Politics

Voter Turnout Promising In Ohio Abortion Rights Battle

The Washington Post reports: Ohio voters will decide Tuesday whether or not to make it harder to amend the state constitution in a special election that has tremendous implications for the fate of abortion rights in the state. For more than a century, Ohio voters have been able to amend the state constitution with a simple majority. The measure up …

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Feds Investigate FL Education Dept For Bid-Rigging

The Tampa Bay Times reports: A federal grand jury is investigating allegations of bid-rigging involving Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Department of Education, charter school operators and the control of a small North Florida school district. Federal authorities issued a subpoena to the Jefferson County School District in June seeking communications between district officials, charter school lobbyists and former top officials in …

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Christie: I Think Meadows Is A “Cooperating Witness”

Mediaite reports: Many have speculated that Mark Meadows has cooperated with prosecutors, with some pointing to the fact that Meadows – who was a key figure in Trump’s inner circle after the election – is largely absent from the indictment. Appearing on Monday’s AC360 on CNN, Christie was asked if he thinks Meadows will be called to testify as a …

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Former Georgia Lt Gov Subpoenaed In Trump Probe

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has received a subpoena to testify as a witness before a Fulton County grand jury that could deliver indictments against former President Donald Trump and his allies this month. Duncan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday that he has yet to receive a date to meet with grand jurors, but he …

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Mike Pence Qualifies For First Republican Debate

The New York Times reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday crossed the threshold of 40,000 unique donors required to take part in the first Republican presidential primary debate, his campaign said. Mr. Pence had already met a polling threshold required by the Republican National Committee, his team has said. Hitting both benchmarks means that Mr. Pence is the …

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DeSantis Reaffirms Support For Racist Slavery Lessons

NBC News reports: DeSantis has tried to distance himself a bit from the standards, having said last month: “I didn’t do it. I wasn’t involved.” But he has also defended the standards, saying they were “probably going to show some of the folks,” referring to enslaved people, “that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in …

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Youngkin Mingles With GOP Megadonors At NY Event

The New York Post reports: Former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his wife, Hilary Geary Ross, hosted a buzzy dinner at their Hamptons home Friday night for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the first lady of Virginia, Suzanne S. Youngkin, Page Six hears. A source on the East End tells us that the event “was not billed as a …

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Boos Rain Down On McConnell At Home State Event

Yahoo News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was interrupted repeatedly by jeers during a breakfast speech in his home state of Kentucky Saturday, for what appeared to be the entirety of his appearance. At the 143rd Annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic, where almost 20 Democratic and Republican speakers appeared, McConnell appeared to bear the brunt of the …

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DeSantis: “Of Course” Trump Lost The 2020 Election

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday rejected Donald Trump’s claim that he was the true winner of the 2020 presidential election in his most forceful comments to date on the matter. “Whoever puts their hand on the Bible on Jan. 20 every four years is the winner,” DeSantis told NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns in his first …

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Ramaswamy Calls For Canceling “Useless” Juneteenth

NBC News reports: Vivek Ramaswamy suggested canceling Juneteenth, calling it a “useless” holiday in a conversation with Iowa voters Saturday. Less than two months ago, however, he posted a video on social media celebrating the day. “Cancel Juneteenth or one of the other useless ones we made up,” Ramaswamy told an applauding crowd gathered at a welding company here. Asked …

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TN Police Video Released Of DeSantis Motorcade Crash

Click Orlando reports: “If this ain’t a full-blown (expletive) disaster,” a Chattanooga police officer can be heard saying as he surveyed the wrecked vehicles in DeSantis’s motorcade. The video, which was provided to News 6 by the Chattanooga Police Department through a public record request, shows three of the four wrecked SUVs. The vehicle that was carrying DeSantis at the …

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Republicans Back Disney In Lawsuit Against DeSantis

The Associated Press reports: Saying Gov. Ron DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China, a group of mostly Republican former high-level government officials has called the Florida governor’s takeover of Disney World’s governing district “severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State.” The group of former governors, U.S. House members and …

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Bloomberg: DeSantis Campaign Is Mired In “Gloom”

Bloomberg News reports: Several aides believe the Republican candidate’s bid lacks a coherent strategy and message, according to people familiar with the campaign. The operation is disorganized, with different teams pursuing their own agendas, and little communication between groups, said the people familiar, who requested anonymity to discuss the campaign’s inner workings. Even posting an official message on X, the …

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Questions Arise Over Clarence Thomas’s $267,000 RV

The New York Times reports: His Prevost Marathon cost $267,230, according to title history records obtained by The New York Times. And Justice Thomas, who in the ensuing years would tell friends how he had scrimped and saved to afford the motor coach, did not buy it on his own. In fact, the purchase was underwritten, at least in part, …

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USPS Union Blasts DeSantis On “Slitting Throats” Threat

From the National Association of Letter Carriers: Last week at a campaign event in New Hampshire, presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said about federal employees, “we are going to start slitting throats on Day One” as a way to combat the “deep state.” NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement in response to DeSantis’ remarks: “Gov. …

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DeSantis: Those Nazis Waving My Flag Are Planted

Florida Politics reports: During a televised Ron DeSantis town hall in New Hampshire, the problem of displays of Nazi iconography in Florida proved to be a topic of interest beyond the state’s borders. Asked about people who purported to be supporters of his who had “flags that said DeSantis 2024” and “Nazi, swastika flags,” DeSantis said he didn’t “think that …

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DeSantis Megadonor Hits Pause Over “Extremism”

Reuters reports: Hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, the biggest individual donor to a group supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid, told Reuters on Friday he will not donate more money unless the Florida governor attracts new major donors and adopts a more moderate approach. The comments by Bigelow, who gave $20 million to the pro-DeSantis “Never Back Down” super PAC in March, …

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Millions Unspent In Florida’s Hurricane Ian Relief Fund

The Orlando Sentinel reports: More than 10 months after Hurricane Ian tore through Florida, millions of dollars raised through first lady Casey DeSantis’ Hurricane Ian relief campaign remain to be spent. Over $63 million in donations rolled into the Florida Disaster Fund as images of the storm’s devastation filled the airwaves, according to Volunteer Florida, the nonprofit organization that oversees …

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Will Hurd: Trump Knows He Won’t “Survive Prison”

Bloomberg News reports: Long-shot presidential contender Will Hurd said Donald Trump, his rival for the Republican nomination, is only running to avoid prison as he urged the party to confront the frontrunner over his three criminal indictments. “He’s a bully, he’s a liar. And he’s only running in order to stay out of prison,” Hurd told Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On” …

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Ted Cruz: Trump Can’t Get Fair Trial From “Far Left” Judge That He Helped Get Unanimous Confirmation

The Hill reports: Republican allies of Donald Trump are stepping up their attacks on Washington, D.C., District Judge Tanya Chutkan and the D.C. court itself, arguing it would be impossible for the former president to get a fair trial in the nation’s capital city. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accused Chutkan of having “a …

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