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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's Recipe for a Shockingly Raw Power Grab — The former president and his allies are reportedly planning to lay siege to the rule of law. — Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Apr. 23, 2022 in Delaware, Ohio. Joe Maiorana/AP — You can't say Donald Trump didn't warn us.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Political Doom Spiral: What if Both Biden and Trump Died Next Summer? — The title question is something that many of us probably don't like to spend a lot of time thinking about. Or perhaps you dwell on it quite a bit. But at this point, it's a topic that is increasingly hard to ignore.
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Stepped Down From Trust Within Days of Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Resignation — The revelation was largely subsumed by the former president's rambunctious and pugilistic testimony, insulting the judge and New York attorney general — Donald J. Trump's ongoing civil fraud trial …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
What Trump stands to lose in his New York civil fraud trial — Former President Donald Trump is at risk of losing the New York real estate empire that the rest of his career was built on. — The big picture: Forcibly dismantling Trump's company is so unusual that no one is quite certain how it would play out.
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Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Art of the Bluster — It's election day in Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania …
The Art of the Bluster — It's election day in Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump attorney says New York attorney general is ‘just not that bright’
Trump attorney says New York attorney general is ‘just not that bright’
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Ohio Votes to Establish Right to Abortion — The State Constitution will protect access to the procedure. The result sends a strong signal that voters are still angry about the demise of Roe. — Ohio voters approved a ballot measure enshrining a right to abortion in the State Constitution on Tuesday …
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Ohio Issue 1 Election Results: Establish a Constitutional Right to Abortion
Ohio Issue 1 Election Results: Establish a Constitutional Right to Abortion
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Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
When Will We Have Election Results? — It's not unreasonable to hope for results in a timely manner on Tuesday.
When Will We Have Election Results? — It's not unreasonable to hope for results in a timely manner on Tuesday.
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Amy Cooper / Newsweek:
I Was Branded the ‘Central Park Karen’. I Still Live in Hiding — “Slit your wrists,” strangers texted me. — “If anyone deserves prison rape, it's you,” people I had never met called me to say. — “The noble thing to do is to remove yourself from society...so please kill yourself.”
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Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wins re-election in Kentucky — NBC News projects a victory for Beshear, who leaned on his work as governor and outspent opponent Daniel Cameron. — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has won re-election, defying the usual political leanings of the red state, NBC News projects.
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Paul O'Donnell / Religion News Service:
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals' embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring. — (RNS) — Since Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of the House of Representatives, much has been written about his evangelical Christian faith and its influence on his right-wing political views.
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Politico:
House GOP moves to reduce Buttigieg's salary to $1 — It has no shot at becoming law, but it's not the first time Republicans have tried to use obscure spending rules this way.
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New York Times:
House Republicans Toil for a Spending Strategy With a Shutdown Close at Hand — Speaker Mike Johnson is facing many of the same challenges his predecessor did as he looks for a way to avoid a government shutdown that will be acceptable to his deeply divided conference.
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Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
Republican Candidate Charged With Child Porn Offenses Hours Before Election — A Texas Republican city council candidate is facing felony child pornography charges after being arrested just hours before the elections. — Brad Benson, a candidate for Place #4 on the city council of Granbury …
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Politico:
Behind closed doors, senators pitch options to solve Tuberville's blockade — “Hopefully we can work through this and get something done in a short period of time,” the Alabama senator said. — Tommy Tuberville is open to a face-saving solution to get out of his self-made blockade of military nominees …
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RedState:
LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia — It's a Tuesday in November and it's a big Election Day for several different states and municipalities. There are gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi, a special election for one of Rhode Island's …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What's up with Speaker Johnson not reporting a bank account? — This column has been updated. — A teeny fraction of American households don't have a bank account. In recent days, it appeared that one such household might belong to the man second in line for the presidency: House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
US Army Brass: Send in the Clowns — Right about now, I am almost without words at the complete chaos the United States Army has devolved into. Believe me, I'm going to find plenty of words, but it is just such a gob-smacking, indescribable, totally avoidable, epic cluster flock that I almost …
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Danica Roem becomes Virginia's first openly transgender state senator — Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealth's first openly transgender state senator and the first out transgender person elected to a state Senate anywhere in the South.
Kayla Guo / New York Times:
House Moves Closer to Censuring Tlaib, Citing ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan — The House rejected a move to kill a rebuke of Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, accusing her of calling for the destruction of Israel. — The House moved closer …
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Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Clarksville, Indiana, town council candidate dead after collapsing at polling station — David “Red” Worrall, a former District 3 town councilman and Republican candidate running for the Clarksville, Indiana, council, died Tuesday, according to a news release issued by the town.
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NBC News:
Ex-CIA officer pleads guilty to drugging, sexually abusing women — Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 47, will be sentenced to between 24 and 30 years in prison. He drugged and abused women, including video recording them nude. — A former CIA agent pleaded guilty Tuesday to drugging and sexually abusing …
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Politico:
Axelrod on Biden: I didn't tell him to drop out — Still, the comments from the longtime Democratic operative is the latest element of friction between the Obama-Biden camps. — CHICAGO — Less than a day after he suggested that Joe Biden should consider dropping out of the 2024 race …
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NBC News:
Who are the five candidates that qualified for the third GOP debate — Five candidates will take the stage in the next GOP presidential primary debate, excluding former President Donald Trump who is voluntarily not attending but leading all candidates in the polls.
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