High-powered dark money group seeks to disbar 100+ Trump election lawyers The 65 Project hopes to deter right-wing legal talent from signing on to any future GOP efforts to overturn elections. Axios · Mar 7, 2022
Republican 'unforced errors' threaten path to Senate control Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022
GOP senators defend sharing photos during Zelensky call amid calls for Twitter to delete posts Senators Marco Rubio and Steve Daines came under fire for posting screen grabs of President Volodymyr Zelensky just minutes into a Zoom call after being asked not to by Ukrainian officials for security reasons The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022
Walker taking no sides in Georgia's GOP contest for governor Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of Georgia says he's not taking sides in the state's GOP primary campaign for governor The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022
QAnon supporter praises Putin Lauren Witzke, a far-right Christian nationalist and QAnon supporter, views Putin as a "symbol of Christian piety" Salon · Mar 5, 2022
Michael Madigan’s indictment adds corruption to crime and COVID as election-year issues for Democrats The swagger that Illinois’ Democrats have displayed since taking full control of Springfield three years ago had already been tamped down by the political realities of confronting crime and COVID when corruption reared up as one more daunting campaign issue heading into this year’s elections. Chicago Tribune · Mar 5, 2022
Florida Senate passes GOP election police bill The Florida Senate has passed a voting law package that was pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and would create a police force dedicated to pursing election crimes The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022
Mike Pence refutes Trump in speech condemning Putin ‘apologists’ in GOP, calls for end to ‘relitigating’ 2020 election ‘We cannot win by fighting yesterday’s battles, or by relitigating the past’ The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022
Analysis: DeSantis has momentum in bid to wrestle GOP away from Trump Ron DeSantis is having a moment. Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022
Pence: There's no room in GOP for "apologists for Putin" "Elections are about the future," Pence will say in a not so subtle repudiation of Trump and his supporters' ongoing focus on 2020. Axios · Mar 4, 2022
Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a 15-week abortion ban into law after Florida’s legislature joined the trend of Republican-led states anticipating a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could sharply limit abortion rights in America The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022
Will Bunch: Here’s the message that wins the midterms for Democrats, if they’re not afraid It hasn’t aired yet, but I want to share with you the political ad that could win the 2022 midterm elections for the Democrats — even with all the doom and gloom about President Joe Biden’s approval rating and all the historical trends that favor the GOP. For reasons that… The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 4, 2022
DeSantis has momentum in bid to wrestle GOP away from Trump - Roll Call Florida's Ron DeSantis trails Donald Trump in a conservative group's 2024 poll, but has trimmed his deficit by 11 points in recent months. Roll Call · Mar 4, 2022
The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022 Ducey, Hogan, Sununu: Why GOP governors who spurned Trump are refusing to run for Senate Their decisions are huge blows to the GOP’s effort to retake control of the Senate, writes John Bowden
Roll Call · Mar 3, 2022 The political unicorn that goes poof in midterm elections - Roll Call President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union amid a contentious midterm campaign environment. Will it matter?
Ballotpedia · Mar 3, 2022 Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12 Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition
Roll Call · Mar 3, 2022 At the Races: Taxes, vets split GOP? - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.
The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022 Pelosi: GOP Reps. Boebert, Greene 'should just shut up' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had stern words for two of the most right-wing members of her chamber after their outbursts during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union
Salon · Mar 3, 2022 The GOP's anti-vaxx campaign backfired The right wants to import Canada's anti-vaxx truckers to the U.S. — but there's nothing for them to protest now
The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2022 Seth Meyers on Boebert and Greene: ‘Like a non-stop national hangnail’ Late-night hosts discuss GOP antics during Biden’s State of the Union speech, Biden’s verbal gaffes and the Ukrainian resistance to Russian invaders
Roll Call · Mar 3, 2022 White House lowers COVID supplemental expectations; GOP resistance remains The White House's request for supplemental request for COVID-19 funding shows lowered expectations in the face of Republican questions.
Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2022 Will new abortion restrictions, long-sought goal of conservatives, produce a political backlash and help Democrats in 2022 elections? FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Republicans signaled months ago that 2022 would be the year they’d impose new restrictions on abortion access in Florida, Democrats had a warning: Limiting access would produce a political backlash, and a torrent of enraged voters would punish the GOP in this year’s elections.
Salon · Mar 3, 2022 Is Pennsylvania losing its sh*t? GOP gubernatorial candidates can't resist "extreme anti-government" group with multiple ties to Jan. 6 riot
Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2022 Editorial: NCGOP blames Biden’s ‘weak’ response to Russia, but can’t say what ‘strong’ would be As Russia continues its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, bombarding cities and displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, some North Carolina Republicans are focusing on a different enemy: President Joe Biden.