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How close races in 2020 might affect state legislative elections in 2022

Welcome to the Tuesday, August 30, Brew.

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Americans are starting to get it: we can’t let Trump – or Trumpism – back in office

Republicans have put all their chips on extremism. But voters are sending more and more signals that they’re fed up with it

The Guardian - US

A chance to win the future — right now

Political tides may be turning — but Republicans remain likely to win without vigorous progressive turnout

Salon

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Kobach is back on the November ballot. Does that give Kansas Democrats an opportunity?

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach – the Trumpy, hard-right Republican once held in contempt of court – is back on the November general election ballot for the first time in four years.

Tribune News Service

More than 40% of Americans think civil war likely within a decade

More than half of ‘strong Republicans’ think such a conflict is at least somewhat likely, poll finds

The Guardian - US

Abortion ban faces exceptions fight in South Carolina House

South Carolina House members plan to debate a new total ban on abortion Tuesday with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest even as some Republicans in the GOP-dominated chamber suggested they can’t vote for the bill as written

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Arizona GOP Senate candidate suggests Fed diversity to blame for economic woes

Blake Masters, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Arizona, said in a sarcastic tweet that the current racial and gender diversity at the Federal Reserve is responsible for the U.S.’s current economic outlook.

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The death row inmate whose conviction looks so shaky even Oklahoma Republicans are fighting to save him

Richard Glossip is set to be executed for a 1997 murder which a growing body of evidence suggests he didn’t commit, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Murkowski, Tshibaka, Chesbro, and Kelley advance to the general election in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

Nineteen candidates ran in the top-four Senate primary in Alaska on August 16, 2022. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R), Kelly Tshibaka (R), Patricia Chesbro (D), and Buzz Kelley (R) advanced to the general election.

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Matt Huffman spent more than any other Republican State Senate candidate or officeholder in Ohio

Ohio Republican State Senate candidates and officeholders have spent $4.9 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state senators and candidates, Matt Huffman has spent more than any other Republican.

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Phil Berger spent more than any other Republican State Senate candidate or officeholder in North Carolina

North Carolina Republican State Senate candidates and officeholders have spent $4.1 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state senators and candidates, Phil Berger has spent more than any other Republican.

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Uneven enforcement? Rural Georgia county avoids review after election breach

ATLANTA — In a rural South Georgia county where election officials let outsiders copy confidential voting data, legislators haven't called for the kind of state takeover or performance review that they supported in the state's voting law.

Tribune News Service

Republicans use Pelosi’s own words against her as they urge her to press Biden on student debt

‘People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone, he can delay but he does not have that power,’ House Speaker said in July

The Independent UK

Republican senator suggests Biden using Mar-a-Lago raid to distract from falling gas prices

Ernst’s talking points come as prices have dropped for weeks

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How Democrats could hold onto their majority in the House of Representatives

John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, talks about how Democrats’ fortunes have changed.

The Independent UK

Biden headed to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh on Labor Day

President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, just over two months before the November election

Los Angeles Times

Justice Department ordered to release more details of warrant in Burr stock trades probe

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to publicly release a significantly less-redacted version of the 2020 search warrant executed to seize North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s cellphone as part of an investigation into the Republican lawmaker’s stock trades at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin leads GOP congressional candidates in sharing misinformation, study finds

More Republican nonincumbents shared content online from unreliable websites than their GOP counterparts in Congress, the study found

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Salon

Palin pushes rampant misinformation

99% of links Palin has shared with followers are from sites rated as "unreliable"

The Guardian - US

Graham predicts ‘riots in streets’ if Trump is prosecuted over classified records

Republican South Carolina senator cites 'the ‘Clinton debacle’ and claims the FBI failed to investigate Hunter Biden

Reason

Three Reforms to Protect Democracy from Election Denialism

Second post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Edward Foley outlines the Team Progressive Report.

Tribune News Service

Texas Sen. John Cornyn raises privacy concerns over drunk driving prevention tech in cars

WASHINGTON — After privacy concerns arose, three Republican senators, including Texan John Cornyn, introduced legislation to repeal a provision that would mandate the development of advanced drunken driving prevention technology and require their use in all new passenger cars.

The Independent UK

Judge rejects Georgia Governor Kemp’s request to quash subpoena in Trump Fulton County case

Kemp, a Republican, will likely testify after the November election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Fact check: Will middle-class taxpayers really face an ‘army’ of IRS agents?

WASHINGTON — Look out, warn the Republicans. The Internal Revenue Service is about to unleash an army of agents eager to audit you and cost you a lot of money and aggravation.

Benzinga

Sanders Claps Back At Ted Cruz For Telling 'Slackers To Get Off The Bong' And Vote

Senator Ted Cruz has a message for the working class. "If you are that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college studying completely useless things, now has loans, and can't get a job, Joe Biden just gave you 20 grand," the Texas Republican said in the latest episode of…

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