Dan Balz
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http://washingtonpost.com 24-07-2009 03:20:14
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SCOOP and update: Never Back Down strategist Jeff Roe resigns in wake of a The Washington Post report on turmoil within the super PAC — another sign that Ron DeSantis's campaign experiment is now in tatters, by Michael Scherer Hannah Knowles Josh Dawsey
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
A fight for Black representation, with a civil rights landmark on the line via WaPo's Patrick Marley wapo.st/3RFO9Ir
NEW: Which voters matter in presidential elections?
The ranks are shrinking. 3/4 Americans lived in places targeted by campaigns until 1980. It was 1/4 in 2020 and could be headed lower. Via Michael Scherer, Ence Morse, Josh Dawsey + Marianne LeVine
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12…
White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza
By Yasmeen Abutaleb John Hudson
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Vulgarities, insults, baseless attacks: Trump backers follow his lead. This is superb story in so many ways. From WaPo's Hannah Knowles . wapo.st/3sFApno
Children wore “FJB” shirts/hats. Other merch spelled it out. Trump lobbed insults from SOB to “pencil neck.” He brought the house down mocking Biden, at one point baselessly suggesting he’s on drugs. Hannah Knowles captured the vulgarity in Iowa
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She didn’t trust the government. She didn’t trust the news. She didn’t know whom to trust, so Kathy Nichols eased into the armchair facing her psychic.
“What comes up in my future?” she asked.
A look at the era of exhaustion & uncertainty - w Sabrina Rodríguez: wapo.st/3SLq04c
Some excellent data work here by WaPo’s Ence Morse that illuminates aspects of the Senate you might not have known.
And Josh Dawsey talks to all of them every day, and a few more. Some more than once a day. Right, Josh?
A boom of ballot initiatives is reshaping this state’s democracy. Latest in WaPo's Imperfect Union series, this by ace Greg Jaffe wapo.st/49yZbpV
The Washington Post obtained recordings of the statements Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Ken Chesebro and Scott Hall made to prosecutors as part of their plea deals. Amy Gardner Holly Bailey reviewed hours and hours of tape and compiled all of the new details: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
A maverick or a MAGA warrior? Nancy Mace tries to be both. Via WaPo’s Jacqueline Alemany washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Your weekend read: Charged alongside Trump in Georgia are a pastor, a publicist and a political activist who have signaled they are willing to stand by the former president even as others take plea deals, Patrick Marley YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 Adriana Usero report. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…