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Missouri Republicans have been transparent about their strategy to drag out the response to a challenge to their new 7-1 congressional map, state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) saying publicly during a radio interview that “delay works in our favor.”
Missouri Republicans Count on Foot Dragging to Help Jam Through Gerrymander
Missouri Republicans have been transparent about their strategy to drag out the...
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Jeanine Pirro is trying to dismiss the Reflecting Pool cases, save her job by blaming the Interior Department, and avoid court-ordered sanctions.
Reflecting Pool Turns Into Quicksand for Jeanine Pirro
Saga Not Over Yet While most of the reflecting pool coverage focuses...
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The Republican primary in one Michigan congressional district has resulted in a trainwreck.
There’s a Bizarre Situation Unfolding in a Michigan Congressional Race
Three Republicans were running in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District primary. Trump in...
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DSCC: “Abdul El-Sayed has run an energetic campaign that inspired thousands of Michiganders across the state, with a clear focus on lowering costs and standing up for working families." Michigan voters "will reject [Rogers] again in November and send Abdul El-Sayed to the United States Senate.”
Despite the race being much closer than a late glut of polls foretold, major win for progressives talkingpointsmemo.com/news/el-saye...
El-Sayed Topples Stevens and Establishment, Bringing Progressive Experiment to General Election
Progressive Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI),...
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Fat lady finally singing — AP calls Michigan for Abdul El-Sayed, dealing another blow to the Dem establishment and raising some critical questions: Can lefty Democrats translate grassroots enthusiasm into statewide wins? Does El-Sayed have enough time to consolidate support after a nasty primary?
Josh Marshall: "I think El-Sayed's narrow win is a better result than a 15 point-plus blowout in terms of what's really important for Democrats, which is uniting around the primary winner." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/about...
About Last Night: Michigan Edition
Though the AP called Abdul El-Sayed the winner of the Democratic nomination...
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Progressive Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, the pick of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
El-Sayed Topples Stevens and Establishment, Bringing Progressive Experiment to General Election
Progressive Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI),...
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"Those constitutional guarantees include the people’s rights to make their own decisions regarding their bodies, health, family formation, and family life-decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy—all of which are necessary corollaries to the right of bodily autonomy."
"Because a woman’s right to bodily autonomy (including her right to decide whether to terminate or to continue a pregnancy) is fundamental, the Court concludes, given the overwhelming evidence adduced at trial, that the State’s rationale & legislative schemes" don't "survive constitutional scrutiny"
adding insult to injury for Kansas Republicans — on Monday, a day before voters rejected switching to direct elections for the justices, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected a litany of abortion restrictions, including a requirement that providers give false medical information to abortion patients
Two Republican representatives under scrutiny for allegations against them have made different decisions over the last 24 hours.
Chuck Edwards Drops Reelection Bid Following Embarrassing Congressional Investigation
Chuck Edwards Gets Out, Max Miller Stays In Two Republican representatives under...
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The group behind an effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri Republicans’ 7-1 gerrymander filed a new lawsuit Tuesday night — obtained by TPM — challenging the Secretary of State’s finding that its petition is “insufficient.”
New Lawsuit Challenges Missouri’s Rejection of Citizen Challenge to GOP Gerrymander
The group behind an effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri...
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Lawsuit: "Put simply: 'A state legislature may not create congressional districts independently of requirements imposed by the state constitution with respect to the enactment of laws.'"
Quotes Moore v Harper, where SCOTUS rejected the theory that legislatures have exclusive authority over maps/election rules without oversight from state courts/governor's veto/referendum processes
Lawsuit: "Like the Missouri Constitution, the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit a state from subjecting a redistricting bill to the referendum"
New: Busy night — got a copy of the Politicians Not People lawsuit in response to Missouri SOS Denny Hoskins finding the petition to hold a referendum vote on Republicans' new gerrymander "insufficient." Suit says there are explicit exceptions to the referendum process, and this is not one of them
Voters Reject Republicans’ Attempt to Ban Abortion in Kansas Through Back Door
Voters Reject Republicans’ Attempt to Ban Abortion in Kansas Through Back Door
Kansas voters foiled state Republicans’ latest scheme to snatch back their abortion...
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🚨 Kansas voters once again reject GOP efforts to trick them into losing abortion rights. The no vote prevails on an amendment that wouldve replaced the indy commission with direct (partisan) elections for Supreme Court justices — which the AG promised would "slowly & quietly" let GOP stock the court
Max Miller Agrees Allegations Are ‘Troubling,’ Admits He’s on T in Strange CNN Interview
Max Miller Agrees Allegations Are ‘Troubling,’ Admits He’s on T in Strange CNN Interview
I break down some of the details in tonight’s edition of Where...
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Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ's might to "stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice."
Is Blanche Vow to Make Dobbs Permanent in ‘Every Single State’ Tied to Cornyn, Tillis Appeasement?
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and a handful of women’s rights and reproductive...
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I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) announced Tuesday — Missouri’s primary day, the latest he could legally push the decision — that he will not certify a petition that would’ve challenged Republicans’ new 7-1 gerrymander.
Missouri Secretary of State Comes Up With Reason to Not Certify Challenge to New Republican Gerrymander
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) announced Tuesday — Missouri’s primary...
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"Most of this rebellion within the Democratic Party is not really about ideology, if we define that as support for different policies on a conventional left-right spectrum. It's about fight," Josh Marshall writes.
End of an Age Vibes as the DC GOP Hegemony Begins to Buckle
The 2006 midterm is often viewed today as the ur-wave election. Indeed,...
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New: People Not Politicians, the group behind the petition, plans to file lawsuit in response to Hoskins' finding of insufficiency for certification
He keeps citing the opinion of AG Catherine Hanaway (also a Republican, ofc), who has said: "As long as the status quo is the new maps, delay works in our favor"
