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Ilhan Omar embarks on new path no longer defined by 'firsts'

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is now in her third term and she's no longer defined by the “firsts” that accompanied her arrival in Congress

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The "Tennessee Three" were right

Let's face it: Democrats in GOP "trifecta" states have mostly been useless. Tennessee proves it's time to fight

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House GOP dysfunction fuels Democrats' hardball budget tactics

Democrats stick to strategy of not negotiating until GOP has a budget plan.

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Harlan Crow, who gave lavish trips to Clarence Thomas, has donated $13M to GOP

WASHINGTON — Harlan Crow, the Dallas investor whose lavish secret trips with Justice Clarence Thomas have sparked an intense debate about Supreme Court ethics, is a GOP megadonor with many friends in high places.

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Right-wing story hour: chapter 1

Conservative influencer Jack Posobiec read his so-called book to a dozen kids on a weekday morning in D.C. But why?

Salon

McCarthy faces GOP blowback after N.Y. Times leak

“The members I've spoken with are just stunned," one Republican told Axios.

Axios

Why California Republicans still use Sacramento mass shooting in push to undo prison reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One year later, Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting continues to shape discussions in the California Capitol. They revolve around one question: would lives have been saved if one of the suspects had served out his full prison sentence?

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Commentary: In Tennessee, expelled lawmakers remind a nation what political bravery looks like

The churn of local politics rarely makes national news unless the outlet happens to be C-SPAN, but headlines, history and careers were made during proceedings at Tennessee’s State Capitol on Thursday when a GOP supermajority voted to expel two of three Democratic legislators for their participation in a gun control…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election should never have happened

On Tuesday, Janet Protasiewicz defeated Dan Kelly for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. At $42 million, it was the most expensive state Supreme Court race in our nation’s history. The outcome swings the Wisconsin court’s majority away from a textualism and originalist orientation and toward more purpose-driven or evolving…

Chicago Tribune

Tennessee becomes new front in battle for American democracy

Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures

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Would Florida higher ed proposals protect students or destroy state universities?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lawmakers are weighing sweeping changes to Florida’s higher education system, including weakening tenure protections for faculty, putting a microscope on certain programs and specifying how United States history must be taught in core courses.

Orlando Sentinel

Joe Biden speaks with Tennessee lawmakers ousted by GOP officials in ‘undemocratic and unprecedented attack’

The president invited the Democratic state lawmakers to the White House

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How Tennessee GOP's majority used power to expel Democrats

The expulsion of two Tennessee Democrats over a gun control protest is an extraordinary showcase of how the levers of single-party power in America’s statehouses can be pulled not only to shut down opponents, but also to punish them

The Independent UK

Tennessee Republicans tried to silence three Democrats over guns. They turned them into national figures

A Republican attempt to cut off debate inside the Tennessee House has turned into a nationwide conversation, Josh Marcus reports

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Everything should be going right for Republicans; instead they’re getting bad headlines

The GOP is stuck talking about three things that hurt them with voters: Mr Trump, guns and abortion while the House GOP feuds

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Tennessee’s House expels 2 Democrats over gun protest, VP Harris travels to meet them

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to visit Japan

WASHINGTON -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as a possible Republican Party presidential candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, intends to visit Japan later this month, according to sources. If the visit is realized, it will be the first time for DeSantis to visit since assuming the office of…

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Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee lawmaker expulsions over gun furor

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode unprecedented and criticizing GOP leaders for refusing to enact tighter gun-control laws.

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Salon

Florida GOP bill targets Gen Z voters

The bill "came out of nowhere" and passed a committee vote within 24 hours of introduction, Democrat says

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Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee expulsions over gun furor

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode unprecedented and calling out GOP leaders for refusing to enact tighter gun-control laws.

Salon

KS trans bill may include genital checks

The passage of the anti-trans bill into law “breaks my heart,” said Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly

The Independent UK

Clarence Thomas calls luxury trips gifts from GOP megadonor ‘personal hospitality’ from ‘dearest friends’

The Supreme Court justice says he did not have to disclose luxury vacations and trips on private jets and superyachts while ethics experts and Democratic lawmakers demand investigations

The Independent UK

In DeSantis' shadow, Florida Democrats fight to be relevant

Things are so bad for the Florida Democratic Party that the arrests of its party chair and Senate minority leader could be seen as a positive

Salon

Durbin vows action of Thomas' donor ties

"The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards," Senate Judiciary chairman says

The Independent UK

Black lawmaker expelled by Tennessee GOP delivers stunning final speech on power of protest

‘A country built on people who speak out of turn, who spoke out of turn, who fought out of turn, to build a nation’

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