Jamie Belsito (D) won a Massachusetts House seat in a special election, the first Democrat to do so in the district 163 years, the Ipswich Local News reports.
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Court Throws Out Alabama Map
“A panel of three federal judges threw out Alabama’s congressional map on Monday and ordered state lawmakers to draw a new one with two, rather than just one, districts that…
Bipartisan Infrastructure Group Turns to Election Reform
“The bipartisan group focused on updating the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is seizing on this recess period to court senators more freely,” Axios reports. “The group is led by…
Pompeo Spends Big on Media Training
“Mike Pompeo’s political action committee spent $30,000 on media training from last March to June — the most on any service beyond payroll during the first six months of 2021,”…
Democratic Lawmaker May Have Bribed Primary Rival
The Office of Congressional Ethics said that it had found reason to believe that Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL) offered a job to a potential primary opponent in exchange for a…
Exchange of the Day
At the end of a photo op, Peter Doocy of Fox News shouted a question to President Biden: DOOCY: Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?…
Sheldon Silver Dies In Prison
“Sheldon Silver, the Democratic powerhouse who ruled Albany until he was convicted on federal corruption charges in a stunning fall from grace, has died,” the New York Post reports. Save…
Basketball Star Claims 100 Athletes Died of Vaccine
Hall of Fame basketball player John Stockton falsely told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that more than 100 professional athletes have died of Covid vaccination. Said Stockton: “I think it’s highly recorded…
Turkish Journalist Arrested for Insulting Erdogan
A Turkish journalist has been sent to prison for “insulting” the nation’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, CNN reports. Save to Favorites
Why More Inexperienced Candidates Are Running
Geoffrey Skelley: “For starters, inexperienced contenders just don’t face the same barriers they once did in attracting financial support from interest groups and donors. Traditionally, it’s been a challenge for…
Judges Greenlight Special Grand Jury In Trump Probe
“A panel of Fulton County judges on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President…
New York Democrats Will Control Redistricting
“New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission has failed to reach consensus on a new congressional map, ensuring that the state’s Democratic lawmakers will redraw district lines in a process that could…
Aid to Poor Mothers Improved Brain Function in Babies
“An experiment that provided poor mothers with cash stipends for the first year of their children’s lives appears to have changed the babies’ brain activity in ways associated with stronger…
Tucker Carlson Viewers Want U.S. to Side with Russia
Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) tweeted that people have called his office telling him the U.S. should be “siding with Russia” instead of Ukraine as tensions escalate between the two countries….
Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on Heightened Alert
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has placed 8,500 U.S. troops on “heightened preparedness to deploy” to eastern Europe in case NATO activates its rapid-response force over tensions with Russia, Axios reports….
GOP Lawmaker’s Wife Improperly Involved In His Office
“A newly released report by the Office of Congressional Ethics alleges that Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-CO) wife has been improperly involved in the running of his congressional office, including routinely…
California Lawmaker Proposes Student Vaccine Mandate
California state Sen. Richard Pan (D) “is proposing to require that all schoolchildren receive a Covid-19 vaccine starting in 2023, a law that would be the nation’s strictest student mandate…
Lawmakers Push Pelosi, McCarthy on Stock Trading Ban
Twenty-seven House lawmakers have signed a letter urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to bring forward legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning…
Vote-by-Mail Rejections Test Integrity of Texas Law
“With less than a month left to vote by mail in the March primary election, hundreds of applications for mail-in ballots are being rejected as both Texas voters and local…
Capitol Police Probe Those Who Meet with Lawmakers
“After the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Capitol Police’s intelligence unit quietly started scrutinizing the backgrounds of people who meet with lawmakers,” Politico reports. “Examining the social media feeds of people…
Whitmer Leads In Michigan
A new EPIC-MRA poll in Michigan shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) leading her re-election race against challenger James Craig (R), 46% to 41%. Another 13% remain undecided or refused to…
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