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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BACK in front of his supporters. He made the trip to Great Falls, Mt., where he promoted the Republican Senate candidate, state listener Matt Rosendale, and smashed Democratic candidate Jon Tester. And while the rally hits all the marks you expect from a Trump rally – attacking the media ("false news, bad people!") And Hillary Clinton (inspiring a "lock up" vocals), mocking criticism from his stranger Politics and brocarding of potential candidates 2020 – there are four important points to remember for the race in Montana:

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– The main line of attack on Tester will be that it does not represent Montana's values ​​and does not adequately support the president. "So Jon Tester says one thing when he's in Montana – I'll tell you, I prove it – he's doing exactly the opposite when he's going to Washington," Trump told the rally. "A vote for Jon Tester is a vote for Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and the new leader of the Democratic Party [ic] Maxine Waters!" He also complained that Tester says "such beautiful things about me" but never votes to support him, citing issues like the Affordable Care Act, the Estates Tax, the Rights to Property and 39, abortion, immigration and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. "We need Matt Rosendale in the Senate to continue our fight," said the President. "In November, I need you to have your friends, colleagues, neighbors and bad!"

– For Trump, the Montana Senate race is a little personal. He publicly smoked to test after the senator helped sink the appointment of Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor, to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump said he felt "guilty" of bringing Jackson into the political world and blamed Tester for "horrible and deceitful" things. Trump admitted that Tester's role was "probably why I'm here." "I have won Montana by so many points that I do not have to come here," he said.

– The GOP's broad-based mid-term discussion will revolve around security, if the president makes his way. "If you want to protect your family and your community, then you do not have a choice," he said. "You have to vote for Matt." Even though Trump was also touting the vigor of the economy, the crowd (and Trump himself) seemed buzzing when he talked about protecting ICE and the immigration policy of the United States. administration, inspiring another chant to "build the wall." 19659005] – Expect to see more of Donald Trump Jr. on the campaign trail, both in Montana and across the map. The eldest of the president's children served to warm up his father, claiming that as a hunter and outdoor enthusiast he had fallen in love with the state. "I am being asked to do a lot of political events, but when they ask, "Are you going to Montana, how are you saying no?", he said at the start of the rally. Read the story of my colleagues James Arkin and Maggie Severns on the expanded political role of Don Jr. a few weeks ago

For its part, Tester largely conceded the fire of spotlights. He greeted Trump on Thursday morning with a full page ad in several Montana newspapers "thanking him for signing 16 bills that the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored", according to The Associated Press. His camp also pointed out that the president praised two bills led by Tester: the VA Accountability Law and Whistleblower Protection, which he called "historical" law, and the VA Mission law. This is how the Great Falls Tribune covered the rally.

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Days before the election of 2018: 123.

Next elections – July 17: Primary streams of Alabama. – July 24: Primary deluge of Georgia

Next primary filing dates – Delaware: July 10. – Louisiana: July 20th. [19659005] SCOTUS ON THE BULLETIN – Josh Hawley, Attorney General of Missouri and GOP candidate in the Senate, is preparing to attack Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) At the Supreme Court. From Burgess Everett of POLITICO in Marshfield, Manitoba: "She has been deceiving all candidates to the courts since she shows up in the Senate or Senate. So, I'm not surprised at all, "Josh Hawley, the Missouri Attorney General, said in an interview, sitting in a pickup truck with AC blasting after parading in a parade on July 4." If "the Pre-Appointment Conflict Between McCaskill and Hawley is a sign, the Supreme Court's confirmation battle over Trump's candidate at the high court will reverberate, "he adds, in Missouri more than anything Another battleground of the Senate this year.In contrast to a trio of other Red Democrats on the ballot … McCaskill opposed Neil Gorsuch last year. "

FORCE COLLECTION OF FUNDS – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already become a fundraiser in good faith for the other progressives. An interesting nugget from Laura Nahmias of POLITICO New York on Ocasio-Cortez crushing the Democratic primaries: "In Kansas, where Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have endorsed Brent Welder in a crowded Democratic primary, the campaign has garnered unprecedented interest." said Shawn Borich, Welder Campaign Director, at POLITICO In addition to earning more volunteers, the Welder campaign has raised $ 50,000 online since 2000 donations since Ocasio-Cortez tweeted its support – almost the double of the previous week in Welder's bid to GOP representative Kevin Yoder. "[19659018] ** Presented by AARP: There is only one decisive factor in the elections of this year: more than 50 voters. They will not be ignored and their votes are up for grabs. Medicare, social security, support for caregivers and prescription drug costs are all at stake. So you can be certain that they will vote in record numbers.
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NOT INTUITIVE! – Many Democrats facing an insurgent challenger had a second look. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mbad.), Who faces lawyer Tahirah Amatul-Wadud in September for the 1st District of Mbadachusetts, insists that he is not worried. Shannon Young of Republican Springfield: "Neal told the Republican this week that he believes it's hard to glean a prediction of the outcome of the Mbadachusetts primary from the New York account results given differences between the two districts. "When you look at what happened in this congressional district, there were a lot of moving parts," said Neal after a Monday event in Wilbraham. "Every congressional district in America is different, and I think that must be acknowledged. ""

– And to pump the brakes, Democrats say that the moderate wing has (largely) been winning over the progressives. Kelsey Snell and NPR's Scott Detrow: "In interviews with more than a dozen Democrats in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, California, Nebraska and Washington, as well as party strategists, campaign managers and elected Democrats , NPR has found winning pragmatism over progressivism in the key races that will decide congressional control. "

WHAT HOUSE?" – The FEC is now five years old without a "duly appointed" General Counsel Dave Levinthal from the Center for Integrity Public and Suhauna Hussain explain why the work remains unfinished and how it is injured the agency: "[Thursday] marks five years since the FEC employed a bona fide general attorney, duly appointed to oversee his lawyers and orchestrate the agency's legal efforts – a void that is "a reflection of the dysfunction of the FEC," says the last man to hold this position, Tony Herman, now lead counsel at Washington-based law firm Covington & Burling. …

"It's a situation, say several former FEC lawyers, who continues to keep the agency ideologically divided and often paralyzed from the full execution of its mission "It hurts the morale of the staff and the credibility of the agency," said Larry Noble, former general counsel for the FEC from 1987 to 2000. "

FIRST IN SCORE – WATCH 2020 – Senator Tammy Baldwin (D- Wis.) And Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a rally together in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on July 14.

ALL ABOUT MONEY – Carla Marinucci and Jeremiah of POLITICO California White: "California Republicans are counting on a vote this fall that the beleaguered state party believes it can stave off a democratic wave in November – and perhaps even trigger a GOP takeover in the near future. of 2020. Carl DeMaio, a former San Diego A member of the council Nicipal announced this week that it had raised more than $ 1.1 million online for its campaign to repeal the 12 cents per gallon gas tax supported by Governor Jerry Brown – and the Polls seem to indicate a win in November. …

"The repeal initiative – known as Proposition 6 on the November ballot – also drew the support of Republican and national leaders, including the House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy They are counting on him to energize enough voters to save a handful of at-risk members of the California GOP House – which could prevent the House from turning [to Democrats] . "

MORE GOOD COLLECTIONS OF FUNDS – CA-39: Democrat Gil Cisneros IL-06: Democrat Sean Casten announced that he had raised just under $ 790,000 more early this week.

– OH-01: Democrat Aftab Pureval Raises $ 885,000 »

ON THE AIRWAVES – Announcements from Demand Justice, A Democratic Group Working Against the Potential Applicant President Donald Trump's Supreme Court, went out, via Dan Merica from CNN. . The ads say that a vote for Trump's choice is a vote against abortion rights. Burgess Everett of POLITICO reported earlier this week that the group was planning to spend $ 5 million

– In the 12th district of Ohio, Democrat Danny O. Connor published a new TV advertising on a Trump voter. "I voted for John Kasich the last 3 times, I voted for Trump because I did not like the way things were going in Washington, and now I support Danny O & # 39; Connor, "explains electrician Shannon Ward in the announcement. "John Kasich and Danny O'Connor are not worried about the labels of Democrats or Republicans, they will get things done anyway."

– Democrats have now overtaken Republicans in Obamacare for the first time. time. Amanda Terkel of HuffPost: "Proponents of the Affordable Care Act have spent $ 13,950,400 on pro-Obamacare ads this cycle (until June 30), just more than the $ 13,441,570 spent on ads anti-Obamacare. This is the first time that pro-Obamacare ads have overtaken the anti-Obamacare ads in an election cycle. "

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