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    EXCLUSIVE: Dem Governors Get Strategy for National Guard Deployment, Executive Orders to Resist Trump
    Democrat governors have a “resistance” playbook created for them that includes draft executive orders to defy the administration’s immigration policies as well as instructions on deploying the National Guard.  The Governors Action Alliance, a Democrat organization that founded the group Governors Safeguarding Democracy, provided such guidance to the staffs of Democrat governors across the country…
    Fred Lucas
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    Maine Governor Faces Recall Effort Over Transgender Policy
    THE CENTER SQUARE—Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is facing a recall effort from critics of her transgender policies, but the citizen-led campaign is unlikely to result in her being removed from office.  An online recall petition calling for the removal of the second-term Democrat has gathered nearly 30,000 signatures since it was posted last week….
    Chris Wade
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    Byron Donalds Confirms Run for Florida Governor
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds announced Tuesday evening on Fox News that he will be running for governor next year. With current Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approaching the end of his second term, potential candidates for the position have begun to emerge. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to offer…
    Hailey Gomez
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    Ric Grenell Says He Will Run for Governor of California on Only One Condition
    OXON HILL, Md.—Ric Grenell, former ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said he might run for governor of California, but only under one condition. Dasha Burns, the White House bureau chief for Politico, interviewed Grenell on the main stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Governors Arranged Meeting With Biden White House to Thwart Trump Agenda, Emails Show
    White House officials under outgoing President Joe Biden may have colluded with staffers representing a coalition of Democrat governors planning to thwart President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to a watchdog group and internal emails obtained from the coalition, known as Governors Safeguarding Democracy.  The precise date of the meeting is not clear, but it appears…
    Fred Lucas
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    Can NJ’s Governor Legally Harbor an Illegal Alien Above His Garage?
    The governor of New Jersey appeared to admit during recent public remarks that he has an illegal immigrant living above his garage and then proceeded to challenge the federal government to “try to get her.”   “I don’t want to get into too much detail,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said Saturday, adding,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Newsom’s Governorship Going Up in Smoke
    California’s Democrat Party elites are feeling the burn of their own failures to protect their state from devastating, uncontrolled fires. No politician’s reputation has been sullied as much as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s. As the wildfires in Los Angeles continue to rage, Newsom has sputtered and flailed—sometimes literally. He’s becoming the object of ire for appropriately…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Call Your Governor: Florida College Shows How to Reform Woke Public Universities
    A new book out this week gives a blueprint for freedom-loving governors to fight back and stop the waste of taxpayer money subsidizing public universities that are cesspools of Marxism and propaganda undermining Western civilization.  This book, which supplies a path out, is titled “Storming the Ivory Tower: How a Florida College Became Ground Zero…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump and I Have Proved Conservative Policies Work, Virginia’s Governor Says
    Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said both he and former President Donald Trump have shown that “commonsense conservative leadership works.” Youngkin, a onetime businessman elected in 2021, said Monday night at the Republican National Convention that under President Joe Biden’s administration, Americans are facing 7.5% mortgage rates, while their raises can’t keep up with 30% increases…
    Fred Lucas
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    24 GOP Governors Warn Biden Against ‘Unconstitutional’ WHO Pandemic Agreement
    As President Joe Biden considers adopting a global health agreement that would turn the power of the federal government over to leaders of a world government, dozens of governors have put him on notice that they “stand united in opposition” to handing over America’s national sovereignty. Nearly every Republican governor in the country has signed…
    Ben Johnson
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    Fani Willis’ Father, Former Governor Take Stand in Trump Disqualification Case 
    The father of embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand Friday, testifying that he backs up her story about storing cash at home, listens avidly to conservative talk radio, and knew about COVID-19 well before most other Americans.  Willis is defending herself from accusations that her affair with the man she hired…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden Election Denialism or Just a ‘Joke’?: McAuliffe Is Virginia’s ‘Real Governor’
    “Today, I make this sacred pledge to you. The defense, protection, and preservation of American democracy will remain, as it has been, the central cause of my presidency.” So said President Joe Biden during a Jan. 5 speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. That “sacred pledge” lasted about two-and-a-half weeks. At an abortion rally in Manassas, Virginia,…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Ohio House Votes to Override Governor’s Veto of Bill Protecting Kids From Transgender Surgeries, Hormones
    The Ohio House of Representatives voted Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that would protect children from irreversible transgender sex-change procedures and medical interventions, such as puberty blockers and hormones. The state’s House of Representatives met Wednesday afternoon to vote 65-28 to override the governor’s veto. It now heads to…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘Most Improved’: Iowa Governor Explains How Hawkeye State Won School Choice Revolution
    “I truly believe that school choice will make the most consequential change for our education system in decades,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says. The Heritage Foundation feted the state of Iowa in Des Moines on Thursday for the state’s dramatic rise on Heritage’s Education Freedom Report Card after a flurry of reforms. In January, Reynolds,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Mississippi Governor’s Race Called in Reeves vs. Presley Contest
    Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves appears to have won reelection Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley, a second cousin of Elvis Presley. The Associated Press called the race at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday for Reeves, about an hour after Presley conceded the race. Reeves first won the 2019 governor’s race beating Democratic Attorney…
    Fred Lucas
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    Flipping Kansas Blue? Governor Struck Deal With Left-Wing Groups Likely to Drive Up Democrat Vote 
    Well before President Joe Biden’s executive order pushing federal agencies to meddle in elections, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly worked with the group that orchestrated the president’s strategy.  Kelly, a Democrat, began negotiating a deal in 2019 with New York-based liberal advocacy group Demos. A year later, in December 2020, Devos would draft the parameters of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pennsylvania Governor Launches ‘Automatic Voter Registration’ Plan Ahead of 2024
    Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that he will implement “automatic voter registration” ahead of the 2024 election. The governor rolled out his plan on National Voter Registration Day to “streamline” the voter-registration process, which he argues will “save taxpayers time and money,” according to an announcement video. Shapiro’s plan will automatically enroll Pennsylvanians in the…
    Mary Lou Masters
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    Pennsylvania Governor’s Reversal on School Choice Betrays Voters, Children
    In a year when the school choice movement has racked up a string of victories in red states, Pennsylvania was on track to become the first state to see a Democratic governor sign a publicly funded school choice policy into law. But the supposed new era of bipartisan support for expanding school choice remains a…
    Jason Bedrick
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    Former New Jersey Governor Launches Presidential Bid
    Chris Christie launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday during a town hall in New Hampshire. “All throughout our history there have been moments when we’ve had to choose between big and small, and I would tell you the reason I’m here tonight is because this is one of those moments, and…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Virginia Governor Elevates State’s Economic Partnership With Taiwan
    “Together, we will continue to build a deep and lasting partnership.” That was the unmistakable, powerful message Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin conveyed Monday to President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan and the people of the Asian island nation.   In his first official overseas trade mission for the commonwealth of Virginia, Youngkin made a notable visit…
    Anthony B. Kim
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