2024 elections

Arizona House Speaker: I’ll ‘Never Vote Again’ For Trump After Testimony Backlash
Where Things Stand: McConnell Leaves 2024 Door Wide Open
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It’s standard protocol for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to say a little bit in order to say a lot, and without actually having to say the thing you know he’s actually saying. But this little remark from this afternoon is worth noting, even though he is typically evasive.

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Trump Claims He’s ‘Already Made That Decision’ On 2024 Presidential Bid
Report: Trump’s Desire To Launch 2024 Bid Early Grew After Hutchinson’s Testimony
Where Things Stand: SCOTUS Could Be Poised To Make Future Coup Attempts Easier
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The Supreme Court’s decision today to take up Moore v. Harper set off alarms across the election law world. The case offers a dramatic reimagining of the balance of powers at the state and federal level. And, importantly, the legal theory at the heart of the case shares considerable DNA with the animating theory that Trump and his cronies drew on as they sought to get the courts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Election Denier Becomes GOP Nominee For Nevada’s Top Election Official
Where Things Stand: Some Republicans Secretly Hope Jan 6 Hearings Make Trump Unelectable
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Bon courage!

Some members of the party that hasn’t managed to figure out how to stiffen its spine in the face of Donald Trump for seven years are apparently privately hoping that the Democrats and two Republicans on the Jan. 6 select committee will do their dirty work for them.

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Right-Wing Activists Are Poised To Turn Election Jobs Into Propaganda
Conservative true believers are working their way into jobs at all levels of election administration.
Trump’s 2020 Coup Failures Could Be 2024 Successes Prime Badge
Where Things Stand: Does DeSantis Want A Treat Or Something At This Point?
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Sure, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), go ahead and take home the trophy for passing the most outrageous/bizarre/problematic anti-education laws of all the red state governors in the land, if that’s the distinction you’re after.

At this point, it seems that’s the governor’s goal (coupled with the, seemingly, broader party aim to distract voters so completely with such non-serious non-existent issues that they don’t remember why they decided to support GOPers in the midterms in the first place).

The latest DeSantis culture war to get legislated into law in Florida: a sidetrack focus on communism.

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