NEWS & Inspiration
04/14/2024
NPR
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state
Ximena Bustillo
"There's something to be said about the more urban, educated Mormons who became more questioning," Tezcür said, describing the demographic in Maricopa County. " That makes Arizona more interesting because this population may have some real implications for the outcome of the election every November, especially in the presidential contest."
09/15/2024
The Guardian
Former Ronald Reagan staffers endorse Kamala Harris for president
Edward Helmore
More than a dozen former Ronald Reagan staff members have joined dozens of other Republican figures endorsing the Democratic nominee and vice-president, Kamala Harris, saying their support was “less about supporting the Democratic party and more about our resounding support for democracy”.
09/12/2024
Politico
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Will Support Kamala Harris
Alberto R. Gonzales
I am the only lawyer in American history to serve both as White House counsel and as attorney general. So, while that does not make me special, it does give me a rather unique perspective about presidential decision-making and the necessity of electing a president who respects the rule of law to safeguard our liberties and way of life.
09/11/2024
USA Today
Fact check: Donald Trump received dozens of hearings on his 2020 election claims
Erin Mansfield
Donald Trump falsely claimed in Tuesday night's presidential debate that all of his election lawsuits failed in 2020 only on "a technicality." The claim came while ABC News moderator David Muir fact-checked Trump's false statements about the 2020 election that he attempted to overturn.
"And we should just point out here as clarification — and you know this," Muir started. "You and your allies, 60 cases in front of many judges — many Republicans — looked at it, and said there was no widespread fraud."
09/04/2024
The New York Times
Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris
Annie Karni
The Wyoming Republican, once a member of House leadership, lost her post and then her seat after she voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
09/03/2024
CNN
John McCain’s son decries Trump appearance at Arlington as a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop
Natasha Bertrand
When former President Donald Trump held a campaign event at Arlington National Cemetery last week, 1st Lt. Jimmy McCain says he viewed it as a “violation.”
08/19/2024
CNN
Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy
Jamie Gangel & Gregory Krieg
Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.
It will be the first time Luttig, a veteran of two Republican administrations, has voted for a Democrat.
08/11/2024
USA Today
She once stormed the Capitol for Trump. Now, she’ll be supporting Kamala Harris in November
Sudiksha Kochi
Pamela Hemphill’s Christmas present from her brother in 2021 was flying out to Washington, D.C., from her hometown of Boise, Idaho, to see Donald Trump hold his "Stop the Steal" rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6.
Hemphill, 71, who voted for the former president in 2016 and 2020, told USA TODAY she’d only seen Trump’s rallies on television prior to Jan. 6 and thought they looked peaceful. But that day in D.C., she said, felt different.