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The Latest from The Lincoln Project

Kansans showed us who can stop radical Republicans from invading our privacy and curbing our rights: Voters. It's going to take ALL of us.

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President Biden continues to help Americans get back to work.

From Axios:

“Employers added a stunning 528,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%, the lowest level in nearly 50 years, the Labor Department said on Friday.

Why it matters: It's the fastest pace of jobs growth since February as the labor market continues to defy fears that the economy is heading into a recession.

• Economists expected the economy to add roughly 260,000 jobs in July.
• Job gains in May and June were a combined 28,000 higher than initially estimated.

The backdrop: The data comes at a delicate time for the U.S. economy. Growth has slowed as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates swiftly in an attempt to contain soaring inflation.”

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The Breakdown

Last night on The Breakdown hosts Rick Wilson and Tara Setmayer took the airwaves to discuss election deniers and what we should expect to see in November 2022 and further into 2024.

We’re Speaking

We’re all waiting for Trump to take his much deserved perp walk (or more likely, shuffle), but when will it happen? We’re Speaking invited legal expert Teri Kanefield to the show to talk about what we can expect to see in terms of consequences and when we might see them.

Lunch with Lincoln

Reed Galen and Jeff Timmer kicked off Lunch with Lincoln this week talking about state primaries. Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Arizona, Washington and more all held elections this week. We had some predictions going into them. Watch the full show to see how things turned out.

A Special 2-Part Podcast

July 31st marked 100 Days until the November 8, 2022 midterm elections. What can we do with 100 Days? A lot. Reed Galen welcomed back LP senior advisors Jeff Timmer and Trygve Olson to talk about what the 100 Days should look like.

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Right-Wing Extremism Continues To Grow

If you’re like most Americans, just trying to go to school or work, spend time with your friends and family, and make it through the day, chances are you missed the special guest at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas. Alarmingly, Viktor Orbán, the extreme right-wing authoritarian dictator from Hungary, felt right at home among American conservatives.

From The Atlantic:

“Today in Dallas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. You heard that correctly! The leader of an Indiana-sized European country traveled 5,000 miles to speak at an American political gathering best known for its fringe characters and own-the-libs merchandise. If it sounds strange, that’s because it is. Strange and bad.

What Orbán said was strange too. He described Republicans and Democrats as at war with each other, and called on the right to take lessons from him. “We must find friends and allies in one another. We must coordinate a movement of our troops because we face the same challenge,” he told the audience. Coming elections in the U.S. and in Europe “will define the two fronts in the battle being fought for Western civilization.”

You might have read about Orbán already in The Atlantic, or maybe you’ve been avoiding stories about him because foreign politics can sometimes be difficult to care about. Or maybe all that autocracy talk just seemed too heavy. But you should know who Orbán is, and you should know why some on the American right admire him. Orbán has become a kind of soft autocrat in Hungary. He’s not known for killing or threatening his political opponents; instead, he simply changes the rules to cement his power.”

Read the full story here.

Last Week in the Republican Party

You can’t make this stuff up.