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Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx, who allegedly violated campaign finance laws dozens of times, is now reportedly urging backers to funnel donations through a shady merch website.

He also sells demon exorcism courses online.

Trump has decided he wants his slush fund after all and isn’t happy a judge said no. He’s now appealing the ruling that blocked the IRS deal, which the judge said involved self-dealing.

“The Trump administration is preparing a major rollback of federal requirements for Head Start, a change that supporters of the child care program fear could gut its longstanding antipoverty mission,” the New York Times reports. “The proposed changes would remove most of Head Start’s 133 pages of requirements for math and literacy curriculums, class sizes, […]

Roy Lichtenstein, Bull II, 1973 #museumarchive #roylichtenstein

No.20, 1957 #rothko #markrothko

“Democratic Socialists of America revamped its platform ahead of a national summit this weekend in Chicago, shifting some official positions on immigration and democracy, as Republicans try to cast the entire Democratic Party in its mold ahead of the midterms,” Semafor reports.

“President Donald Trump filed an appeal Friday in hopes of reinstating his controversial ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, which has drawn criticism from lawmakers in both parties and derailed the confirmation process for his attorney general pick, Todd Blanche,” NOTUS reports.

“A top Federal Reserve official has warned this week’s sell-off in U.S. Treasuries is a signal that the central bank must earn its ‘credibility’ on fighting inflation by backing up its rhetoric with interest rate rises,” the Financial Times reports. Said St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem: “Mr Market spoke this week, and I took […]

“Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, saying instead that damage to the pool was ‘the result of botched installation and not vandalism,'” NPR reports. CNN: Justice Department admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian.