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Blake Hounshell retweeted
I am beyond thrilled to announce that I will serve as Director of the new "Safeguarding Democracy Project" @UCLA_Law. SafeguardingDemocracyProject…. Here is the mission statement:
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In tonight’s On Politics, the great @kzernike walks @blakehounshell through the new political era on abortion. nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/po…
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Because I've known him since childhood, the @KCStar asked if I could explain how Eric Greitens went from Obama-boosting Dem to ultra-MAGA star. Here's my take ⬇️
“I always remember that he was a really big Obama fan,” says one progressive Missourian who used to consider the ex-governor a friend. | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/reade…
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A popular alternative model of journalism is to seek stories so morally unambiguous that nuance is their enemy, and whose moral clarity is itself the source of urgency and narrative delight for readers. Personally I think stories produced under this model tend to suck
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Must read from @joshgerstein politico.com/news/2022/06/25…
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NEW: Mary Miller campaign tells me that at tonight's Trump rally the congresswoman misread her prepared remarks at tonight's Illinois Trump rally in Mendon and meant to say "right to life" not white life.
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Public opinion moves leftward under Rep presidents & rightward under Dem presidents. But it’s against policy, not generic anti-incumbent sentiment. You can tell when opinion still moves against new policy that is not in president’s direction, like now:
news.gallup.com/poll/393104/…
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Pence calls for a national abortion ban nytimes.com/live/2022/06/24/…
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THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/21…
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“Some of it is a very Washington problem because if you’re up on Capitol Hill & you’re on C-SPAN you don’t want someone to know you’re available & out there”
via @jessicagolds @POLITICOMag "Inside expensive, awkward, romantic world of matchmaking DC elite"
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Blake Hounshell retweeted
I’m very glad to endorse @Maura_Healey. We’ve been working together since before she got elected attorney general, and I can’t wait to see her shatter another glass ceiling as governor. She’s in this fight to make Massachusetts work for everyone. Strong women get it done!
ALT A photo of Maura Healey next to text that says Elizabeth Warren is proud to endorse Maura Healey for governor of Massachusetts.
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OMG i missed shoot-down of Jeffrey Clark. Bru-tal.
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JUST IN: American confidence in Supreme Court sinks to lowest level ever recorded by Gallup news.gallup.com/poll/394103/…
Blake Hounshell retweeted
Biden on gun legislation: “Tonight, after 28 years of inaction, bipartisan members of Congress came together to heed the call of families across the country… Families in Uvalde and Buffalo - and too many tragic shootings before - have demanded action. And tonight, we acted.”
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"Of course I support myself," -- AG Mark Brnovich when asked if he will support the #AZSEN GOP nominee post-primary. Other candidates say they will support nominee.
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NEW: Rep. Mo Brooks tells me he’s retiring from politics after the “bad guys won” — re. Katie Britt — beating him out for the Senate gop nomination in Alabama.
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Senator Ron Johnson changes story, now says he helped coordinate effort to pass false elector slates to Pence. But his new explanation draws quick rebuke from a Pennsylvania Republican he said was also involved jsonline.com/story/news/poli… via @journalsentinel
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Among the things Alex Holder, the documentary filmmaker, told the committee was about Trump telling him the rioters were "smart," (first reported by @jdawsey1) nytimes.com/live/2022/06/23/…
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Here’s the full letter from Rep. Mo Brooks seeking pardons for Republican members of Congress.
“There was a concern Democrats would abuse the judicial system by prosecuting and jailing Republicans who acted pursuant to their constitutional and statutory duties,” he texts
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Federal agents raided the home of ex-Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark Wednesday morning.
W/ @KFaulders @MLevineReports @alex_mallin