely to vote for Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections, according to research I conducted along with collaborators…

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