“We did not save Mike Johnson,” House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark told NOTUS. “We’re saying no to Marjorie Taylor Greene and her extremism.”

How Democrats backed Mike Johnson not to protect him, but to block MTG's agenda: notus.org/house/democrat…

Dems say they weren't saving Mike Johnson. They were vanquishing their shared enemy: MTG

'She is not a leader of a movement,' one House Dem said

Would Dems do it again? 'That was a ticket for one ride only,” another one said

w/Calen Razor Tinashe Chingarande
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.Speaker Mike Johnson got a lifeline today, but not from all Democrats.

“I’m not going to vote to save someone who is actively fighting all the things that I believe in,” Maxwell Alejandro Frost told NOTUS

Me, Calen Razor & Oriana González notus.org/house/democrat…

mike johnson today

Biden has gone from being uncomfortable talking about abortion to heavily featuring it in his campaign ads. But Oriana González writes how activists don't like how he is only talking about the most sympathetic women seeking abortions. Good @NOTUSReports. notus.org/biden-2024/abo…

NEGUSE says at presser today the House Dem Caucus has yet to discuss if the Comstock Act should be repealed, saying he's 'not aware' of ongoing talks

I wrote in April how Dems interested in repealing have been stopped by Planned Parenthood, ACLU and CRR
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'What about the rest of us? He’s actually furthering abortion stigma because he’s saying that there are specific reasons in which an abortion is justifiable, and the other reasons he’s not interested in elevating.” - Renee Bracey Sherman

The Biden administration's approach to abortion seems to have messaging top of mind.

“This is right out of central casting for the purposes of where your persuadable voters are.”

“Activists also noted that both of the Biden campaign’s abortion ads follow the stories of white women, even though they make up about 30% of all abortions”

NEW: Activists are happy to see Biden embracing abortion. But they’re frustrated by his campaign’s focus on one kind of abortion: medically necessary ones — the “good” kind, as one put it

“He’s actually furthering abortion stigma,” one advocate told me

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Abortion rights groups are glad to see Biden embracing the issue. But they’re frustrated by his campaign’s focus on only one kind of abortion — the “good” kind, as one put it. notus.org/biden-2024/abo…

“The press corps have convinced themselves they must cover every finite development, despite everyone covering it knowing they’re willful participants in furthering her brand,” a House leadership GOP aide told Ben Mause and Katherine Swartz.

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The longer MTG keeps the media’s attention, the more she’ll delay a motion to vacate vote, House Republicans told Ben Mause and Katherine Swartz

“If media coverage is power, she’s a pretty powerful person in Washington right now,” one Georgia GOP aide said
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The HOOHA Act…

INBOX: Vice President Kamala Harris Harris releases a statement on the anniversary of Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban being signed into law in 2019 (before Roe overturn). The ban took effect in 2023:

“The Trump abortion ban in Georgia rips away women’s freedoms before many even know they’re pregnant”

NEW: A New York court ruled today to block an abortion rights ballot measure from going before voters in November. The fight isn't over. Supporters of the initiative plan to appeal. politico.com/news/2024/05/0…

INSIDE Bernie’s decision to run for office again.

Sanders doesn’t see anyone who can assume his progressive throne at this point, I’m told.

More on the decision:

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this is what commuting to work in dc has felt like today

Images of the Capitol beat today captured on my aging iPhone, feat Matt Laslo Lauren Fox Tyler Olson Andrew Solender Oriana González and me

Lawmakers: Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS Joaquin Castro