Politics A.M.: Calls intensify to end Wisconsin’s election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge

Jan. 6 committee preparing to aggressively enforce subpoenas, targets former Trump DOJ official; Democrats send heavy hitters to boost McAuliffe, amid anxiety over his race; Georgia judge dismisses lawsuit alleging voter fraud in 2020 presidential election; Graham says tens of thousands of Brazilian immigrants 'wearing designer clothes and Gucci bags' are headed for Connecticut; Senate candidate Herschel Walker cancels fundraiser after uproar over donor's use of vaccine-needle swastika in profile; Youngkin, McAuliffe target each other with false attack ads ; Judge calls for Justice Dept. civil rights probe into D.C. jail's treatment of Jan. 6 detainees; A third of Americans say close friends or family have died of covid-19; The slippery slope of the GOP's anti-vaccine-mandate push ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Jessica Reilly/AP) Calls intensify to end Wisconsin's election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge Voting-rights advocates, election policy experts and some state and local officials have leveled sharp accusations of incompetence at former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and said his review – which will cost taxpayers at least $680,000 – is hurting public trust in state elections. By Elise Viebeck ●  Read more »   Jan. 6 committee preparing to aggressively enforce subpoenas, targets former Trump DOJ official Tensions over compliance with subpoenas increases as deadline approaches for depositions this week with four one-time aides to former president Donald Trump. By Jacqueline Alemany, Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   Democrats send heavy hitters to boost McAuliffe, amid anxiety over his race From Obama to Abrams to Pelosi, powerful Democrats are mobilizing to help pull McAuliffe over the finish line. By Sean Sullivan, Paul Kane and Laura Vozzella ●  Read more »   Georgia judge dismisses lawsuit alleging voter fraud in 2020 presidential election The decision effectively blocks a small group's efforts to inspect all 147,000 absentee ballots cast in the state's largest county last November. By Felicia Sonmez and Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Graham says tens of thousands of Brazilian immigrants 'wearing designer clothes and Gucci bags' are headed for Connecticut The Republican senator, an outspoken critic of President Biden's immigration policies, recently visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. By Eugene Scott ●  Read more »   Senate candidate Herschel Walker cancels fundraiser after uproar over donor's use of vaccine-needle swastika in profile The Trump-backed Georgia Republican abandoned plans for a fundraiser hosted by a Texas donor who had the anti-vaccine design as her Twitter profile image. By Mariana Alfaro ●  Read more »   Youngkin, McAuliffe target each other with false attack ads Both campaigns are targeting voters with ads that use partisan reports to make bogus claims. Analysis ●  By Glenn Kessler ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Judge calls for Justice Dept. civil rights probe into D.C. jail's treatment of Jan. 6 detainees A Florida Proud Boys member's four-month wait for wrist surgery unleashes a federal judge's frustration at jail staffing shortages that may be jeopardizing defendants' rights. By Spencer S. Hsu ●  Read more »   A third of Americans say close friends or family have died of covid-19 Oddly, the figure has been somewhat flat since early summer. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   The slippery slope of the GOP's anti-vaccine-mandate push For the second YouGov poll in a row, fewer than half of Republicans say they support mandating childhood vaccines for infectious diseases. In 2015, two-thirds did. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 7 for a rundown of the seven most important and interesting stories every weekday. Sign up »

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