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The main thing to know about Rogers as a potential Department of Defense pick is that he's a staunchly pro-Ukraine hawk, and a fun secondary thing is he's also the guy who had to be held back from clocking Matt Gaetz during the speaker vote.

Completely idiotic. They will be pardoned by the #1 instigator: Trump. Thanks for nothing, Garland.

Apparently, in these last 72 days, the Justice Dept is going to focus on the most egregious cases of Jan 6.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jan-6-cases-what-happens-focus-felony-rioters-trump-election-rcna175386

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Republicans are already fighting among themselves. Sen. Hawley has backed John Cornyn to be majority leader, and Cornyn is anti-MAGA. The party is already looking beyond Trump because the midterm elections can’t depend on him. Trump is a lame duck president.

NBC News projects: Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won re-election in Washington's 3rd Congressional District.

Latino Vote breakdown in the 2024 U.S. election by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas digs deeper. The group that went red were Cubans. My fellow Mexican brothers and sisters favored Harris. Granted, Trump picked up Latinos across all groups, so we have work to do, but the Hispanic vote is not a monolith.
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-latino-vote-2024-us-presidential-election

Dave Min has taken the lead in CA’s 47th Congressional District with 75% of the vote in so far.

Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen will win reelection over Republican Sam Brown, CNN projects. cnn.it/3YKi98v

Howarth Park this afternoon

House Democrats have flipped another Republican-held seat, once again defying political gravity.

Congrats to Janelle Bynum!

Control of the House of Representatives has yet to be decided.