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Trump’s Cabinet Huddles on Midterms Messaging
Politico: “Most of President Trump’s Cabinet is currently meeting at the Capitol Hill Club with chief of staff Susie Wiles, deputy chief of staff James Blair and other top Trump…
Exchange of the Day
Vice President JD Vance was interviewed on Fox News by Martha MacCallum: MacCALLUM: Democrats are winning congressional vote preference by 6 points. We’ve got a long way to go, but…
Wall Street Wants to Turn Election Bets Into Investments
“Roundhill Investments has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to launch six ETFs that would let investors wager on U.S. election outcomes through standard brokerage accounts — the…
GOP Lawmaker Faces Backlash to Islamophobic Post
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) — who said he prefers dogs to Muslims — “is a disgrace to the United States Congress. He…
Republicans Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
“The strict voter identification measure that Republicans pushed through the House last week was just their opening salvo in a monthslong effort to establish new voting restrictions they regard as…
Peru Ousts Another Embattled President
“Peru’s congress on Tuesday voted to oust the nation’s president, José Jerí, extending years of political upheaval in one of the world’s most important exporters of essential minerals,” the Wall…
Flashback Quote of the Day
“Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously…
GOP Candidate in New Mexico Faces Residency Challenge
“Two lawsuits seek to disqualify cannabis entrepreneur Duke Rodriguez from seeking the Republican nomination for governor, both citing his voter registration in Arizona in recent years as a violation of…
Zelensky Says Ukrainians Won’t Give Up Land
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios that his people would reject a peace deal that involves Ukraine unilaterally withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region and turning it over to Russia. Save…
Be Careful for What You Wish For
Cook Political Report: “Minnesota Republicans entered 2026 giddy at the possibility of ousting Gov. Tim Walz, hoping a wave of discontent over a sprawling fraud scandal would help them deny…
How ‘Electability’ Became a Democratic Obsession
The news media covered Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns with a question that sounded analytical but functioned as a dismissal: What does Jesse want? The implication was obvious. A Black candidate…
Republicans Not Focused on Key Threats to Voting
Politico: “A flood of Republican-backed efforts to tighten voter ID laws is serving as a distraction from more serious threats to the American voting system.” “Experts point to recent rollbacks…
U.S. Strikes Three More Alleged Drug Boats
Associated Press: “The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls ‘narcoterrorists’ in small vessels since…
ICE Officials Knew Use of Force Was Rising
Top ICE officials knew as early as March of last year that officers were using dramatically more force against civilians and the targets of their enforcement operations, Politico reports. Save…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I have said this before, there was a virtue signaling that made it seem as if ordinary folks, if they did not say things in exactly the right way, or…
Iowa Republicans Look to Rein In Governor’s Power
“Iowa Republican lawmakers are advancing several bills that would rein in the governor’s powers with the office up for the grabs in the 2026 midterm elections,” the Des Moines Register…
Quote of the Day
“The margin is razor-thin, so on any given day, I would just need one or two of my own co-conspirators to get something done. And what’s happening is that the…
Judge Says Kilmar Abrego Garcia Can’t Be Detained Again
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, the AP…
Obama Didn’t See Trump Coming
New York Times: “Mr. Obama and his team never saw Mr. Trump coming, as a new set of oral history interviews released on Tuesday makes abundantly clear. He was, to…
Congress Rejected Most of Trump’s Cuts
“Shortly after returning to office, President Trump embarked on an aggressive campaign to pare back the core functions of the federal government, unveiling a budget that proposed some of the…
