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Reid J. Epstein
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Reid J. Epstein
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Politics reporter @nytimes. Born and raised in the center of the universe: Peoria, Illinois.
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- 15 House Republicans with A NRA ratings lost on Tuesday. All 15 were replaced by Democrats with F NRA ratings.
- NEW: A Cleveland company that agreed to print absentee ballots for dozens of counties in OH and PA is 10 days late in getting them to voters. The company's owners are Trump supporters and flew a Trump flag at their HQ.
- Former Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner wrote a $250,000 check to Florida Gov Ron DeSantis after the gated Florida Keys complex where Rauner now lives got vaccines before the rest of Florida. Miami Herald —> miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
- NEWS: Bernie Sanders plans to participate in an April DNC debate, a sign he isn’t planning on dropping out soon. W/@melbournecoal
- NEW: Adam Kinzinger, aiming to turn the GOP from Trumpism, has been censured by Illinois Republicans and shunned by members of his family. "You have embarrassed the Kinzinger family name!” they wrote him. A look at his bet on a future that may not come.
- Just in: Beto O'Rourke is counterprogramming President Trump's Monday visit to El Paso Monday with a "Celebration of El Paso," including a march, music and a Beto speech at the same time Trump is speaking across town.
- Replying to @reidepsteinAdam Kinzinger's view of the last decade of Republicanism: “We just fear,” he said. “Fear the Democrats. Fear the future. Fear everything. And it works for an election cycle or two. The problem is it does real damage to this democracy.”
- NEW: Wisconsin Republicans are staging an all-out assault on the state’s election systems, trying to oust, eliminate and bypass the bipartisan WI elections commission and threatening jail for its commissioners so they can take total control for themselves.
- NEWS: John Hickenlooper is in discussions about ending his presidential campaign and hopping in the Colorado Senate race.
- NEW NEWS: Liz Cheney is sending mail to Wyoming Democrats with instructions on how to switch parties to vote for her in the state's August primary. nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/…
- NEWS: Elizabeth Warren, who swore off private fundraisers during her presidential campaign, will hold a high-dollar fundraising event for Joe Biden on June 15
- Update: The clerk has returned with printer ink!Green Bay's absentee ballot results are being delayed because one of the vote-counting machines ran out of ink and an elections official had to return to City Hall to get more.
