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Ballotpedia · Jul 24, 2023

CNN host in shock as Pence supports Jan 6 Maga movement: ‘They wanted to hang you’

Dana Bash calls former VP’s words ‘pretty remarkable’

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Democratic governor pushes back against transgender-related attacks by GOP in Kentucky campaign

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is pushing back against Republican efforts to cast him as an advocate of gender reassignment surgery for minors

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

DeSantis defends Florida curriculum that suggests slaves benefited from forced labour

Florida schools have embraced curriculum that shys away from discussing the evils of slavery

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez insults Italian Americans. We need better from our leaders.

It’s another example of the divisive, unprofessional and total lack of quality representation that is eroding our political environment.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 23, 2023

Struggling DeSantis and Pence attack criminal justice law they championed

Candidates for Republican nomination attack First Step Act enacted under Trump in attempt to look tough on crime

The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2023

Blue in a red state: It's important

My friend ran for state Senate in Iowa and got creamed. He knew he would. It was definitely worth it

Salon · Jul 23, 2023

Blowback review: Miles Taylor on the dangers of a second Trump term

The aide who was Anonymous writes, under his own name, with an urgency the New York Times and others should note

The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2023

School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution

In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

Democrats eye Wisconsin high court's new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control next month and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023