Grace's point is the important one: Advertising contractors (which is basically what an 'influencer' is) are not journalists.

Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states stateline.org/2024/08/27/vot… via Stateline

Secretary of State Frank LaRose made a good point here: For the low price of just $1 for the first three months, you can get some of the opinion pieces seen below, plus the best local and statewide reporting in Ohio. Say no to pablum. Subscribe here cleveland.com/digitalsubscri…

Mark Robinson's campaign pollster has shared memo claiming Robinson's "on track to win" and doing better than McCrory in 2016 and Forest in 2020. These are false. Robinson's August polls are nearly identical to Forest's & well behind McCrory. Forest and McCrory also lost. #ncpol

Lots of ratings shifts today at Cook Political Report: Amy Walter Electoral College moves: #NC Lean R --> Toss Up #MN & #NH Lean D --> Likely D cookpolitical.com/analysis/natio… And two shifts from me in our Governors ratings #NCGov Toss Up --> Lean D #WAGov Lean D --> Likely D

New from me: GOP recalibrates after Nancy Dahlstrom drops out of AK-AL, effectively clearing the way for a head-to-head matchup between Rep. Mary Peltola and Nick Begich Free to read! nationaljournal.com/s/726009/gop-r…

NEW: Gov. Brian Kemp to headline fundraiser for Trump on Thursday in Atlanta, sources tell me Soorin Kim Lalee Ibssa Comes weeks after Trump attacked Kemp as a “bad” and “disloyal guy”

Former Chicago Bull — and current mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio — Brad Sellers indicted: wkyc.com/article/news/c…

NEW: Abortion clinics around Ohio are now providing same-day services after a judge blocked the state's law requiring a 24-hour waiting period to access the care. News 5 Cleveland WCPO 9 Ohio Capital Journal news5cleveland.com/news/abortion-…

New Fox News polls of Arizona and Nevada find those states' abortion-rights ballot measures up big with registered voters. 73–23% in Arizona 75–21% in Nevada foxnews.com/official-polls…

Nathaniel Rakich kansascity.com/news/politics-… Missouri voters are on track to overturn near-total ban on abortion, new poll suggests

UT GOV (Deseret News/Hinckley Inst): Gov Spencer Cox (R) 59%, Brian King (D) 19% Note: Conducted before St Rep Phil Lyman (R) launched write-in campaign

.Barbara Rodriguez and I dug into how new laws in red states banning people from updating their gender markers on their drivers’ licenses could complicate access to the ballot for trans voters — especially in states that require an ID to vote 19thnews.org/2024/08/ballot… via 19thnews

Anti-trans laws may complicate access to the ballot for trans voters. The latest from Grace Panetta + Barbara Rodriguez on how advocacy groups are mobilizing to safeguard access to the ballot as states implement laws that could deter trans people from voting in November.

NEW: A federal judge blocked Ohio's new law limiting who can participate in the political process just hours before it was set to go into effect. Republicans are now blaming each other. News 5 Cleveland WCPO 9 Ohio Capital Journal news5cleveland.com/news/politics/…

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose floats ban on ballot drop boxes after losing lawsuit by disabled voters dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via Columbus Dispatch

NEW: Tim Walz earlier this year signed into law the Minnesota Voting Rights Acts, enshrining protections in state law. It contains an unheralded provision: it codifies a private right of action. This matters: Judges are gutting that at federal level. boltsmag.org/minnesota-voti…

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New: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears files paperwork to run for Virginia governor in 2025 wric.com/news/politics/…

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