Midterms

Biden administration told Zelensky to stop attacking Russian oil refineries with gas prices at 6-month highs. Biden administration dragged out wars for the sake of saving their own behinds on domestic policy decisions. If Trump did something similar the Democrats would have impeached him again for helping Putin.

Donald Trump and U.S. senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina exchanged barbs after Trump announced his support of states crafting their own abortion legislation earlier this week. Trump disappointed conservatives who favor a federal abortion ban as well as Democratic operatives hoping bogging his presidential bid down with the races most divisive issue. In many ways Trump and Grahams dust-up is a continuation of a battle between Graham and conservatives.

Eric Hovde is the leading candidate in a crowded GOP primary set for August to see who will take on two-term Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the November general election. He told Fox Newss Guy Benson in a recent interview that he was suspicious of votes coming from nursing homes. Hovdes claim that people in nursing homes are not at a point in their lives to vote is a particularly odd one.

Georgia Republicans were widely mocked after their "Asian-American Outreach Center" was replaced by an upscale sex shop. The news had social media users cackling. Despite initial intentions to engage non-white communities and encourage Republican voting, these efforts fell short of expectations.

Once a deep red GOP stronghold, Georgia has evolved into a swing state. President Joe Biden carried the Peach State in 2020 and, in the 2022 midterms, Georgia voters reelected both conservative GOP Gov. Brian Kemp and liberal Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. The Atlanta area is crucial for Democrats, including Biden - who regards Georgia as a must-win state in 2024. Republican strategists have been trying to fight Democratic growth in Suburban Atlanta.

John Avlon, who helped found No Labels in 2010, is two months out from the Democratic primary in New York's 1st Congressional District. Avlon's stated purpose is to flip the district, which has been in Republican hands for nearly a decade, and help Democrats win the House back after losing the House in 2022. On Friday, New York State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs endorsed Avlon. The group abandoned its presidential primary bid last week after failing to recruit a centrist candidate to challenge President Biden.

Once a deep red GOP stronghold, Georgia has evolved into a full-fledged swing state. President Joe Biden carried the Peach State in 2020, and in the 2022 midterms, Georgia voters reelected both conservative GOP Gov. Brian Kemp and liberal Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. In 2021, Republicans opened an "Asian-American outreach center" in a suburban strip mall in Gwinnett County outside Atlanta. The center and others were designed to encourage non-white Georgia residents to vote Republican.

Republicans are eyeing control of the U.S. Senate next year, hoping to flip the upper chamber by racking up wins in the November elections. The GOP will need a net gain of either one or two seats, depending on the outcome of the presidential contest, to have a Senate majority. Since the TCJA was signed in late 2017, the collective riches of Americas 806 billionaires has nearly doubled, rising from $2.9 trillion to $5.8 trillion.