How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans  —  The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it.  A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off.  —  It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.

Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Reversing course under growing public pressure, major tech security company Cloudflare Inc. announced Saturday that it would stop protecting the Kiwi Farms website, best known as a place for stalkers to organize hacks …

Distinguished pol of the week: Biden hits his stride  —  Republicans who excuse a coup, vilify the FBI and rationalize defeated former president Donald Trump's holding on to highly sensitive national security secrets as he left the White House are whining that President Biden, at a fundraiser, called the MAGA movement “semi-fascist.”

Women Are So Fired Up to Vote, I've Never Seen Anything Like It  —  I've watched Americans in recent years acclimate to some very grim realities.  Especially since the ascension of Donald Trump, numerous tragedies and extreme policies have been met with little political consequence …

Hats off to Hillary: Prosecuting Trump in the shadow of Clinton's emails  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  Hillary Clinton recently hawked a line of hats with a mocking logo — “But her emails.”

The FBI Seized No Boxes with Press Clippings that Postdate November 2020  —  As I noted in this post, the government wrote their May 11 subpoena to cover all government records in Trump's possession, not just those that had come from the White House and not just those that were in Florida.

Trump suggests the Mar-a-Lago documents were bound for his library.  But advisers say he's rarely talked about it.  —  A central question involving the records former President Donald Trump stored at his Mar-a-Lago home is why he was keeping reams of government documents and classified material.

What Is Owed to Pakistan, Now One-Third Underwater  —  We heard the story all the time, told as a warning: When man first set foot on Earth, all the winged animals flew high into the sky and the fish dived deeper into the sea, scattering in fear, because they knew the destroyer of the world had arrived.

Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks to the Head and the Heart  —  The founder of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church preaches conservative Christianity to a cosmopolitan flock … As a first-year student at Bucknell University in 1968, Rev. Timothy Keller began having doubts about his faith.

CNN staffers are ‘terrified’ that new boss Chris Licht is launching a purge of the woke after Brian Stelter and John Harwood were unceremoniously fired - as network tries to win back ‘most trusted name in news’ title  — CNN staffers are afraid of a purge of woke talent following the firings …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine  —  Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its last remaining main external power line, but the facility is continuing to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line …