Karen Lewis Inches Closer To Challenging Mayor Rahm Emanuel

“As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly,” the AP reports. “The initiatives were once part of Build Back Better, Biden’s gargantuan legislative agenda that stalled on Capitol Hill two years ago.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) “is escalating his revenge campaign against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL),” Politico reports. “In an interview with Politico, McCarthy backed Gaetz’s new Florida GOP primary challenger; a top McCarthy adviser also acknowledged playing a role in vetting that opponent, Aaron Dimmock. And McCarthy delivered a slashing attack on Gaetz, who led the effort to overthrow him as speaker last fall.” Said McCarthy: “Gaetz is the Hunter Biden of the Republican Party.

“I have cognitive problems, clearly. I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quoted by the New York Times from a 2012 deposition.

“FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down, according to its president, a casualty of the ideological split in a Republican Party dominated by former President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. Said the group’s president, Adam Brandon: “We’re dissolved. It’s effective immediately.” This marks the end of the Tea Party in American politics.

Donald Trump’s Super PAC has launched a @MAGA account on TikTok — the first entity connected to the GOP nominee to join the video sharing social media platform, Fox News reports.

President Biden’s campaign is continuing its swing-state ad blitz this month with a $14 million ad buy. This follows a six-week, $30 million ad buy in March and April. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising.