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The Baltimore Sun’s Jackson Walker covered Principles First: A bipartisan coalition is pushing for lawmakers to sign the “No Dictators Declaration,” a new effort that seeks to combat potential abuses of power by presidents Involved in the coalition are the American Civil Liberties Union and advocacy groups Principles First and…

Washington Examiner’s Ramsey Touchberry covered the Principles First event in College Park: Maryland Republican Senate nominee Larry Hogan made little direct mention of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening during a speech on protecting democracy 50 years after Watergate. He didn’t need to.

Maryland Matters’s Josh Kurtz covered Principles First event in College Park: The event Wednesday night, at a fancy hotel in College Park, was billed as a look at the legacy of the Watergate scandal on today’s politics, 50 years after former President Richard Nixon’s resignation. It was sponsored by the conservative…

NOTUS’s Ryan Hernández covered the Principles First event in Milwaukee: Many of these anti-Trump Republicans applauded Harris’ decision to pick Tim Walz as a running mate, saying it could help win over swing state voters and serve the ultimate goal of defeating Donald Trump. But some in the movement are…

The Kentucky Lantern’s Teri Carter covered Principles First: As Heath Mayo, Christian conservative and founder of Principles First, wrote about today’s GOP, “The breathless outrage at the folks in drag from the same people who just last week eagerly cheered a porn star, a man who hit his wife…

USA TODAY’s Melissa Brown covered Principles First event in Milwaukee: For the group meeting inside the historic Pabst Brewery, it means sticking to certain conservative principles. They gathered in support of Principles First, a center-right organization that emerged in 2019 as an alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference. In…

Politico’s Brittany Gibson covered Principles First event in Milwaukee: The off-campus event hosted by Principles First claimed to be the real nucleus of the GOP, contrary to what was happening just a few blocks away. The speakers derided a party now led by Trump, the 2024 platform and growing trends…

Sacha Pfeiffer, an occasional guest host for some of NPR’s Morning Edition, interviewed GOP strategist Heath Mayo: But that perspective doesn’t sit well with some other Republicans. Heath Mayo founded Principles First, which calls itself a grassroots movement of conservatives concerned about Republican leadership, including and in other words Donald…

The Associated Press’s Thomas Beaumont covered the Principles First event in Milwaukee: Less than 20 miles away from the RNC podium at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, Republicans far afield of former President Trump will gather to present a different vision for their party. Under the banner “Principles First,” Republicans who have…