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Supreme Court rejects fringe theory that could give GOP state lawmakers unchecked election authority

Justices reject ‘independent state legislature’ theory that animated GOP attempts to overturn election results

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting claim in North Carolina elections case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against North Carolina’s Republicans, saying state lawmakers do not have sole authority to set rules for federal elections without interference from state judges.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory, but leaves door ajar

The court rules that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, a key opinion that should safeguard 2024 election integrity.

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Sentencing of former state Sen. Terry Link set for October

Link’s entanglement with the feds first became known in October 2019, when the Chicago Sun-Times and other media reported he was the unnamed state senator who wore a wire against then-state Rep. Luis Arroyo. Link lied to reporters at the time and claimed it wasn’t him.

Chicago Sun-Times

US supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights case

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue ruling following dispute over electoral maps

The Guardian - US

Biden is eager to run on the economy — 'Bidenomics' — but voters have their doubts

President Joe Biden is ready to take full political ownership of the U.S. economy -- a reflection of the White House belief that inflation is fading, job growth is solid and voters need to know about it

The Independent UK

McCarthy says Trump ‘stronger today than in 2016’ after doubting his ability to win earlier – as it happened

Republican House speaker backtracked on comments made earlier where he questioned if the ex-president is the best GOP nominee for 2024

The Guardian - US

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Nevada voters will decide on a sales tax exemption for diapers in 2024

On Nov. 5, 2024, Nevada voters will decide on a ballot measure that would provide a sales tax exemption for both child and adult diapers.

Ballotpedia

Five recent mayoral elections in America’s largest cities have been decided by fewer than 1,000 votes

As Ballotpedia prepares for August’s mayoral elections, we wanted to pause and take a look at some trends we’ve noticed across the top 100 largest cities by population. Analyzing each city’s most recent mayoral election results, ranging from 2019 to 2023, we found that the top five competitive general elections…

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Olivia Chow wins election as Toronto's first Chinese-Canadian mayor

Progressive political leader vowed to raise low property taxes and support people facing unaffordable housing

The Guardian - UK

Trump fumes about ‘illegally leaked’ CNN tape of him boasting about classified documents

Former president reacted to the release of the tape on Truth Social on Monday night, railing against ‘Deranged Special Prosecutor’ Jack Smith and baselessly accusing the DOJ and FBI of leaking it

The Independent UK

Audio emerges with new details of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents

An audio recording with new details from a 2021 meeting where ex-President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify has been released

The Independent UK

If Trump wins, he’ll turn the justice department into a vendetta machine

A second Trump presidency would kiss nonpartisan criminal justice goodbye. We must protect the attorney general’s independence

The Guardian - US

‘Democracy is on life support’: the organizers fighting voter suppression in the US south

After the 2013 supreme court ruling decimated the Voting Rights Act, advocates are working round the clock to ensure the ballot is accessible to all

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Republican executive blogged about ‘conversion therapy’ for extremist group

Mark Trammell wrote posts in 2013 and 2014 for Liberty Counsel, a group on a ‘crusade to strip LGBTQ people of their rights’

The Independent UK

Trump critics say bombshell secret papers audio has him ‘dead to rights’: ‘Couldn’t be more incriminating’

Trump charged with 37 counts related to alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving White House

The Independent UK

The FBI and Homeland Security had 'a massive amount' of warnings about Jan. 6, a Senate report finds

A new Senate report says the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U

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‘Every Single Relation In My Family… Is Transactional,’ Says Donald Trump’s Niece

Mary Trump shares why her cousin Ivanka has dissociated herself from the former president's 2024 campaign.

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America's systemic racism is global

Nearly all the people killed in U.S. wars since 9/11 have been people of color — and we almost don't notice

Axios

"It's gotten much more complicated": GOP's post-Roe abortion catch-22

Former President Trump and other Republican presidential hopefuls are skirting questions about what abortion policies they'd support if elected.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: California used to be good at building things. What happened?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is upset. He's frustrated because California isn't building nonstop as it did in the mid-20th century.

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Too little, too late for two gross injustices

The price of freedom is pathetically low in Florida, and the cost of injustice is much too high.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy

A year ago, when the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. proclaimed the death of abortion rights to be a victory for American democracy, one that might de-escalate political conflict. A month ahead of the Dobbs anniversary, Washington Post columnist George Will…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: In a speech away from NC, Mark Robinson is his old combative self

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been a little less pugilistic since officially launching his 2024 bid for governor in April. But in a speech away from North Carolina on Friday, Robinson showed a lot of his old fire.

Tribune News Service

Kansas GOP leader wants to ban nonpartisan elections. Republicans are divided about it

The Kansas Republican Party’s new chairman wants to eliminate nonpartisan elections for cities, counties and school boards, throwing his weight behind the concept after the GOP-controlled state Senate earlier this year rejected a similar idea.

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