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Polybius's JournalFar-right mayor wins GOP primary for U.S. House seat in Nashville
Source: NBC News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Andy Ogles, a far-right county mayor, won Tennessee’s crowded Republican primary on Thursday in a reconfigured congressional district in left-leaning Nashville that the party is hoping to flip in November. In a warning ahead of the general election, he said, “Liberals, we’re coming for you.”
Ogles, the Maury County mayor and onetime leader of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity’s state chapter, emerged among nine candidates after a hard-fought primary for the state’s 5th Congressional District. The seat drew heavy interest from Republicans after GOP state lawmakers carved Nashville into three districts, leading incumbent Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper to announce his retirement.
“We’re at war. This is a political war, a cultural war, and it’s a spiritual war,” Ogles said in his victory speech. “And as we go forward, we’ve got to get back to honoring God and country.”
Ogles will face Democratic state Sen. Heidi Campbell in November. The new district favored Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 12 percentage points in 2020.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/far-right-mayor-wins-gop-primary-nashville-us-house-seat-rcna41691
Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney says she doesn't think Biden will run for reelection
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York said Tuesday evening she doesn't believe President Joe Biden will run for reelection in 2024, the latest Democrat to publicly cast doubt on a second Biden term.
"I don't believe he's running for reelection," Maloney said when asked if the President should run again during a congressional primary debate in New York's 12th district.
Responding to the same question, Rep. Jerry Nadler, who is running against Maloney following redistricting, said it's "too early to say" and that it "doesn't serve the purpose of the Democratic Party" to deal with the question until after midterms. Maloney's other opponent, Suraj Patel, simply answered, "Yes."
Democrats have privately shared concerns about Biden, who is 79 and struggling with poor approval ratings, running for a second term in the 2024 election. The President and his aides have pushed back on any idea that he won't run for a second term, and most Democrats have publicly said they will support Biden if he runs for a second term.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics/carolyn-maloney-biden-reelection/index.html
Today is the primaries!
The biggest primary day remaining is today.
Arizona DR Primaries
Kansas DR Primaries
Michigan DR Primaries
Missouri DR Primaries
Ohio DR 2nd Primary
Washington ALL Top 2 Primaries
Any tight races to look out for? Will any crazy Republicans will win their primaries?
Suspected attacker of GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin arrested on federal assault charge
Source: CNN
(CNN)The man accused of attempting to stab New York gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage at a campaign event has been arrested on a federal assault charge, a spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of New York said, after he was released on his own recognizance shortly following an initial arrest Thursday.
David Jakubonis, 43, was arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting a member of Congress with a dangerous weapon, according to Barbara Burns, a Department of Justice spokesperson. Jakubonis made his first court appearance before US Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson in Rochester on Saturday, according to court documents, and the weapon involved was described in court records as a self-defense keychain.
Jakubonis was already facing state charges over the alleged attack Thursday. He had been charged with attempted assault in the second degree after being accused of confronting Zeldin, a Republican, while he was giving a speech in Fairpoint, New York. Jakubonis "attempted to stab" Zeldin, a statement from the campaign said, and the GOP lawmaker "grabbed the attacker's wrist to stop him until several others assisted in taking the attacker down to the ground." Zeldin was not injured.
Steve Slawinski, assistant federal defender for the Western District of New York who is representing Jakubonis, said in a statement Jakubonis is next scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/politics/zeldin-suspected-attacker-federal-assault-charge/index.html
Dems including Ocasio-Cortez, Speier, Alma Adams arrested at abortion rights rally outside Capitol
Source: The Hill
Multiple Democratic lawmakers were arrested at an abortion rights rally outside the Capitol on Tuesday, less than one month after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that reversed Roe v. Wade.
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Jackie Speier (Calif.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Alma Adams (N.C.), Veronica Escobar (Texas) and Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) were among those apprehended at the demonstration.
At 1:20 p.m., the U.S. Capitol Police wrote on Twitter that it began arresting activists blocking First Street NE. Authorities said they gave their traditional three warnings before taking protesters into custody.
As of 1:35 p.m. the demonstration was clear, according to Capitol Police, which reported that 16 lawmakers were arrested in total.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3566006-dems-including-ocasio-cortez-speier-alma-adams-arrested-at-abortion-rights-rally-outside-capitol/
Judge blocks Biden admin directives on transgender athletes, bathrooms
Source: Reuters
A federal judge in Tennessee has temporarily blocked Biden administration directives allowing transgender workers and students to use bathrooms and locker rooms and join sports teams that correspond with their gender identity.
Judge Charles Atchley Jr. of the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled on Friday that the administration's directives would make it impossible for some states to enforce their own laws on transgender athletes' participation in girls' sports and access to bathrooms.
A coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general brought a lawsuit last year against the federal government, noting that they stood to lose significant federal funding as the Biden directives were in conflict with their own state laws.
Atchley agreed with that, writing in his order that the states "cannot continue regulating pursuant to their state laws while simultaneously complying with Defendants' guidance."
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-blocks-biden-admin-directives-transgender-athletes-bathrooms-2022-07-16/
Liz Cheney down by 22 in her primary
Brand new poll, Hagemen 52 Cheney 30.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/house/wy/wyoming_atlarge_district_republican_primary-7829.html
GA poll: Warnock up by 3, Kemp up by 7
Not sure of the rating of this pollster, but their Senate poll seems about what the average polling indicates. Fabrizio/Anzalone is the polling company.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22087157/aarp-2022-state-survey.pdf
Biden's approval rating drops to 33%, according to NY Times/Siena
As much as I want to dismiss it, I just checked FiveThirtyEight, and they give the pollster an A+ rating. While I don't think it's that low, it is nevertheless alarming. While other Presidents have been lower (Nixon during Watergate, Trump right after January 6th, Poppy Bush in 1992, GW Bush in 2008) as no President has ever been at 33% or less this early in his term.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/politics/biden-approval-polling-2024.html
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/us0722-crosstabs-nyt071122/33ffa85627ee4648/full.pdf
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg facing bipartisan calls to drop case against bodega clerk charged with murd
Source: CBS News
NEW YORK -- The case of a bodega clerk charged with murdering an ex-con who attacked him behind the counter is generating more controversy for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
A bipartisan group of City Council members is demanding the case be dropped, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported Friday.
Prosecutors may have to go to the video tape to see what's on it and what's not in deciding how to handle the hot potato case of bodega clerk Jose Alba, who fatally stabbed a man who went behind the counter to menace him.
"Mr. Alba's attorney has said that off camera the person that came down the counter, his girlfriend, showed a knife and that that's why deadly physical force was needed," said Brian Wagner, a defense attorney and former prosecutor.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/jose-alba-austin-simon-alvin-bragg-manhattan-da-bipartisan-calls-to-drop-case-against-bodega-worker-charged-with-murder/
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