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Comedy CentralIn the span of just five days, Ronna McDaniel has seen her career as a television pundit be both born then brutally executed for all the world to see. And while Jordan Klepper says he doesn't "really give a shit," there is one issue it brings to light for The Daily Show correspondent and guest host.
On Friday, NBC News announced that they had hired McDaniel as an on-air contributor, which resulted in an immediate backlash among many of the network's VIPs, including Morning Joe's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow.
McDaniel, the former Republican Party leader, has attempted to distance herself from efforts she made to overturn the 2020 election, however reports indicate her close ties to Donald Trump ahead of the violent insurrection as he attempted to maneuver his way back into the White House.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyMarilyn Lands has just won the special election for Alabama House District 10—a district where she, a Democrat who speaks openly about having an abortion, was a startling break from the status quo—by a whopping 25 percentage points. She could be basking in the glow of her victory or out celebrating with the family and friends who attended her watch party last night. But Lands is already looking toward the future.
"It gives me a lot of hope for this state in 2026," she said Wednesday in an interview from her home in Huntsville. "I hope that this will be the start of us winning some more seats in 2026 and really beginning to break that [Republican] super majority."
Lands, 65, is a mother and licensed mental health counselor who, infuriated with Alabama's decision to outlaw abortion and briefly ban IVF, decided to run a campaign in the deep South focused heavily on reproductive rights.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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