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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the Republican conference chairwoman, turned to the Jeff Bezos establishment media outlet Washington Post as the Republicans are set to oust her from leadership. Cheney, an establishment Republican, authored an op-ed for the Post Wednesday. She called the moment a turning point for Republicans. This comes as recent reports show Cheney is on the brink of being ousted by the rest of the Republican leadership. Cheney brought up her public dispute with former President Donald Trump that has been at the forefront of her argument ever since she voted to impeach the president. The “Justice Department and multiple federal judges have suggested , there is good reason to believe that Trump’s language can provoke violence again ,” Cheney wrote. The Republican said, “the Republican Party is at a turning point,” and she wants everyone to choose a side as she continues to argue with the president’s intentions about the January 6 rally and the events on … [Read more...] about Liz Cheney Turns to Establishment Media to Save Herself from Political Defeat

Trust in the Spanish political system is incredibly low, with 90 per cent of Spaniards saying they do not trust political parties, according to the Eurobarometer poll conducted by the European Union. The EU-wide study found that the level of distrust in Spain was higher than the already staggeringly high European average of 75 per cent. Meanwhile, 75 per cent of the Spanish public do not trust the Congress of Deputies (the lower house of Spain’s legislative branch, equivalent to Britain’s House of Commons) in the national parliament, compared to the EU average of 60 per cent distrust for equivalent bodies. Seventy-four per cent also said they distrusted the government, the newspaper La Vanguardia reports . While the Spanish distrust of political parties is among the highest in the European Union, it was beaten by Slovenia and Latvia, both with 93 per cent. The Netherlands was the only country in the study in which the majority of respondents (52 per cent) tended to … [Read more...] about Poll: 90 Per Cent of Spaniards Do Not Trust Political Parties

A dozen top megadonors have pumped a combined $3.4 billion dollars into federal elections since 2009, according to new research, a massive sum that made up almost one out of every 13 dollars raised during that time period. The analysis , put out this month by Issue One, a nonpartisan group working to curtail the influence of money in politics, shows that the top 12 big-dollar donors were split evenly between Democrats and Republicans. Issue One says the research underscores the flood of money that federal races have seen since restrictions were lifted by the Supreme Court in 2009. The study also found that the big-money contributions were geographically concentrated. The top 100 zip codes for political giving accounted for less than 1 percent of the country’s population but about 20 percent of federal donations from January 2009 to December 2020. ADVERTISEMENT “This research shows the alarming influence of just a handful of wealthy megadonors in our political system,” … [Read more...] about Top 12 political donors accounted for almost 1 of every 13 dollars raised since 2009: study

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 30 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. More than a dozen House Republicans Friday are questioning Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on whether there "was any political interference" in the final census numbers used to decide how many House members each state will get for the coming decade. The letter, first obtained by Fox News, is led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee. The Republican House members cited gaps between the number of House seats some right-leaning states were projected to gain -- or some left-leaning states were projected to lose -- and the final results announced this week. They told Raimondo, overseeing the Census Bureau, that they "have questions about the methodology and the role the Biden White House may have played in releasing these numbers." Letter to Commerce Re … [Read more...] about GOP reps question Biden admin on alleged ‘political interference’ in census, citing departure from estimates

Frida Ghitis , ( @fridaghitis ) a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) When Joe Biden announced he was running for president two years ago, he couched his quest as a "battle for the soul of this nation." In those pre-pandemic days, he said he decided to run after watching neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville and hearing then-President Donald Trump declare there were "very fine people on both sides." America's "very democracy," Biden said, was at stake. Frida Ghitis Since then, the country and the world have endured a devastating crisis, and Biden's aspirations have grown to match. Listen to him now. He's not just trying to restore the soul of America; his aim is to save democracy around the globe. … [Read more...] about American politics’ fabulous gift to the Putins and the Xis