Hinterland Gazette

In a surprise upset, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries beats Rep. Barbara Lee in the race for Democratic Caucus chair. He won 123-113. This is a huge deal because Lee was thought to be the favorite until Jeffries threw his hat in the ring.
Hakeem Jeffries beats Barbara Lee, 123-113, for Dem Caucus chair...

Democratic community organizer Lorena Garcia launches 2020 Senate bid to unseat GOP Sen. Cory Gardner. She is the first Democrat to challenge Gardner.
Garcia, who is the executive director at Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, tweeted on Tuesday, “it is time to unseat Sen. Cory Gardner.” “We need real voices…to help us restore America for working families.”...

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith beat Democrat Mike Espy by single digits as the Democrats overperformed in the Senate runoff in deep red Mississippi. Democrats didn’t lose by a blow-out, they lost by single digits. Let that sink in….
Hyde-Smith, who sparked outrage for comments about attending a public hanging, beat Espy by eight points, in a state Donald Trump won by 18 points....

Former U.S. attorney Dan Goldman calls for Donald Trump’s immediate expulsion from office if he pardons Paul Manafort, who recently breached his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Dan Goldman slammed Manafort and his lawyers for having back channel communications with Trump and his lawyer. “It never occurred to me that Manafort and (particularly) his lawyers could be so stupid to back channel information to Trump.”...