Idaho’s governor Brad Little on Tuesday night easily beat back a far-right challenge in the Republican primary from his own lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin.
Continue reading “Idaho Governor Beats Back Challenge From Trump-Endorsed Lt. Guv. McGeachin”Bye, Madison! GOP Succeeds In Its Effort To Vanquish Cawthorn
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) went down in the face of a primary challenge on Tuesday night, buckling under an onslaught of opponents and his own party’s concerted effort to purge the troublesome lawmaker from its ranks.
Continue reading “Bye, Madison! GOP Succeeds In Its Effort To Vanquish Cawthorn”Insurrection Attendee Mastriano Will Be GOP Candidate For Pennsylvania Governor
Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano surged to victory over a grab bag of primary challengers Tuesday night to become Pennsylvania Republicans’ candidate for governor.
Continue reading “Insurrection Attendee Mastriano Will Be GOP Candidate For Pennsylvania Governor”Fetterman Wins Democratic Senate Primary In Pennsylvania
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman easily won the Democratic primary to be U.S. senator for Pennsylvania Tuesday night, an open seat Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities.
Continue reading “Fetterman Wins Democratic Senate Primary In Pennsylvania”DOJ Asks Jan. 6 Committee For Transcripts As It Seeks To Expand Probe
The Justice Department has reportedly requested interview transcripts from the Jan. 6 Select Committee, signaling a seeming expansion of its efforts to investigate the events surrounding the deadly Capitol insurrection last year, according to a Tuesday New York Times report.
Continue reading “DOJ Asks Jan. 6 Committee For Transcripts As It Seeks To Expand Probe”Where Things Stand: Schumer Asks Fox To Put A Stop To Some Of Tucker’s Rampant Racism
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached out to Tucker Carlson, Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and other top Fox executives personally to ask them to stop promoting the racist bile that is the great replacement conspiracy theory.
“I write to urge you to immediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ theory on your network’s broadcasts,” he wrote in a letter obtained by the New York Times, before placing the blame for the conspiracy theory’s entrance into the mainstream squarely on Fox News’ shoulders.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Schumer Asks Fox To Put A Stop To Some Of Tucker’s Rampant Racism”Spend the Money
Some of you likely have had similar experiences or know people who have. I continue to hear from people who got COVID, got fairly sick, then took the main antiviral, Paxlovid, and basically within a day or so went from bad flu to mild cold at worst. I just heard another story like this from a reader. To be clear, these weren’t people who were hospitalized. But the people who I’m talking about were, either because of age or health conditions, people who had heightened vulnerability to COVID. They were getting sick and then they got almost totally better very quickly. Probably most or all of them would have been fine. And in many cases they were just saved a miserable week or two. But as we know, a bad case of COVID can degenerate quickly.
The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does The Least For New Parents in Need
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
When it comes to reproductive care, Mississippi has a dual distinction. The state spawned the law that likely will lead to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade. It is also unique among Deep South states for doing the least to provide health care coverage to low-income people who have given birth.
Continue reading “The State Behind Roe’s Likely Demise Also Does The Least For New Parents in Need”Court Temporarily Blocks Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban, Finding That It Likely Violates State Constitution
The Michigan Court of Claims on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of a 1931 law that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.
Continue reading “Court Temporarily Blocks Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban, Finding That It Likely Violates State Constitution”Some of November Will Come Into Focus Tonight
For Democrats to survive the 2022 midterm with their majorities intact they must walk a very, very narrow tightrope. They also need a number of things that are mostly out of their control to fall into place. One of those things is the hope that you will see some replay of what happened in 2010 and 2012. The first was an extremely good year for Republicans. The second was just so-so — Mitt Romney lost to Barack Obama after all. But it should have been a decent year for Senate Republicans since Democrats were defending their class of 2006, when they’d won Senate seats basically everywhere. In both years Republicans failed to win the Senate even though by rights they really should have. They just kept nominating crankish and extreme candidates in races that should have been winnable. That’s why there’s a Senator Chris Coons (“I’m not a witch”). That’s why Claire McCaskill (“Legitimate rape”) had one more term in the Senate. There are a bunch of other examples.