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John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, is struggling with a crucial decision: Whether to ask South Dakota voters for six more years in office. Source: CNN

Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger says that the American people deserve better than only choosing between former President Trump and President Biden after discussing the politics of the failed withdrawal in Afghanistan with CNN’s Brianna Keilar. Source: CNN

The Big Lie is already tainting the 2022 and 2024 elections. Source: CNN

If Rep. Liz Cheney is purged from the Republican Party, it likely will be at the hand of Harriet Hageman. Source: CNN

Let’s be clear: For most people Joe Biden was not elected last November to get us out of Afghanistan. His election was not a blank check to oversee a dramatic expansion of the federal government. His victory wasn’t even wholly about halting the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, although surely that was top of mind for many voters at the …

Pennsylvania Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to subpoena the Pennsylvania Department of State for millions of voters’ personal information and voting histories as they launch a review that appears designed to relitigate the 2020 presidential election. Source: CNN

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has “great confidence” in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley’s leadership after being asked about assertions leveled in a new book about Milley’s actions in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Source: CNN

Donald Trump is, at root, just an overgrown kid. And not in any good way. Source: CNN

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On Monday afternoon, Donald Trump endorsed a state representative named Mark Finchem to be the next secretary of state in Arizona. Source: CNN