"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will heal their land."

Jon Fleischman, former executive director of the California Republican Party. A group called Our Republican Legacy is seeking to recruit GOP candidates to run in next year’s midterms who will present an alternative to Trump-style populism. Its supporters include some prominent former Republican officeholders and party figures, such as former Vice President Mike Pence, but because some of them have worked in Democratic administrations, officials such as Fleischman question whether the GOP primary electorate will buy what they’re selling. (Orange County Register)

Tony Chicotel, a senior staff attorney with the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. He was questioning a provision in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget that would block a law passed last year requiring nursing homes to have capacity to supply 96 hours of power using their own generators or other sources. The current standard is six hours. Nursing homes say they need more time to prepare for a $1 billion capital investment to meet such rules. (KFF Health News)

Homer Pompa, a landowner in the newly created city of Starbase, Texas, which is the home of the launch site for Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company. Pompa recently received a letter from the city informing him that he is at risk of losing the “right to continue using your property for its current use” as the city reviews its zoning. The disabled Vietnam War veteran's property falls within a proposed mixed-use district, which according to the city's letter “allows for a blend of residential, office, retail and small-scale service uses.” (Washington Post)

Congressman Mike Bost, an Illinois Republican. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear his case challenging the state law that allows mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to 14 days later. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia allow mail ballots to arrive after Election Day, but Bost argues that violates the legal meaning of the term “Election Day.” (Capitol News Illinois)