What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate

Photographs by Yael Malka This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. For most of his life, Mitt Romney has nursed a morbid fascination with his own death, suspecting that it might assert itself one day suddenly and violently. He controls what he can, of course. He wears his seat belt, and diligently applies sunscreen, and stays away from secondhand smoke. For decades, he’s followed his doctor’s recipe for longevity with monastic…

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Will Rollins for Congress by Congressman Adam Schiff

I’ve spent years holding Donald Trump and the GOP accountable for their attacks on our democracy. That work continues, but if we’re going to protect the right to vote, prevent more abuses of power, and combat misinformation, we cannot let Republicans retake control of Congress. We just can’t. The good news is that in California’s 41st District, a Will Rollins victory gives us a chance to both keep the House blue and elect a representative who understands the very real and ongoing danger that extremism poses to our democracy. As…

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Pelosi home break in Congress 

Conspiracy theory on Pelosi home break-in proven to be baseless

Conspiracy theories and disinformation spread extensively by prominent conservatives based on innuendo and falsehoods have been shown to be baseless by mounds of evidence, including statements by the attacker. Posted 11/2/2021 and last updated 11/3/2022. The break-in conspiracy theory centers around images showing some broken glass on the outside of the rear door of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home. The suspect assaulted her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer. It resulted in injuries requiring surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to Mr. Pelosi’s right arm…

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7 Elections Reversed After Ballot Harvesting Scandals

This is an adapted excerpt from Fred Lucas’ new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” now out from Bombardier Books. The paid operatives are sometimes called “ballot brokers.” In Florida, they were known as “boleteros,” and in Texas they were called “politiqueras.” Both of these states passed laws to ban ballot harvesting after significant scandals. H.R. 1, the wish list bill of election proposals that Democrats call the “For the People Act” that failed to pass, would have prohibited state bans on ballot harvesting.…

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Secret Service email on Riot US President 

January 6 Committee takeaways

On July 21, the committee heard testimony from former White House officials who said Trump was unmoved for hours by the many pleas from aides, lawmakers, friends and family members to intervene during the Capitol attack. Two White House aides, Sarah Matthews and Matthew Pottinger, said that they argued with colleagues and Trump that he should condemn the violence. White House counsel Pat Cipollone told the committee that Trump was alone in refusing to take action to send the rioters home. Testimony and documents show that Donald Trump and his…

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President Obama to Gen Z Voting 

Obama: Register and then vote

VOTER REGISTRATION, EARLY VOTING, POLLING PLACES, AND VOTER ID Former President Barack Obama has a message for Gen Z voters. In a new public service announcement he says “Do your research and cast your ballots in the 2022 midterm elections.” Obama says in the announcement, created in partnership with ATTN, “For those of you who are just turning 18 and were only three or four when I was elected, my name is Barack Obama. I was the 44th president of the United States and I have the best jump shot…

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