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1 week ago | 
msnbc.com | Michael Steele |Evan Brechtel
If you have kids or if you’ve been a kid yourself recently, you’ve probably heard of the famous children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” It’s the cautionary tale about how ceding a trifle of something — such as a cookie — to a mouse will only lead to more demands and expectations, each harder to satisfy than the last. Perhaps when Donald Trump read this book to a group of children for a photo-op as a private citizen back in 2003, he inverted its original lesson.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
There are still 45 days until Donald Trump takes the oath of office, but the steady stream of unqualified and audacious picks for key roles in his administration has already given the American people an insight into how he will govern in his second term. It has also presented a key test for Senate Republicans: What are they willing to accept to stay in Trump’s good graces?
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
For years, President Joe Biden has emphasized that the peaceful transfer of power is imperative to preserving American democracy. This Wednesday, he had a chance to show what he meant, hosting President-elect Donald Trump at the White House. It was a stark contrast to four years earlier.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
With just four days until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have delivered their closing arguments to the American people, and the difference between those two competing visions couldn’t be wider.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
This week’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump gave Americans the starkest split-screen so far of the two wildly different people vying to lead their government. While Harris focused on specific policy proposals rooted in verifiable numbers and hands-on experience, Trump, who usually relies on applause and lazy superlatives to sell his so-called vision to supporters, was clearly out of his depth.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
msnbc.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
“Thank you, Madame Vice President, for the trust you put in me, but maybe more so, thank you for bringing back the joy.”That’s how Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota began his first speech as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, the latest development in a seismic two-and-a-half weeks in American politics. This week, thousands gathered in Philadelphia to see Harris and Walz introduce themselves as a ticket.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
secondnexus.com | Evan Brechtel
After the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley, Congress requested the Secret Service provide presidential protection which they began in 1902. The modern Secret Service has two primary missions: protecting the nation's leaders and visiting foreign dignitariessafeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the United StatesAs part of their duty to protect, code names are assigned to Presidents, First Ladies and other prominent persons as well asc locations.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Symone D. Sanders-Townsend |Evan Brechtel
Symone D. Sanders-Townsend and Evan BrechtelJune 27, 2024 at 11:52 PM·2 min readWhen it comes to debates, performance is just as important as substance. On that count, Thursday’s debate was not a good night for President Joe Biden. As a former adviser to then-candidate Biden ahead of the 2020 debates, I did not see him at his best, especially at the beginning.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Evan Brechtel
Michael Steele and Evan BrechtelJune 14, 2024 at 6:46 AM·5 min readRepublicans have been complaining about the criminal justice system being “weaponized” against Donald Trump, but recent events have made it clear that their real concern is that it’s not being weaponized against their preferred targets.
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May 31, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Alicia Menendez |Evan Brechtel
Alicia Menendez and Evan BrechtelMay 31, 2024 at 6:21 AM·3 min readOn Thursday, a dozen people of varying ages, professions and backgrounds made a decision that could change the course of history. After six weeks, the jury in the hush money trial of Donald Trump found a former (and potentially future) president of the United States guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
