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According to President Donald Trump, reporting on his small crowd sizes at campaign events ahead of this year’s midterm elections is a criminal act. Trump took The New York Times to task on Monday in a social media post complaining about the outlet noting empty seats at a recent Trump rally in Ohio. “The New York Times said, ‘There were empty seats’ when, in fact, there were none… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Congratulations are in order for Kash Patel, Alexis Wilkins, and the entire taxpayer-funded SWAT team that he orders to follow her around. They’re engaged! “Went and got the law involved,” Wilkins, 27, posted on X Sunday. The two have been dating since January 2023, but their relationship didn’t really take off in the public eye until Patel was sworn in as FBI director at the start of… Source Powered by WPeMatico
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There are 29 days until the midterms, and Republicans’ chances of holding their congressional majorities have gone from bad to worse. Democrats’ lead on the generic ballot has continued to grow, now sitting at 8.9% according to analyst Nate Silver—a crushing blow to GOP operatives who expected polling to tighten in the home stretch. Meanwhile, The New York Times released a spate of… Source Powered by WPeMatico
The midterm elections are still 29 days away, but Republican Ken Paxton is preemptively blaming others if he loses Texas’ Senate race to Democrat James Talarico. Paxton lamented that the messaging in his race is being orchestrated by party operatives in the nation’s capital and that he has no control over what is being said in ads, according to audio obtained by Politico from a closed-door… Source Powered by WPeMatico
By Lisa Song for ProPublica Without Amy Miller, some elderly and disabled people wouldn’t be able to vote. The attorney for Disability Rights Nebraska travels the state, investigating the quality of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. As she reminds the residents how they can report abuse or neglect, she also offers voter registration forms. Last month… Source Powered by WPeMatico
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Trump restricts media as he wines and dines an authoritarian… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. In 2018, a Democrat named Kendra Horn scored the shock victory of the midterms, flipping a House district in Oklahoma that had been in Republican hands for 44 years. Just ahead of the election, FiveThirtyEight’… Source Powered by WPeMatico
A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | GOP senator’s gotcha question blows up in his face… Source Powered by WPeMatico
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Senate Republicans continued to make utter fools of themselves this week in their continued efforts to paint President Donald Trump as a victim. But no one was a bigger clown than Sen. Source Powered by WPeMatico