Another Top Gaetz Aide Bails Amid Growing Scandal

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Sam Brodey

Devin Murphy, who had served as Gaetz’s legislative director on Capitol Hill, bolted as the scandal surrounding the Florida Republican continued to balloon.

By Michael Daly

Greg Abbott, silent over abuse reports in the Trump era, demanded a facility be shut down over unsubstantiated rumors. Then he went inside—and was greeted by a standing ovation.

By Max Burns

He may frame his support for the filibuster as centrist pragmatism, but it represents the same kind of ideology-over-reality thinking that a new poll shows is sinking the GOP.

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By Jose Pagliery, Roger Sollenberger

When Joel Greenberg made his Venmo payments to three young women, he described the money as being for “Tuition,” “School,” and “School.”

By Kevin Lee

The willful ignorance, the racism, the ecological disregard, it’s all maddening for us. But it also means that this is where we’re needed the most.

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Why sucking up to Trump for years did the Florida Republican no favors in the end.

His supposed support for money in politics was never based on any principle, but always about that money feeding into his power.

He may frame his support for the filibuster as centrist pragmatism, but it represents the same kind of ideology-over-reality thinking that a new poll shows is sinking the GOP.

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