No surprise: Rep. Jim Jordan is refusing to talk to the House select committee investigating Jan. 6. Maybe even less of a surprise: His letter announcing that refusal is very, very long and filled with attacks on Democrats (Jordan, wordy? Surely not!) while dodging the reasons the committee might wish to talk to him, such as his conversation or…
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Fresh off fiery Jan. 6 address, Biden heads into critical voting rights speech with a new attitude
As President Joe Biden travels to Georgia this week to push for federal voting rights legislation, it appears he will be bringing with him the new tone he adopted during his forceful speech commemorating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. “We are doubling down, kicking it into another gear, we are going right to the belly of the…
Morning Digest: Why the special election to succeed Devin Nunes could be an orphan race
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● CA-05, CA-22 (special): While GOP Rep. Tom McClintock still hasn’t said anything publicly about his midterm plans,…