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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Vulnerable Republican pleads with Trump to dial back hardline immigration policies

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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Vulnerable Republican pleads with Trump to dial back hardline immigration policies But Maria Elvira Salazar has been a reliable GOP vote—and faces the wrath of Latino voters David Nir and Jeff Singer Sep 18 (Credit: Maria Elvira Salazar ad) The Downballot will be taking off on Monday for Yom Kippur. Leading Off FL-27 Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar launched a new ad on Thursday distancing herself from Donald Trump, who easily carried her heavily Latino constituency in the southern Miami area two years ago. Salazar’s spot, though, comes as a backlash against Trump’s hardline immigration policies is weakening the GOP with Latino voters across the country—a backlash that, according to a new poll from Democrats, could take down Salazar this fall. A message from our sponsor, Oath: Election season is stressful — let’s have some fun with it! Nov. 3 is going to be tense no matter what. We made The Democracy Draft to help political fanatics take the ed...

Donald Trump, The Wrecking Ball

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Why subscribe? Silence is not an option. Take part in the community so we can drive change together. Donald Trump, The Wrecking Ball And the honorable people who will not be bullied by this deranged and disordered loser Steven Beschloss Sep 18 Through the window of Air Force One, Trump examines what appears to be a poster board depicting a planned demolition of the Kennedy Center. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) The failures are piling up. Sometimes we can see them with our own eyes. Sometimes we can hear them in the lies that are spewed. The mounting tragedies and shame could be reason for despair. After all, the damage to our country will take a long time to fix. But I believe the growing cacophony of chaos is convincing more and more people that they’ve had enough. As there are just 45 days until the midterms—with the voting already begun in some states —this expanding determination to stop Trump’s unfettered rule seems to be peaking just in time. To be sure, ...