Minnesota "uncommitted" protest vote exceeds expectations at nearly 20%, surpasses support for U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips (www.cbsnews.com)
Super Tuesday results: How did 'uncommitted' perform on ballots across the country? (usatoday.com)
A week after “uncommitted” made a surprising showing against President Joe Biden in the Michigan primary, voters around the nation had a chance to weigh whether “no preference” was preferable to the incumbent president....
Protests erupt during Adam Schiff's California Senate primary victory speech (www.yahoo.com)
Biden Polling: A Guide for the Perplexed (and the Freaked Out) (talkingpointsmemo.com)
CA Senate: Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey advance as Katie Porter fades (www.politico.com)
Porter’s message of promising to shake up the Senate and crusade against corporations was drowned out
Over 30% of GOP primary voters in Virginia, North Carolina, and California said "no" when asked if they will vote for the person who wins the primary, no matter who it turns out to be. (www.nbcnews.com)
Credit to @GottaLaff
Nikki Haley wins the Vermont Republican primary (www.nbcnews.com)
Response grows as Westboro Baptist Church plans protest at Owasso Schools (www.kjrh.com)
Biden loses American Samoa Democratic caucuses (thehill.com)
Alexei Navalny’s widow invited as Biden’s guest to State of the Union (www.independent.co.uk)
US Senator Menendez charged with obstruction of justice in new indictment (www.reuters.com)
Trump Backs Israel Bombarding Gaza: 'Gotta Finish the Problem' (www.rollingstone.com)
'Nobody's more insulting' to rural voters than Republicans: political scientist (www.rawstory.com)
Biden barely beats Trump on saving democracy in 2024: CBS poll (thehill.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/4505006-biden-barely-beats-trum…
The Big Change Between the 2020 and 2024 Races: Biden Is Unpopular (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/poll-biden-trump-2024.html
Administration officials watered down Kamala Harris' Gaza speech before delivery, Harris team denies it (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden may be losing his favorability advantage over Trump, new polls suggest (www.nbcchicago.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240304225950/…/3372949/
Trump-allied election groups burned through millions with no evidence of widespread fraud (www.cnbc.com)
Another problem that doomed some of the groups was their failure to secure any fundraising help from Trump, the de facto leader of the Republican Party, who remains the chief promoter of false claims of widespread voter fraud in the United States.
Kyrsten Sinema Is Resigning in the Most Sinema Fashion Ever (Delusional) (newrepublic.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/B2fbA
Kyrsten Sinema will not seek reelection in Arizona [gift link] (wapo.st)
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) announced she will not seek reelection this year, avoiding an unpredictable three-way race in the swing state that had many national Democrats worried about holding onto the seat.
Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ commits a ‘First Amendment sin,’ appeals court says in ruling that blocks part of the bill (www.cnn.com)
“The ideas targeted in Florida’s Individual Freedom Act are embraced in some communities, and despised in others,” the ruling said. “By limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content. And by barring only speech that endorses any of those ideas, it...
There is something wrong at the New York Times | From presidential polls to refusing to report on Trump’s stumbles, things aren’t adding up at the Gray Lady (www.salon.com)
Texas has an open primary
Anyone registered to vote can choose a Republican or Democratic ballot. Many of the people on the Democratic ballot (in my area) are running unopposed, so it was a good opportunity to try to get the least crazy people on the November ballot. Also, the republican ballot has 13 propositions that are not on the Democratic one, so...
Cuban says he’d vote for Biden even if ‘he was being given last rites’ (thehill.com)
The billionaire also told the outlet that he plans to vote for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in the Texas GOP primary Tuesday as “a protest vote against Trump,” but that he would still support the current president versus the former one.
Cookie Monster’s ‘shrinkflation’ woes get White House response (wapo.st)
I’ll note that Biden was already talking about the issue