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What You May Have Missed

Ron DeSantis has worked hard to build himself up as the clear Republican alternative to Donald Trump — and he is, for now. But they could be too similar, or just exhaust voters who will look to someone else.

Trump could be indicted in the Stormy Daniels case any day now, and if he is, he plans to go on the attack against the Manhattan district attorney. And with the lifting of his YouTube ban, he’ll have another place to do it.

The President is Biden his time when it comes to a reelection announcement.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now an independent, is not even breaking 20% in early polls. But she might still be able to win — if she can come up with the money.

DeSantis has a broad definition of “finger food”.

“Trump Force One” is a presidential aircraft role playing game.

Hunter Biden has a one-star Yelp review for his laptop repair shop.

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Extra Links

Here are some links that didn’t make it into Political Wire today:

The Court at The Hague has issued an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
New evidence has linked raccoon dogs for sale at a market in Wuhan, China to the possible origins of the pandemic.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has endorsed Finland’s application to NATO, but will not endorse Sweden’s after accusing the nation of harboring Kurdish dissidents.
Silicon Valley Bank has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Denmark has deemed parts of Syria safe for refugees to return to, which could lead to the revocation of thousands of refugee visas in the country.
New Zealand has banned TikTok on government phones, fearing the ways in which the company uses data that is collected.
Protests in France over the changing of the legal retirement age have turned violent.
Biden is set to declare a new national monument in Nevada.
Peru has been accused of using lethal force to crack down on government protests.

Presented Without Comment

Jo 🌻 @JoJoFromJerz

This really does sum them up perfectly, doesn’t it?

Closing Thoughts

Stuart Rothenberg @StuPolitics

It’s pretty simple. The party of Eisenhower, Reagan and Bush is now the party of weakness, isolationism and timidity on defense/national security issues. https://t.co/Pnw00JWvKQ

Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski

Trump says Russia is not a threat, our greatest threat is our American representatives, we need to reevaluate the purpose of NATO, and most of the people in the State Dept, DOD and Intel Services need to be fired so he can put the right people in. https://t.co/T6FCjIqMtr https://t.co/9PC6PrONM9

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