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Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

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George Skelton: Have no Prop. 1 water projects been built in California? No, but they are moving slowly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters approved a ballyhooed $7.5-billion bond issue eight-plus years ago thinking the state would build dams and other vital water facilities. But it hasn't built zilch. True or false?

Los Angeles Times

Francis Wilkinson: Sinema will have to be partisan to be independent

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema showed up in Davos this week, where she celebrated her recently declared independence from partisanship. The most pressing problem in U.S. politics, the former Democrat from Arizona told the World Economic Forum, was “a deeply broken two-party system.”

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New gun restrictions are coming in states where Democrats reign

Illinois lawmakers wasted no time in the new legislative session, taking just five days to pass major gun safety measures that include a ban on semi-automatic rifles, high-capacity magazines and gun attachments that simulate automatic fire.

Tribune News Service

Meet the Latest Wingnuts to Join the State Board of Ed

Highlights of the new Texas State Board of Education include: Seditious Texiters. Conspiracy theorists. And a January 6 insurrectionist.

Texas Observer

As Roe anniversary approaches, Republicans debate next moves

WASHINGTON — Political messaging and state legislative activity related to abortion are ramping up in the lead-up to two milestones for abortion rights activists and opponents — the annual March for Life, scheduled for Friday, and the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22.

Tribune News Service

House GOP rewards hard-liners, Santos with committee seats

Look who's in line for coveted House committee assignments

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Republican Dave McCormick is making moves for a potential run against Sen. Bob Casey in Pa.

Shortly after Republicans' disappointing November election, Dave McCormick hosted several dozen GOP strategists, donors, and insiders for drinks and food at his stately home in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans target Penn after classified documents found in Biden’s former office

A University of Pennsylvania think tank tied to President Joe Biden is facing one of the first inquiries from congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers aim to use their new-found power in the U.S. House to investigate the Democratic president.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As Roe anniversary approaches, Republicans debate next moves - Roll Call

March for Life, Roe anniversary highlight how the abortion debate has changed in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

Roll Call

Commentary: Here comes Mr. Jordan

As one of its first acts after taking control of the House of Representatives, Republicans chose not to attack inflation, public health needs, a drought that threatens farmland in the rural West, or even the immigration crisis at the southern border, but rather “approved a GOP resolution to create a…

Tribune News Service

Debt ceiling fight set to "cross the Rubicon"

It's becoming increasingly common in the nation's polarized capital.

Axios

Gene Collier: Josh Shapiro schools GOP on mail-in voting. Trump flunks

The man who just swore on three Bibles to defend two constitutions as the new governor of Pennsylvania got the job for essentially one reason: He earned it.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: I want my flag back

My kids and I were in a hurry to get to the lake, and I ran into a gas station looking for a hat. My only options living in the Midwest were hats saying “Guns Save Lives” and “Make America Great Again.” The only somewhat subtle hat was an all-black…

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: GOP develops high tolerance for politicians of the lowest integrity

On top of everything that has spilled out — actually, gushed out — regarding New York Republican Rep. George Santos, there’s this little tidbit: Republican officials were aware as far back as fall 2021 that he was a serial liar and fraudster. But Santos, 34, resisted warnings that he would…

The Independent UK

Former GOP candidate appears in court in New Mexico shooting case

A failed GOP candidate accused of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic elected officials in New Mexico’s largest city will remain in custody pending an upcoming detention hearing

Reason

The GOP's Current Plan To Cut Spending Is a Political Failure

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are still the chief drivers of our future debt. But Republicans aren't touching them.

Tribune News Service

Manchin floats fiscal commissions for debt limit bill

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden and most congressional Democrats say they won’t negotiate with Republicans on lifting the debt ceiling, at least one party centrist is willing to work across the aisle to get a deal.

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Chicago Sun-Times

One rotten GOP apple has spoiled the whole bunch

If the GOP is a rotting fish, Donald Trump certainly is the head. But another old adage is just as instructive, maybe even more so now that Trump is no longer president (for now): One rotten apple can spoil the bunch.

The Independent UK

DeSantis simultaneously attacks Trump and Biden over classified document stashes

Florida governor could see opening for 2024 if scandals consume Trump’s campaign

The Independent UK

White House slams House GOP for putting far-right members on key committees

White House spokesperson says House Republicans ‘may be setting the stage for divorced-from-reality political stunts, instead of engaging in bipartisan work on behalf of the American people’

The Independent UK

New Mexico candidate appears in court in shooting case

The Independent UK

Dems: Remove Wisconsin election official for voting comments

Wisconsin Democrats are calling for the Republican leader of the state Senate to remove his appointee to the state's bipartisan election commission over comments he made about minority turnout in Milwaukee

The Guardian - US

White House condemns appointments of far-right Republicans to House oversight panel – as it happened

‘House Republicans may be setting the stage for divorced-from-reality political stunts,’ says White House spokesman

The Independent UK

George Santos and the fascinating psychology of compulsive liars

He seems to have lied about everything, from the straightforward to the utterly absurd. This week, he was charged in New York with fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements. Holly Baxter speaks to experts on lying — and reports on why we all become complicit…

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