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Tom Massie just lost the most expensive House primary in history — and may have won the long game. 45% of America now identifies as transpartisan, gas is over $6 a gallon in California, and an independent Navy vet doctor is staring down an incumbent who won't even hold a town hall. Paul Rieckhoff breaks the briefing, then hands the mic to Dr. Karen Matthews — the independent veteran running in CA-23 who could blow this race wide open on June 2nd.

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Congressman Tom Massie lost in Kentucky last night — sort of. Trump and the MAGA machine spent tens of millions to take out the GOP…

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Why Tom Massie's loss in Kentucky may actually be the start. Why Tom Massie's loss in Kentucky may actually be the start of something much bigger — and why "transpartisan" is the line to watch

02

The $1.8 billion fund that could send January 6 rioters from. The $1.8 billion fund that could send January 6 rioters from prisons to pardons to payouts

03

JD Vance's Ukraine lies, and why Marco Rubio still has the i. JD Vance's Ukraine lies, and why Marco Rubio still has the inside track on the post-Trump GOP

04

James Murdoch buying Vox Media's podcast network. and what it means for independent media

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