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At the Races: Breaking ranks - Roll Call Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including ranked choice voting and new campaign bids.

Nice spotlight in @rollcall.com for last night's big @kimkalunian.bsky.social 1-on-1 with LG @sabinamatos.bsky.social about surviving the signature scandal and her political future (via @nielslesniewski.bsky.social @capitolwatch.bsky.social)

A @reuters.com investigation identified 11 judges whose families faced threats after they ruled against President Trump. Many have come after billionaire Elon Musk attacked them on his social media platform.

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As a sales strategy, CVS could try not locking up their popsicles.

If you have tips relating to the commercial space industry and its billionaire leaders, please reach out to @heathervogell.bsky.social (HeatherVogell.55 on Signal).

And after the CTMirror sought public records related to this, the state DMV initially said it would cost $47,000 to comply with the FOIA request.

Has Your Car Been Towed in Connecticut? Share Your Story and Help Us Investigate. We’re investigating towing practices in Connecticut, where companies can sell people’s cars after just 15 days. If you’ve been affected, we want to hear from you.

We’re investigating towing practices in Connecticut, where companies can sell people’s cars after just 15 days. If you’ve been affected, we want to hear from you.
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Meddling for MAGA Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.

Scoop: Patrick Soon-Shiong's meddling at the LA Times has grown more pervasive than previously realized.

He has taken a number of previously unreported steps to curtail pieces critical of Trump, per a memo to top editor Terry Tang that I obtained.

Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.

In one of their final acts in office, Sinema and Manchin nuke a Biden pick for the National Labor Relations Board in a big loss for organized labor.

Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on Day 1 and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed The president-elect also said during an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” that he won’t request a special prosecutor to investigate outgoing President Joe Biden.

NEW:

Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on Day 1, says Jan. 6 committee should be jailed

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The guild I am part of, the LA Times Guild, just posted this over on insta:

Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times By Harry Litman

OK sports fans, so this is my last bulletin for my position at @losangelestimes.bsky.social. I resigned yesterday in protest of the paper's and owner's cozying up to Trump. Here's my explanation on my substack, where I hope you will follow me going forward.
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Most Rural Hospitals Have Closed Their Maternity Wards, Study Finds (Gift Article) Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike.

This is a five-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/h...

How backlash to the pandemic helped shape Trump’s health picks - Roll Call Cabinet health picks include vaccine skeptics, supporters of herd immunity and promoters of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.

Excellent look by @ArielCohen37 on how the long shadow of the Covid pandemic shaped Trump’s cabinet picks. rollcall.com/2024/12/05/h...

More: In a conversation with right-wing media personality Scott Jennings, Soon-Shiong revealed that he plans to put an AI-powered "bias meter" on stories published by the LA Times. "People are now deeply fucking concerned," one staffer bluntly told me Wednesday night. www.status.news/p/los-angele...

A Michigan lawmaker, part of the incoming GOP majority in the state House, today:

This is such a great story about an incredibly infuriating practice

British Lawmakers Voted to Legalize Assisted Dying. Here’s What to Know. The House of Commons voted in favor of a bill that would legalize assisted dying for the terminally ill, under strict conditions. A similar proposal was rejected in 2015.

Lawmakers in Britain voted on Friday in favor of a proposal to legalize assisted dying for some terminally ill patients in England and Wales. It was the first time in nearly a decade that British lawmakers voted on assisted dying. Here’s what to know.

RFK Jr. attacked the CDC’s ‘fascism’ and likened vaccinating children to abuse by the Catholic Church Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, also argued for jailing vaccine scientists in previously unreported comments at autism conferences.

New: Recordings from private autism conferences show Trump HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vilifying & conspiracy theorizing about agencies he's set to lead. Videos show RFK Jr comparing CDC vaccine programs to "Nazi death camps" & calling for researchers to be jailed. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell to lay in state at CT Capitol Rell will lay in state at the Capitol on Dec. 3 before her funeral at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford.

Rell will lay in state at the Capitol on Dec. 3 before her funeral at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Hartford.

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Alt text: "Collage of six individuals featured under the headline 'Trump's second administration set to be filled with losers.' The text notes that at least 17 of Trump's picks have previously lost elections. The images, labeled clockwise, depict Linda McMahon, Pete Hegseth, Mehmet Oz, Doug Collins, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Matthew Whitaker, all looking serious or addressing the camera."

Quite the headline rollcall.com/2024/11/25/d...

Why 90% of the U.S. avocado supply comes from Mexico Avocados' popularity has skyrocketed in the U.S. thanks to Mexico, which provides nearly 90% of U.S. avocado supply. Can the U.S. ever catch up?

If you voted out the incumbent because you thought grocery prices were too high, I got some bad news from you.
For example, 90% of our avocados come from Mexico. Guac is REALLY gonna cost extra
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Number of women who are state lawmakers inches up to a record high The total number of women who are state lawmakers has once again reached new heights, following a trend up in recent years.

By @isabellavolmert.bsky.social apnews.com/article/wome...

Trump names former Florida AG Pam Bondi as his next attorney general pick

Trump picks Linda McMahon to be Education secretary - Roll Call Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is Donald Trump’s pick for Education secretary, a role that could put her at the forefront of cultural debates.

As an aside: I spoke to Gov. Rell Tuesday night to get her thoughts on @Linda_McMahon's nomination as education secretary. (Rell appointed her to the Connecticut state Board of Education in 2009.) rollcall.com/2024/11/19/t...

Amid politics that’s ‘become ugly’, a former CT governor wouldn’t run for office now Jodi Rell would not do it again. Despite rising to the highest level of Connecticut politics as governor, Rell says if she had a chance to do it all over, with today’s bitter political polari…

She came up in a different era and said recently that she'd never seek out a career in politics in the current climate. "It’s become ugly. I’m sad to say that,'' she said. www.courant.com/2023/09/14/c...

RIP Jodi Rell: She was an accidental governor, but she left a lasting mark, helping to heal the state after the scandals that led to John Rowland's resignation. She was a moderate Republican who backed abortion rights and signed Connecticut's civil union bill into law way back in 2005...

Trump taps RFK Jr. to lead HHS - Roll Call After promising to let him "go wild" on public health agencies, President-elect Donald Trump nominates RFK Jr. for HHS secretary.

The health care team was ready for the RFK Jr announcement. @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, along with Ariel and Lia, get you up to speed about this "atypical" pick. 4/5

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