Interesting workaround

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For all the stage time Democrat Ruben Diaz is getting at the Trump rally in the Bronx tonight, it feels like Democrat Dov Hikind is getting a little snubbed

Some of the corrupt members of the Bronx's political machine decades ago played a role in Trump's rise. Roy Cohn's law partner, Stanley Friedman -- who was prosecuted by Rudy Giuliani -- was a key Bronx political leader. As told by Newfield and Barrett cityandstateny.com/opinion/2017/0…

DeSantis is raising money for Trump via the Super PAC Right for America, which is
backed by big Republican donors such as Ike Perlmutter, who has agreed to match at least a portion of the DeSantis team’s fundraising, rather than funneling money directly to Trump’s campaign.

Per this piece, DeSantis and his allies are raising money into a second super PAC backing Trump. That group is heavily funded by Ike Perlmutter ctvnews.ca/world/ron-i-lo…

The Isaac Chotiner interview with Simon Rosenberg newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/i…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — FCC fines political consultant $6 million for AI robocalls that impersonated Biden before the New Hampshire primary.

We're very excited to have Teddy join the NYT team — been a longtime admirer of his reporting from afar and look forward to working together!

Here’s a big reason why Trump is currently ahead in swing states. Almost 60% of voters think BIden has some or all lot of control over inflation and costs, but just 40% trust him to lower them in 2nd term. Compared to 60% who think Trump will lower them. cookpolitical.com/sites/default/…

I asked Ted Cruz last night about his prediction in 2016 that Donald Trump and David Pecker were behind the lies published about him in the National Enquirer and the testimony in Trump's trial that has now confirmed it.

Nikki Haley today:

'Trump has not been perfect on these policies. … But Biden has been a catastrophe. So I will be voting for Trump. Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me…”

NEW: Last summer, the Alito beach home in New Jersey flew the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which like the upside down US flag, is linked to Jan. 6. We have photos from July, August and September as well as eyewitnesses. nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/…

'Once Trump realized that security cameras at Mar-a-Lago could capture his employees moving classified government docs, he allegedly ensured that they would avoid the cameras when moving boxes.' wapo.st/3wSI8Av

The campaigns probably have more interesting internal data on small shifts but the striking thing is how little the race has changed in 6 months, per the Bloomberg swing state poll

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Capitol Police have told congressional offices they are investigating a “suspicious substance” at the RNC’s address, per notice obtained by @Axios

“Staff and other personnel are directed to AVOID THIS AREA until further notice,” it says.

Via Adam Nagourney nytimes.com/2024/05/21/us/…

Remarkable: People are killed by county sheriffs at a rate 3x higher than city police, a CBS News investigation by Erin D. Cauchi & Adam Yamaguchi finds.

New: FBI issues rare statement directly responding to this attack from Trump and his allies.

Says “standard protocol” was followed - “No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter.”