Larry Krassner at the Democratic Debate for Philadelphia District Attorney, May 5, 2021. (NBC10 Philadelphia/Screenshot via Youtube) Tuesday’s district attorney primary in Philadelphia represents a stark referendum on the vision of criminal-justice reform championed by the cohort of progressive prosecutors who swept into office in cities across the country in recent years by promising radical

Early voting and absentee ballots are processed ahead of the presidential election in Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2020. (Cheney Orr/Reuters) Top Republicans in Arizona’s Maricopa county, the largest in the state, spoke out against the election audit and ongoing claims of voter fraud Monday. The GOP-dominated Maricopa County Board of Supervisors initiated an audit of 2.1

Then-president Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Former President Trump is set to resume his signature rallies next month, according to multiple reports. While dates and locations have not been announced, Trump’s team is reportedly working to select venues for two appearances in June and a

President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., November 3, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Rich Lowry argues, on the homepage, that Donald Trump’s decision in 2023 to run again – or not – in 2024 will be momentous for the Republican future: Sometime in 2023, Donald Trump

Then—President Donald Trump gestures as he and First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House to board Marine One ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Trump’s electoral loss, rather than a grand repudiation, is as much satisfaction as his enemies are going to get. NRPLUS

Rep. Elise Stefanik, November 19, 2019 (Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters) House minority leader Kevin McCarthy indicated that Liz Cheney had to be removed from House GOP leadership because she was “relitigating the past.” Yesterday, McCarthy said: “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.” In the Capitol on Wednesday, I asked Elise Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) speaks to the media during the impeachment trial in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Once seen as a moderate, Stefanik went all-in on Trump’s post-election claims — and is about to win a spot in House GOP leadership. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I f you talk to anyone who

Former DHS official, Miles Taylor, appears in a Republican Voters Against Trump ad. (Screenshot via YouTube) There will be a lot of scoffing – and some cheering – for the news that Miles Taylor – formerly known as “Anonymous” – has organized more than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, to sign a letter

Andrew Yang, Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, speaks in Queens, N.Y., May 10, 2021. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang apologized on Wednesday for his earlier comments in support of Israel after progressives launched a hashtag campaign on Twitter accusing him of supporting genocide. On Monday, Yang tweeted that he

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speak to reporters after a meeting with President Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said that no one is “questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election” on Wednesday, just hours

J.D. Vance on Face the Nation in 2017. (Face the Nation/Screengrab via YouTube) J. D. Vance, an Ohio-based venture capitalist and the author of the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, has formed an exploratory committee for retiring Ohio Republican senator Rob Portman’s seat in 2022, according to a new report. “Short of an act of God, J.

Glenn Youngkin, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Carlyle Group, attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) Businessman Glenn Youngkin won the Republican nomination for governor of Virginia on Monday. Youngkin was among six candidates who vied for the spot via an “unassembled

Caitlyn Jenner at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2016 (Danny Moloshok / Reuters) On the latest reality-TV star and tabloid celeb in politics; the status of Alexei Navalny; a song for Mother’s Day; and more NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T here is some enthusiasm for Caitlyn Jenner, who’s running for governor

Caitlyn Jenner at the 2017 Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, Los Angeles, Calif., February 26, 2017 (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Republican candidate for California governor Caitlyn Jenner voiced support for a U.S.-Mexico border wall in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday. “I am all for the wall,” Jenner said. “I would

Caitlyn Jenner participates in a panel for an E! Entertainment Television series in Pasadena, California, January 14, 2016. (Danny Molosho/Reuters) Caitlyn Jenner’s campaign has an undeniable, if corrupting, allure that leaves viewers — ahem, voters — wondering what will happen next. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hen Caitlyn Jenner said to Sean Hannity, “I love California,”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey at a Trump campaign rally in Sanford, Fla., October 12, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Today’s Politico Playbook breathlessly reports in the subject line: “Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group.” Here we go again. Promising “a look at the leader of the People’s Republic of Florida as a

FOX News Channel’s Sean Hannity conducts interviews with Caitlyn Jenner near Malibu, Calif., May 5, 2021. (FOX News Channel/Handout via Reuters ) Caitlyn Jenner sat down for an Oprah-style interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity last night in which the athlete turned reality star turned transgender activist turned Republican candidate for governor of California pondered

An election worker holds ballots at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC)vin Phoenix, Ariz., November 9, 2020. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters) The Justice Department’s civil rights division has asked the Arizona Senate president to respond to concerns that an ongoing audit of ballots in Maricopa County may lead to voter intimidation or lax security for

Caitlyn Jenner at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Beverly Hills, Calif., April 3, 2018 (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic gold-medal winner and TV star, has opened a campaign against California governor Gavin Newsom with a powerful three-minute video. “The American Dream grew up here, yet career politicians and their policies have destroyed

Texas 6th Congressional District candidate Michael Wood (Campaign ad image via YouTube) A failed congressional candidate in Texas told Republicans truths they needed to hear, but didn’t want to. Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about thus and such and whatnot, language and politics and culture, and other things. To subscribe to the Tuesday

Then-President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla., October 16, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Former President Trump said recently that his supporters will be “very happy” when he ultimately announces whether he will launch a presidential bid in 2024. “The answer is I’m absolutely enthused. I look forward to doing

New Mexico Republican State Senator Mark Moores (left) and Democratic State Representative Melanie Stansbury (Campaign ad images via Facebook) Voting begins today in a surprisingly important House race. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE N ancy Pelosi’s majority in the House of Representatives continues to shrink. The recent swearing-in of Republican Julia Letlow of Louisiana has taken the

Caitlyn Jenner at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Beverly Hills, Calif., April 3, 2018 (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) Caitlyn Jenner said on Saturday that she opposes allowing biological males who identify as transgender to compete in women’s sports in schools, in comments to TMZ. Jenner, a Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, was asked her opinion on

The sun sets behind the Capitol dome in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2018. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) In 2016, Democratic congresswoman Cheri Bustos won reelection in her northwestern Illinois district 60 percent to 40 percent, despite the fact that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton there. Politico noted she was widely hailed as one of the Democratic

A poll worker casts a mail-in ballot for a voter at a drive-thru polling station during the primary election in Miami, Fla., August 18, 2020. (Marco Bello/Reuters) Florida’s Republican-dominated state House and Senate reached a consensus Friday to pass Senate Bill 90, which implements new voter identification requirements and limits mail-in voting. The bill stipulates

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) speaks to the media during a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) An expert estimates the process will hand Republicans three to four seats, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty about how it plays out. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O n Monday,

Rep. Doug Collins speaks to the media in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Former Georgia representative Doug Collins announced Monday that he would not run in any election during the 2022 midterms, quieting speculation that he would make a Senate run. “I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for

U.S. President George W. Bush attends a Bush/Cheney 2004 fundraiser reception. (REUTERS/Larry Downing ) The new map unveiled yesterday of the House of Representatives and the Electoral College has many implications for American politics in the coming decade. It will be used to conduct the presidential elections of 2024 and 2028. Looking back at the

(xxcheng/Getty Images) The Census Bureau this afternoon released the state-by-state population figures from the 2020 census that will be used to determine the new number of seats in the House of Representatives, and with it, the Electoral College. Let’s look at some winners and losers. Winner: American democracy. There were real fears that the Census

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a visit by First Lady Jill Biden at The Forty Acres, the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union, in Delano, Calif., March 31, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via Reuters) The effort to recall California governor Gavin Newsom has gained enough signatures to be placed on the ballot