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The Game Changer

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This will be a must-read: The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight by Jon Ralston.

“He was, in his own words, willing to do what no one else would do in his Machiavellian pursuit of what he thought was best for his country and his party.”

The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
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  • 400 Pages - 01/20/2026 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
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California Could Lose Four Seats in Next Redistricting

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“California could lose as many as four congressional seats in the 2030 apportionment,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

“A recent report from the National Democratic Redistricting Committee choes earlier forecasts of the state’s declining political clout, including from the non-partisan American Redistricting Project and from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. All three reports found the state could lose at least three seats; the Brennan Center projected four.”

“California isn’t alone. Other Democratic-leaning states like New York, Illinois and Minnesota are also expected to lose one or two seats due to population declines. Meanwhile, Republican-leaning Florida and Texas could each gain as many as four new seats.”

Chip Roy Wants an Exception for Immigrant He Knows

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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who enthusiastically backs President Trump’s mass deportation agenda, told NOTUS he’s “going to bat for” one immigrant that he knows who was arrested because he deemed him “a good guy.”

Said Roy: “He’s here legally at the moment, actually. He’s got a green card. I think he’s deserving of potentially being on track for citizenship, but he’s got some things. These are human beings. You can kind of address these.”


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Marjorie Taylor Greene Sends Warning to Trump

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “appeared to send a pointed message to President Donald Trump: If the Department of Justice does not release more information on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, his supporters will no longer stand behind him,” Politico reports.

Said Greene: “If you tell the base of people, who support you, of deep state treasonous crimes, election interference, blackmail, and rich powerful elite evil cabals, then you must take down every enemy of The People.”

She added: “If not, the base will turn and there’s no going back. Dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else.”

Trump Seeks to Upend Civil Service Protections

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“The Trump administration is formally arguing before a federal oversight body that it has unilateral authority to fire many federal employees at any time, seeking to unwind decades of precedent and current federal law,” Government Executive reports.

“Federal workers are typically not considered at-will and current statute requires that agencies provide notice, cause and an opportunity to rebut allegations before a firing can take place.”

U.S. to Stop Practice of Assessing Fairness of Elections

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to “stop commenting on the fairness, integrity and legitimacy of foreign elections, a major shift away from a decadeslong practice of promoting democratic elections abroad,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The aim, at least in part, is to signal the U.S. is less interested in pressuring foreign governments to make internal reforms, such as allowing competitive elections, that has been a hallmark of U.S. foreign policy under both parties since the Cold War.”

Will Democrats Use Their Only Leverage in Spending Fight?

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Congress is barreling toward a September 30 deadline to fund the government, and this week is shaping up to be a critical moment in the appropriations battle.

While all twelve annual spending bills remain in limbo, the real drama is unfolding around whether Senate Democrats will use their one clear point of leverage: the 60 votes required to advance any appropriations package.

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Trump Team Frets About Netanyahu

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“As smoke and debris swirled over the Syrian presidential palace, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control,” Axios reports.

Said one White House official: “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time. This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.”

Said another: “The feeling is that every day there is something new. What the fuck?”

Lindsey Graham Warns Putin

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Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) warned Russian president Vladimir Putin on Fox News that President Trump is about to put a “whoopin’ on your ass.”

Said Graham: “The game has changed when it comes to you, President Putin. You have played President Trump at your own peril. You made a major league mistake. And your economy is gonna continue to be crushed.“

Dershowitz Wants Immunity for Ghislaine Maxwell

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Former Epstein lawyer Alan Dershowitz — who the Wall Street Journal also said sent Jeffrey Epstein a drawing for his 50th birthday — told Fox News that it’s unlikely that what Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked to be unsealed will amount to much for those looking for new revelations.

He also called for Congress to offer Ghislaine Maxwell immunity for hearing testimony, calling her “the Rosetta Stone.”

Minneapolis Democrats Pick Democratic Socialist

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Minneapolis Democrats chose state Sen. Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist, as their nominee in this year’s mayoral election, Axios reports.

“The young democratic socialist lawmaker’s victory over two-term sitting mayor Mayor Jacob Frey is a major coup for left-wing critics hoping to unseat the well-funded incumbent.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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