The Five Counties to Watch in 2024
Plus: Laura Loomer Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
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DANIEL MCGRAW: The Five Counties to Watch in 2024
SEVEN SWING STATES will decide the presidential election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Two of those states are dominated by huge counties home to their largest cities: Clark County, home to Las Vegas, in Nevada; and Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and environs, in Arizona. In each of the other five swing states, though, there’s one county to watch for signs of which way the state will go.
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SAM STEIN: Laura Loomer Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
OVER THE PAST WEEK, a small number of elected Republicans (along with a few venerable conservative voices) have aired concerns about Donald Trump allowing right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer to accompany him on the campaign trail.
It’s not so much that Loomer says offensive things, they argue. It’s that they fear the influence that her conspiracy-addled mind might have on the former president.
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A thank you… When my mom died in April, a number of you wrote in to share your condolences. A number of you donated to my mom’s library fund. I tried to write back (either with a letter or email) all of you, but I know I missed some. But here’s what the library fund is doing for the new librarian: bringing a winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award to the school. That is, in part, thanks to your generosity. Thank you.
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