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Michigan GOP candidates for governor divide on Grand Rapids police shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Republican candidates to be Michigan's next governor took diverging paths this week in responding to videos that showed a Grand Rapids police officer fatally shooting 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya.

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Georgia candidates raise crush of cash for 2022. It's 'just the beginning'

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats are building a formidable advantage in their battle to hold U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's seat and flip other statewide races: a tidal wave of cash. Republicans, meanwhile, are slowly cobbling together their own mountain of moolah.

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Trump’s small-dollar donors fuel $19 million first-quarter haul

Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee that targets small-dollar donors raised $19 million in the first quarter, according to its latest filing, while the Republican Party’s biggest donors are pouring millions into groups tied to the House and Senate leaderships.

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Why Trump backed J.D. Vance

The folks involved in the Ohio Senate race are some of the most powerful in Republican politics.

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‘I was afraid of people like you’: Gay lawmaker’s emotional speech on transgender bill viewed 3 million times

‘You may win this today, but you’re going to lose,’ says Missouri state lawmaker after anti-trans bill passes

The Independent UK

Will Trump’s ‘reckless’ endorsements be a referendum on his political power?

Some say his bets on extreme candidates are risky, as losses could threaten his role as king and kingmaker in the Republican party

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes ban on transgender athletes, parents’ ‘bill of rights’

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal on Friday that would have banned transgender athletes from girls sports and another that would have required schools to let parents challenge classroom curriculum — a measure she has called a “teacher demoralization act.”

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Trump backs ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author Vance in Ohio primary

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Donald Trump endorsed venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance in the crowded May 3 Republican primary for US Senate in Ohio, offering support that could decide a close race in a key election for determining control of the chamber in November.

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Missouri Democrat confronts GOP colleague over anti-trans law: ‘I was afraid of people like you growing up’

‘You may win this today, but you’re going to lose,’ says Missouri state lawmaker after anti-trans bill passes

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Trump backs GOP’s JD Vance in US Senate primary in Ohio

"Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat

The Independent UK

GOP culture war costs taxpayers millions

Republicans are wasting taxpayer money to defend doomed bills against lawsuits to score "political points"

Salon

“Please tell me what I should be saying”: Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s desperate texts to Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows’ private texts continue to be a cesspool of GOP wrongdoing and stupidity around Jan. 6.

Mic

GOP Challenger for Alabama Governor Mocks Parents' Rights by Attacking LGBT-Friendly Charter School

Somebody tell Tim James that his political party actually supports school choice.

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Herschel Walker's campaign raises $5.5M for Senate bid

ATLANTA — Republican Senate front-runner Herschel Walker said his campaign committees amassed $5.5 million the first three months of the year for his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.

The Independent UK

Walker raises $5.5M in Georgia Senate race, trailing Warnock

Football icon and Georgia Republican Herschel Walker says his U.S. Senate campaign raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022

Salon

8 women accuse Nebraska GOPer of groping

"Sexual assault is criminal behavior and should disqualify anyone from elected leadership," GOP governor says

The Independent UK

Amid false 2020 claims, GOP states eye voting system upgrade

Election security experts for years have urged states to replace outdated voting machines

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Dianne Feinstein and the Dangers of Gerontocracy

Plus: Wikipedia vs. crypto, Elon Musk takes on Twitter, and more...

The Conversation

Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the 'white man’s party'

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.

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Republican lawmaker tells homeless people that with a little hustle, they can be like Hitler

GOP lawmaker Frank Niceley has good news for homeless people: Work hard and history may remember you as an anti-Semitic dictator who kills millions and leads your country to ruin.

The Independent UK

Nebraska GOP governor hopeful accused of groping women

A top Republican candidate for Nebraska governor is facing an onslaught of criticism after several women, including a GOP state lawmaker, alleged that he groped them at public events and forcibly kissed one woman

Chicago Sun-Times

Ranked-choice voting would disarm political crazies

Are we doomed to be at the mercy of the mad and bad in political races? One reform that seems to be getting traction is ranked-choice voting

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New Pa. US Senate poll: John Fetterman pulling ahead as Democratic favorite, GOP race still wide open

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has pulled ahead as the Democratic U.S. Senate front-runner over U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, while the GOP primary for the country's most-watched Senate race remains wide open, according to a Franklin & Marshall College Poll released Thursday.

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Does Trump's endorsement matter in Georgia? It depends, says UGA poll

One of the biggest mysteries of the May primary is how much sway Donald Trump still has among GOP voters. A University of Georgia poll offers an early glimpse at the power — and limits — of the former president's support.

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