Candace Owens Talks Kanye West, BLM, and Trump 2024

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Candace Owens Talks Kanye West, BLM, and Trump 2024

Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Candace Owens is in the business of triggering people, and her business is thriving, Emily Jane Fox writes. Fox interviewed the conservative provocateur in Nashville on everything from her relationship with Kanye West, her childhood, and Donald Trump, to her own ambitions to run for office: “I’ve learned to never say never,” Owens said.

Eric Lutz evaluates a historic election in Wisconsin, where Janet Protasiewicz beat out Trump ally Dan Kelly, flipping the state’s supreme court to a liberal majority. The race put everything from abortion rights to democracy at stake, but fears of democratic backsliding are far from over: Republicans have won a supermajority in the Wisconsin Senate, and with it, the power to impeach state officials, and have already floated coming for the court. In other news, Charlotte Klein finds Elon Musk’s Twitter contradicting the company’s own guidelines when it slapped NPR with a “state-affiliated media” tag. Thanks for reading!

Candace Owens Talks Kanye West, BLM, and Trump 2024

The conservative host, who’s stayed friends with Kanye West, discusses her criticism of BLM, whether she’d run for office, and more.

“This Election Changes Everything”: Wisconsin Chose Democracy in Historic Supreme Court Race

Janet Protasiewicz’s victory strikes a decisive blow to the GOP’s decade-long reign over the “democracy desert,” where reproductive rights still hang in the balance. But a Republican victory in a state Senate race gave the GOP a supermajority—and put the prospect of impeachment on the table.

Twitter Labeling NPR as “State-Affiliated Media” Goes Against Its Own Definition of State Media

Elon Musk’s Twitter puts NPR under the same category as Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua, as the company inconsistently rolls out changes to its verification system.

Melania Trump Apparently RSVP’d “F–k Off” to Her Husband’s Post-Arraignment Speech

Is that why she was the only family member not to get a shout-out?

Trump’s Republican Critics Are Defending Him Against the Manhattan DA’s Felony Charges

Several lawmakers who supported impeaching Trump have come out against Alvin Bragg’s criminal case on the ex-president, calling it “weak.”