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Morning Digest: Supreme Court blocks ruling that ordered Alabama to draw a second Black district

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David …

Tue Feb 8, 2022

Liz Cheney and other Trump targets trounce his endorsees in the fundraising race

Donald Trump’s endorsement isn’t worth much more than a hill of beans when it comes to fundraising. That’s what many Trump endorsees are finding as their GOP opponents amass …

Wed Feb 2, 2022

Morning Digest: New York Democrats' new map could halve the state's GOP delegation

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James …

Tue Feb 1, 2022

Morning Digest: Ohio Court orders new House map after striking down gerrymandered GOP districts

Tue Jan 18, 2022

A social media field guide to lawmakers who pushed Trump's lies before, on, and after Jan. 6

Earlier this year, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat and member of the Jan. 6 committee, compiled and released a report. Its contents feature the comprehensive statements of sitting U.S. …

Fri Dec 24, 2021

'Stop the Steal' organizer's testimony reveals clear links to sedition-minded House members

Criminals aren’t always the brightest bulbs on the marquee, but even the least savvy of these fiends do what they can to cover their tracks. The ambulatory TruckNutz who planned the Jan. 6 Capitol …

Sat Dec 18, 2021

Another Trump-backed Senate candidate vows to vote against McConnell for leader

Regardless of whether Republicans retake control of the upper chamber next year, the Republican caucus that emerges from the midterms will undoubtedly move to the right as GOP candidates across the …

Tue Dec 14, 2021

CNN: Jan. 6 committee targets phone records in sprawling request

On Tuesday, CNN reported that the committee investigating the attack of the U.S. Capitol has formally subpoenaed phone records from over 100 individuals, including a number of officials from the Trump …

Wed Dec 8, 2021

Rep. Mo Brooks walks back claims that his staff were not involved in planning Jan. 6

On Sunday, an article in Rolling Stone reported that both Republicans members of Congress and their staff met repeatedly with the organizers of the Jan. 6 rally to plan protests around blocking the …

Tue Oct 26, 2021

Two Jan. 6 rally organizers are talking, and congressional Republicans should be nervous

Several House Republicans—exactly the ones you would guess—were involved in planning meetings for protests on Jan. 6 as Trump supporters tried to block the certification of the 2020 election and with …

Mon Oct 25, 2021

House Republicans in absolute panic over their Jan. 6 communications going public

Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy finally found something about Jan. 6 he will never forget: Telecom companies that turn over the phone records of GOP lawmakers to the House Select Committee …

Thu Sep 2, 2021

Jan. 6 committee wants phone records of Trump, family members, and close GOP allies preserved

The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 plans to ask several telecommunications companies to save the phone records of Donald Trump, his family members, and about a dozen of his GOP congressional allies …

Mon Aug 30, 2021

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks isn't sure what the truck bomber was about, but he's sure he supports it

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks has made a name for himself in several ways—it’s just not a name that people generally say in public. Brooks was the guy who tried to explain away rising sea levels by saying …

Fri Aug 20, 2021

DOJ refuses to step in on lawsuit against Rep. Mo Brooks who encouraged violence in Jan. 6 speech

Anyone who claims to have a great read on Merrick Garland as attorney general has a future in examining tea leaves. Since Garland’s installation at the Department of Justice (DOJ), the department has …

Thu Jul 29, 2021

Morning Digest: Trio of Trump-endorsed Senate candidates gets swamped in primary fundraising

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Tue Jul 20, 2021

Mo Brooks continues to push Big Lie as he says Trump's team told him to encourage Jan. 6 attack

Some time between 7:30 and 8:30 PM on Jan. 5, a person wearing a gray hoodie and pricey Nike Air Max sneakers placed a pipe bomb on the bench outside the headquarters of the Democratic National …

Tue Jul 6, 2021

Morning Digest: Will Massachusetts' Republican governor seek a third term? No one knows

Tue Jun 15, 2021

Morning Digest: Trump backs longtime coal operative in Ohio special election for red House seat

Thu Jun 10, 2021

Mo Brooks accuses Swalwell's team of 'accosting' wife to serve Trump insurrectionist his suit

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks is finally getting the lawsuit he deserves for helping to incite a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The congressman from Alabama confirmed in a tweet on Sunday that he has …

Mon Jun 7, 2021

Blustery insurrectionist Mo Brooks real quiet when private investigator tries to serve him papers

Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama has a lot of questions to answer. Brooks isn’t good at answering questions, but he is good at making wild and baseless statements, and weaving together conspiracy …

Thu Jun 3, 2021