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Fierce GOP primaries in New Hampshire could doom November fortunes

Republicans could squander two winnable House races by nominating right-wing candidates.

Axios

Hillary Clinton laments US extremism and calls for unity on 9/11 anniversary

Former US secretary of state and first lady makes an impassioned attack on the turn towards extremism in American politics

The Guardian - US

Trump’s increasing tirade against FBI and DoJ endangering lives of officials

The ex-president’s cries of a witch-hunt by law enforcement, echoed by his allies, have imperiled officers’ physical safety

The Guardian - US

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Doug Mastriano prayed for Trump to ‘seize the power’ before Capitol attack

The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s governor spoke during a video call hosted by a Christian nationalist group member

The Guardian - US

Biden rallies Democrats with attack on Trump and his supporters

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden assailed his predecessor, Donald Trump, for promising to pardon rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol, and warned voters against putting Trump’s followers in charge of the House or Senate in November’s elections.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Political prediction markets are an antidote to degraded public discourse

Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, withdrew its no-action letter from Victoria University of Wellington, which since 2014 has been allowed to operate the political prediction market PredictIt.

Chicago Tribune

House GOP Leader McCarthy to roll out "Commitment to America" agenda in Pittsburgh

Remember the GOP's "Contract with America" in 1994?

Axios

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Enabling a demagogue: a new film traces Republicans’ capitulation to Donald Trump

Michael Kirk’s documentary Lies, Politics and Democracy is a chilling study in how Trump subdued the Republican party

The Guardian - US

Democracy is under attack – and reporting that isn’t ‘violating journalistic standards’

Biden gave a rare primetime address on the most important challenge facing America – and the media coverage was just more he-said/she-said reaction

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy’s mad that Joe Biden linked GOP to fascism. Maybe look in the mirror, sir?

So Kevin McCarthy doesn’t like it when he gets called a nasty name. Tough. He’s done it for years.

Tribune News Service

Jackie Calmes: No, Tucker Carlson, armed IRS agents won't be coming for Amercans' money

My dad was an armed IRS agent, gun-toting for good reason. He helped bust mob figures across northern Ohio for tax evasion, from Toledo to Youngstown. He died too young (of natural causes), and his public service is among my best memories.

Los Angeles Times

Trump blows up over Biden speech

Trump bizarrely claimed that Biden's speech was a threat to use "military force"

Salon

Biden takes aim at Trump, 'MAGA Republicans' in prime-time speech

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call to the country Thursday night, asserting in a prime-time speech that American democracy remains in great peril and bluntly singling out the person he sees as the biggest threat to the system: former President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin McCarthy backs Trump hoarding top secret papers, calling FBI search an ‘assault on democracy’

Republican leader in House frames the FBI raid as a partisan attack

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Biden asks Americans to defend democracy in elections, politics - Roll Call

President Joe Biden warned of dire threats to American democracy from some Republicans at a prime-time address in Philadelphia on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Biden's prime-time speech to call out Trump, his loyalists

The November elections are less than 10 weeks away, and President Joe Biden plans to use a prime-time speech Thursday night at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame them as part of an ongoing battle for what he's calling the “soul of the nation.”

Los Angeles Times

What the end of the Pelosi era could cost California

WASHINGTON — California could be on the cusp of losing one of the most effective national political allies it's ever had.

Salon

Fauci quits: Right wins war on science

The right's attack on science is the most dangerous of its cynical power plays. Fauci is just collateral damage

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Los Angeles Times

California Rep. Eric Swalwell says caller threatened to kill him with assault rifle

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said Tuesday that a man called his office and threatened to show up with an assault rifle to kill the congressman.

The Independent UK

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

Axios

Adam Kinzinger says Republicans in trouble ahead of midterms: "We have no leadership"

"Kevin McCarthy isn’t leading, he’s asking, 'What does Marjorie Taylor Greene want me to do?'"

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: Violent crime is spiking in Trump's California. These counties blame everyone but themselves

Homicides are up across California and the blame experts are aiming their outrage at the usual suspects.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Tribune News Service

Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON — Potential changes in control of one or both chambers in the midterm elections could put the practice of earmarking federal funds for local projects on the chopping block in the next Congress.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Republicans attacking student loan relief as a taxpayer burden got degrees on taxpayers' dime

President Joe Biden's student loan relief proposal, including a freeze on payments through the end of the year and forgiveness of $10,000 to $20,000 in loan balances, has elicited predictable cries of outrage from Republicans.

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