1. @berniemoreno, the GOP Senate nominee in Ohio, is being bankrolled by @charliekirk11, a far-right activist who argues that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake and MLK Jr "was awful"
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2. Moreno benefited from an early endorsement from Kirk's org, @TPAction_.
Moreno wrote that he was "honored to be endorsed by Charlie Kirk and Turning Point Action" and endorsed the work of the org.
"Few have done more to fight back against the radical left than they have. and I look forward to working with them to defend for our America First conservative values in the US Senate"
@TPAction_ 3. @charliekirk11 hired Blake Neff, the producer who was forced to resign from Tucker Carlson's show for posting racist screeds on message boards.
In recent months Kirk has collaborated with Neff to trash the work of MLK Jr and anti-segregation laws
1. One of the most important Senate campaigns this year is in Ohio.
The GOP nominee, @berniemoreno, has made being "tough on China" a centerpiece of his campaign
And, on the trail, he tells a couple of stories to bolster this claim
Just one problem: the stories are lies
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2. In 2011, Moreno was appointed to the board of Cleveland State University, eventually becoming chair in 2016.
Moreno claims that, as chair, he got rid of the school's Confucius Institute, an institution partially funded by the Chinese government that offered language and cultural programming
3. There was bipartisan concern that Confucius Institutes were being used to promote Chinese government propaganda
Burt Moreno had nothing to do with Cleveland State axing its Confucius Institute.
He left the board in 2018, and the Institute wasn't closed until 2021.
1. In 5 days, Donald Trump will report to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse to stand trial
For more than a year, the media has told us the hush money case is flimsy and would likely benefit Trump politically
You know who doesn't believe that?
Donald Trump and his lawyers
2. If media commentary is correct, Trump should be eager for the trial to begin. The sooner the case starts, the sooner Trump wins. A victory against Bragg would give him political momentum and a powerful argument that the other pending criminal cases are also meritless.
3. But Trump and his lawyers are not eager for this case to begin. Over the last few days, Trump's attorneys have engaged in a series of increasingly desperate tactics to delay the trial.
They've been unsuccessful, but their efforts are revealing
1. More important than what Trump said yesterday about abortion is what he did not say and the questions he is refusing to answer
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2. Of course, Trump did not say whether he would sign a national abortion ban if it reaches his desk, something that could happen if the GOP controls Congress
But that's not even the biggest threat to abortion rights if Trump wins in 2024
3. Project 2025, a blueprint for Trump's second term written by key allies, advocates using the Comstock Act, an anti-obscenity law from the 1800s, to argue that mailing abortion pills is illegal.