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Mate Rimac has surfaced old email receipts from two thousand nineteen showing he was already exploring thrust-powered downforce for his vehicles, years before Tesla made similar concepts famous with the Roadster. He says the idea was real, just crowded out by other priorities at the time.
Shifting to politics, the Kansas Senate race has become unexpectedly close, drawing President Trump to the state to rally support for Republican incumbent Roger Marshall. His Democratic challenger, Pastor Adam Hamilton, has turned what looked like a safe Republican seat into a genuinely contested race that political observers are watching carefully.
And in Ohio, a gubernatorial campaign has taken a deeply troubling turn. A Republican attack ad features the estranged mother of Democratic nominee Amy Acton calling her daughter a liar. Acton's brother has condemned the ad as a despicable low, revealing that their stepfather sexually abused Acton as a child. The backlash has been swift and significant.
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