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ROUNDUP: Kennedy Presidential Campaign in Shambles

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Unstrategic Third-Party Bid Can’t Win, Will Only Hurt Biden WASHINGTON, D.C. – In only the last few days, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign has faced a slew of challenges underscoring their deeply unstrategic and reckless third-party spoiler bid. From campaign officials admitting their primary goal is to reelect Trump to Kennedy’s vice presidential pick Nicole Shanahan failing to attend any public events, it’s clear that this disastrous campaign has no chance to win and could only serve as a spoiler. Here is a roundup of the latest chaos facing…

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News Roundup: Senate battle for voting protections; Supreme Court rejects latest Trump gambit

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In the news today: Tonight saw the latest Senate battle to protect voting rights even as Republican-held state legislatures pass unprecedented rollbacks targeting those rights. What’s next is unclear, but Democratic leaders organized the vote tonight as a move to force the two Senate Democratic holdouts—as well as all Senate Republicans—on record for blocking the urgently needed protections. Also this evening, the Supreme Court rejected a Trump demand that the National Archives refuse a congressional request for administration records pertaining to the violence on January 6. Justice Thomas was the…

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APSA conference roundup: Research on political polarization on social media and the US Congress – Pew Research Center

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Pew Research Center APSA conference roundup: Research on political polarization on social media and the US CongressPew Research CenterThe ways that social media shape political attitudes and the intricacies of lawmaking in the U.S. Congress were two of the many topics at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in Boston earlier this month. Here are brief … us congress – Google News

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N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie names Supreme Court nominee; U.S. Senate … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

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N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie names Supreme Court nominee; U.S. Senate …Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comRush Holt, state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone. The Republican candidates are Somerset County doctor Alieta Eck and conservative activist Steve Lonegan. The Star-Ledger's political team examined the race in a chat Monday.and more » us politics – Google News

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