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Susan Collins’ re-election strategy collapses: report
Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins’ carefully constructed re-election strategy collapsed following Democrat Graham Platner’s abrupt exit from the Senate race due to multiple credible allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, according to a new report. In its report, Politico argues Collins’ campaign spent months stockpiling opposition research on Platner, betting his personal scandals would dominate…
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Couple who lost everything in Eaton Fire marries on burned property
A Southern California couple who lost their first home in the devastating Eaton Fire exchanged vows on the under-construction site where their Altadena house burned to the ground. Photos of newlyweds Kenny Rotter and Morgan Soloway showed the couple smiling alongside family and friends on the charred lot as the home’s new wooden frame rose…
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Trump administration approves California company’s plan to pipe water out of the Mojave Desert
The company Cadiz Inc. has been trying for years to pump groundwater in the Mojave Desert and ship it to thirsty cities in California. Now, the Trump administration has signed off on part of its plan: converting an oil and gas pipeline to transport water across the desert. The federal Bureau of Land Management released…
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GOP charging thousands to participate in Trump’s ‘grifter free-for-all’: report
State Republican parties are charging thousands of dollars to be an “honorary delegate” at Trump’s midterm convention, per HuffPost reporting. Trump is hosting an unusual midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, in September, and the GOP is hoping to rake in profits by selling expensive tickets, hotel stays, and honorary titles, according to HuffPost. “It’s not…
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Evacuation warnings issued as more than 100 firefighters battle Lake Piru brush fire
A brush fire erupted on the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties amid sizzling temperatures Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuation warnings near Lake Piru. The blaze, dubbed the Grande fire, ignited at 2:20 p.m. south of the 126 Freeway, east of Lake Piru. Despite being located in steep terrain with difficult access, crews from the…
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Trump fires entire Federal Election Commission just months before the midterms: report
President Donald Trump has fired the remaining three members of the Federal Election Commission with just months to go before the midterm elections, reported Reuters’ Erin Blanco on Thursday evening. This follows the landmark Supreme Court decision that overturns 90 years of precedent to give Trump near-unlimited power to fire the heads of agencies, even…
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MAGA candidate’s office in disarray as yet another senior staffer exits
In yet another humiliation to Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins, he is losing his second congressional chief of staff, forcing him to open hiring for a third one. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Collins said Thursday he hired Andrew Eisenberger to lead his Congressional office. Eisenberger is a former deputy aide for Collins who most…
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Deadbeat dad left child custody papers at scene after allegedly murdering ex-wife, her new husband
A deadbeat dad who stormed into a Las Vegas grocery store and allegedly gunned down his ex-wife and her new husband tucked custody papers under his ex’s arm after the double murder, according to police. Alejandro Estrada, 43, left the child custody papers at the crime scene to provide police with a motive for allegedly…
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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues’ racist, homophobic comments may face criminal case
After Daniel Flores secretly recorded his LAPD colleagues making racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job, he turned the evidence over to his superiors, according to an Internal Affairs complaint he filed with the department last year, which said he hoped the evidence would be used against those responsible. But now, his lawyer says,…
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‘Gobsmacking’ Supreme Court opinions raise a troubling set of problems: analysis
One legal expert flagged a “gobsmacking” detail tucked away inside the opinions of a pair of Supreme Court justices that raises a troubling set of problems for the court. Harry Litman, a former federal prosecutor, argued in a new Substack essay that Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh’s opinions in the contentious birthright citizenship case,…