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GOP wants to "expunge" Trump impeachment

No, Congress can't un-impeach a president

Salon

Seth Meyers on Madison Cawthorn’s loss: ‘A rare treat to watch Republicans tear each other apart’

Late-night hosts discuss the scandal-ridden Trump ally’s loss in the North Carolina GOP primary and Dr Oz’s too-close-to-call race in Pennsylvania

The Guardian - US

Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate - Roll Call

Deficit-concerned senators blocked the Senate from considering a $48 billion aid package for restaurants and other small businesses Thursday.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf correction

EDITORS: The Carl P. Leubsdorf column that moved on May 12 (Headline: "Now it's Democrats painting GOP as too extreme") contained an error. The column mischaracterized the pending Supreme Court decision on abortion. The leaked opinion does not call for a ban on all abortions.

Tribune News Service

Most Americans disapprove of Biden, Congress, and Supreme Court performance, new poll finds

The Quinnipiac University poll found Americans disapprove of the job performance of all three branches of the federal government

The Independent UK

Back in Georgia, Newt Gingrich looks to make his mark on 2022 election

ATLANTA — Villa Richardson sits atop a hill with a sweeping view of Rome. The 19th-century palazzo is the residence of the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. And it's where Newt Gingrich spent most of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Tribune News Service

Senate OKs $40B Ukraine aid bill for Biden’s signature - Roll Call

The $40.1 billion package of military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine is on its way to President Joe Biden's desk.

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Biden urges Senate to ‘quickly’ ratify addition of Finland, Sweden to NATO in defiance of Putin - Roll Call

President Biden stood beside his Swedish and Finnish counterparts to support them joining NATO, in defiance of Vladimir Putin and Russia.

Roll Call

Editorial: Pa. Republican Party chair should resign over Doug Mastriano debacle

Faced with Doug Mastriano’s insurgent candidacy, the state’s Republican leaders chose to do precisely nothing to protect Pennsylvania from a fanatic who would use the power of the governor’s office to try to subvert the laws of the United States.

Tribune News Service

Biden speaks truth: Is that enough?

In refusing to call out Tucker Carlson and Trump after Buffalo, the president is backing away from a fight

Salon

A look at this week’s battleground primary results

Welcome to the Thursday, May 19, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Why NC Republicans aren’t planning to immediately try banning abortion

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican legislators in North Carolina are not necessarily clamoring to quickly join other GOP-led states in fully outlawing abortion — even with the Supreme Court expected to overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks and allow states to set stricter abortion rules than in the past.

Tribune News Service

Rise of ultra-MAGA right could play into Dems’ hands

The rise of far-right GOP candidates has some Republicans considering voting Democratic this fall.

Axios

‘McCarthyism within my own party’: Pat McCrory speaks out after US Senate race loss in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. — After more than 30 years in Charlotte and North Carolina politics, Pat McCrory’s name appeared on a ballot Tuesday for potentially the last time.

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Where does Idaho Lt. Gov. McGeachin’s loss fit with other Trump-endorsed primary candidates?

BOISE, Idaho — Nearly all of former President Donald Trump’s endorsements for Tuesday’s midterm primary elections emerged victorious, except for two candidates.

The Independent UK

Missouri governor OKs new US House map favoring Republicans

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed new U.S. House districts into law to be used beginning with this year's elections

Ballotpedia

Sandy Smith wins North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District Republican primary

Sandy Smith defeated Sandy Roberson and six other candidates in the Republican Party primary for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent G.K. Butterfield (D) did not run for re-election

Chicago Sun-Times

Good riddance to Madison Cawthorn

Despite all of his obvious problems, Donald Trump backed him anyway, even posting a late defense of the serial screw-up on his Truth Social account. Cawthorn lost the GOP primary.

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The Conversation

Appealing to Trump (and his base) might have worked in Pennsylvania primaries – but it won't play so well in the midterms

The Pennsylvania primaries of May 17, 2022, proved a good night for Donald Trump, a better one for “Trumpism” and a problem for moderates hoping for a candidate primed to capture the center in the upcoming midterms.

The Independent UK

Defeated GOP primary candidate blames Sean Hannity for her loss accusing him of ‘flat out lies’

‘Almost single-handedly, Sean Hannity sowed seeds of disinformation, flat-out lies every night for the past five days’

The Independent UK

Oregon primaries set up competitive governor's race

Oregon’s November gubernatorial election, which is usually a one-sided victory for the Democratic party, is setting up to be a competitive and contentious three-way race

The Independent UK

How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action

Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen

The Independent UK

Elon Musk predicts Democrat ‘dirty tricks campaign’ against him after switching his vote to Republican

The tycoon described Democrats as ‘the party of division and hate’ after legislators questioned his attempt to take control of Twitter and unban Donald Trump

Reason

Pennsylvania Democrats Say Doug Mastriano Is a Danger to Democracy. Why Did They Help Him Win?

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro ran ads that boosted Mastriano's GOP primary campaign. There's no way this strategy could ever backfire, right?

Roll Call

Primaries show divisions are not only between the parties, but within them

Results were mixed on the influence of big endorsements and super PACs in races in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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