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Obscure Iowa non-profit paid for flyers claiming Trump is pro-LGBTQ+ rights

Group called Advancing Our Values registered as non-profit two weeks earlier but mailers ‘intended to be anti-Trump’, says expert

The Guardian - US

First Thing: Florida Republicans target voter registration groups with thousands in fines

Fines on list given to the Guardian were levied by agency created at Ron DeSantis’s behest to investigate voter fraud, which is rare. Plus, Anchor, first and oldest US craft brewery, to close

The Guardian - UK

Republican senator finally ends crusade to defend white nationalists

Tommy Tuberville, from Alabama, had seemed determined to support extremists despite condemnation from his colleagues

The Guardian - US

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Ohio could become the only state to require campaigns to collect signatures from every county

Welcome to the Friday, July 14, Brew.

Ballotpedia

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avoid budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency

The Independent UK

Trump's "Agenda 47" is no joke

This is not a joke or funny: You should be very afraid of Trump's fascist Agenda 47 plan

Salon

Democratic lawmaker loses his cool with Matt Gaetz during House floor speech: ‘You are exhausting!’

Heated debate came after Republicans introduced an amendment to a spending bill which has now banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military

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Evangelical Christian voters in Iowa love Trump. Can another Republican win them over?

At the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, GOP presidential hopefuls will try to convince Iowa's influential evangelical voting bloc they have the conservative credentials to win the caucuses.

WEKU

Editorial: Ruling in Missouri case against Biden shows why protecting disinformation is dangerous

What’s wrong with protecting disinformation by blocking a bunch of Biden administration agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies about it?

Tribune News Service

Editorial: ‘If you have private insurance, you can’ … oops

Barack Obama earned his place in Bartlett’s during the Obamacare debate with his famous fib, “If you like your doctor, you’ll be able to keep your doctor.” Now it turns out that Joe Biden uttered a similar whopper when he told an Iowa audience in 2019 that, under his health…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Ohio lawmakers want to subvert democracy to stop voters from protecting abortion access. Shame on them

Ohio is the latest state in which voters will decide whether to enshrine in the state constitution the right to abortion that was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Here's what's so frightening about the Supreme Court's latest power trip

A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the "supreme" in "Supreme Court," and not in a good way.

Los Angeles Times

How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress

WASHINGTON -- Like a lot of other members of Congress, Rep. Marc Molinaro got his start running for a local office. But unlike most, he had to get his mother’s permission first.

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Harassing good Samaritans is on brand for GOP

The Republican war on migrants and asylum seekers has been one of the more successful GOP campaigns of recent years if you measure success by volume of vitriol.

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Editorial: Trial and tribulation: Trump’s day in court must come before the 2024 election

Let’s ask a simple question: should any credible presidential candidate be allowed to commit crimes unperturbed, no matter their severity or how flagrantly, openly and unapologetically they’re committed? Should a presidential candidate be able to, in effect, shoot someone on Fifth Ave. and have that dealt with only after the…

The Independent UK

Republican sparks outrage with ‘coloured people’ remark on House floor: ‘Racist and repugnant’

‘I will not tolerate such racist and repugnant words in the House Chamber or anywhere in the Congress’

The Independent UK

Iowa's restrictive abortion measure faces legal challenge as governor prepares to sign it into law

An Iowa judge will consider a request to postpone the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law

The Independent UK

Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds that only about 1 in 10 U.S. adults give high ratings to the way democracy is working in the United States or how well it represents the interests of most Americans

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The Independent UK

GOP White House hopefuls face mounting pressure to stop Trump in Iowa

As the six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can emerge as serious challengers to former President Donald Trump

Tribune News Service

Biden says the economy is booming. Some voters looking ahead to 2024 don't buy it

Cindy Leonard took a break from the summer heat earlier this month to cool off on the water steps on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The price was right, she said — free. “With the price of groceries going up, gas, electrical bills, you have to watch what you buy,” she said.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz offers bill that would bar federal agencies from using controversial term Latinx

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz wants to block federal agencies from using the term “Latinx.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Chicago three times in coming weeks to boost Biden achievements

Kamala Harris will also headline a fundraiser to benefit the Biden/Harris re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. House adopts Texas Republican’s amendment blocking Pentagon abortion policy

Under U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson’s change to the annual defense policy bill, service members could no longer be paid travel expenses if they are stationed in a state where abortion is not available.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former appellate court judge enters race to replace Kim Foxx as top Cook County prosecutor

Eileen O’Neill Burke, who stepped down as an appellate court judge this month, is the second candidate to enter the race for Cook County state’s attorney.

Chicago Sun-Times

3 finalists picked for job of Chicago police superintendent

A civilian commission narrowed the field to Angel Novalez, Shon Barnes and Larry Snelling. Mayor Brandon Johnson now has 30 days to either choose one or reject them all and order the panel to launch another search.

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