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Trump lawyers evoke 1931 trial of ‘Scottsboro boys’ in election case

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/02/2023 - 3:15am
In 1931, nine Black teens were wrongfully convicted of raping two White women. Trump’s lawyers cited the case in their unsuccessful bid to delay trial until 2026.
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Ex-employee sues CPAC alleging racial bias, defamation by Schlapp, others

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 8:00pm
The lawsuit against CPAC threatens to compound legal expenses for the conservative organization, which is facing other litigation.
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Brian Kemp ushers his party away from the Trumpian deep end — again

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 5:51pm
In rejecting an effort to target Trump prosecutor Fani Willis (D), the Georgia governor undercut the GOP’s whole “weaponization” push.
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Proud Boys leader gets 18 years, matching longest Jan. 6 punishment to date

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 4:08pm
Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years, and member Dominic Pezzola, seen enabling the first breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by smashing a window, received a 10-year term.
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The patterns of out-of-state abortions

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 3:48pm
From 2011 to 2020, the number of Alabamans seeking abortions out of state rose sharply.
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Trump’s Georgia trial is readied for TV, while others are hard to see

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 3:30pm
Trump’s Georgia trial will be televised, a judge ruled in a state that offers far more courthouse media access than the other places he is facing charges.
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Kentucky’s governor won’t commit to appointing Republican if McConnell resigns

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 3:17pm
Gov. Andy Beshear (D) previously vetoed a 2021 law that requires him to replace an outgoing senator with someone of the same party, but the Republican-controlled legislature overrode the veto.
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‘We need 50 million bucks’ and other takeaways from a pro-DeSantis PAC’s pitch

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 2:36pm
In a roughly 90-minute pitch, Never Back Down officials laid out their strategy for the coming months of the campaign.
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Appeals court won’t block Trump deposition in ex-FBI employees’ suit

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 2:35pm
The Justice Department wants to keep Trump from testifying about the firing of an FBI agent and the release of his text messages with an FBI attorney.
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FTC, Amgen reach deal to allow $28 billion pharmaceutical merger

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:28pm
The Federal Trade Commission dropped its lawsuit to block Amgen’s merger with Horizon Therapeutics, reaching a deal it said would prevent anticompetitive behavior.
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Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 10:04am
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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Be glad you’re not in charge of raising money for Ron DeSantis

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 10:02am
Allies of the Florida governor would really like people to throw their good money after bad.
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Highways are the next antiabortion target. One Texas town is resisting.

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/01/2023 - 5:00am
A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion
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Families crossing U.S. border illegally reached all-time high in August

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 6:44pm
At least 91,000 migrants crossing in a family group were arrested in August, an influx that may return immigration to the spotlight for the 2024 election.
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McConnell tries to tamp down health concerns after second incident

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 6:10pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday suffered his second public incident of freezing up in five weeks, prompting questions about his health that his aides have declined to address.
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Abortion fight unites the left and rattles the right in key Wis. battleground

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 5:00pm
Republicans in Door County, which has backed all but two presidential winners in the last 50 years, are grappling with the political fallout of an unpopular ban.
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What was Giuliani allegedly hiding?

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 4:37pm
A judge said Rudy Giuliani deliberately flouted his obligations to save and turn over communications. That would seem to say plenty about his legal jeopardy.
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Ex-congressman Peter Meijer launches exploratory committee for Senate run

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:33pm
The Michigan lawmaker was defeated in a Republican primary last year after being one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump.
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Justice Thomas details jet travel, property deal with billionaire

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:23pm
Supreme Court justice reports three trips on billionaire Harlan Crow’s jet, says one was for security reasons after leak of ruling that ended Roe v. Wade.
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A different way to consider McConnell’s (and Feinstein’s) Senate service

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 2:54pm
Most importantly: a different way to consider Lisa Murkowski’s.
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