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Lauren Boebert attacked by her own party for ‘lewd sex acts’ at Beetlejuice show

‘This is “family values”? This is why people think the GOP are all hypocrites,’ Meghan McCain wrote

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Here’s the scary way Trump could win without the electoral or popular vote

In a ‘contingent election’, he could lose the popular vote, electoral college and all his legal cases and still end up the legal US president

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023

California voters will decide two constitutional amendments related to changing supermajority requirements for ballot measures

The California State Legislature passed two constitutional amendments on Sept. 14, 2023, that would change voter approval thresholds for certain ballot measures. Both of the constitutional amendments will appear on the ballot in Nov. 2024.

Ballotpedia · Sep 18, 2023

Ohio’s Democratic senator fights to keep one of the party’s most threatened seats

Sherrod Brown is popular among blue-collar workers and people of color, but seat is not assured in increasingly Republican state

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023

Trump found an election strategy that works – so he’s sticking to it

Indictments were unexpectedly useful for Trump to test theory that his criminal cases could benefit his campaign, and vice versa

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023

An emboldened Ken Paxton returns to a battered attorney general’s office

The impeachment proceedings, and the events that precipitated them, have left the Texas Office of the Attorney General in turmoil. Can Paxton steady the ship of an institution vital to the conservative cause?

The Texas Tribune · Sep 18, 2023

The 2023 ballots count is set. Here’s what you need to know.

Welcome to the Monday, September 18, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Sep 18, 2023

In the tale of 5 presidential impeachments, how will the latest one stack up?

House Republicans have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. But this case is different — both in substance and in process — than those of former presidents Nixon, Clinton and Trump.

WEKU · Sep 18, 2023

The U.S. has a 'primary problem,' say advocates who call for new election systems

There's a lot of discontent with America's political system, including with party-based primary elections. So reform advocates are urging states to move to nonpartisan primaries.

WEKU · Sep 18, 2023

Judge to hold hearing on ex-DOJ official's request to move Georgia election case to federal court

A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his charges in the Georgia election subversion case to federal court is set to hear arguments from former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on the same issue

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023