与...的关系里克·克莱因
当外界事件不介入时，试图控制叙事就更容易了。
当你自己的政党就一种方法达成一致时，这也更容易。民主党人现在发现自己处于一个尴尬的境地，他们对自己的政治责任有着坚定的认识，但对于应该如何对待他们却存在广泛的分歧。
汽油价格?乔·拜登总统的乙醇豁免计划让环保组织对错失的机会和错位的优先事项感到愤怒普京涨价“标签只能到此为止。
COVID?边境?疾病控制中心让拜登政府陷入了尴尬的境地扩展屏蔽指令在飞机和火车上多呆几个星期删除标题42条款这使得疫情的移民被迅速驱逐出境。
通货膨胀?经济?拉里·萨默斯(Larry Summers)的旧预测现在可以与参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)的新诊断相结合——“政府未能足够快地采取行动”——以削弱白宫的信息传递，并限制可能的政策制定。
犯罪?令一些左翼人士沮丧的是，拜登已经明确反对“解除警察的资金”，现在是一个可怕的纽约地铁袭击事件和密歇根州的警察枪击事件将政策制定者从相互矛盾的方向挤压出来。
去年，当民主党人看到弗吉尼亚州的一名州长候选人窃取了教育的一个基础议题并带着它走向胜利时，他们震惊了。现在，恐惧正在扩展到其他领域，在这些领域，他们自己不同的观点意味着他们不需要一个共和党人来反对他们。
与...的概要阿维里·哈珀
尽管前纽约市长辞职了副州长布莱恩·本杰明在一系列联邦指控中，州长凯西·霍楚尔可能会在该州的初选中与她四面楚歌的副手相持不下。
本杰明被指控与竞选捐款有关的贿赂、欺诈和阴谋，只有当他去世、搬到其他州或被提名担任其他职务时，才能从选票中删除。
霍楚尔，他就职了安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)性行为不端丑闻及随后辞职后，誓言要清除州府的腐败。Hochul的反对者在过道的两边抓住本杰明的辞职作为她的判断的指示。以中间派身份竞选州长的民主党众议员汤姆·索兹(Tom Suozzi)指责霍楚尔助长了“持续腐败的文化”。共和党众议员李·泽尔丁说，霍舒尔的政府一直处于“持续的混乱状态”
在一个WNYC电台采访周三，Hochul淡化了本杰明的起诉对她的州长竞选产生负面影响的可能性。
“我现在并不担心，”Hochul说。“我有信心，而且选民会理解，我需要一些时间来平息这件事，如果我们被允许的话，我们需要一个新的候选人。如果没有，我们就继续前进。”
如果本杰明继续留在选票上并落选，Hochul可能不得不与其他民主党候选人竞争大选的机会。进步移民活动家安娜·玛丽亚·阿奇拉和前布鲁克林副区长戴安娜·雷纳参加了竞选。
小费亚里沙·维尔塞马
德克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特(Greg Abbott)上周宣布的旨在解决边境无证移民问题的政策，继续使他在家乡州和首都与拜登政府不和。
在德克萨斯州边境，雅培公司要求对商用车辆进行二次检查造成了交通堵塞这在某些情况下会让司机停车长达30个小时。这些延误影响了已经紧张的供应链问题，并严重阻碍了产品分销。周三，白宫抨击这些政策是“不必要和多余的”
“合法贸易和旅行的持续流动以及CBP开展工作的能力不应受到阻碍。白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基在一份声明中说:“艾伯特州长的行为正在影响人们的工作和勤劳的美国家庭的生计。”。
在当天晚些时候的新闻发布会上，阿博特表示，他将放松对来自墨西哥新莱昂州的车辆的检查，因为该州州长塞缪尔·亚历杭德罗·加西亚·塞普尔韦达承诺在边境采取更强有力的安全措施。墨西哥与德克萨斯州接壤的其他三个州奇瓦瓦州、科阿韦拉州和塔毛利帕斯州之间的贸易关系将如何发展还有待观察。
阿博特的政治议程还延伸到了华盛顿特区，周三，第一批自愿运送的移民被放下，这是德克萨斯州州长承诺迫使华盛顿“应对和处理我们正在处理的同样挑战”的一部分据阿博特说，更多的移民正在路上。
普萨基说:“这些都是移民，已经被CBP处理，可以自由旅行，所以得克萨斯州帮助他们到达最终目的地是件好事。”。
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43.根据FiveThirtyEight对初选的分析，这是德克萨斯州国会和州长竞选中谎言支持的候选人的数量。但是作为FiveThirtyEight的卡利·罗杰斯写道在她对科罗拉多州梅萨县选举欺诈的离奇故事的深入探究中，今年可能有数百名相信谎言的大候选人寻求职位，无论大小。
Democrats fear political strengths melting into weaknesses: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Attempting to control the narrative is easier when outside events don't intrude.
It's also easier when your own party agrees on an approach. Democrats now find themselves in the awkward position of having a firm sense of their political liabilities but broad dissension about what should be done about them.
Gas prices? President Joe Biden's plan for an ethanol waiver has environmental groups seething about missed opportunities and misplaced priorities, and the "Putin price hike" label only goes so far.
COVID? The border? The CDC has put the Biden administration in the awkward position ofextending mask mandateson planes and trains for a few more weeks while being on track toeliminate Title 42 provisionsthat have brought quick deportations to migrants during the pandemic.
Inflation? The economy? Old predictions from Larry Summers can now be paired with new diagnoses from Sen. Joe Manchin -- "the Administration failed to act fast enough" -- to undercut White House messaging and limit possible policy-making.
Crime? To the dismay of some on the left, Biden has come down squarely against "defund the police," and now a horrificsubway attack in New Yorkand a police shooting in Michigan are squeezing policy-makers from conflicting directions.
Democrats were shaken last year when they saw a gubernatorial candidate in Virginia steal a cornerstone issue of education and run with it to victory. Now fears are extending to other areas where their own different perspectives mean they need don't a Republican to make the case against them.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
Despite the resignation of former New YorkLt. Gov. Brian Benjaminamid a host of federal charges, Gov. Kathy Hochul could be stuck with her embattled deputy on the state's primary ballot.
Benjamin, who has been charged with bribery, fraud and conspiracy related to campaign contributions, can only be removed from the ballot if he were to die, move out of state or be nominated for another office.
Hochul, who assumed officeafter Andrew Cuomo's sexual misconduct scandal and subsequent resignation, pledged to clean up corruption in the state capital. Hochul's opponents on both sides of the aisle have pounced on Benjamin's resignation as indicative of her judgment. Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, who is running for governor as a centrist, accused Hochul of fostering "a culture of continued corruption." Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin said Hochul's administration has been in "constant disarray."
In aradio interview with WNYCon Wednesday, Hochul downplayed the possibility of Benjamin's indictment negatively affecting her gubernatorial run.
"I'm not worried at this time," Hochul said. "I feel confident that, and the voters will understand, I need some time to let this flush out, get a new candidate if we're allowed to do that. If not, we'll just move on."
If Benjamin remains on the ballot and loses, Hochul could have to run with one of the other Democratic candidates vying for a chance in the general election. Ana Maria Archila, a progressive immigration activist, and Diana Reyna, the former Brooklyn deputy borough president, are in the race.
The TIP withAlisa Wiersema
The policies Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week aiming to address undocumented immigration at the border continue to put him at odds with the Biden administration both within his home state and in the nation's capital.
At the Texas border, Abbott's requirement of secondary inspections of commercial vehicles hadcaused traffic jamsthat in some cases stalled drivers for as long as 30 hours. Those delays affected already strained supply chain issues and significantly held up produce distribution. On Wednesday, the White House slammed the policies as "unnecessary and redundant."
"The continuous flow of legitimate trade and travel and CBP's ability to do its job should not be obstructed. Governor Abbott's actions are impacting people's jobs and the livelihoods of hardworking American families," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.
During a press conference later that day, Abbott said he would ease the inspection practices on vehicles crossing over from the Mexican state of Nuevo León because the region's governor, Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda, committed to stronger security measures at the border. It remains to be seen how trade relations will play out between the other three Mexican states bordering Texas -- Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas.
Abbott's political agenda also extended to Washington, D.C., where the first groups of willingly transported migrants were dropped off Wednesday as part of the Texas governor's promise to force Washington "to respond and deal with the same challenges that we're dealing with." According to Abbott, more migrants are on the way.
"These are all migrants who have been processed by CBP and are free to travel, so it's nice the state of Texas is helping them get to their final destination," Psaki said.
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43.That's the number of Big Lie-endorsed candidates who have run in Texas's congressional and gubernatorial races, according to FiveThirtyEight's analysis of primary races thus far. But asFiveThirtyEight's Kaleigh Rogers writesin her deep dive of the bizarre story of election fraud in Mesa County, Colorado, there are likely hundreds of Big Lie-believing candidates seeking office, both big and small, this year.
