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re: crypto

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  Please don't look away. . Crypto is dumping $30 million into defeating our campaign. Ohio is the only state they are targeting, and it’s with a historic amount in the final stretch of our race. These attacks are happening now, and our response window is closing fast. Please rush a split contribution between my campaign and Mary Peltola to help fend off these attacks. There's a lot of moving pieces, but here's what I know right now: Before this, the Republican establishment was already spending $14 million each week against us. That includes Jon Husted's super PAC, Elon Musk's contributions, Peter Thiel's dark money, and Donald Trump's multi-million dollar investment. Every single week . With crypto jumping in, that weekly amount is skyrocketing. For reference, our campaign is currently spending about $2 million on TV ads each week. Combined Republican spending is now at $238 million against me this cycle. I'm never one to say the sky is falling or so...

Morning Digest: Flesh-eating parasite attacks district where GOP governor has stalled on calling special election

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  Morning Digest: Flesh-eating parasite attacks district where GOP governor has stalled on calling special election "If this isn’t cause for calling a special election, I don’t know what is," says Democratic candidate David Nir and Jeff Singer Jun 15   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. (Credit: Greg Abbott Facebook) Leading Off TX-23, FL-20 Republican governors in two red states with congressional seats that have been vacant for almost two months still have not called special elections, even as a grave new agricultural threat just surfaced in one of them. That threat is the New World screwworm, a fly whose eggs, laid in the wounds of warm-blooded animals, transform into flesh-eating larvae that can kill their hosts. The fly poses a particular risk to livestock, though it can also harm wildlife, pets, and even humans. Thanks to aggressive eradication efforts, the screwworm, which is endemic in South America and the Caribbean, has largely bee...

Morning Digest: The GOP's meddling tour seems to be making a stopover in Jersey

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Morning Digest: The GOP's meddling tour seems to be making a stopover in Jersey A mysterious group is running ads in a key Democratic primary, and there's reason to think Republicans are behind it. Jeff Singer May 21 Rebecca Bennett (left) is the target of what appears to be a Republican ad campaign ahead of the Democratic primary. (Credit: Rebecca Bennett X) Leading Off NJ-07 Republicans seem to be meddling in yet another Democratic House primary for a competitive House seat. ​​Punchbowl News’  Ally Mutnick reported Wednesday  that a newly formed group called Real Change is airing ads attacking Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett, one of the four Democrats competing in the June 2 primary for New Jersey’s 7th District. This seat is held by Republican Rep. Tom Kean, who faced a tough reelection campaign even before  he disappeared  from public view in March. While there’s no information yet on who is behind the group, which has already spent  close to $450,000  a...