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Texas Lawmaker Admits to Affair
“Three days after state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R) announced he was dropping his reelection bid, the conservative news site Current Revolt published an interview with a former exotic dancer who…
George Santos Begins 7-Year Prison Sentence
“Disgraced former Rep. George Santos is set to report to prison on Friday, beginning a more than seven-year sentence after pleading guilty to a laundry list of federal charges that…
Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
“Media Matters, a nonprofit group that has played a key role in liberal politics, is struggling to withstand months of legal assaults by President Trump’s allies, offering a glimpse of…
We Don’t Really Know the Battlegrounds Yet
Election forecasters are facing a new kind of uncertainty ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: the congressional maps may change. In a typical cycle, the battleground districts are largely locked…
Trump Floats Tariff Rebate Checks
“President Trump on Friday suggested the government might consider issuing rebate checks to some Americans from the tariff revenue collected this year,” Axios reports. Said Trump: “We have so much…
A Stunning Number of Voters Didn’t Rank Cuomo for Mayor
A Gothamist analysis found that more than 70% of voters who fully filled out all five slots on their ranked-choice primary ballots did not rank Andrew Cuomo among their chosen…
Trump Says He Could Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell
President Trump said he had the ability to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, in exchange for her cooperation with ongoing investigations but had not yet…
Affluent Americans Increasingly Vote for Democrats
Washington Post: “During the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, affluent Americans who benefited from tax cuts were more likely to be Republicans. The political…
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Republicans Split on Extending Obamacare Tax Breaks
“Republican leaders are facing growing calls from their members to extend a bucket of funding for the Affordable Care Act that is slated to expire at the end of this…
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ICEBlock is an anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity with just two taps on their phone. John Gruber: “To maintain anonymity and store…
Powell Vows He’ll Finish His Term
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has told multiple associates and allies that there’s no chance he will bow to President Donald Trump’s calls for him to resign, vowing to withstand…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Rupert Murdoch, he’s my new hero. Man, this guy’s got more guts than the entire Democratic Party put together. Go Rupert. Go, cat, go.” — James Carville, on Fox News….
USAID Found No Massive Theft of Aid by Hamas
“An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S….
Mamdani Picks a New Campaign Manager
“Zohran Mamdani is naming a new campaign manager and hiring additional staff, as the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor aims both to consolidate support heading into the November…
2028 Democratic Presidential Race Could Be Longest Ever
“The 2028 Democratic presidential primary is set to be the most wide-open field in a generation. It could also be the longest presidential contest ever,” Axios reports. “Several Democrats told…
Cory Booker Pushes Democrats to Get Extremely Online
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) “is on an active mission to tone the party’s weak media muscles, an atrophy that many now believe cost Democrats in 2024,” Semafor reports. “It’s part of…
White House Seeks Payments From Other Universities
“The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard University, in exchange for allowing…
Republicans Launch a New January 6 Committee
“President Donald Trump is not done re-litigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. And neither are his allies on Capitol Hill,” CNN reports. “Rep. Barry Loudermilk announced…
