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https://www.dailykos.com News Community Action Copyright - Kos Media, LLC Tue, 14 May 2024 21:14:04 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 21:14:04 +0000 rsshelp@dailykos.helpscoutapp.com rsshelp@dailykos.helpscoutapp.com It’s money vs. the establishment in unpredictable Senate primary in Maryland https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/5/13/2240521/-It-s-money-vs-the-establishment-in-unpredictable-Senate-primary-in-Maryland?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source= pspanVoters in Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia pick their nominees Tuesday in a set of high-profile primaries for state and federal offices where it takes just a simple plurality to win./span/p pspanThat’s not all that’s in store, though. North Carolina will host runoffs in contests where no one earned at least 30% of the vote in the first round of the primary on March 5—though only in races where the runner-up /spana href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/5/1924650/-North-Carolina-House-race-highlights-quirky-runoff-election-law"officially requested a second round/aspan. Finally, voters in Anchorage are taking part in a competitive general election to determine the next leader of Alaska’s largest city./span/p pspanBelow, you’ll find our guide to all of the top races to watch arranged chronologically by each state’s poll closing times. When it’s available, we’ll tell you about any reliable polling that exists for each race, but if we don’t mention any numbers, it means no recent surveys have been made public./span/p pspanTo help you follow along, you can find interactive maps from Dave’s Redistricting App for /spana href="https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::866f88f5-64d6-4819-bf8a-90e3176a4897"Maryland/aspan, /spana href="https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::5396f295-fff2-4a51-a17b-10adc10fcdaa"Nebraska/aspan, and /spana href="https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::28a0e6df-57c7-49b9-b39a-50d3a33836f8"West Virginia/aspan. You can find Elections’ 2020 presidential results for /spana href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections"each congressional district here/aspan, as well as our /spana href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12YaBonkqHAjkXhzyKlH2-1t-smZ6J5j76RCBSJEwQHo/edit#gid=1617983784" title=""geographic descriptions for each seat/aspan. You’ll also want to /spana href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/10/2202570/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2024-primary-calendar"bookmark our primary calendar/aspan, which includes the dates for primaries in all 50 states./span/p pspanWe’ll be liveblogging all of these races /spana href="http://dailykoselections.com/" title=""at Elections/aspan on Tuesday night, starting when the first polls close at 7:30 PM ET. Join us for our complete coverage!/span/p rss@dailykos.com (Jeff Singer) 2024primarypreview Alaska DailyKosElections Maryland Nebraska NorthCarolina WestVirginia _2240521 Mon, 13 May 2024 21:00:03 +0000 Rachel Maddow details Michael Cohen’s ’smoking gun’ at Trump trial https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/5/14/2240658/-Rachel-Maddow-breaks-down-the-smoking-gun-testimony-at-Trump-s-trial?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source= pspanRachel Maddow devoted the entirety of her MSNBC show Monday night to former Trump Organization /spana href="https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251285313/trump-trial-michael-cohen"spanfixer/span/aspan”/spana href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/13/2240538/-What-to-know-about-Trump-fixer-turned-foe-Michael-Cohen-s-trial-testimony"span Michael Cohen’s smoking gun” testimony/span/aspan in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. /span/p pspanComparing Cohen’s appearance in the Manhattan courtroom to the Aha!” moment of an Agatha Christie mystery, where a character connects all of the dots for the reader, Maddow explained why Monday was so damning for Trump’s defense in the criminal case./span/p pspan"It’s okay you haven’t been paying close attention all along,” Maddow said. They, in this conversation, are going to recap the whole story. And not only will they get to the big answer, the big ‘whodunit,’ they will also give you the solutions to all the other little mysteries and red herrings that popped up over the course of the story. That was Michael ‘Agatha Christie’ Cohen today."/span/p pspanBesides casting light on the murky logistics of the fraudulent activity surrounding hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, "Michael Cohen gave testimony today that Donald Trump was in the room where it happened in the worst possible way," Maddow said./span/p rss@dailykos.com (Walter Einenkel) Daniels History Justice KarenMcDougal MichaelCohen RachelMaddow SmokingGun Stormy trump Video _2240658 Tue, 14 May 2024 20:00:11 +0000 Cartoon: Donald Trump slept here https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/5/14/2240648/-Cartoon-Donald-Trump-slept-here?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source= pA cartoon by Clay Bennett./p a href="/campaigns/form/receive-daily-kos-email-action-alerts" data-action="form" data-slug="receive-daily-kos-email-action-alerts" data-src="https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v4/form/receive-daily-kos-email-action-alerts?format=jssource=widgetcan_widget_id=can-form-area-receive-daily-kos-email-action-alerts-70677" data-campaign- data-href="/campaigns/form/receive-daily-kos-email-action-alerts"Campaign Action/a rss@dailykos.com (Clay Bennett) Cartoon ClayBennett Court Crime Criminal DonaldTrump HushMoney Law NewYork Trial trump _2240648 Tue, 14 May 2024 20:07:24 +0000 House Speaker Mike Johnson joins the clown show at Trump’s trial https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/5/14/2240667/-House-Speaker-Mike-Johnson-joins-the-clown-show-at-Trump-s-trial?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source= pspanHouse Speaker Mike Johnson made an appearance at Donald Trump’s hush money trial Tuesday in an unofficial declaration that the GOP is opposed to the rule of law—a photo op likely designed to shore up his own support among hard-liners./span/p pspanPresident Trump is a friend, and I wanted to be here to support him,” Johnson /spana href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKvwVLOQg8"spansaid/span/aspan. I’m here speaking with you outside because the court won’t allow us to speak inside the building. That’s just one of the many things that are wrong here.”/span/p div div x/div div div a href="#"x/a/div a href="//youtube.com/watch?v=BkKvwVLOQg8" title="" data-frameborder="0" data-height="281" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BkKvwVLOQg8" data-width="500"YouTube Video/a/div /div p /p rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter) 2024 Congress Democracy DonaldTrump GOP House HushMoney Insurrection LizCheney MarjorieTaylorGreene MikeJohnson MitchMcConnell mtg Republicans _2240667 Tue, 14 May 2024 18:30:08 +0000 Live coverage: Michael Cohen testifies at Trump trial for second day https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/5/14/2240614/-Live-coverage-Michael-Cohen-testifies-at-Trump-trial-for-second-day?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source= pThe a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/13/2240538/-What-to-know-about-Trump-fixer-turned-foe-Michael-Cohen-s-trial-testimony" target="_blank"first day of testimony/a from Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen didn’t deliver any real surprises. That’sa good thing./p pProsecutors had already gone through many of the events Cohen discussed during the testimony ofNational Enquirer publisher David Pecker, entertainment attorney Keith Davidson, and former Trump assistant Hope Hicks. When Cohen took the stand, his account of the events perfectly meshed with those previously given./p pCohen echoed the description of the catch-and-kill”...