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NRA and GOP are in $$$ cahoots

Right-wing lawmakers are "allowing children to die because of the gun lobby"

Salon · May 26, 2022

Patricia Murphy: How Brian Kemp cracked the Trump code for Republicans and won

ATLANTA — Pay attention, Republican elected officials, both local and national. And open your ears, GOP voters wondering where your party has been since 2016. Also, right-of-center family members with that crazy uncle who keeps coming to Thanksgiving, this one's for you.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Is this the end of Bush family dynasty?

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s Texas Republican primary was more than another signal of former President Donald Trump’s primacy within the GOP.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Board may find Michigan GOP governor candidates ineligible

Two leading contenders for the GOP nomination for Michigan governor could be ruled ineligible for the primary ballot

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

GOP Rep. Jim Jordan says Jan. 6 panel’s subpoena violates Constitution

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan swatted back his subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — demanding the panel first turn over information to him.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Paxton wins Republican primary runoff for Texas Attorney General

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the May 24 Republican Party primary runoff for Texas attorney general. In the March 1 primary, Paxton received 42.7% of the vote, while Bush received 22.4%. Both candidates advanced to a runoff because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

Ballotpedia · May 26, 2022

Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary heads to a recount as Oz and McCormick scrap over ballots in court

PHILADELPHIA — It’s official: The razor’s edge primary contest in Pennsylvania between GOP Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick is headed to a recount, state elections officials announced Wednesday, ensuring that the victor in the closely watched race won’t be officially declared for at least two weeks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 26, 2022

McConnell-aligned "dark money" group prepares $43 million summer ad blitz

The biggest target by far: Georgia's seat held by Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Axios · May 25, 2022

Texas massacre leads Newsom, Democrats to promise fast gun control action

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and top legislative Democrats pledged Wednesday to expedite more than a dozen bills aimed at reducing gun violence in California, promising to quickly pass laws that would allow private citizens to sue firearm manufacturers and distributors as well as require school officials to investigate…

Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2022

GOP civil war continues: PA recount

David McCormick sues over mail-in ballots in dead heat PA Senate primary against Dr. Oz

Salon · May 25, 2022