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Fresh off his fights with Donald Trump, Democratic attorney Marc Elias readies for redistricting battles.
@kirk_bado reports (unlocked):
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Fresh off his fights with Donald Trump, Democratic attorney Marc Elias readies for redistricting battles.
@kirk_bado reports (unlocked):
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According to a new report, officials allied with Ethiopia’s government are accused of carrying out “ethnically targeted” abuses, displacing hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer marshaled colleagues through hours of floor time to confirm so many judges that they have nearly run out of appellate nominees to confirm.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez is calling on the Biden administration to pull back aid to Azerbaijan as hostilities flare up with ethnic Armenians in a disputed border zone in the Caucasus.
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Anna Bryłka is a member of the European Parliament from Poland, and a member of the far-right Patriots for Europe. She’s also a member of the Parliament’s Committee on International Trade. In this free Q&A, Bryłka spoke with @CrisLeeMaza during her committee’s recent trip to Washington about EU-U.S. relations and the ongoing trade negotiations.
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I watched Ted Cruz debate in college. Don’t count him out. njour.nl/s/70470?oref=t.co #CNBCGOPDebate
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.@RandPaul: "I want a strong national defense, but I don't want us to be bankrupt." #GOPDebate
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GOP officials who privately rail about Trump won’t publicly challenge him because polls show he’s so popular with the party base, but that may change if someone makes a strong case against his presidency from a Republican perspective, opines @RonBrownstein buff.ly/2uGlrfV
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Bush 43 on Trump: "Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn't it?" - per @nationaljournal's Tom DeFrank
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Twitter has been a powerful platform for President Trump but Bernie Sanders is giving him a run for his money on the social network:
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.@RandPaul: "The greatest threat to our national security is our debt." #GOPDebate
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Rep. Steve Cohen calls out Rudy Giuliani for questioning Obama's patriotism: trib.al/9VOiQg8
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John Kasich will not be leaving the race to clear the "establishment lane" for Marco Rubio:
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Senators and legal experts push the Biden administration to sanction Azerbaijan and stop alleged genocide.
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The power of two: America has never seen a political team quite like the Castro brothers trib.al/WBcPV6V
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Kevin McCarthy stuck by President Trump even after a mob stormed the Capitol, killing a police officer. It’s not only a morally bankrupt position, but a politically perilous one.
@HotlineJosh's latest "Against the Grain" (unlocked)
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In his first prime-time address, Biden not only rebuked Donald Trump's pollyannaish view of the virus from a year ago. He also implicitly rebuked Ronald Reagan's view of big government from 35 year ago. @georgecondon's analysis
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In the past 120 years, the Senate has only confirmed one life-tenured judge in a lame-duck session nominated by a president whose party lost the election. But for McConnell, it's full steam ahead on Trump's remaining nominees. @Zachary_Cohen reports
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Retired Gen. Russel Honoré discusses his review of the security failures on Capitol Hill and recommendations to lawmakers for preventing another Jan. 6.
@HarrisonCramer with our weekly Q&A
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Clark County Black Caucus, based in Nevada’s most populous jurisdiction, announces support for Sanders:
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How colleges are making income inequality worse njour.nl/YQJePq
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Mark Zuckerberg just donated more money to fight Ebola than China, Canada, and France combined bit.ly/ZCuzj8
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Amy Coney Barrett could be the first justice confirmed without any bipartisan support since 1869. @Zachary_Cohen reports
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CIA reportedly reaches "consensus view" that Russia intervened to sway the election in Trump's favor, here are the details:
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Voters feel cross-pressured between Trump and Biden as party allegiances continue to get scrambled.
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This week's cover features the first photo of all 8 openly gay members of Congress together njour.nl/1aPbT26
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“I happen to believe at the bottom of my heart that war should be the last resort.” — @BernieSanders #DemDebate
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Democrats will now have their first governor in the Deep South since 2008: njour.nl/s/105392
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This tuition-free, online university intends to serve the world's poorest students njour.nl/1fKc7GL
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Jake Tapper on police showing in Ferguson right now: "This doesn't make any sense." bit.ly/1rjuPQy
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.@HillaryClinton: Republicans "don't mind having big government interfere with a woman's right to choose." #DemDebate
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.@realDonaldTrump during #CNBCGOPDebate: "[gun-free zones] are target practice for the sickos and the mentally ill."
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Solar will be the fastest growing energy source climbing from 4% to 29% of total installed capacity by 2040:
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The Moldovan government is grappling with Russian disinformation and mysterious explosions in its pro-Russian breakaway region.
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How millennials will change the world of work njour.nl/SlF8n3
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Both parties are trying to game the election rules to their advantage. But the Democratic effort in the House is being hailed as a reform, while GOP efforts are slammed as voter suppression.
@HotlineJosh's latest "Against the Grain"
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Lil Jon is flying from LA to Atlanta to vote because he didn't get his absentee ballot trib.al/mrmYGtB
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.@LindseyGrahamSC: "I blame Obama for ISIL, not Bush. I miss George W. Bush." #GOPDebate
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Sen. Marco Rubio makes it clear that if he speaks at the RNC, he will not be on stage as a Donald Trump surrogate:
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How millennials will change the world of work njour.nl/1o0TZ0t
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A break down of each state's gun legislation and the corresponding number of deaths njour.nl/s/53345
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All five of President Biden’s nominees to the circuit courts have had public-defender experience. That doesn’t sit well with some Republicans.
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If anyone had a standout performance in the first #GOPDebate, it was Carly Fiorina: buff.ly/1eXsxRS
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Retired Gen. Russel Honoré discusses his review of the security failures on Capitol Hill and recommendations to lawmakers for preventing another Jan. 6.
@HarrisonCramer with our weekly Q&A
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The GOP is reportedly preparing a contingent plan if Donald Trump were to drop out of the presidential race:
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Democrats may end up squandering their advantage heading into the midterms if they continue to focus on polarizing social issues that will help Republicans turn out their voters, opines @HotlineJosh njour.nl/s/666719?unlock=9MC…
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For the first time, Joe Biden looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton buff.ly/1DTuPYY
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Trump’s not-so-secret supporters are wealthier, well-educated Republicans: njour.nl/s/618939?oref=t.co&…
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A model that has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential race since Ronald Reagan in 1980 forecasts a Clinton victory:
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Obama: Calls to exclude Muslim refugees or only include Christians are "shameful" njour.nl/s/92635
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Senators Cory Booker and Tim Scott have introduced a bill that would allocate a yearly sum of $4.5 million to researching sickle-cell disease, which has received far less attention and funding than comparable genetic diseases, writes @HarrisonCramer
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Yes, Biden's age is a potential problem in 2024. But enduring a messy nomination fight would be an even bigger problem for his party, writes @CharlieCookDC
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Obama: "And to those Members of Congress who question my authority ... I have one answer: Pass a bill." trib.al/Qjecqtb
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Obama's executive action isn't outrageous--it's how immigration reform gets done trib.al/DylyyXN
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Paul Ryan and other Republicans vow to oppose the Obama administration's new overtime rules for salaried workers:
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The former Polish foreign minister and current member of the EU Parliament talks to @CrisLeeMaza about EU-U.S. cooperation, regulating big tech, and democratic backsliding on both sides of the Atlantic.
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In this interview excerpted from @HotlineJosh's conversation with Axiom Strategies Vice President @KristinDavison, they discuss education, the Trump factor and the luxury of having a self-funded candidate like @GlennYoungkin
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Top earners would see dramatic gains from Donald Trump tax cuts and significant hikes from Hillary Clinton's plan:
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So you didn't have to, @georgecondon read all 184,000 words spoken by Trump over the last week, plus his 300 tweets. His conclusion: Unlike 2016, Trump doesn't have much of a closing argument. (unlocked)
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An apology doesn’t answer the email scandal’s most important questions njour.nl/s/62195 via @ron_fournier
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On the latest "Against the Grain" podcast, @HotlineJosh chats with Dem strategist @Lis_Smith about the need for the Democratic Party to moderate its message on crime, COVID, and education.
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Donald Trump tried to defend comments he made about Fiorina's looks. Her response: njour.nl/s/73137?oref=t.co
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How Airbnb and Uber are changing the nature of work trib.al/cRdPyP2
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