On Saturday, North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis seemed like a rare “profile in courage” for the GOP, voting against President Trump’s big bloated boondoggle. On Sunday, Tillis announced he’d decided not to run for reelection next year—adding his Senate career to the hashtag #ETTD, Everything Trump Touches Dies. We’ll talk to a Courier Newsroom colleague about the prospect of a Democratic pickup of an open seat in a swing state. Also: UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller shares tales from her weekend with the US Navy’s Blue Angels during the Chippewa Valley Air Show.

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