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Rosalynn Carter: Advocate for Jimmy Carter and many others, always leveraging her love of politics

Former first lady died aged 96 on Sunday

The Independent UK

The former first ladies expected to attend Rosalynn Carter’s funeral

Here are all the first ladies from the United States that are most likely to attend Rosalynn Carter’s funeral

The Independent UK

George Santos says he expects to be expelled from Congress

Last week the long-awaited House Ethics Committee investigation into the embattled congressman was published

The Independent UK

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All Illinois middle schoolers must pass a civics education class. How do you make sure it sticks?

CPS discourages civics tests based on rote memorization. Try a quiz using that approach — and see what schools are doing now instead.

Chicago Sun-Times

It's good women won't marry Trump voters

Now the Washington Post has joined a campaign to shame women for having the bare minimum "no Trump voters" standard

Salon

Here Are The Latino Representatives Who Aren't Seeking Reelection

Two intend to retire from public office, although one will likely be expelled, and the other will make a Senate run

Latin Times

Highest number of odd-year constitutional amendments approved since 2003

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 28, Brew.

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A quiet swing state crackdown

Several key swing states have moved fast to restrict voting ahead of the next presidential election

Salon

Georgia prosecutors oppose plea deals for Trump, Meadows and Giuliani

Exclusive: sources say Fulton county prosecutors unwilling to offer deals to key trio, preferring instead to force them to trial

The Guardian - US

Five Elections In 2024 That Will Shape The Global Order

Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Poll after poll shows that a majority of voters think the gaffe-prone Democrat is too old to be commander-in-chief, despite his likely rival, ex-president Donald Trump making similar slip-ups at 77.

International Business Times

Jimmy Carter, 99, To Attend Wife Rosalynn's Memorial With Biden

Jimmy Carter, the 99-year-old former president whose lifelong love for his wife Rosalynn became a near legend in US politics, will bid farewell to her Tuesday in a ceremony also attended by President Joe Biden.

International Business Times

Florida state official lay collapsed for 24 minutes outside Ron DeSantis’s office

Peter Antonacci, the chief elections fraud official, died after a heated meeting in the governor’s office and slumped in the hallway

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris touts White House record at Latino event ahead of 2024

The vice president’s Houston visit comes as the Biden campaign works to shore up Latino support ahead of a potential rematch against former President Donald Trump next year.

The Texas Tribune

Trump’s Jan 6 committee ‘fishing expedition’ denied by DC judge

Federal judge Tanya Chutkan denies former president’s attempt to subpoena ‘missing’ records

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No primary pass for six Congressional Dems on first filing day

A slew of statewide and county candidates filed petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Cook County clerk’s office on the first day of the week-long filing period to gain a spot on the March 19 primary ballot.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID-19 dogs Burke trial, but no plans to halt rest of week’s testimony

COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place. The FBI raided his offices five years ago this week. Criminal charges followed in 2019, but the pandemic helped scuttle plans to begin the…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss appears to back White House return for Donald Trump

The former US president is the front-runner in the race to be the Republican candidate in 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rosalynn Carter was a pioneer in her role as first lady

She was soft-spoken but politically savvy and determined to increase awareness about mental illness at a time when many were embarrassed to discuss it, a Chicago-based member of her advance team writes.

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Democratic senator suggests putting conditions on funding for Israel

Chris Murphy joined the growing group of Democrats expressing unease over the scale of civilian casualties in Gaza

Salon

Expert: Judge "regrets" ungagging Trump

But ex-prosecutor warns threats will likely "get worse" if Trump is punished for repeated violations

The Independent UK

DeSantis aide lay ‘dead or dying’ outside governor’s office for 24 minutes

Peter Antonacci, 74, died on 23 September 2022 after ‘abruptly’ leaving a meeting

The Conversation

Polls say Trump has a strong chance of winning again in 2024. So how might his second term reshape the US government?

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a zealous convert to Donald Trump’s cause, once offered an expansive vision of how Trump should rule in a second term: “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”

Salon

Filing reveals Trump-inspired threats

"He’s taking a page right from the mafia, plain and simple," legal expert says, urging courts to crack down

The Independent UK

When is the George Santos expulsion vote expected?

Santos said he is expecting to be expelled from Congress this week

The Independent UK

Bribes, treason and hay bales: The scattered history of expulsions from Congress

George Santos set to become only third Member of Congress to be expelled since 1861, Gustaf Kilander writes

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