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Why Little-Noticed State Legislative Races Could Be Hugely Consequential

Races in state legislatures are often quiet and turn on local issues like roads or schools. But a Supreme Court case could give these legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal .

nytimes.com/2022/10/10/us/poli

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Stacey Abrams balances pragmatism and hope, amid Georgia's midterm

npr.org/2022/10/04/1126745000/

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News to me
Valeriy Tarasenko, associate of fake heiress who wandered Mar-a-Lago and posed with Donald Trump, shot outside Canadian resort

Former business partner of woman who masqueraded as 'Anna de Rothschild' shot in parking lot

post-gazette.com/news/crime-co

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Early voting has begun in Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota, Virginia, New Jersey and Vermont.

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Amy Siskind
Bottom of the barrel justices! We must keep control of the Senate in 40 days. This is what happens when McConnell and the Federalist Society get their quacks to the bench.

Judge rules Trump lawyers don’t have to clarify Mar-a-Lago document claims

Special master Raymond Dearie had told Donald Trump’s attorneys to address whether documents were, as Trump has claimed, planted or declassified

archive.ph/pDJke

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“The recent wave of challenges have been filed by right-wing activists who believe conspiracy theories about fraud in the 2020 presidential election…the vast majority of the complaints have been rejected, in many cases because election officials found the challenges were filed incorrectly, rife with bad information or based on flawed data analysis.”

nytimes.com/2022/09/28/us/poli

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Amy Siskind
This seems promising - 41 days - let’s get out the vote!
“Republican Enthusiasm Is on the Decline: The share of Republicans who said they are “extremely” or “very” enthusiastic about the midterm elections has dropped to 54% from a 65% high reached in mid-August, giving Democrats an enthusiasm advantage.”

morningconsult.com/2022-midter

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The Takeaway today

Adam Serwer on The Cruelty is the Point
As Republican governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott send migrants to Democrat run cities and the Supreme Court's conservative majority evades long-standing legal procedure, Atlantic staff writer Adam Serwer discusses how the cruelty of these practices is still the point.

Excellent podcast.

npr.org/podcasts/381444253/pri

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Here is a great site for volunteer opportunities->

mobilize.us/sisterdistrict/eve

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Everything You Need to Vote

vote.org/

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Strengthening our democracy and winning the fight over voting rights begins in the states

Swing Left’s 10-year plan in the states requires us to set short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Our target selection in 2022 prioritizes states where winning competitive governorships has the greatest potential to help protect democratic outcomes in 2024, or states where Democrats have a clear chance to flip legislative chambers and make durable gains

swingleft.org/p/states

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House passes election law overhaul in response to Jan. 6

The bill, which is similar to bipartisan legislation moving through the Senate, would overhaul an arcane 1800s-era statute known as the Electoral Count Act that governs, along with the U.S. Constitution, how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners

apnews.com/article/2022-midter

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Trump’s Pick for the Mar-a-Lago Special Master Was a Spectacular Own Goal
BY ROBERT KATZBERG

Expecting Raymond Dearie to blindly uphold their extreme legal position is also evidence that the Trump legal teams’ addiction to self-inflicted wounds continues, as does the hemorrhaging of their client’s ability to avoid criminal prosecution.

slate.com/news-and-politics/20

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Jennifer Taub
From her interview on CNN New Day this morning following her courtroom view on the Special Master hearing yesterday.

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Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents

A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office

nytimes.com/2022/09/19/us/poli

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Some hard truth here:

As the GOP becomes more brazen, the media seems to shrink further from its responsibility as truth-tellers and democracy advocates. Our democracy hangs in the balance.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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Kise has appeared before the Supreme Court on four cases and has previously worked with Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis, CNN reported in August after Kise was confirmed to be a part of the legal team. He will take on BOTH Trump's classified documents case and the January 6th case.

Kise has been credited with helping DeSantis become governor in 2018...

businessinsider.com/trump-paid

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Trump’s Save America paid $3 million to cover top lawyer’s legal work.

“Throughout the committee's investigation, we found evidence that the Trump campaign and its surrogates misled donors as to where their funds would go and what they would be used for,” Lofgren said at the committee’s second hearing. “So not only was there the Big Lie, there was the Big Rip-off.”

news.yahoo.com/trump-save-amer

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New Trump Attorney Negotiated $3 Million Advance Payment for Work

Chris Kise sought the arrangement based on unprecedented investigation, Trump’s reputation for not paying legal fees.

wsj.com/articles/new-trump-att

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