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“He’s been on this kick where he claims that people who don’t support him are somehow ‘threats to democracy.’ That’s the new thing that they’re saying. “You know, it’s not me and it’s not you that are threatening to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s not me and it’s not you that’s threatening to abolish the Electoral College. “It’s not …

Via press release from the DCCC: Republican Bo Hines wants victims of rape and incest to go through “a community-level review process outside the jurisdiction of the federal government” to determine if they can get an abortion. Hines advocated for this “death panel”-esque review process for women seeking an abortion in an interview with local TV station WRAL. Hines has …

The Daily Mail reports: As her divorce winds through the courts, MAGA darling Marjorie Taylor Greene is spending time with an extreme right-wing reporter. Brian Glenn, program director for the Internet site Right Side Broadcasting Network, has been by the Georgia congresswoman’s side throughout much of her campaigning for next week’s election. Their closeness couldn’t have been more apparent than …

Jezebel reports: Per Oz’s campaign website, the rally will take place at 7 p.m. at Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The estate—which also features the popular wedding venue, Star Barn Village—prohibits same-sex marriage due to the owner David Abel’s religious beliefs. The venue’s website states that it “reserve[s] the right” to restrict events that …

Reuters reports: The canvassers in California’s Shasta County wore reflective orange vests and official-looking badges that read “Voter Taskforce.” Four residents said they mistook them for government officials. But the door knockers didn’t explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election. Instead, they grilled residents on their voting history and …

Yahoo News reports: The mailer attacks DeSantis’ Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist, using a slew of misinformation, including that President Joe Biden’s student loan plan will force “hard working Floridians to pay back student loans for degrees like Gender Studies and French Poetry.” The mailer shows a photo of Crist and Biden embracing, above a line that reads: “The Biden-Crist College …

“It was always a lie. The whole thing was always a lie. And it was a lie meant to rile people up. I’ve talked about this ad nauseam, it really made me angry. “Cause I’m like, the promises you’re making that you’re gonna challenge the electoral college and overturn the election, there’s not even a process for you to do …

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts isn’t going to appoint himself to the Senate when Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) leaves for his new gig in Florida. But when his term as governor is up in January, he’s not opposed to being appointed by the next guy. Unlike a handful of other governors who have passed on opportunities to make the …

The Daily Kos reports: Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake called for repealing the Affordable Care Act at a campaign event on Monday, bringing up an issue all but forgotten by her Republican Party. “We need a red wave, and we need to overturn Obamacare and come up with something better,” Lake said at a campaign event in Scottsdale. Her comments …

Axios reports: Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s controversial school tip line drew complaints from around the state about pandemic precautions, a symbolic “equity month” and, in one case, a 12th grade English teacher’s take on poetry. Youngkin created a national uproar just days into his administration when he launched the tip line, urging parents to report schools teaching “inherently divisive concepts” — …

“I don’t believe parents are terrorists at all. And I’ll tell you what. If I were governor right now, and Joe Biden even thought he was gonna send his FBI or DOJ in to start coming after our parents, they would be met at the airport with the state police and arrested for going after our rights. We finally, as …

The Texas Tribune reports: Paxton’s office opened at least 10 investigations into alleged crimes by election workers, a more extensive effort than previously known, according to records obtained by ProPublica. One of his probes was spurred by a complaint from a county GOP chair, who lost her reelection bid in a landslide. She then refused to certify the results, citing …

ABC News reports: Georgia GOP Senate candidate Hershel Walker fired back on Wednesday at former President Obama who said being a good football player does not make him qualified to be a lawmaker. Walker, a former NFL running back, told Fox and Friends’ Brian Kilmeade that he’s never met Obama but if he had, it meant he was a celebrity …

Josh Israel reports at American Independent: Before and after the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump lied about the integrity of the process, baselessly claiming widespread voter fraud was the only reason for President Joe Biden’s victory. Now several Republican Senate nominees are using the same playbook to cast doubt on the 2022 midterms. In an American Bridge 21st Century-flagged …

Media Matters reports: Nevada Republican secretary of state nominee Jim Marchant and podcaster and former Trump aide Steve Bannon agreed that Democrats won’t win future elections if a pro-Trump slate of secretary of state candidates is elected. Marchant told Bannon that Democrats are spending a lot of money on those races “because they know that they can’t win if we’re …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) on Tuesday deleted a tweet mocking the assault of Paul Pelosi, husband of her colleague, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “LOL,” the congresswoman wrote on Friday while boosting a heavily photoshopped right-wing meme showing men with hammers standing in front of the alleged assailant’s Berkeley home. The tweet remained online for several …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 7th District is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not one that most historians would endorse. Johnny Teague, an evangelical pastor and business owner who won the district’s primary in March, in 2020 published “The Lost Diary of Anne Frank,” a novel imagining the …

“He is an anti-Semite. He’s saying lots and lots of anti-Semitic things. I’m not sure what more there is to say about that. The only thing I might add is that he’s pretty obviously bipolar, and I would think that right now he looks like he’s in the middle of a manic episode. “I only say that because I have …

First, a reminder of his batshit claim: “They’re putting litter boxes,” Bolduc said in the recording. “These are the same people that are concerned about spreading germs. Yet they let children lick themselves and then touch everything. And they’re starting to lick each other.” Bolduc claimed this was taking place in schools in Claremont and Derry and named Pinkerton Academy, …

Business Insider reports: In response to Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, 40 justice organizations and media watchdog groups on Tuesday sent a letter to top advertisers on the social platform, urging them to push Musk to embrace content moderation or boycott Twitter entirely. “We, the undersigned organizations, call on you to notify Musk and publicly commit that you will cease …