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Will DeSantis’s Campaign Go the Way of Rubio’s Failed 2016 Bid?
The establishment keeps hyping these alleged GOP superstar challengers who turn out to be insufferable duds.

Poll: Around Two-Thirds of Americans Say They Probably Won’t Vote for Trump
Trump still has considerable support from GOP voters, indicating he'll likely be the party's nominee for president.

US Should Declassify Docs on Its Role in Chile’s 1973 Coup, Ocasio-Cortez Says
“It's very important to frame the history of what happened here in Chile with Pinochet's dictatorship,” she said.

Minneapolis Passes Pay Increases, Greater Protections for Rideshare Drivers
“It's time for these corporations to prioritize their drivers over corporate greed,” a council member said.

Matt Gaetz Candidly Says Impeachment Is About Making Biden Look Bad Before 2024
In a Twitter Spaces event earlier this week, Gaetz said impeaching Biden would “not [be] for the sake of conviction.”

GOP Book Bans and Democratic Divestment Both Created Crisis for Public Libraries
The current battle over libraries doesn’t tell the larger truth about decades of disinvestment by both parties.

How the US Supreme Court Became an Arm of the Republican Party
The court is making decisions based on the GOP platform, not the Constitution, says legal scholar Khiara M. Bridges.

Cornell Drops Starbucks After Company Shuttered All of Ithaca’s Unionized Stores
The decision came after students launched a campaign to get the university to end its contract with the company.

Video Shows DeSantis Pushing for GOP State Legislatures to Overturn 2020 Race
DeSantis pushed an aspect of the independent legislature theory, a fringe legal idea the Supreme Court has rejected.

Supreme Court Rebuffed Democrats’ Call for Thomas Probe With Just One Sentence
Chief Justice Roberts's legal counsel waved off Democrats’ call for a probe.