memeorandum: Spain Elections: Results Show No Party With Enough Votes to Govern (Jason Horowitz/New York Times)

9:15 PM ET, July 23, 2023

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

DeSantis camp briefs donors, pledges to ‘Let Ron be Ron’ — The Florida governor is stumbling. His aides want to run more of an ‘insurgent’ operation. — Top officials on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign acknowledged to donors on Sunday that they'd spent too much money …

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New York Times:

A ‘Leaner-Meaner’ DeSantis Campaign Faces a Reboot and a Reckoning — The campaign's missteps and swelling costs have made donors and allies anxious. One person close to the Florida governor said he had experienced a “challenging learning curve.” — Throughout the spring …

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Dana Blanton / Fox Business:

Fox Business Poll: Trump leads in Iowa, as DeSantis and Scott round out the top 3 — Iowa's caucus kicks off the GOP nomination process — An early read on the race for the Republican nomination in Iowa shows former President Donald Trump the clear frontrunner — and then there is a sharp drop off to the rest of the field.

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Victoria Balara / Fox Business:

Fox Business Poll: Trump has commanding lead in South Carolina GOP primary — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is in second, just ahead Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Former President Donald Trump won the 2016 South Carolina Republican primary by 10 points and could be primed to crush those results in 2024.

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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:

Mike Pence struggles to gain attention and traction in longshot bid — Trump's former vice president is having difficulty attracting enough donors to qualify for the first Republican debate — HUDSON, N.H. — As he finished up his remarks at an outdoor garden party hosted by a former state senator …

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Wall Street Journal:

GOP Splits Over Jan. 6 Deepen as Trump Indictment Looms — Prominent Republicans like Ron DeSantis and Kevin McCarthy appear torn between criticizing the riot and defending the former president — The likelihood Donald Trump will be indicted over efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election …

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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
‘These people look pathetic’: Pelosi slams McCarthy on expunging Trump impeachments

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Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Tim Scott may be one to watch in the GOP presidential race

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Politico:
Trump just qualified for the first debate. But will he show up?

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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Ron DeSantis super PAC will host bus tour through Iowa ahead of Lincoln Dinner

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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Mike Pence ‘not interested in trading insults’ with Trump as he tries to win New Hampshire

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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:

Spain Elections: Results Show No Party With Enough Votes to Govern — The returns showed no party winning the support needed to govern, leaving the country facing weeks of uncertainty. — Reporting from Madrid — Spain was thrust into political uncertainty on Sunday after national elections left …

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Silvia Amaro / CNBC:

Spain's right-wing parties could win a parliamentary majority, exit polls show after key election — Spain's conservative party PP [Partido Popular] is on track to lead negotiations to form a new government in Madrid, exit polls have shown, suggesting this could be the end of the socialist rule of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

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Kelly Garrity / Politico:

In the GOP primary, one thing sells (merch) above all: Owning the libs — It's about finding more donors to qualify for debates. It's also a sign of what sells in today's GOP. — The mesh trucker hats, “Bud Right” koozies and “Abolish the FBI” yard signs Republican presidential candidates …

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New York Times:

As Inquiries Compound, So Does the ‘Trump Tax’ — For all their complexity, the Trump-related prosecutions have not significantly constrained the ability of prosecutors to carry out their regular duties, officials have said. — Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman reported from Washington, and Ben Protess and Alan Feuer from New York.

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Barak Ravid / Axios:

Exclusive: Biden says Bibi shouldn't rush “divisive” judicial overhaul bill amid threats — President Biden in a statement to Axios called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to move forward with the planned Israeli Knesset vote on a bill that is part of the government's judicial overhaul …

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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:

Walking is getting a lot more dangerous — Pedestrian deaths in the USA have increased dramatically over the past dozen years, going up by 77% since 2010: … There are some other factors at work as well: … Something else that seems plausible is that the ubiquity of smart phones …

Discussion: Slate

Juliana Kim / NPR:

Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother — President Biden will designate a national monument at three sites in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley — both of whom served as catalysts for the civil rights movement.

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Kelly Garrity / Politico:

RFK Jr.: Media hitting me harder than Trump — “If I believed the stuff that's written about me in the papers and reported about me on the mainstream news sites, I would definitely not vote for me,” Kennedy said. — Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed the media …

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