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Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election — Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign's plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump removed from Maine primary ballot by secretary of state — Maine barred Donald Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, making it the second state in the country to block the former president from running again under a part of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.
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Maine.gov:
Maine Secretary of State Decision in Challenge to Trump Presidential Primary Petitions — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued the attached decision regarding three challenges brought by Maine voters to the nomination petition of Donald J. Trump, for the Republican primary for the President of the United States.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Urged to Move Fast on Trump's Ballot Eligibility — The Colorado Republican Party asked the justices to decide its appeal by Super Tuesday. The voters who won in the Colorado Supreme Court want to move even faster. — The Supreme Court was asked on Thursday to fast-track …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Maine strips Trump from the ballot, inflaming legal war over his candidacy — Activists and voters have filed numerous lawsuits around the country claiming the former president is barred from office under the “insurrection clause.” — Maine's top election official ejected former President Donald Trump …
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Colorado to include Trump on 2024 primary ballot as state GOP appeals to Supreme Court
Colorado to include Trump on 2024 primary ballot as state GOP appeals to Supreme Court
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
'She's toast': Republicans of color disappointed by Haley's slavery misstep — Among other points of frustration is the sense that the GOP candidates still can't seem to talk about the horrors of slavery. — Republicans of color said on Thursday they were dismayed by Nikki Haley's initial refusal …
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Politico:
Haley blames a ‘Democratic plant’ for Civil War question that tripped her up — The former South Carolina governor also said that the war was, indeed, about slavery. — Hours after declining to do so, Nikki Haley said on Thursday morning that she believed slavery was, indeed, the cause of the Civil War.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Nikki Haley's Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans — In the dumbest of enforced errors, the GOP primary challenger fumbled an easy question about the Civil War, then tried to blame it on a “Democratic plant.” … We're just over two weeks out from the first votes …
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Associated Press:
Nikki Haley doesn't mention slavery when asked what caused the Civil War. She later walks that back
Nikki Haley doesn't mention slavery when asked what caused the Civil War. She later walks that back
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PhillyBurbs:
Bucks County mom behind conservative school movement charged with assault, giving teens alcohol — Chris Ullery Bethany RodgersUSA TODAY NETWORK — A former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor candidate and outspoken voice in the conservative “parental rights” school movement has been charged …
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Federal judge upholds Georgia's Republican redistricting plan — Democrats unlikely to gain a U.S. House seat under new maps — A federal judge upheld Georgia's new political districts that preserve Republican power, ruling Thursday that state legislators “fully complied” …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Rep. Lucy McBath to switch districts due to Georgia redistricting
Rep. Lucy McBath to switch districts due to Georgia redistricting
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New York Times:
‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 — A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel. — At first, she was known simply as “the woman in the black dress.”
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Chris Harris / The Messenger:
Seattle Supporters Watch Black Lives Matter Garden Leveled After It Was Overrun by Drug Users, Homeless — The garden was established by community organizers and demonstrators during the summer of 2020, to memorialize those individuals of color who have been killed with police bullets
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
City removes Seattle's Black Lives Matter memorial garden
City removes Seattle's Black Lives Matter memorial garden
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Associated Press:
Wisconsin university chancellor says he was fired for producing and appearing in porn videos — Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that the school's governing board fired him because members were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos.
NBC News:
9-year-old asks Nikki Haley if she would pardon former President Trump, ‘I would’ — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she would pardon former President Trump, if he were found guilty, saying that it wouldn't be “in the best interest of the country” for him to be imprisoned.
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Nina Burleigh / New Republic:
Biden's Other Formidable Opponent in 2024 — On October 6, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report for September. The numbers were extremely positive, with 336,000 jobs added, almost double the forecast. Most media outlets were reporting the numbers as a sign …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DeSantis says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith on ‘day one’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a Thursday interview that, if elected president, he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two indictments against former President Trump, on “day one” of his hypothetical term in office.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Senators demand Musk correct ‘apparent false and misleading representations’ of Tesla safety — Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) went after Elon Musk on Thursday, demanding the Tesla owner correct false statements about the safety of the company's vehicles.
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
The New Republican Governors Chief Explains the Loss in Kentucky and How to Tackle Trump Tweets — As the new chair of the Republican Governors Association, Gov. Bill Lee has some advice for his party. — For many Republicans, trying to strike a balance between the party's often-warring factions has been a career-killer.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Adam Frisch on Boebert switching districts: Proves she ‘is only in politics for herself’ — Democratic congressional candidate Adam Frisch called out Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) on Thursday over her decision to change districts for the 2024 cycle, avoiding a second face-off with the former Aspen city councilor.
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Sen. Rick Scott says home was ‘swatted’ while he was at dinner with his wife — Within 15 minutes of receiving the call, police determined that there was no shooting at Scott's home in Naples, Fla. — Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said his home in Naples, Florida, was “swatted” on Wednesday night.