GOP sends tough message to lawmakers considering ditching Trump ahead of midterms

The Republican National Committee is issuing a warning to rank-and-file lawmakers up for reelection who are considering shying away from President Trump during the campaign: do so at your own peril. President Trump “is the biggest turnout machine for mid- to low-propensity voters and we need those voters to get to the polls,” RNC national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Politico in response to an article about GOP House members who are on the fence about their campaign strategies ahead of the November midterm elections. “If members are choosing to keep an arm’s length from the president, they risk alienating their…

Blake Snell, other Dodgers starters ramping up for playoffs

Six innings, no runs. By most standards, that would be a start worth celebrating. Blake Snell called it a “good starting point.” “I think I can be way better,” Snell said. The more Snell talked about his start in the Dodgers’ 5-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night,…

How Lakers will make marquee addition of Walker Kessler worth it

As Walker Kessler walked onto UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, he stepped into the biggest spotlight he’s been under recently.  And as the Lakers’ marquee addition of the summer, the attention on Kessler will only grow as the start of the 2026-27 NBA season nears. As part…

Nobody is preparing for the worst day in history | Florian Ulrich Jehn

A massive volcano erupts in Southeast Asia. Ash fall delays flights and destroys crops, while pyroclastic flows wipe out entire towns. Over the following weeks, the sulfur dioxide pumped out turns into a haze of fine acid droplets, eventually wrapping around the entire planet, scattering sunlight back to space. The…

California moves to ban ‘shock gloves’ ICE plans to use

California Democrats on Monday passed a bill in an attempt to stop the Trump administration from equipping Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers with “shock gloves.” Assembly Bill 2760, which is now on its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign, would ban “wearable electroshock devices” from being used by law enforcement…

Newly single AOC reveals if being a Republican is a dating dealbreaker

It’s a “swipe left” for this lefty. Newly single Democrat darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dished on her dating prospects Tuesday when she was asked whether she’d ever date a conservative. “I have to say, probably not,” the New York congresswoman — who has split from her longtime fiance Riley Roberts…

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