Dennis Kucinich to seek Ohio congressional seat: filing

Former U.S. House representative and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has filed paperwork to run for Congress in Ohio, according to a "statement of organization" document filed Wednesday evening with the Federal Election Commission and reviewed by Raw Story.

The listed campaign treasurer for the "Re-elect Dennis Kucinich" committee, John Sullivan, would neither confirm nor deny Kucinich's political comeback bid when Raw Story reached him by phone Wednesday evening.

"I'm not able to confirm that right now," Sullivan said before explaining he was in a "business meeting" and would call back "later."

Sullivan also served as the presidential campaign treasurer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during much of last year, leaving in November, according to federal records. Kucinich served as Kennedy's campaign manager until his own departure in October.

The filing with the FEC lists Kucinich, 77, as an independent, not a member of the Democratic Party. The filing says he's seeking the open seat in Ohio's 7th Congressional District, which Republican Max Miller currently represents.

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Kucinich served as mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979 and in the U.S. House from 1997 to 2013, where he earned a reputation as one of Congress' more liberal members. He also made failed runs at Ohio's governorship in 2018 and for mayor of Cleveland in 2021.

But Kucinich is best known nationally for his two runs for the U.S. presidency, in 2004 and 2008.

A filing from "Re-elect Dennis Kucinich" made January 17 with the Federal Election Commission. Source: Federal Election Commission

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President Donald Trump demanded that the Supreme Court reverse its own birthright citizenship ruling, something the justices have done exactly once in their 236-year history.

In Trump v. Barbara, the justices voted 6-3 to uphold the 14th Amendment's guarantee of automatic citizenship for virtually every child born on U.S. soil.

A rehearing would require the same justices to reconsider a case they've already decided and take a new vote.

"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. The ruling upheld birthright citizenship for children of immigrants here illegally or on temporary visas.

"Signs and Billboards are being put up all over our Southern Border, and Mexico, advertising BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, with 'Deliveries starting at $4000,'" Trump ranted Wednesday on Truth Social. "AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime, and therefore, the Supreme Court's ruling is wrong."

"I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY. This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don't change their absolutely insane decision."

Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck has called getting the Supreme Court to reverse itself on rehearing "a virtual dead-letter."

The Court hasn't agreed to rehear a decided case since 1965. And it has only reversed itself once after rehearing a case — in 1957.

For a rehearing to move forward, one of the six justices who voted against Trump would have to push for it. None of the six has.

"I am not sure that today's opinion will stand the test of time," Justice Clarence Thomas argued in his 91-page dissent. But the justice has never called for a rehearing.

Trump has until July 25 — just 17 days — to formally file his rehearing request with the Court.

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The Trump administration's move to investigate election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, hit a major roadblock as a judge quashed a Justice Department subpoena to reveal those workers' personal information.

That's something that almost never happens, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper — and it reveals just how far the Trump administration's abuse of power has gotten.

"Elie, what message does this decision send about the Justice Department's effort here?" asked Tapper.

"It is extraordinarily rare for a judge to block a prosecutor's subpoena," said Honig. For reference, he said, prosecutors can usually "subpoena just about anything [they] want for just about any reason [they] want."

The only exceptions, he said, are "something where you have 0 percent chance of bringing a criminal case, or for a bad reason." And the judge here, U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II, a Trump appointee, had a "straightforward" problem with the subpoena: "He said even if you were investigating crimes from the 2020 election, the statute of limitations on almost all federal crimes is five years. Here we are, five-and-a-half going on six years. So there's no possible way you could bring a valid criminal investigation here."

While blocking subpoenas is a rare occurrence in the federal courts, Honig added, it's no longer so rare in the Trump administration.

"I should note, this is now the third time in the last few months that three different district court judges have blocked subpoenas," he said. "And I think it just shows that DOJ is running away with its discretion."

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MSNBC anchor Katy Tur and a panel of experts challenged President Donald Trump's explanation for abandoning the $400 million Qatari-gifted jet after flying it to the NATO summit in Turkey, instead returning on the original Air Force One.

Trump had hyped the aircraft for weeks before announcing it would be flying to an English base for American troops to tour on Truth Social.

When pressed on the sudden change, Trump declined to answer and avoided questions about whether security concerns related to Iran prompted the switch, instead emphasizing the dangers of the presidency and his position on Iran's kill list.

Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, "This is a cover story of some kind," and argued the move protected presidential security amid tensions with Iran.

New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker agreed and noted the retrofitted jet may lack standard Air Force One missile and electromagnetic-pulse protections.

Watch the video below.


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