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Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966).

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Donald Trump has lashed out at several Republican congressmen after an amendment to defund criminal prosecutions of the former president failed by "only one vote."

In a post on Truth Social he attacked Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson after he "stupidly" voted "no" on the amendment that would have prohibited the use of federal and state funding for the prosecution of any presidential candidate prior to November's election.

The amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill, introduced by Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, failed to pass by a vote of 25-26.

Trump also blamed House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee who did not show up to vote on the amendment.

The presumptive 2024 GOP nominee is facing federal trials over allegations he illegally hoarded classified documents after he left office, and attempted to criminally overturn the 2020 election results. Trump and several other defendants are also facing trial in Georgia under a sprawling 2020 election interference case. Trump has already been convicted of 34 felony charges as part of his falsifying business record case in New York.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: "Just heard from Great Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia that the Amendment to Defund the Prosecution of a Presidential Candidate prior to November's Election did not pass, 26-25."

"It lost by only one vote, because one Republican, Mike Simpson of Idaho, stupidly voted NO, and two 'Republicans,' David Valadao of California and Dan Newhouse of Washington, the only two remaining Impeachers in the House of President Donald J. Trump, didn't show up to vote," Trump added.

"They must have had more important things to do. Also, Mike Garcia of California, David Joyce of Ohio, and Juan Ciscomani of Arizona, didn't show up to vote. Thanks very much, fellas, for your great support!"

Speaking to The Daily Caller, Simpson explained why he voted against the amendment to defund prosecutions of presidential candidates despite believing the cases against Trump are "politically motivated and utter nonsense."

"I am grateful the Supreme Court has acted as a balancing force against the Democrats' weaponization of the judicial system," Simpson said. "However, prohibiting the use of funds for investigations sets a dangerous precedent—potentially limiting Republicans' ability to investigate President Biden's wrongdoings. For that reason, I could not support this amendment."

Simpson's office has been contacted for further comment via email.

Clyde said he intends to reintroduce his amendment in the coming weeks.

"My measure fell short of receiving enough support because several of my Republican colleagues conveniently 'missed' the vote. I'm deeply disappointed—but I'm not giving up," he told The Daily Caller.

The House Appropriations Committee is expected to markup the CJS bill when members return to Washington, D.C., in September.

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Speaking of Hello, Again (2017), per my previous post, you all deserve to see the full context. While the clips of Audra might be too explicit for Youtube because they're cowards, I have found it for you (in exactly the sort of site you'd expect). You're welcome. I risked a virus downloading this.

Hello, Again (1994), written by Michael John LaChuisa, originated as an off-Broadway musical focusing on ten characters and their illicit love affairs throughout the decades of the 20th century. The show received eight Drama Desk nominations, including one for our beloved Diva Donna Murphy (The Whore). Donna left the show early to star in Passion (she got a Tony so like...good decision there). Carolee Carmello also featured in the cast as The Young Wife.

The film adaptation gender-swapped The Whore and The Senator, thereby including several same-sex pairings, including that of Audra McDonald as The Actress and Martha Plimpton as The Senator.

Carolee Carmello and Donna Murphy (Photo by Joan Marcus)

Carolee Carmello and Michael F. Park (Photo by: Joan Marcus)

Donna Murphy and David A. White (Photo by Joan Marcus)

You can find the above photo in gigantic proportions on your way downstairs to the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center. I stare at it a lot.

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Interview: Unpacking Corruption, With Stars Saffron Burrows and Toby Stephens

Stephens and Burrows star in the latest play from dramatist J.T. Rogers and director Bartlett Sher at Lincoln Center Theater.

David Gordon Off-Broadway March 25, 2024

Following up on the massive, international success of Oslo, playwright J.T. Rogers and longtime director Bartlett Sher have turned to another socio-political subject for their newest theatrical collaboration at Lincoln Center Theater. Corruption, running through April 14 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, tells the story behind the 2011 phone-hacking scandal that upended British politics and almost brought Rupert Murdoch’s media empire down.

The David-and-Goliath story, which Rogers presents in customarily epic form, follows Parliament member Tom Watson as he takes on News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, not only risking his career, but also his life, to expose the nefarious goings on. Taking on these two roles are esteemed actors Toby Stephens (who last collaborated with Rogers and Sher in the National Theatre production of Oslo) and Saffron Burrows, a film and tv regular making her New York stage debut.

Both Burrows and Stephens recognize the importance of this particular story — they lived it in their native England, after all — and also the controversy that could come with it. Here are excerpts from a recent coversation we had with them.

Toby Stephens and Saffron Burrows © Tricia Baron

Having lived through this case in real time, what was it like when you first read the play? At times it felt like watching a Shakespearean history play.

Toby Stephens: Bart and J.T. kept on comparing it to Shakespeare plays, and I always slightly wince when things are compared to Shakespeare. It’s like the history plays because it moves around so much; you’re suddenly in all these different locations and following different characters with disparate interests, and they’re politically and morally complex. In that regard, it’s true. We’re dealing with an incredibly complex story and the morality is very interesting. Tom Watson is slightly ambiguous in a sense: he’s done bad things in the past, but he is obsessed by bringing down this woman because he has been hurt by that machine.

Personally, I think it’s about time somebody wrote about this. It was such a massive story and there are so many different parts of this thing, and they were getting away with it. But everyone was so terrified of attacking them because then they would become a target themselves. So, it’s about time somebody wrote a play, but you understand the fear. An American writer can do this, but if you were a British playwright, you’d probably think twice, because they’re still very influential and powerful.

Tom Watson and Toby Stephens © Tricia Baron

Saffron, your character, Rebekah Brooks, is obviously the “villain” of the piece. How did you find your way into that?

Saffron Burrows: It’s tricky terrain to navigate. Clearly, there are about four white cis men running the world right now, and I didn’t want it to just be that the woman’s the demon, you know? Because there’s a whole mechanism at play. In rehearsals, we talked about how this is a story about what happens when capitalism starts to eat itself and ravages society. The writing became more and more nuanced. J.T. refined and refined it, so there’s now a scene where it becomes evident that Rebekah, too, is part of an order of things. There’s some subtle stuff at play between her and her superior now, which helped me a lot because she too has her adversaries that she has to tackle.

Bart and J.T. have obviously worked together for decades now. As actors, what is it like to be welcomed into their collaboration? I know, Toby, you did Oslo in the West End.

Saffron: I was struck by how truly collaborative Bart and J.T. are. It’s a new play and it was evolving throughout the rehearsal period, and I loved that part of the process. They’ve got huge creative confidence about their own skills, which made it all the more collaborative. Members of our company would bring in stories and things they read, so it was evolving daily. It’s a lovely, exciting way to work.

Toby: Oslo, in a way, was an inherited play. The great people who did it in the Mitzi Newhouse handed it onto us and we got that script and did our own thing with it. One of the reasons I wanted to do Corruption was because it’s a new play, not yet another revival, and it’s about something that’s really important. It was very collaborative. It’s really exciting when you’re working on something that is still finding where it wants to go, as they figured out how to tell this incredibly complicated story in a way that not only an American audience will follow, but will draw their own parallels with. The Oslo experience was different because we got something they knew works. The interesting thing about this is that it’s not a particularly optimistic play. There are optimistic parts about it, in that it’s about people who are fighting against the system and care about that, but at the moment, the system is winning.

What do you think audiences in England would make of this play?

Toby: I really don’t know. I think it would be hugely controversial. There’s a huge amount of vested interest there in people who were part of that system and who are part of the story. Doing it here is almost safe, in a way, because you’re doing it in a different country.

Saffron: I had a friend come to opening who, not to name names, but she’d been hacked, and then she reminded me that I’d had someone go through my bins in the early 2000s, and then went to my grandmother’s house when my mom was walking my five-year-old brother to school. That was a bad period, but when my friend reminded me of the details I thought “Jesus.” I’m sure it happened to Toby, too. It’s absurd how low the bar was in terms of what you’d expect from “journalists” — journalists in quotes. So I agree, Toby, I think it would be very close to the bone in London. Some people who are in power now are depicted in the play, so it’s present-day, relevant, and powerful. It would be quite electric having it there.

Toby: I had a friend, he’s not even famous, he was just going out with somebody moderately successful and she was going through a divorce, and his father, who was 80, found these so-called journalists on their doorsteps saying “What do you say about your son?” It was deeply upsetting for him because dad was so confused by the whole thing. He didn’t understand why it was happening. That’s just a minor, minor case. This is a discussion that’s still going on. Doing it in London, in the heart of this whole system, I would imagine would be really, really chilling and scary, to some degree.

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Supreme Court, U.S FILED In The OCT 2 2022 Supreme Court ofthe United States  RALAND J BRUNSON, Petitioner,

Named persons in their capacities as United States House Representatives: ALMA S. ADAMS; PETE AGUILAR; COLIN Z. ALLRED; MARK E. AMODEI; KELLY ARMSTRONG; JAKE AUCHINCLOSS; CYNTHIA AXNE; DON BACON; TROY BALDERSON; ANDY BARR; NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN; KAREN BASS; JOYCE BEATTY; AMI BERA; DONALD S. BEYER JR.; GUS M. ILIRAKIS; SANFORD D. BISHOP JR.; EARL BLUMENAUER; LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER; SUZANNE BONAMICI; CAROLYN BOURDEAUX; JAMAAL BOWMAN; BRENDAN F. BOYLE; KEVIN BRADY; ANTHONY G. BROWN; JULIA BROWNLEY; VERN BUCHANAN; KEN BUCK; LARRY BUCSHON; CORI BUSH; CHERI BUSTOS; G. K. BUTTERFIELD; SALUD 0. CARBAJAL; TONY CARDENAS; ANDRE CARSON; MATT CARTWRIGHT; ED CASE; SEAN CASTEN; KATHY CASTOR; JOAQUIN CASTRO; LIZ CHENEY; JUDY CHU; DAVID N. CICILLINE; KATHERINE M. CLARK; YVETTE D. CLARKE; EMANUEL CLEAVER; JAMES E. CLYBURN; STEVE COHEN; JAMES COMER; GERALD E. CONNOLLY; JIM COOPER; J. LUIS CORREA; JIM COSTA; JOE COURTNEY; ANGIE CRAIG; DAN CRENSHAW; CHARLIE CRIST; JASON CROW; HENRY CUELLAR; JOHN R. CURTIS; SHARICE DAVIDS; DANNY K. DAVIS; RODNEY DAVIS; MADELEINE DEAN; PETER A. DEFAZIO; DIANA DEGETTE; ROSAL DELAURO; SUZAN K. DELBENE; Ill ANTONIO DELGADO; VAL BUTLER DEMINGS; MARK DESAULNIER; THEODORE E. DEUTCH; DEBBIE DINGELL; LLOYD DOGGETT; MICHAEL F. DOYLE; TOM EMMER; VERONICA ESCOBAR; ANNA G. ESHOO; ADRIANO ESPAILLAT; DWIGHT EVANS; RANDY FEENSTRA; A. DREW FERGUSON IV; BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK; LIZZIE LETCHER; JEFF FORTENBERRY; BILL FOSTER; LOIS FRANKEL; MARCIA L. FUDGE; MIKE GALLAGHER; RUBEN GALLEGO; JOHN GARAMENDI; ANDREW R. GARBARINO; SYLVIA R. GARCIA; JESUS G. GARCIA; JARED F. GOLDEN; JIMMY GOMEZ; TONY GONZALES; ANTHONY GONZALEZ; VICENTE GONZALEZ; JOSH GOTTHEIMER; KAY GRANGER; AL GREEN; RAUL M. GRIJALVA; GLENN GROTHMAN; BRETT GUTHRIE; DEBRA A. HAALAND; JOSH HARDER; ALCEE L. HASTINGS; JAHANA HAYES; JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER; BRIAN HIGGINS; J. FRENCH HILL; JAMES A. HIMES; ASHLEY HINSON; TREY HOLLINGSWORTH; STEVEN HORSFORD; CHRISSY HOULAHAN; STENY H. HOYER; JARED HUFFMAN; BILL HUIZENGA; SHEILA JACKSON LEE; SARA JACOBS; PRAMILA JAYAPAL; HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES; DUSTY JOHNSON; EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON; HENRY C. JOHNSON JR.; MONDAIRE JONES; DAVID P. JOYCE; KAIALPI KAHELE; MARCY KAPTUR; JOHN KATKO; WILLIAM R. KEATING; RO KHANNA; DANIEL T. KILDEE; DEREK KILMER; ANDY KIM; YOUNG KIM; RON KIND; ADAM KINZINGER; ANN KIRKPATRICK; RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI; ANN M. KUSTER; DARIN LAHOOD; CONOR LAMB; JAMES R. LANGEVIN; RICK LARSEN; JOHN B. LARSON; ROBERT E. LATTA; JAKE LATURNER; BRENDA L. LAWRENCE; AL LAWSON JR.; BARBARA LEE; SUSIE LEE; TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ; ANDY LEVIN; MIKE LEVIN; TED LIEU; IV ZOE LOFGREN; ALAN S.LOWENTHAL; ELAINE G. LURIA; STEPHEN F. LYNCH; NANCY MACE; TOM MALINOWSKI; CAROLYN B. MALONEY; SEAN PATRICK MALONEY; KATHY E. MANNING; THOMAS MASSIE; DORIS 0. MATSUI; LUCY MCBATH; MICHAEL T. MCCAUL; TOM MCCLINTOCK; BETTY MCCOLLUM; A. ADONALD MCEACHIN; JAMES P. MCGOVERN; PATRICK T. MCHENRY; DAVID B. MCKINLEY; JERRY MCNERNEY; GREGORY W. 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BENNET; MARSHA BLACKBURN; RICHARD BLUMENTHAL; ROY BLUNT; CORY A. BOOKER; JOHN BOOZMAN; MIKE BRAUN; SHERROD BROWN; RICHARD BURR; MARIA CANTWELL; SHELLEY CAPITO; BENJAMIN L. CARDIN; THOMAS R. CARPER; ROBERT P. CASEY JR.; BILL CASSIDY; SUSAN M. COLLINS; CHRISTOPHER A. COONS; JOHN CORNYN; CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO; TOM COTTON; KEVIN CRAMER; MIKE CRAPO; STEVE DAINES; TAMMY DUCKWORTH; RICHARD J. DURBIN; JONI ERNST; DIANNE FEINSTEIN; DEB FISCHER; KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND; LINDSEY GRAHAM; CHUCK GRASSLEY; BILL HAGERTY; MAGGIE HASSAN; MARTIN HEINRICH; JOHN HICKENLOOPER; MAZIE HIRONO; JOHN HOEVEN; JAMES INHOFE; RON VI JOHNSON; TIM KAINE; MARK KELLY; ANGUS S. KING, JR.; AMY KLOBUCHAR; JAMES LANKFORD; PATRICK LEAHY; MIKE LEE; BEN LUJAN; CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS; JOE MANCHIN III; EDWARD J. MARKEY; MITCH MCCONNELL; ROBERT MENENDEZ; JEFF MERKLEY; JERRY MORAN; LISA MURKOWSKI; CHRISTOPHER MURPHY; PATTY MURRAY; JON OSSOFF; ALEX PADILLA; RAND PAUL; GARY C. PETERS; ROB PORTMAN; JACK REED; JAMES E. RISCH; MITT ROMNEY; JACKY ROSEN; MIKE ROUNDS; MARCO RUBIO; BERNARD SANDERS; BEN SASSE; BRIAN SCHATZ; CHARLES E. SCHUMER; RICK SCOTT; TIM SCOTT; JEANNE SHAHEEN; RICHARD C. SHELBY; KYRSTEN SINEMA; TINA SMITH; DEBBIE STABENOW; DAN SULLIVAN; JON TESTER; JOHN THUNE; THOM TILLIS; PATRICK J. TOOMEY; HOLLEN VAN; MARK R. WARNER; RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK; ELIZABETH WARREN; SHELDON WHITEHOUSE; ROGER F. WICKER; RON WYDEN; TODD YOUNG; JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR in his capacity of President of the United States; MICHAEL RICHARD PENCE in his capacity as former Vice President of the United States, and KAMALA HARRIS in her capacity as Vice President of the United States and JOHN and JANE DOES 1-100.  

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-380/243739/20221027152243533_20221027-152110-95757954-00007015.pdf

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Introduction

Hi, my name is Nina! I am 22 years old and I was born in Chicago, Illinois but I moved to Northern New Jersey at a young age. The 1000 Islands region in Upstate New York is also a place I call home and is somewhere I have been going since I was 3 months old. I love to swim, go boating, water ski, read, take pictures, listen to music, and be with my friends and family. I am also a huge sports fan; my favorite sports are hockey, football, and lacrosse.

I attended Syracuse University and majored in Sport Management at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in May 2024 and am currently a graduate student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Advertising. During my four undergraduate years at Syracuse, I had multiple internships in the sport industry which gave me great experience and confirmed my passion for sports. I had the opportunity to work with Syracuse Athletics, specifically with the football, soccer, rowing and softball teams. I also worked for the Syracuse University's Marketing and Communications Office Social Team, and the Syracuse Crunch Hockey Club. At Syracuse, I was a member of the Club Lacrosse Team, Sport Management Club, Women in Sports and Events Club, Sport Law Club and Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity. I love playing lacrosse so much that I am going to continue playing during grad school.

I am currently deciding if I want to attend law school. I am very interested in the legal side of the sport industry and have recently been introduced to sport advertising law and intellectual property law. I am interested in working for one of the major leagues such as the NHL or NFL or even on the agency side.

This semester, I am taking a course called Trendspotting in Digital Media taught by Professor Sean Branagan. I am excited to take this course to learn how to analyze current and future technologies as these will be essential in my career going forward. Going forward I hope to be able to recognize potential trends and connect them back to sports because the area of media I want to focus on is sport advertising. It is impossible to predict the future, but I am excited to look for clues and put together pieces of the puzzle to try and see what the next big trends could be.

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159918&_unique_id=66b5f3376ae74 #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was

his understanding that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck

session, updating their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic … Read More

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet - #GLOBAL https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159917&_unique_id=66b5f3367b4ee Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was his understanding

that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck session, updating

their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159916&_unique_id=66b5f33531d7f Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was his understanding

that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck session, updating

their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png #GLOBAL - BLOGGER Welcome to At the R... BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

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At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly) - Notice Today Internet - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/?feed_id=159915&_unique_id=66b5f3333f0e8 Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here.Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — but not to the campaign committees and their outside supporters.The NRSC’s independent expenditure arm launched its first ad of the cycle targeting Rep. Elissa Slotkin just hours after she won the nomination to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and as our friend Bridget Bowman reports for NBC News, it’s part of a $10 million campaign. On top of that, OneNation, which is the policy affiliate of the Senate GOP leadership-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, launched the first salvo in a $9.4 million campaign also targeting Slotkin.The Democrats, likewise, were quick to unveil ads in Michigan and other states this week. The DSCC’s independent expenditure arm has a new ad as part of a previously announced buy going after the GOP nominee, former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, for his post-congressional career.Slotkin and Rogers were declared winners of their primaries early on Tuesday night, but don’t expect that to happen when they face each other in a November race rated Tilt Democratic, or when Harris and Walz go up against the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance in a state rated Toss-up.The heavily Democratic 13th District based around Detroit provides a reminder of why. At midnight, The Associated Press estimated that only about 2 percent of ballots had been counted, and the call that incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar won renomination didn’t come until 2:12 a.m. on Wednesday. He ultimately prevailed in the primary by about 20 points.Google News Starting gateBad news for Good: A recount of the June 18 Republican primary in Virginia’s 5th District confirmed Rep. Bob Good, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, lost to state Sen. John McGuire.And for Bush: Missouri Rep. Cori Bush became the fourth House incumbent, and second progressive Democrat, to lose a primary this year after pro-Israel groups and others supporting Tuesday’s winner, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, spent more than $12 million. Groups backing Bush or opposing Bell spent $3.3 million. Other Missouri primaries picked nominees for the deep-red 3rd District and a Democratic challenger for Sen. Josh Hawley.Is Newhouse next? Washington state’s all-party primaries send the top two vote-getters to the November ballot, so the 25 percent that GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse got Tuesday means he’s not toast yet. But another Republican finished with 31 percent and a third got 19 percent. If that sentiment holds in November, Newhouse starts out with 50 percent of Republicans against him. Washington’s primaries also set a rematch for Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez against Republican Joe Kent and picked nominees for open seats in the 5th and 6th districts, where the races are rated Solid Republican and Solid Democratic, respectively.But wait, there’s more: Nominees were picked Tuesday for huge battles ahead for Senate and the open 7th District, among other seats, in Michigan. Voters in Kansas picked a challenger for Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids and tapped a former House member to run for an open seat.And we’re still not done: Tennessee held its primaries on Thursday, and Rep. Andy Ogles held off a challenge from Courtney Johnston, a member of the Nashville Metro Council, winning with 57 percent of the vote. But his troubles didn’t end with the victory. Ogles this week confirmed that the FBI seized his cellphone and said it was his understanding

that the probe was “investigating the same well-known facts” surrounding mistakes his campaign made on financial reports. RIP: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died last month after a battle with pancreatic cancer, was eulogized by Harris in Houston last week. The vice president remembered the Texas Democrat as “unrelenting,” Justin Papp reports.Google News ICYMITim who?: He’s not Republican Rep. Michael Waltz or singer Tom Waits, but most people had little idea who Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz actually is despite his career in Congress and election to two terms as Minnesota governor. So like a lot of people in the profession, our newsroom has been trying to fill the gaps since he was chosen on Tuesday, starting with how people and groups reacting to the choice described him, how the Harris campaign introduced him and how the Trump campaign responded, and what members of the House elected in the same year as he was said. We also had detailed looks at his role on agriculture and health care, and how the pick affects potential contributors on Wall Street.Gambling on elections: A group of House and Senate Democrats wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to move forward with a ban on political betting markets backed by Wall Street. “Election gambling fundamentally cheapens the sanctity of our democratic process. Political bets change the motivations behind each vote, replacing political convictions with financial calculations,” the lawmakers wrote in a Monday letter to CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate signatory, previously expressed his concerns in an MSNBC opinion piece.Shah faces Schweikert: Amish Shah, a medical doctor and former state legislator, won the July 30 Democratic primary to face incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., in the 1st District. The race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections, and there was a crowded primary to get the chance to challenge the incumbent on November’s ballot. Another Arizona Democratic primary, for the open 3rd District seat, is heading for a recount with 42 votes separating Yassamin Ansari and Raquel Terán.Ad watch: House Majority Forward released ads in several House races this week, including a television ad supporting Maine Rep. Jared Golden, a radio ad supporting North Carolina Rep. Don Davis and a digital ad targeting California Rep. Mike Garcia. Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced a statewide ad buy focusing on Harris. And the DSCC released its first ad against Tim Sheehy in Montana, accusing the Republican of advocating to privatize public lands.Security funding: The top senators on the panel that provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security questioned whether the Secret Service needs more money after the attempted assassination of Trump, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Johnson reports. That appears to have led to a delay of the department’s fiscal 2025 funding bill. Picking a successor: Jackson Lee’s children endorsed Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor, to succeed her in the House. Turner is among several Democrats who have been in touch with the county party officials who will pick a new candidate to be on the November ballot on the same day that there’s a special election to serve the rest of Jackson Lee’s current term. Another candidate vying for the seat is Amanda Edwards, a former intern for Jackson Lee who lost the Democratic primary to her in March.From Congress to the forest? Former House member Jaime Herrera Beutler is leading the field of contenders in the primary for Washington state lands commissioner. Herrera Beutler, a Republican who lost her bid for a seventh term in Congress two years ago, got about 23 percent of the vote on Tuesday in a seven-candidate field, according to the Washington State Standard.Google News What we’re reading Lame duck alert: Not to look past Election Day, but the folks at the Congressional Research Service are already getting ready for the lame-duck session, updating

their handy chart and report on what actually gets done during the post-election sessions with plenty of references to our CQ Vote Studies. Minnesota markets: While he’s not from a true swing state himself, Walz may be more familiar to voters in parts of Wisconsin that share media markets with Minnesota, Torey Van Oot writes for Axios in the Twin Cities.Wellstone’s imprint: After Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, the family of the liberal Democratic senator from Minnesota established a training program for up-and-coming progressives. One of the first attendees, according to The Nation? A high school teacher named Tim Walz. Meddling: A group tied to House Democratic leaders is spending nearly $1 million on ads that boost an underfunded perennial candidate for the state’s at-large congressional district in an effort to help Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. “The group appears to be attempting to game Alaska’s complicated electoral system to ensure Peltola has the best odds of prevailing in November,” Politico reports.Otherwise occupied: Punchbowl News reached out to vulnerable Democrats in Congress and found that many of them are skipping the convention in Chicago later this month. That’s not unlike some swing-district Republicans, who were similarly busy the week their party gathered in Milwaukee.Google News The count: 193That’s the number of times, out of 1,327 chances, that the embattled Newhouse, whom Trump branded a “weak and pathetic RINO” on Saturday, voted against a majority of House Republicans since January 2021, according to a CQ Vote Studies analysis by our colleague Ryan Kelly. The analysis includes votes for which majorities of the two parties were on opposite sides, and it assigns a “party unity” score based on how often a lawmaker votes with or without his side. The data shows 13 House Republicans who were in Congress at the same time had lower party unity scores than Newhouse’s, but he is the only one who committed the mortal sin of voting in 2021 to impeach Trump after his supporters rioted at the Capitol. The 13 include many members whom the GOP will be spending millions of dollars this fall to keep from losing their seats, including Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick (552 votes against his majority), Nebraska’s Don Bacon (268 votes), California’s Young Kim (257 votes), New York’s Andrew Garbarino (251 votes) and California’s Ken Calvert (195 votes). Garbarino, for example, has Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.”Google News Nathan’s notesAs a high school teacher taking on a Republican in a rural Minnesota district nearly 19 years ago, Democrat Tim Walz didn’t exactly strike political handicappers as a guy who was going places, but Nathan writes that he had good timing.Google News Key race: #IA01Candidates: Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an ophthalmologist, a former state senator and a veteran who is seeking her third term in the House. She faces Democrat Christina Bohannan, a former state representative who teaches constitutional law at the University of Iowa. It’s a rematch of their 2022 contest, which Miller-Meeks won by almost 7 percentage points.Why it matters: The 1st District is one of two competitive seats in Iowa that could determine which party controls the House, and it’s on the DCCC’s list of districts that Democrats are seeking to flip this year. The race is rated Lean Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales. Cash dash: Miller-Meeks raised $3.5 million since the 2022 election, while Bohannan, who entered the race in August 2023, has raised $3.4 million. Bohannan had $2.4 million on hand as of June 30 to Miller-Meeks’ $2.3 million.Backers: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird are supporting Miller-Meeks, as are House GOP leaders. Bohannan was endorsed by EMILY’s List and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC. She is also part of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides Democratic challengers in competitive, Republican-held districts with organizational and fundraising support.

What they’re saying: Democrats have centered the campaign on abortion access. A new state law that took effect in July bans abortion once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, which usually occurs around six weeks into pregnancy, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Bohannan’s first ad, released this week, accuses Miller-Meeks of helping to pass that measure, even though she was not in the state legislature at the time. Miller-Meeks received an A+ rating from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and was a co-sponsor of the bill during the last Congress that would have prohibited all abortions nationwide without exception; however, she didn’t sign on as a co-sponsor of the measure during the current Congress. Miller-Meeks accused Democrats of embracing an “extreme” position on abortion and focusing on it as a way to avoid discussing economic issues and border security.Terrain: The district is in the southeastern portion of the state, reaching from the Illinois border to the Missouri border and to the fringes of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Davenport and Burlington as well as Iowa City, home to the University of Iowa. Along with the 3rd District, it is the least Republican of the state’s congressional districts: Biden lost the 1st by less than 2.4 percentage points, according to Inside Elections.Wild card: In 2020, Miller-Meeks won the seat by a scant six-vote margin. In June, she beat an underfunded and largely unknown right-wing GOP primary foe by 12 percentage points, a race that some observers deemed surprisingly close.Google News Coming upThe primaries just keep coming. Up next week are Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.Google News Photo finishAfter being chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fires up a crowd at his debut rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday as presidential nominee Harris applauds. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Subscribe now using this link so you don’t miss out on the best news and analysis from our team.“Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe…”Source Link: https://rollcall.com/2024/08/08/at-the-races-dont-forget-the-motor-city-counts-votes-slowly/ http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gae2f533467bbea064cd597666c3ea8cb1d0a4324b5809bc426da36e4854a613d7041fae51c5478de86fb95801add1a9e_64.png BLOGGER - #GLOBAL Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Michigan’s congressional primaries were overshadowed nationally by the debut of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate of current Vice President and Democratic … Read More

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On Thursday, The Detroit News reported that retired Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) is entertaining a plan to offer Democrats some degree of power sharing in the House in return for joining with a handful of GOP lawmakers to elect him Speaker of the House, in the event that Republicans fail to solve their gridlock in trying to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

According to the report, one possible offer Upton could make Democrats is an equal number of seats on House committees.

A gang of far-right Republicans has blocked McCarthy from the 218 votes he needs to be elected Speaker, leading to three failed ballots on Tuesday when the new Congress met for the first time — something that has not happened since 1923. These Republicans have demanded a number of changes to House rules that would give them more power over the caucus — which McCarthy has partially complied with, to no avail in reaching a deal with the holdouts.

So far, Democrats have been unanimous in nominating their own newly chosen House Leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). If all Democrats voted together on a compromise Upton candidacy, six Republicans would have to join them. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) previously floated a bipartisan Upton candidacy as a possibility if McCarthy cannot secure the votes, but it is unclear whether five other Republicans would join him, or whether Democrats would be willing to accept the deal at all.

Upton, a longtime relative moderate Republican who retired at the end of last session, was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Only two of those lawmakers, Reps. David Valadao (R-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), are in office, as the others either retired or were defeated in their primary with Trump-backed challengers.

Trump himself is still backing McCarthy for Speaker. Last night, he appeared to step back from his endorsement, but reasserted it this morning with a post on his Truth Social platform.

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When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it’s hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Ray Peterson: Tom Hanks Lt. Mark Rumsfield: Bruce Dern Carol Peterson: Carrie Fisher Art Weingartner: Rick Ducommun Bonnie Rumsfield: Wendy Schaal Ricky Butler: Corey Feldman Hans Klopek: Courtney Gains Dr. Werner Klopek: Henry Gibson Walter Seznick: Gale Gordon Vic, Garbageman #1: Dick Miller Joe, Garbageman #2: Robert Picardo Uncle Reuben Klopek: Theodore Gottlieb Detective #1: Franklyn Ajaye Dave Peterson: Cory Danziger Detective #2: Rance Howard Ricky’s Girlfriend: Heather Haase Steve Kuntz: Nicky Katt Ricky’s Friend: Bill Stevenson Ricky’s Friend: Gary Hays Cop: Kevin Gage Cop: Dana Olsen Walter’s Daughter: Brenda Benner Suzanne Weingartner: Patrika Darbo Voiceover Actor: Sonny Carl Davis Voiceover Actor: Moosie Drier Voiceover Actor: Leigh French Voiceover Actor: Archie Hahn Voiceover Actor: Billy Jayne Voiceover Actor: Phyllis Katz Voiceover Actor: Jeffrey Kramer Voiceover Actor: Lynne Marie Stewart Voiceover Actor: Arnold F. Turner Voiceover Actor: Gigi Vorgan Ricky’s friend (uncredited): Carey Scott Kid on Bike (Uncredited): Tony Westbrook Ray’s Boss (uncredited): Kevin McCarthy Film Crew: Sound Effects: Mark A. Mangini Casting: Mike Fenton Casting: Judy Taylor Costume Design: Rosanna Norton Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith Director: Joe Dante Executive Producer: Ron Howard Production Sound Mixer: Ken King Hairstylist: Christine Lee Production Design: James H. Spencer Set Designer: James E. Tocci Producer: Larry Brezner Producer: Michael Finnell Additional Photography: John Hora Music Editor: Kenneth Hall Set Decoration: John H. Anderson Foley Editor: Ron Bartlett Makeup Artist: Daniel C. Striepeke Co-Producer: Dana Olsen Special Effects Supervisor: Ken Pepiot Editor: Marshall Harvey Camera Operator: Michael D. O’Shea Director of Photography: Robert M. Stevens Stunts: George P. Wilbur Associate Producer: Pat Kehoe Dolly Grip: Kirk Bales Key Grip: Charles Saldaña Stunts: John-Clay Scott Supervising Sound Editor: George Simpson Stunts: Eddie Hice Stunts: Gary Epper Stunts: Wally Rose Stunt Double: Brian J. Williams Stunts: Jeff Ramsey Stunts: John Hateley Stunts: Ray Saniger Art Direction: Charles L. Hughes ADR Editor: Stephen Purvis Stunts: Gary Morgan Stunts: Frank Orsatti Second Assistant Director: David D’Ovidio Sound Editor: Warren Hamilton Jr. Costume Supervisor: Cheryl Beasley Blackwell Makeup Artist: Michael Germain Foley Artist: Dan O’Connell Transportation Coordinator: Randy White Boom Operator: Randall L. Johnson Foley Artist: Kevin Bartnof Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael Owens Still Photographer: Ralph Nelson Jr. Script Supervisor: Roz Harris Leadman: Nigel A. Boucher Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Minkler Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary C. Bourgeois Foley Editor: Aaron Glascock Sound Editor: Michael J. Benavente Chief Lighting Technician: Leslie J. Kovacs Costume Supervisor: Eric H. Sandberg Greensman: Dave Newhouse Construction Coordinator: Michael Muscarella Stunts: Roydon Clark Stunts: Sandra Lee Gimpel Set Designer: Judy Cammer Assistant Editor: Uri Katoni Lighting Technician: Brent Poe Grip: T. Daniel Scaringi Production Coordinator: Karen Shaw Lighting Technician: Ken W. Ballantine Special Effects: Michael Arbogast Studio Teacher: Adria Later Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Smolek Construction Foreman: Ciro Vuoso Production Accountant: Julianna Arenson Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Benny McNulty Set Designer: Erin M. Cummins Property Master: Gregg H. Bilson Lighting Technician: E. Christopher Reed Stunts: Rick Sawaya Unit Publicist: Reid Rosefelt Special Effects: Jeff Pepiot Grip: Danny Falkengren Best Boy Grip: Hal Nelson Grip: Paul E. Sutton Special Effects: Thomas R....

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ESTIMATED PROPHET

1. BUSH

2. PETER

3. BOB

4. CARA

5. REPS

6. MARCUS

7. LANE

8. LIEBERMAN

9. MAC

10. DAVID

11. PAUL

12. LINDNER'S

13. PHELAN

14. BURTON

15. IRWIN

16. RODINO

17. JUDGE

18. SCOTT

19. VAN

20. LAUREL'S

21. GUBER

22. RICHARD

23. IRA

24. HOLLIS

25. HUGO

26. JACOBS

27. CAMPBELL

28. CHANDLER

29. MORGAN

30. SPIEGEL'S

31. R

32. SCOTCH

33. MR

34. KANE

35. GROUP

36. LURIE

37. J

38. FREDDIE

39. GREEN'S

40. HART

41. BRONFMAN

42. NEWHOUSE

43. SCHMIDT

44. ELISA

45. PROPOSAL

46. TAYLOR

47. RIDLEY

48. JOHN

49. ADDISON

50. SPIELVOGEL

51. ACT

52. AL

53. GORBACHEV

54. MAY

55. HURRICANE

56. DOCTOR'S

57. PETERS

58. MEHL

59. JUNIOR

60. CAR

61. ACHENBAUM

62. PRESIDENT'S

63. LESSON

64. CRYSTAL

65. BERNSTEIN'S

66. MCGUIGAN

67. GEORGE

68. O'KICKI

69. STOLL

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Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967) Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Vernon, Sharon Acker, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong, James Sikking. Screenplay: Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, Rafe Newhouse,  based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark). Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop. Art direction: Albert Brenner, George W. Davis. Film editing: Henry Berman, 

With its non-linear storytelling and audaciously post-realist tricks of style, Point Blank clearly shows the influence of the great French and Italian filmmakers of the 1960s, but even though its director was a Brit whose only previous non-documentary film was Having a Wild Weekend (1965), an attempt to do for the Dave Clark Five what A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester, 1963) did for the Beatles, it's unquestionably an American movie. Its loner antihero, Walker (Lee Marvin), is straight out of American Westerns, and the two cities it shifts between, San Francisco and Los Angeles, are the American final frontier. That any studio, let alone MGM, would allow John Boorman and Marvin to make Point Blank what it is -- an eccentric spin on a familiar genre -- shows how the Hollywood studio system had imploded. It's a film full of outrageous moments: Walker bursting into Lynne's (Sharon Acker) apartment and emptying his revolver into an unoccupied bed. Walker fastening his seat belt -- in the days before shoulder belts and mandated buckling up -- and embarking on a one-car demolition derby with Stegman (Michael Strong) in the passenger seat. Walker dumping a naked Reese (John Vernon) from a penthouse balcony. Chris (Angie Dickinson) pummeling an immovable Walker with her purse and her fists before collapsing in exhaustion. It has showoffy tricks: The pock pock pock pock of Walker's heels as he strides down an airport corridor, a sound that's carried over even after he's left the hallway. The often psychedelic color effects, like Chris's day-glo wardrobe or the closeup of the multicolored perfumes in the bottles that have shattered in the bathtub after Walker swept them from the shelves. Its plot stretches credibility to the breaking point: How did Walker survive being shot at, yes, point blank range and then get away from Alcatraz? This alone has served as the focus of countless attempts at interpretation: Is Walker a ghost? Or is what happens after he's shot the revenge fantasy of a dying man? In short, Point Blank is a glorious mess, made into an enduring work of fascination and puzzlement by wonderful performances, particularly by Marvin and Dickinson. Is it a great film or just an enduring cult movie? I tend to the latter view, but it's bloody fun in either case.

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Only 2 Of 10 House Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Donald Trump Keep Their Seats

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Only 2 Of 10 House Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Donald Trump Keep Their Seats

Reps. Dan Newhouse and David Valadao were the only two to make it to November after the others lost to pro-Trump challengers or declined to run.