Embattled Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards is ending his reelection campaign for North Carolina's 11th District, he announced on X at 3:32 AM ET. GOP will pick a new nominee to take on farmer Jamie Ager, a Democrat who has run a strong campaign to flip a western North Carolina seat Trump won 54-45.

Rep. Chuck Edwards drops re-election bid after censure recommendation over harassment claims

“After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,” Edwards, R-N.C., said early Wednesday after mounting pressure over his conduct toward two female staffers.

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Not seeing where Stevens makes up the difference realistically but until I see people far smarter than me call it for AES who knows….

People still use DVR?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

TRUMP: I watch your show all the time. Sometimes I tape it and watch it. It's okay. I don't know what they call it today. They used to call it TiVo. Maybe they still do. But I love TiVo or its equivalent GALLAGHER: DVR

Run that on a loop in the TikTok feeds.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Trump: "I think we should be given an A+ on the economy"

Decision Desk HQ projects Fred Wellman wins the MO US House 2 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:21 PM EDT

Joliet Jake: We're Putting The Band Back Together - Blues Brothers

ALT: Joliet Jake: We're Putting The Band Back Together - Blues Brothers

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The Daily Letter U.S.A.@dailyletter.tv · 14h ago

Former Congressman Tom Perriello Wins Virginia Democratic Primary, Setting Up High-Profile Clash With Trump-Backed Rep. John McGuire dailyletter.tv/posts/former...

Michigan …. Boy, I don’t know

Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Cubs beat Dodgers, 5-1, in Tarik Skubal's LAD debut. Javier Assad, Ryan Rolison, Tyler Ferguson, Ryan Zeferjahn & Jacob Webb combine to limit Dodgers to 4 hits. Dansby Swanson (HR), Nico Hoerner (HR & RBI 1B), Seiya Suzuki (RBI 1B) & PCA (RBI 1B) lead offense. Cubs (65-49) go for sweep tomorrow.

I would rather be AES right now but this is not the blowout I was told it would be.

Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 13h ago

DDHQ Race Update (est. 27% in): Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary Abdul El-Sayed (D): 213,549 (50.9%) Haley Stevens (D): 191,083 (45.5%) Mallory McMorrow (D): 15,128 (3.6%) Follow more results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/283906

Another Moss rises to fame.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 14h ago

State Sen. Jeremy Moss wins Dem primary for safely blue #MI11, Haley Stevens' seat. He'd be Michigan's first LGBTQ member of Congress.

Decision Desk HQ projects No wins the Kansas Constitutional Amendment - Elections for Supreme Court Justices #DecisionMade: 9:00 PM EDT

VoteHub projects Jocelyn Benson to win the Democratic primary for Michigan Governor.

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

bloomberg.com

Truth Social’s new subscription service is unprecedented—and the existing laws may not have caught up to it yet, @willgottsegen.com reports in The Atlantic Daily:

Trump Tests the Definition of Insider Trading

A new Truth Social subscription service is another way for the president to profit from his office.

bit.ly

This is embarrassing

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 17h ago

THE U.S. HAS DEPLETED NEARLY 80% OF ITS THAAD INTERCEPTORS, ABOUT HALF OF ITS PATRIOT MISSILES AND SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF OTHER PRECISION MUNITIONS DURING THE IRAN CONFLICT, PROMPTING SENIOR MILITARY COMMANDERS TO WARN THAT KEY STOCKPILES ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW. - CNN

"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases. Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle." "The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW

Medical studies released in 2025 and 2026 found zero - count 'em, zero - cases in which any player who had a cardiac event was found to have suffered it due to the COVID vaccine.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

Ron Johnson: "All these sports team fell into line, didn't use their brains like Aaron Rodgers did, they forced their players to get injected. Some of those players are grievously injured. They dropped unconscious on the field of play."

A lot of people who died of COVID despite ivermectin would like to have a word but they’re a little too dead.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

Ron Johnson: "Aaron Rodgers was smart enough to take ivermectin when he got covid ... unfortunately, more people didn't follow him. We wouldn't have had as many of athletes falling unconscious, sometimes dead on the field of play. You've seen the video reels of this happening in 2021."

Uhhhh, who is getting those prices? Can I move there?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

Tom Emmer on Republicans trailing Dems by 8 points in the generic ballot: "Right now there are great things happening in our economy. Nobody wants to talk about 78 cent eggs, nobody wants to talk about milk that's under $2. No no. They want to focus on gas prices."

“.. called the event a ‘roaring success’ on a conference call with analysts Monday, saying it would pay off in the long term ..” @bloomberg.com $TKO www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And rightly so. Obama and Clinton famously did this in Unity, New Hampshire.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21h ago

No matter who wins tonight's primaries in Michigan, the state Democratic party is launching a rally for all of the top nominees on Friday in Detroit. Pete Buttigieg will join the event - seeking to unify, after a blistering fight between Abdul El-Sayed & Rep. Haley Stevens

I never ever want to hear Republicans lecture me about family values.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago

RAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too

Should've been vaxxed.

JP Acosta@acosta32jp.bsky.social · 21h ago

Yeah aight

Oh yeah, Blanche totally won’t change course on this. Sure. Totally.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃

DOJ loses for the 19th time in efforts to obtain state voter rolls, this time in Colorado, courtsey of Judge Philip Brimmer, a George W. Bush appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Who cares?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Francesca Hong was asked last night by Kaitlin Collins if she still believes Thanksgiving should be canceled. Her answer was not 'no.'

Remember this the next time a Democrat is in office.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Ginger, get the popcorn.

Lauren Ashley Davis@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Jack Smith, the former special counsel who brought criminal charges against President Donald Trump, has been invited to testify Sept. 22 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to an invitation from Chair Chuck Grassley. www.politico.com/live-updates...