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2026 Midterms
Posted inPolitics
What Will It Take for Democrats to Take the Senate?
A state-by-state breakdown of the Senate primaries shows Democrats have largely, but not completely, averted a debilitating ideological civil war in the midterm elections.
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Trump’s Poll Numbers Just Entered the Danger Zone
In November, for the first time in his second term, the president’s average job approval dropped below 45 percent. That spells trouble for the 2026 midterms.
Posted inHealth Care
Trump Could Deal With the Epstein Scandal by Addressing Health Care
Republicans know that soon-to-spike health insurance costs are political poison but have no antidote. Maybe the sex-trafficking disclosure can spur them to contain premium hikes.
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Latinos Swung Left This Week. That’s Trouble for the GOP’s 2026 Texas Redistricting Gambit
Republicans are banking on Latinos to help them gain five U.S. House seats from Texas, but this week, Latino voters backed Democrats.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Mid-Decade Redistricting: Why State Courts Should Be Suspicious
They have good reason to presume unlawful partisanship is at work when a supine statehouse gives in to partisan demands and gerrymanders districts to skew the results.
Posted inPolitics
How the Republican Texas Redistricting Scheme Could Backfire
Republicans are banking on Latino voters to help them flip five redrawn Texas congressional districts, even though Latinos are swing voters who may well swing left in 2026.
Posted inPolitics Roundtable
Welcome to Trump’s America, Again
Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” is now law, packed with front-loaded goodies and back-loaded pain. As Medicaid cuts loom and interest payments dwarf military spending, Democrats face a brutal fiscal reality.
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The Next Frontier of Plutocracy
A little-noticed FEC ruling has opened the door for mega-donors to give nearly unlimited amounts of money directly to political campaigns. Elections will never be the same.
