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Clip of the day: Ketanji Brown Jackson struggled to make a coherent point in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case heard before the Supreme Court.
Walker vs Warnock
Record-setting early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff election has continued with reportedly high election-day voter turnout all across the state.
The problem: Raphael Warnock is at a distinct fundraising advantage of 2-1 compared to the Walker team. Mitch McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund dwarfed the Rick Scott-led NRSC in support of Walker by $11.2 million to $1 million. If Walker wins, McConnell deserves some credit.
Total: Over $335 million has been spent on this election by both campaigns.
Go deeper with this piece at Mediaite.
RNC Challenger
After another lackluster election performance by Republicans, Harmeet Dhillon has announced she is challenging Ronna McDaniel for RNC chair.
Biden Shrugs Off The Border
Shot:
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The rest of the news:
1,200 Iranian students poisoned ahead of mass protests - NY Post
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter - CNN
Rising thefts at Walmart could lead to price jumps, store closures, CEO says - CNBC
Philadelphia gas station owner hires heavily armed guards to protect business: 'We are tired of this nonsense' - Fox5
Senate Republicans turn on Trump over suspend-the-Constitution talk - Politico
Biden Will Likely Announce 2024 Bid After Holidays, Klain Says - Yahoo
World Economy Heads for One of Its Worst Years in Three Decades - Bloomberg (paywall)
Drugs killed 8 friends, one by one, in a tragedy seen across the U.S. - Washington Post (paywall)
Tweets that caught my eye:
Market snapshot:
The GOP gets a D all around. They are horrible marketers. Always have been. They don’t fight. They constantly cave and deserve to be called part of the uni-party thst continues to sell America out. They have zero fiscal discipline and they are snowflakes when it comes to fighting on the cultural front. In short, GOP leadership is a bunch of self-I retested losers. They all need to go. Mitch the tactician has turned into Mitch the vanishing magician. Total joke. And he’s laughing at the base at this moment.
So, now we know Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is as incompetent as Justice Sotomayor, whom even RBG did not respect.
Their votes count the same as the other Justices.
Any hipster liberal with a college degree complaining about how their vote and the vote of an uneducated, blue collar, red neck count the same can just STFU.