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Ron DeSantis has his next target in his sights: freedom of the press

Florida’s rightwing governor and legislature want to gut one of the United States’ most important first amendment rulings

The Guardian - US

GOP's genocidal trolling: not just jokes

Republicans are competing for attention by ratcheting up anti-LGBTQ speech. The inevitable result is violence

Salon

Day 2 of our Top 15 stories to watch in 2023 – state elections

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The Texas House has a record number of LGBTQ representatives as lawmakers face scores of bills focused on gender and sexuality

The Texas Legislature has nine lawmakers who are openly LGBTQ, all Democrats. At the same time, some Republican lawmakers are pushing a slate of bills aimed at drag queens, transgender children and how sexuality is discussed in schools.

The Texas Tribune

Media warnings are too little, too late

The media's belated coverage of the GOP's anti-democracy attacks will never catch up

Salon

MTG's long audition to be Trump's veep

When considering her rants and tirades, remember this key fact: Marjorie Taylor Greene is in it for herself

Salon

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court’s skepticism of student loan plan has upside for liberals

The future is looking grim for President Joe Biden’s signature $400 billion student debt forgiveness plan. It seems almost certain that the Supreme Court’s conservative justices will accept the state plaintiffs’ argument that they have standing to challenge the program even though it’s far from obvious how it affects them.…

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Editorial: No room for Larry Hogan in the GOP personality cult

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s Sunday announcement that he will not seek the Republican Party nomination for president in 2024 likely came as no surprise to anyone who has been following national politics. Sure, there was a time when a governor who achieved extraordinary popularity leading a state that leaned…

Tribune News Service

George Skelton: There's no home field advantage in California for Vice President Kamala Harris

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Politicians with White House ambitions who don't have strong support in their home state probably should not run for president.

Los Angeles Times

Medicaid has a target on its back

Some House GOP members told Axios that Medicaid changes could be on the table.

Axios

Anti-trans rhetoric took center stage at CPAC amid hostile Republican efforts

Republicans are pursuing a barrage of new restrictions related to healthcare and human rights for transgender people

The Guardian - US

Nikki Haley's diet-MAGA problem

The race politics of the GOP have only become rawer and more aggressive with each election

Salon

Nicholas Goldberg: Suddenly, 'I flunked algebra' is a ticket to success

Jackie Goldberg, the president of the Los Angeles Unified School Board, said publicly last month that she was so turned off by high school that she nearly quit after 11th grade to take her GED, rather than stick around for a diploma.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The left and right are both wrong about Ron DeSantis’ ‘Western civilization’ courses

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants every college in his state to teach courses in “Western civilization.”

Chicago Tribune

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The Guardian - US

The Democrats botched the Ohio disaster response – and handed Trump a victory

The failure of Pete Buttigieg, the US secretary of transportion, to appear for nearly three weeks recalls the incompetence of Fema during Hurricane Katrina

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Ivanka distances herself from family legal woes as Hope Hicks meets Manhattan prosecutors

Follow all the latest developments in Trumpworld

The Independent UK

DeSantis to argue US should be like Fla. ahead of 2024 bid

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State speech is likely to be more about making a case to lead the country rather than an assessment of Florida’s future

The Independent UK

Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden

A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December may be blunting a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors

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Chicago Sun-Times

Don’t gloss over significance of Brandon Johnson’s trip to Selma

The Sun-Times mentioned the trip Johnson made over the weekend but did not do so in context of who he actually is.

Tribune News Service

Fort Lauderdale mayor decries ‘creeping level of hate’ after vandals deface LGBTQ pride flag painted on street

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The LGBTQ progress pride flag painted on a side street just off Fort Lauderdale beach and State Road A1A was damaged — intentionally, according to the mayor — less than three weeks after it was unveiled.

Los Angeles Times

Arnold Schwarzenegger has pointed message for antisemites: ‘You remove your own power’

LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued a powerful, 12-minute address urging antisemites to abandon their hateful ideologies and “choose strength.”

Chicago Sun-Times

‘A mail-biter’? Ald. La Spata ‘encouraged’ by slim margin in 1st Ward — but casts wary eye to ballots trickling in by mail

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) had 50.1% of the vote after the latest batch of mail-in ballots were tallied, putting him just 12 votes over the minimum needed to avoid a runoff against challenger Sam Royko.

Salon

Watchdogs call BS on GOP whistleblowers

"Legitimate whistleblowers must be protected, and these witnesses are clearly not legitimate," expert says

Chicago Tribune

Johnson and Vallas tout dueling endorsements as they jostle for support from Black voters, many of whom chose Lightfoot in 1st round

CHICAGO — Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas rolled out more endorsements Monday as they continue jostling over Black political support.

Tribune News Service

Ex-White House comms director Hope Hicks visits Manhattan DA’s office as Trump probe intensifies

NEW YORK — Ex-White House communications director Hope Hicks visited the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday as prosecutors’ criminal probe into the former president intensifies.

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