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Project 2026: Trump’s Plan to Rig the Next Election

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On an April episode of the popular Politics War Room podcast, the veteran journalist Al Hunt posed an increasingly common question from listeners to Democratic strategist James Carville. “Is Trump looking to spark enough protest to justify declaring martial law in 2026, thus suspending the election?” Hunt asked. “You’re so correct to be concerned about this,” Carville […]

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Americans Continue to Really Dislike Trump and the Things He Does

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NBC is out with a new poll this morning showing Americans continue to dislike Trump and the things he’s doing—including the things he said he was really good at, like fixing the economy. Respondents to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll reported weak approval across a range of signature issues, including tariffs, and mass deportations, […]

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Experts Worry About New DHS Appointee Overseeing US’s Election Infrastructure

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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position.

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Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins

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Graham Platner, a 40-year-old oyster farmer from Sullivan, Maine (pop. 1,219), announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Senator Susan Collins on Tuesday. A Marine and Army veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Platner says he’s running his Democratic campaign on a message of economic populism. His goal, he says, is […]

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“Fight the Trump Takeover” Protests Spread Nationwide

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Republicans in Texas are poised to become the first in the nation to redraw their maps at the president’s behest.

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The Democratic Socialists of America Want to Win

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Last month, energized by growing membership and recent electoral victories—including Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral primary win—the Democratic Socialists of America convened in Chicago. The disagreements were the usual for the group: the needs of electoralism pitted against the goals of radicalism. But, overall, the goal was the same. DSA wants to win. Building […]

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EXCLUSIVE: These Three Texas Democrats Are “Standing Strong” Amid GOP Redistricting Push

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We’re well into the second week of the Texas redistricting showdown. Far from home, these Texas Democrats are resolute. In an undisclosed location, I sat down with them to talk about their decision to leave their home state to stand up for democracy. WATCH: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mother Jones […]

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Ken Paxton Is Beating John Cornyn…In a Race to the Bottom

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Ken Paxton’s path to becoming one of the conservative movement’s most powerful lawyers is littered with the sort of obstacles that might have brought a more reputable politician down. The third-term Texas attorney general is a law enforcement official whose own staff reported him to law enforcement; a former state representative who was later impeached […]

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Republican Gerrymandering Schemes Target Minority Voters and Their Representatives

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Donald Trump is not particularly popular. The only recent president with lower approval ratings six months into his term was Trump, in his first term. This summer, he asked Republicans in Congress to put their political lives on the line to pass a bill that would hand tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense […]

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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab

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For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn. In places such as Wisconsin and Ohio, they have crafted cartoonishly distorted districts that have literally drawn Democrats out of power. But the longstanding battle between Republicans and Democrats over […]

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