Morning Digest: Dems need four seats to flip Michigan’s House. Our new data shows the top targets

Campaign Action However, because Republicans heavily gerrymandered the map to benefit themselves, the Democrats’ presidential nominee will need to decisively defeat Donald Trump in the Wolverine State to give their party a chance. Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s successful re-election campaign illustrates this hurdle: Even though she beat Republican John James 52-46 statewide, she only took…

Trump’s defense: If he did it that’s okay, the other guy had it coming, and also you can’t prove it

As Trump’s team finished out its case on Tuesday afternoon, Jay Sekulow’s hour-plus ramble through the sad underdog life of Donald Trump was surely the attention-grabber. In an address that went everywhere but to Trump’s actions in Ukraine, Sekulow was ludicrously over-the-top in painting a picture of a Trump who couldn’t take a step without an…

Morning Digest: Ardent Trump ally will reportedly challenge GOP senator in Georgia special election

Campaign Action If Collins goes ahead with his bid, that would almost certainly crush GOP hopes of winning outright in November, at least under the state’s current election law. That’s because all candidates from all parties will run together on a single ballot, and if no one takes a majority, a runoff between the top…

Senate Republicans fear that if Bolton testifies, ‘the floodgates are open’

Trump’s defenders have insisted again and again that the many witnesses to his pressure campaign against Ukraine didn’t count because none of them had heard directly from him that nearly $400 million in military aid was held up specifically to demand investigations into Trump’s political opponents. That’s exactly what Bolton’s book reportedly does say: that Trump…

Morning Digest: Former GOP congressman runs bigoted ad highlighting that his top GOP rival is gay

Campaign Action The spot then highlights a large headline from the Los Angeles Blade that reads “Carl DeMaio: California’s gay GOP kingmaker” and a considerably smaller excerpt from the article quoting DeMaio saying, “My job isn’t to support Donald Trump.” The image then switches to an article from The Hill titled “Gay GOP Candidate: Party…

Universities urged to increase support for DACA recipients facing uncertainty

“They can definitely provide a safe environment,” he told the newspaper. “Let the DACA students know that they are welcome there, they’re accepted, and that these resources are there and available for them.” Among the programs already established at schools in the state are one-stop centers featuring both academic and mental health help, like at the…