Political Wire: “Last fall, the members of the old guard GOP consultant class and their friends in the conservative media gushed about a new playbook for winning in the post-Trump era without the embarrassing conspiracy-mongering and far-right flirtations that were sullying their brand.” “They called their shiny new toy the Glenn Youngkin Model…” “The brand…

NC Policy Watch: “Survivors of two horrific mass shootings in New York and Texas will appear before the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday to relate their experiences with gun violence. The witnesses will include fourth grader Miah Cerrillo of Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two adults were gunned down at Robb…

Bearing Drift: “Former 5th District Rep. Denver Riggleman announced today that the Republican Party left him a while back and that he no longer considers himself a Republican, according to CNN where he appeared Sunday on “State of the Union.” Noting “that he will never run again as a Republican,” Riggleman added that “he now considers himself…

Chicken Fried Politics: “Palazzo, running for his seventh term, is facing a field of Republican challengers that includes Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell; State Senator Brice Wiggins from Pascagoula; Clay Wagner, a banker from Bay St. Louis; and Carl Boyanton, a retried businessman from Diamondhead who challenged Palazzo in 2020. If Palazzo doesn’t win a majority Tuesday, the top vote…

WaPo: “After the carnage last week in Uvalde, Tex., with 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead, a bipartisan group of senators has been huddling to push a bill, even a minor one, over the 60-vote Senate filibuster hurdle. One conservative-endorsed proposal being weighed by Republicans could make a difference. Known as a red-flag law, the measure allows the use…

CBS: “TV stations in North Carolina pulled an ad by the campaign arm for Senate Republicans after they were informed it had a false statement and language about North Carolina Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley and her record as a former state Supreme Court chief justice.  The ad, titled “Failed Our Children,” ties Beasley to three child predators…

NY Times: “The Florida Supreme Court refused on Thursday to step into a challenge to a new map of the state’s congressional districts that was approved by the Republican State Legislature. The ruling all but ensures that the November elections will be based on districts that a lower state court said diluted the voting power…

NY Times: “The concerted effort by the Proud Boys to join the leadership of the party — and, in some cases, run for local office — has destabilized and dramatically reshaped the Miami-Dade Republican Party that former Gov. Jeb Bush and others built into a powerhouse nearly four decades ago, transforming it from an archetype of the…

The North State Journal: “Marijuana would be legalized for medical use in North Carolina with a physician’s prescription and purchased through dozens of tightly regulated dispensaries in a measure receiving initial approval Thursday in the Senate. The legislation, which received strong bipartisan support, could help people facing more than a dozen different “debilitating medical conditions”…

AL Political Reporter: “Workers at the Midtown Starbucks in Birmingham voted Thursday to formally organize, becoming the first Starbucks in Alabama to vote in favor of forming a union. According to voting tallies counted by the National Labor Review Board, out of 33 eligible voters, 27 voted in favor of forming a union, with one…