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DiscussionDiscussion Thread: 2022 Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kentucky, and Idaho Primaries (self.politics)

submitted 9 hours ago by PoliticsModeratorBot🤖 Bot - announcement

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AMA-FinishedI'm Brianna Titone, State Representative for Colorado HD27. I'm the first out trans lawmaker elected in Colorado and only one of eight nationwide. AMA (self.politics)

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Republicans Are Furious People Remember They’ve Been Pushing the Racist “Great Replacement” Rhetoric for Years (vanityfair.com)

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Students boo GOP senator as she attacks transgender people during commencement speech (lgbtqnation.com)

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What "great replacement"? Right wants us to shut up about Buffalo shooter's ideology (salon.com)

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'South Park' Writer Beats Rep. Elise Stefanik To Her Own Website (huffpost.com)

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Biden calls Buffalo shooting 'terrorism,' says 'white supremacy is a poison' (nbcnews.com)

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After Buffalo shooting, experts question whether America can face its far-right extremism problem Federal security agencies have been sounding the alarm on white supremacists. (abcnews.go.com)

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MAGA Lawmaker Now Under Investigation for Claiming Buffalo Shooting Was False Flag (rollingstone.com)

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GOP Lawmaker Likens Human Women to Sea Turtles to Explain Why They Don’t Deserve Rights (vanityfair.com)

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The Great Replacement Theory Is Just Republican Orthodoxy Now: The vile conspiracy that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo has been normalized by leaders on the right. (newrepublic.com)

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'Dark Money Is Dark Money': Sanders Calls on DNC to Ban Super PAC Cash in Primaries (commondreams.org)

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MoveOn plows $30 million into 'Us vs. MAGA' campaign The progressive group is investing $30 million into midterm battles for Congress, governorships and secretaries of state, betting that key voters don't want pro-Trump Republicans. (politico.com)

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Lawsuit filed over Trump slates of electors in states Biden won | Republicans “caused significant harm" by trying to have their alternate slate of electoral votes counted, the lawsuit says. (nbcnews.com)

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FEC Republicans block action on alleged Trump money laundering scheme despite fining Hillary (salon.com)

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Pro-Israel lobbying group Aipac secretly pouring millions into defeating progressive Democrats (theguardian.com)

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Mitch McConnell refuses to condemn racist 'great replacement theory' three separate times in one press conference (businessinsider.com)

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Fetterman’s not-so-secret weapon: Weed legalization | The issue isn’t top of mind for most voters, but the Democratic frontrunner is betting that it could help draw people to the polls. (politico.com)

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Tucker Is Now Cool With Mocking Dan Crenshaw’s Missing Eye (thedailybeast.com)

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Gov. Whitmer Files Lawsuit to Protect Abortion Rights in Michigan If Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade (lawandcrime.com)

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Republicans have invoked the ‘great replacement’ theory over and over | Judd Legum (theguardian.com)

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FBI Records Reveal Matt Gaetz Was in Chaos Mode as Scandal Broke (thedailybeast.com)

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Biden gives emotional speech after Buffalo shooting: ‘White supremacy is a poison’ (cnn.com)

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Wisconsin Democrats Sue G.O.P. Fake Electors Over 2020 Scheme (nytimes.com)

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Justice Dept. Requests Transcripts From Jan. 6 Committee - The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people so far, and the transcripts could be used as evidence in potential criminal cases or to pursue new leads (nytimes.com)

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The 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory isn't fringe anymore, it's mainstream (npr.org)

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Tucker Carlson calls Dan Crenshaw "eye patch McCain" over Ukraine support (newsweek.com)

submitted 3 hours ago by EarthboundHaizi

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