带走里克·克莱因
民主主义者感觉他们刚刚打败了前任主席唐纳德·特朗普同样，在加州井喷之后，加文·纽瑟姆州长策划召回竞赛明确反对特朗普主义。
但是特朗普没有也不会去任何地方——他的总统任期的余波继续在两党和白宫内部感受到。
乔·拜登总统正在处理一大部分后果关于行动参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利将军，他在特朗普政府最后几天的行为是在新书中探索《华盛顿邮报》的鲍勃·伍德沃德和罗伯特·科斯塔。
国会和执法机构正在应对特朗普政府的后果选举谎言，与击剑上升在国会大厦附近过夜准备本周末支持1月6日暴乱者的集会。
虽然拉里·埃尔德没有追求以前的挑战威胁选举的合法性、周二的罢免结果再次提醒人们特朗普的潜力和潜在限制。
忽略于纽森滑坡的报道是埃尔德在替补候选人中的优势。他的特朗普主义品牌在那些希望纽森下台的人中大卖——但没有在独立选民和民主党选民中流行，他需要让纽森下台。
这些天来，特朗普是否会再次参选的问题几乎笼罩着所有2024年的对话。但他不必跑去继续主宰谈话和现实。
与...的关系阿维·哈珀
周三在国会的毁灭性证词中，奥运体操运动员强调他们说这个系统让他们失望了因为他们报道了前美国体操医生拉里·纳塞尔对他们的性虐待。
在…里令人不安的细节西蒙·比尔斯、麦凯拉·马罗尼、玛吉·尼科尔斯和艾丽·赖斯曼分享他们的故事纳塞尔的性侵犯，他是服刑时间长达175年在监狱里。这些精英运动员还指责美国体操协会和联邦调查局对调查处理不当。
“他们悄悄地让纳塞尔溜出侧门，故意让他继续工作。...纳萨尔发现了100多名新的性骚扰受害者，”赖斯曼说。"这就像把无辜的孩子放在银盘上交给恋童癖者一样."
他们的索赔得到了证实被严厉的司法部监察长报告上面写着两个联邦调查局的外地办事处未能充分回应据称，这让纳塞尔有时间在15个月内虐待70名年轻运动员。
当时没有领导该机构的联邦调查局局长克里斯托弗·雷(Christopher Wray)表示道歉。
“很抱歉这么多不同的人一次又一次让你失望。我尤其感到遗憾的是，早在2015年，联邦调查局的一些人就有机会阻止这个怪物，但他们失败了。
女人们说她们分享他们的故事希望对那些视而不见，但结局未定。DOJ两次拒绝起诉联邦调查局官员，这些官员因报告中的不当行为而被传唤。
小费亚里沙·维尔塞马
距离拜登2020年总统大选胜利还有几个月，宾夕法尼亚州的共和党人正在为回顾去年的大选奠定基础。
尽管拜登在周三以超过8万张选票的优势赢得了宾夕法尼亚州，几乎是特朗普2016年在该州获胜的两倍，但该州共和党人投票传唤宾夕法尼亚州国务院，要求其提供有关以下方面的个人信息每个登记的选民调查去年秋天是否发生了选民欺诈。据领导调查的州参议员克里斯·杜什说，调查的目的是调查关于“投票人的有效性”的指控，而不是他们投票给了谁。
没有迹象表明任何广泛的欺诈行为都会发生。去年选举后，参议院临时主席杰克·科曼已经表明了这一点。不过，科曼也指出，感知问题的方式选举得以进行应该被审查。
宾夕法尼亚州的发展是几个州努力的最新成果重新尝试2020年大选的结果毫无根据的主张特朗普传播的广泛的选民欺诈。审查将在预期的背景下展开全国最受瞩目的参议院的竞争，进一步加剧了即将到来的竞选周期中激烈的党派之争。
Trump aftershocks still felt in both parties: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Democratsfeel like they just beatformer PresidentDonald Trumpagain, after a California blowout where Gov. Gavin Newsomframed the recall raceexplicitly against Trumpism.
But Trump has not and is not going anywhere -- and the aftershocks of his presidency continue to be felt across both parties and inside the White House.
President Joe Biden is dealing with a chunk of the falloutregarding the actionsof Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose conduct in the final days of the Trump administration areexplored in the new bookby Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of The Washington Post.
Congress and law-enforcement agencies are coping with the consequences of Trump'selectionlies, withfencing going uparound the Capitol overnightin preparation forthis weekend's rally in support of Jan. 6 rioters.
And while Larry Elder isn't pursuingprevious threats of challengingthe legitimacy of the election, Tuesday's recall results offer a new reminder of both Trump's potency and potential limits.
Overlooked incoverage of Newsom's landslidewas Elder's dominance among the replacement candidates. His brand of Trumpism sold among those who wanted Newsom gone – but didn't fly among the independent and Democratic voters he would have needed to get Newsom replaced.
The question of whether Trump runs again looms over just about all 2024 conversations these days. But he doesn't have to run to continue to dominate talk and realities.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
In devastating testimony in Congress Wednesday, Olympic gymnasts highlighteda system they say failed themas they reported sexual abuse at the hands of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
Indisturbing detail, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raismanshared their storiesof sexual assault by Nassar, who isserving up to 175 yearsin prison. The elite athletes also accused USA gymnastics and the FBI grossly mishandling the investigations.
"They quietly allowed Nassar to slip out the side door, knowingly allowing him to continue his work. ... Nassar found more than 100 new victims to molest,"said Raisman. "It was like serving innocent children up to a pedophile, on a silver platter."
Theirclaims were corroboratedby a scathing Justice Department inspector generalreportwhich says two FBI field officesfailed to respond adequately, allegedly giving Nassar the time to abuse 70 young athletes over 15 months.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was not leading the agency at the time, offered an apology.
"I'm sorry that so many different people let you down over and over again. And I'm especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed," said Wray.
The women said theyshared their storiesin hopes of accountability for those whoturned a blind eye, but the outcome is uncertain. DOJ has twice declined to prosecute FBI officials who were called out for misconduct in the report.
The TIP withAlisa Wiersema
A few months shy of the one-year marker of Biden's 2020 presidential victory, Pennsylvania Republicans are laying the groundwork to review last year's general election.
Although Biden won Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes -- nearly double the margin of Trump's 2016 win in the same state -- on Wednesday, state Republicans voted to subpoena the Pennsylvania Department of State for personal information aboutevery registered voterto examine if voter fraud occurred last fall. According to state Sen. Cris Dush who is leading the probe, the intent is to investigate allegations about the "validity of people who have voted" rather than who they voted for.
There is no indicationthat any widespread fraud occurred. This much has been indicated by Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman last year following the election. Still, Corman has also indicated that perceived issues with the way theelection was administeredshould be reviewed.
The development in Pennsylvania is the latest of several states' efforts toattempt to relitigatethe outcome of the 2020 election throughbaseless claimsof widespread voter fraud propagated by Trump. The review will unfold against the backdrop of what is expected to be thenation's most high-profileSenate race, further adding to the heated partisanship of the upcoming campaign cycle.
