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**SEPTEMBER 20, 2022**

A Swing-Seat Candidate Runs Against Corporate Power

BY DAVID DAYEN

Will Rollins, campaigning against a long-serving Republican, is waging
much of his race by fighting money in politics and corporate
concentration.

One of the more interesting House races in the midterms is happening in
Riverside County, California. The longest-serving Republican in the
state congressional delegation, Ken Calvert, was redistricted into the
41st Congressional District, a swing seat

in the all-party primary, and Republicans outpolled Democrats by just 53
percent to 47 percent.

Calvert has a long history as an opponent of gay rights; until this
year, he sported a perfect zero percent score

from the Human Rights Campaign. His first re-election campaign in 1994
against Mark Takano, now a congressman in the western part of the
county, was notable for the hot pink and lavender mailers

Calvert sent, intimating a "secret agenda" and wondering whether Takano
would represent "Riverside ... or San Francisco." Takano was outed as
gay by a Calvert ally during that race, and critics have called the
mailers homophobic.

Anticipating the political liability, Calvert was one of 47 Republicans
who voted to codify same-sex
marriage in July, and has said he harbors no ill will toward gay and
lesbian people. This November, he will be facing Will Rollins, an openly
gay former federal prosecutor who campaigns with his partner at his
side. The race has gotten notice in the Los Angeles Times

and The New York Times
,
mostly on the theme of gay rights.

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Suspicious Gun Purchases Can Finally Be Tracked

A new merchant code for firearm and ammunition sales may sound like an
unremarkable change, but it could save lives, advocates say. BY RAMENDA
CYRUS

Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support

America and Iran should get the deal done despite obstacles, but the
influence of Israel and Saudi Arabia continues to undermine American
national interest. BY ROBERT HITT

San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick

Incarcerated people described filthy conditions and harsh treatment in
San Quentin's medical quarantine unit. BY KATIE ROSE QUANDT, JUAN
MORENO HAINES VIA TYPE INVESTIGATIONS

Republicans Use Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free to Own the Libs

For conservatives, defenseless refugees are something to abuse and
exploit. BY RYAN COOPER

 

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