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GOP Sens. Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski say they will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. Joining Susan Collins, that makes 3 Republicans voting yes.
Join MPR's Kerri Miller@KerriMPR ) and me LIVE on The Button podcast, Tuesday evening (6:30pm ET), for what may be the final cocaine orgy with Madison Cawthorn!
Mary Peltola has won Alaska's special House election, becoming the first Alaska Native and the first Democrat since 1972 to win the seat in the state's unique "ranked choice" system. Peltola outlasted a comeback attempt from ex-Gov. Sarah Palin (R), 51.5-48.5%.
The first Senate change of the night: John Fetterman defeats Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, giving the Democrats the seat formerly held by Pat Toomey.
"And Mexico will pay for it!"
I've been reading @RonBrownstein for close to 40 years, and there's never been a time where I didn't learn something new. Perry Bacon's superb piece may help introduce Ron's work to the new political junkies out there. But we've known this all along.
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Senate had a healthcare repeal vote tonight. It needed 60 votes but got only 43. 9 Rs voted no. McCain, moving speech and all, voted yes.
Just curious, does anyone know who hired Milo Yiannopoulos to be an editor at Breitbart? Or what he's doing now?
Not long from now, when our democracy comes to an end and people won't understand why, this is one of the things I'm going to point to.
It's disgraceful that Hillary or Jeb should get the presidency via inheritance. More later on this subject from Luke Russert & Chris Cuomo.
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination due to concerns over the Covid virus. The last presidential candidate not to accept the nomination in person at the convention was FDR in 1944.
Here's Michael Flynn at the GOP convention in a "Lock Her Up" chant vs. Hillary over security issues. Lock HIM up?
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