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JD Vance confronts Jewish Republican skeptics ahead of a potential 2028 run (edition.cnn.com)
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Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? (edition.cnn.com)
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Michigan's November 2026 ballot is official, and includes two questions for all voters (www.michiganpublic.org)
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Colorado voters will be asked in November to amend state constitution, impose graduated income tax system (coloradosun.com)
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If you were looking for one image that explains the US economy, this would be it (infosec.pub)
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Source: A Revolution of Falling Expectations: The Macroeconomic Roots of Popular Discontent, Thomas Ferguson, Servaas Storm, and Jie Chen, Working Paper No. 254

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Massive spending gap in Ohio governor race: Ramaswamy drops $9 million on ads, Amy Acton spends just $100K (ohiocapitaljournal.com)
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‘Homewrecker’ lawsuit against ex-senator Kyrsten Sinema can move forward, judge rules in c/politics@lemmy.world
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This is the woman that prevented Joe Biden from taxing private equity.

She threatened to torpedo his biggest bill if he closed loopholes allowing private equity to pay less taxes.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sinema-received-nearly-1-million-from-wall-street-while-killing-tax-hike-on-investors

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/how-wall-street-wooed-sen-kyrsten-sinema-and-preserved-its-multi-billion-dollar-carried-interest-tax-break.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kyrsten-sinema-delivers-gift-private-equity-democrats-big-agenda-bill-rcna42394

And one of her biggest Wall Street supporter ? Billionaire Leon Black.

Turns out he is Jeffrey's Epstein pal. What a small world.

https://theintercept.com/2023/08/03/kyrsten-sinema-private-equity-donors-jeffrey-epstein/

Turns out she didn't only betray voters. She also had an affair.

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‘Homewrecker’ lawsuit against ex-senator Kyrsten Sinema can move forward, judge rules (www.independent.co.uk)
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Maria Bartiromo’s Downfall at an Increasingly Cautious Fox News (www.nytimes.com)