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After Abrams loss and Warnock win, where do Georgia Democrats go from here?

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats are entering the new year at a crossroads, at once demoralized by the stinging defeats of Stacey Abrams and other statewide candidates but upbeat about the runoff victory of U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.

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Commentary: The negative aspects of Democrats' new primary calendar

President Joe Biden has asked the Democratic National Committee to alter the presidential nomination calendar drastically for 2024. Notably, his proposal would remove Iowa from its coveted lead-off position by replacing the caucuses with the South Carolina primary, which would move up a few spots. Georgia and Michigan would be…

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Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched'

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022

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Adam Kinzinger slams fellow Republicans in farewell speech: ‘We shelter the ignorant, the racist’

The representative from Illinois is retiring at the conclusion of the current Congress

The Independent UK

McCarthy's tortured calculus extends beyond speaker battle

Moderate and Biden-district Republicans are adding to McCarthy's headaches.

Axios

After Uvalde, Texas Could Finally Fix Notorious Flaw in Public Information Act

An El Paso Democrat wants to close the “dead suspect loophole” that’s helped gut Texas’ once-distinguished open records law.

Texas Observer

At the Races: Virginia is for voters - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Donald Trump unveils $99 trading cards for Christmas in 'major' announcement

After teasing his most devout followers that he was to make a major announcement, former US President Donald Trump instead asked them to buy his new NFT trading cards. The digital tokens show Trump as a superhero

Daily Mirror

5 House conservatives plan to vote as a unit on McCarthy's speaker bid

If they stick to their guns, it could derail McCarthy's path to the top job.

Axios

A moderate in a ‘toxic’ place, Fred Upton says goodbye to Congress - Roll Call

The long-serving Republican from Michigan built a bipartisan legacy and took flak for impeaching Donald Trump.

Roll Call

Americans are sick of lawmakers bickering. They don't have much hope that will change

Three-quarters say they want members of Congress to compromise with each other across the aisle, but 58% say they have no confidence they will, more than double the percent who said so in 2008.

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Ballot measures on weed and abortion won in 2022. Now they're fueling a backlash

Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers.

WEKU

Commentary: Why the GOP’s ‘tough on crime’ ads failed

The ads were dark and ominous: grainy footage with a message that screams “you are not safe.” You likely know exactly which ads I’m talking about because the Republican party spent more than $150 million on these ads this midterm election cycle.

Tribune News Service

Trudy Rubin: Will Congress really send 80,000 Afghans back to the Taliban?

Before the United States made its chaotic exit from Afghanistan in August 2021, Congress had promised special immigrant visas to Afghans who worked with our military or civilians. Once our allies were without the protection of American forces, they would surely face Taliban revenge.

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Anti-Kevin McCarthy group vows not to be picked off one by one

WASHINGTON — As Republicans huddled Wednesday to discuss House rule changes that could help Kevin McCarthy in his quest to become speaker, five members who have publicly opposed him made clear they’re organizing as a bloc and can’t be peeled off individually.

Tribune News Service

House sends Senate 1-week stopgap funds extension to buy time

WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

Axios

String of polls show Trump is bleeding GOP base support

It threatens to place Trump's 2024 comeback bid in serious jeopardy.

Salon

GOP "humiliated" ex-NFL cheerleaders

A House Committee Republican memo included explicit images of the cheerleaders emailed by the former team president

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House sends Senate one-week stopgap funds extension to buy time - Roll Call

The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

Roll Call

Anti-McCarthy group vows not to be picked off one-by-one - Roll Call

A bloc of five Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker say they are working together as the party debates House rules.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell: Trump’s candidates fumbled 2022 away for GOP in Senate

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump’s overwhelming influence in Republican Senate primaries led to hobbled candidates in 2022 who lost winnable general election races, leaving Democrats in control of the upper chamber for at least another two years.

Roll Call

GOP seeks unity on spending restraints under divided government

Conservatives peeved about an omnibus bill are looking at ways to restore some fiscal and process discipline to the appropriations process.

The Independent UK

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Tennesseans misunderstand abortion law, want exceptions

New Vanderbilt University polling has found that most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Trump teases ‘superhero’ announcement as DeSantis rises in shock 2024 poll

Former president appears alarmed by advancing criminal investigations into him and his associates

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