NEW from me> The recall election aiming to oust Gov. Newsom could make California the next target of right-wing campaigns aiming to discredit results of an election
Maybe it already has

Here's what has been going on and how the process works
usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @usatoday Already, Trump, Fox News' Tomi Lahren and Larry Elder, the leading GOP candidate to replace Gov. Newsom, have floated the prospect of voter fraud playing a role if Newsom comes out victorious in the Sept. 14 election usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

CA Gov. Newsom attacking Larry Elder at rally with VP Kamala Harris

He says Elder celebrates TX abortion law, has inhumane solutions to immigration, backwards climate views and will worsen COVID rates

"This election is a choice between life and death. It is true" VP Harris now taking the stage at Gov. Newsom's rally against the recall

NEW: In a text to me just now, @laurenboebert denied this allegation made on CNN by @RepCohen that she led a tour before the Capitol attack.
“I did not give any tours between Jan 3rd and 6th,” Boebert says.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1351202603858800651

Here’s more on the claims some Dems are making against GOP colleagues. It’s important to note that no one has offered any concrete evidence or specifically proven any tour group was part of the Capitol riots. Though, this is being investigated 👇
usatoday.com/story/news/202…

U.S. Capitol on lockdown due to “external security threat.” This was the message sent to all lawmaker offices at the Capitol:

@USATODAY The security threat near the Capitol appears to be a fire that was put out.

https://twitter.com/alizaslav/status/1351193295335141389

For months tours have been banned at the U.S. Capitol but lawmakers and aides were disregarding the rules and could still sign in guests for such tours.
CNN reports another set of guidance was sent to members. These memos have been sent to lawmakers ahead of every session

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1350179699318808582

Here’s what guidance said in November. While it bars tours, the guidance says the Capitol was still open to “official business visitors,” up to *nine* people could be escorted into the Capitol.

I’m inside the Capitol for @USATODAY. The aftermath of Trump rioters storming the building is jarring
Glass everywhere, dust blankets the ground, broken benches turned on their side, used medical kit with an IV & AED machine that was used on a woman who was squeezed in the chaos For those who haven’t visited the Capitol, it is not only a secure building, it has a certain decorum. It holds so much history and I’ve always felt a sense of amazement walking around the building.

To see it like this was heartbreaking.

I’m at Freedom Plaza, about a block from the White House, where pro-Trump supporters are holding an election rally and counter protesters are expected. @USATODAY usatoday.com/story/news/nat… I don’t think it’s a stretch to say seeing thousands of Trump supporters in DC like this is uncommon. Their message is clear: Trump’s battle over the election results is vitally important.
“STOP THE STEAL!” and “FOUR MORE YEARS” chants are echoing throughout downtown streets

The anonymous author of the infamous NYT essay from within the Trump administration is set to reveal their identity Wednesday washingtonpost.com/elections/2020… 🚨🚨🚨 "Anonymous," the Trump administration official who authored an essay in the NYT, is revealed to be MILES TAYLOR.
Taylor worked at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017-19, including as chief of staff.
He has publicly endorsed Joe Biden. milestaylor.medium.com/a-statement-a1…

Today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol — becoming the first woman and first Jewish person to be given the honor.
I’ll be in Statuary Hall for the ceremony for @USATODAY Lawmakers are already starting to gather in Statuary Hall ahead of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lying in state ceremony.
Sen. Warren chats with several House members, including Rep. Holmes Norton

Pelosi highlighting Supreme Court fight in presser. She criticizes McConnell for signaling a vote on nominee on eve of RBG's death.
"May she rest in peace," Pelosi says. "Any sense of decency? I guess not."
She goes on to highlight healthcare is central to this fight Pelosi says now that CR has passed House, focus is on passing COVID-19 relief -- a goal that appears increasingly out of reach before the election.
She doesn't signal any change in Dem demands for bill but says she hopes to be back "to the table" soon usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Senate set to vote on scaled-down coronavirus relief package even as fate of bill appears bleak usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @USATODAY And the Senate is voting on this COVID-19 relief bill NOW. Democrats are expected to block the $300 billion measure, which includes a $300 weekly boost to unemployment, more small business loan $, more testing/research $ & liability protections for businesses, churches, hospitals

Paul Ryan spox says he is NOT the former GOP Congressmen who John Kasich says will be endorsing Joe Biden It’s not Boehner, either 😳

https://twitter.com/houseinsession/status/1295367267400785920?s=21

https://t.co/nLWdDL5Fit

! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling the House back in session next week to vote on USPS legislation.
“Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are under threat from the President. That is why I am calling upon the House to return to session later this week” Both the House and Senate weren’t scheduled to be back in session or vote on anything until after Labor Day in September.

🚨Big @usatodayDC effort on this one that includes a lot of rich, newsy details on the months-long VP search that led Joe Biden to Kamala Harris -- including interviews w/ Eric Garcetti, Sen. Coons, Reps. Bass, Richmond, Clyburn and a host of sources
usatoday.com/story/news/pol… One of my fav quotes in this piece -- LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, a member of VP search committee: "To have Joe Biden ask you to help him find a vice president is like Michael Jordan asking you to find a shooting guard to be alongside him” via @joeygarrison
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Woah. Trump was in the middle of a press conference when he was rushed out of the room. The president returns to podium and tells reporters there was a shooting outside the White House barrier. Secret Service shot a person and they have been taken to the hospital. Trump did not say why the shooting took place, not did he say the condition of the person.

Pelosi, in CNBC interview, appears to signal she'd be OK w/ a Trump executive order ensuring evictions are halted(after moratorium expired)but says more $ needed
"He can do–extend the moratorium and I hope that he does.But you can't just have a moratorium, you have to have money" Pelosi, continued: "What good is it to the landlords if you have a moratorium until the end of the year for people to pay their rent unless there's some money to help pay the rent?"

Pelosi, asked about police reform bills & whether talks have started between chambers, appears frustrated and hits McConnell on Senate failing to move forward on its bill: "The Grim Reaper who is not going to pass any of our bills can’t even pass his own bill” Pelosi was very animated and appeared flustered with a number of reporter questions today on police reform, coronavirus and healthcare. "I'm in a mood because this is a matter of life and death," she said. "And this administration has failed miserably."

Today is a big day for police reforms on Capitol Hill.
Senate Republicans will introduce their police reform bill this morning as House Democrats move forward on their own policing legislation.
Here's what today will look like: usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @USATODAY Sen. Scott starts off press conference unveiling his policing bill by noting what he calls a "false binary choice" between supporting police or communities of color.
"This is a false binary choice," he says. "I support America.." and restoring confidence to communities of color

It’s been 4 years since 49 innocent souls were taken at Pulse nightclub and Orlando became ground zero for what was then the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
Let’s never forget them.
❤️🧡💛💚💙 Missing my city and my home today and thinking about all of the families and survivors who dread today and all the memories of June 12, 2016.
❤️🧡💛💚💙

"Of all days that we're doing this right now, having this discussion, when God, if this bill passed today, what that would mean for America," Sen. @CoryBooker said on the verge of tears.
An emotional debate over the Emmett Till anti-lynching bill ⬇️
usatoday.com/story/news/pol… Sen. @RandPaul proposed changes to the anti-lynching bill because he argued the measure "would cheapen the meaning of lynching" to be overly broad to include cuts and bruises. He said he takes lynching seriously and "this legislation does not" usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Pelosi at presser hitting Republicans for pulling support of FISA, specifically singling out Rep. @Jim_Jordan for the support he’d offered on it before Trump tweeted opposition and threatened to veto it.
She says the support "disappeared by tweet" usatoday.com/story/news/pol… Asked about Twitter and Trump's executive order threat on social media, Pelosi says "it's outrageous" but notes that while Twitter added fact checks on several of Trump's tweets, it did not on the Scarborough conspiracies.