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Texas AG Paxton Flees Home To Avoid Subpoena
INSIDE: Oath Keepers ... Sinema ... NASA
09.27.22 | 7:45 am
The Key Ingredients Of Christian Nationalism
Christian nationalism isn’t new. But its core components are dominating Republican politics.
09.27.22 | 6:59 am
Where Things Stand: Sinema Doesn’t Just Love The Filibuster. She Wants To Strengthen It
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09.26.22 | 6:13 pm

One of the two most thorn-in-Democrats’-side senators rather brazenly planted her flag on the filibuster today — and she did it at a … Mitch McConnell event of all places.

Calling Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) the “most effective first-term senator” he’s seen in his decades in the upper chamber, McConnell introduced Sinema ahead of her speech and Q&A at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.

“She is, today, what we have too few of in the Democratic Party: a genuine moderate and a deal-maker,” he said.

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How Interesting Is The J6 White House Rioter Call? Prime Badge
Somewhat, but not conclusive.
09.26.22 | 4:28 pm
DeSantis Still Mum Prime Badge
09.26.22 | 3:16 pm

The Post has another updated narrative of the events surrounding Florida’s shipment of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. It is mainly more human detail about the journey of one Venezuelan migrant named Jose. But it does give a bit more flavor or “Perla’s” MO, including offering McDonald’s voucher to migrants who’d gone without food in exchange for signing a transport waiver most of which hadn’t been translated into Spanish. The other thing that is clear is that reporters seem to have more detail than made it into this article about the contracting arrangements by which Florida paid for these operatives in Texas to run their operation for them.

How America’s Democracy Is ‘Ripe To Be Exploited’
Why are so many people now embracing demagogues? Barbara Walter, political scientist and author of “How Civil Wars Start,” says that the vital signs of healthy democracy are in decline around the world.
09.26.22 | 9:30 am
Abbott’s Team Miffed That DeSantis Dehumanized Migrants Without Him
INSIDE: Gaetz ... Italy ... McCarthy
09.26.22 | 7:50 am