The Daily Populous

Monday April 29th, 2024 evening edition

image for RFK is now openly gunning for Trump voters — and Republicans are starting to worry

The exception, of course, is Donald Trump and his imitators, like Arizona's Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake.

But curiously this email did not come from Trump or Lake or any other figures associated with the ethics-free world of MAGA campaigning.

It came, readers may not be surprised to learn, from the campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate.

If you're looking for gullible people who will give you money to lie to them, you will be far more successful appealing to Trump voters than Biden voters.

Reporting from Politico confirms that it's not just Trump, either, but the larger GOP that is starting to fret.

She notes that, in her focus groups, what Trump voters say they like about Kennedy is that "he is defying his family.".

That means he's got a lot more reason to make a play for MAGA voters than Biden voters. »

Ukraine retreats in the east as Russia pushes forward while U.S. ally waits for aid

Authored by nbcnews.com
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The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have taken Novomykhailivka twice in the last week, on April 22 and again Saturday.

It comes just over a week after Congress passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine after months of resistance from hard-line Republicans.

On Sunday, he said he emphasized the need for the Patriot air defense systems to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. »

US finds Putin probably did not order Navalny’s death in February: Report

Authored by aljazeera.com
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Officials say while Putin retains culpability for the death of his biggest critic, he probably did not want it to happen when it did.

The Associated Press news agency, citing a US official, reported separately that the intelligence community had found “no smoking gun” that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny’s death or directly ordered it.

In announcing Navalny’s death, Russia said he collapsed during a walk in the penal colony and that paramedics were unable to revive him. »

‘Unlike anything today’: Gippsland fossil unlocks secrets of kangaroo that died out 46,000 years ago

Authored by theguardian.com
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They suspect the animal died after falling into a concealed cave entrance a couple of thousand years before the species went extinct.

There is only one short-faced kangaroo fossil as complete as the Buchan fossil, recovered about 50 years ago in South Australia.

View image in fullscreen Fossils like this one of the short-faced kangaroo are extremely rare, says palaeontologist Tim Ziegler. »