In case you were having too cheery a Saturday morning. From Henry Olsen, Washington Post: Many Americans are increasingly concerned that our national heritage, our democratic republic, is seriously in danger. A new poll from the University of Virginia’s… Continue reading

From the report: New research from Issue One and Campaign Legal Center shows that scores of lawmakers are not using the bulk of the money they raise in their leadership PACs to assist other candidates, political groups, or their parties… Continue reading

From Ohio Capitol Journal: A spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the office didn’t want to get dragged in last week when a fellow Republican echoed former President Donald Trump’s baseless fraud claims and called for… Continue reading

From Atlanta Journal Constitution: Fulton County is running an election for its life in this November’s race for Atlanta mayor. If the county stumbles, Georgia’s government might take over.Fulton will try to prove itself after 2020 elections scarred by slow… Continue reading

Ally at Politico: Maine Democrats and Nebraska Republicans had the unique ability to use redistricting to influence who wins the House in 2022 and the White House in 2024 — but neither were successful in locking in a noticeable… Continue reading

From Washington Post: Just three states have approved new congressional maps for the next decade: Oregon, Maine and Nebraska. Forty-one states are still crowded around the drawing board.But the patterns, and their political impacts, are already obvious. Where one… Continue reading

From The Hill: In what has become a critical bellwether of the national political environment the year before a midterm election, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and former Carlyle Group chief executive Glenn Youngkin (R) are locked in a… Continue reading

From the Washington Post: When results of the 2020 Census were released over the summer, nearly 50 million U.S. residents had checked a box for “Some Other Race” — an increase of 129 percent from a decade ago. The nation’s… Continue reading

From Bob Barnes at the Washington Post: The Supreme Court said Thursday it would consider Sen. Ted Cruz’s challenge to a law limiting post-election political contributions to repay a candidate’s loan to his campaign.The Federal Election Commission (FEC) asked… Continue reading

AP: In their fight over trillions of dollars, their paramount policy goals and perhaps their political fate, this isn’t helping: Democratic progressives and centrists say they don’t trust each other. They’re tossing around words like “stupid” and “insanity” and they’re… Continue reading

Washington Post: This is an example of how other democracies often choose their party leaders who then compete to lead the country (hint, they do not use American-style primary elections): Fumio Kishida, Japan’s former foreign minister, who is set… Continue reading

Axios again: Why it matters: LinkedIn is one of the only large American social media platforms to agree to the Chinese government’s demands to censor content, and is tasking its own employees with restricting what users in China can see.… Continue reading

From Politico’s Ally Mutnick: Colorado’s new independent redistricting commission passed a congressional map late Tuesday that would give Republicans a decent shot at controlling four of eight House seats in a fast-growing state that’s become reliably blue. In a… Continue reading

Axios AM: The rise of celebrity politicians is fueling record ad spending that will likely continue to flood American airwaves through next year’s midterms, industry watchers tell Axios. Why it matters: Firebrand congressional freshmen and sophomores are raking in… Continue reading