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Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters appeared on Newsmax Wednesday to stump for Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton by launching a bizarre attack on his Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico. “Talafreako is a creep, and he thinks he’s a vegan,” Gruters said with a straight face. “He thinks God is nonbinary. He wants to mutilate children. He wants to put boys and girls’…

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The Trump administration has proposed a federal rule that would effectively require federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements that would limit their First Amendment right to free speech. The Office of Personnel Management submitted a draft notice of the rule to the Federal Register on Tuesday. A period of public comment is now open before the rule is formally adopted by the…

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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | These 9 people actually deserve money from Trump’s shady slush fund…

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President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement of Ken Paxton in Texas’ Senate primary runoff helped boost the state attorney general to victory on Tuesday night, with Paxton routing Republican incumbent John Cornyn by a nearly 28-percentage-point margin. But while Trump celebrated the fact that he remains the kingmaker in Republican politics, Paxton’s win amounts to yet another pyrrhic…

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After months and months and months, the Trump Mobile T1 phone is finally out. All it seemed to take was some exceedingly bad press—even by Trump family business standards—about how the company convinced 590,000 suckers to pay $100 in preorder deposits, and then tried to never give it back. For some inexplicable reason, CNET is testing the phone as if it were an actual new phone release…

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Congress’ decision not to extend enhanced marketplace tax credits has boosted the appeal of alternative health coverage with lower monthly premiums. By Sarah Kwon for KFF When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The 59-year-old retired…

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The Trump administration’s struggles with selling the war in Iran now extend to pro-MAGA media outlets like Newsmax TV, where an anchor said the administration’s insistence on calling the current situation a ceasefire is a “farce.” The embarrassing exchange happened on Monday when State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott appeared on the right-wing network for an interview. Anchor E.D.

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. 24 years ago: Markos Moulitsas started a blog called Daily Kos It all started with one man’s rant on the state of the nation. President Grandpa keeps going to the doctor We’re sure to get a totally transparent and truthful readout of this “routine” checkup.

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Republican efforts to rig the 2026 midterm elections by further gerrymandering House districts at the behest of President Donald Trump were dealt two massive blows on Tuesday. In Alabama, a panel of three federal judges—two of whom were appointed by Trump—blocked the state from using a map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts. The panel ruled that the new map…

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Daily Kos staff writers were asked to share some of their favorite recent stories as we mark the site’s 24th anniversary. What are your favorite Daily Kos stories? Please share in the comments below! Anyone who reads my articles knows there’s nothing I like more than looking at Trump’s actions through the lens of how it will impact future elections.

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Happy return from a long holiday weekend—might I offer you some new videos of Robert F. Kennedy playing animal control? In a clip he posted to X on Tuesday, the nation’s health secretary can be seen grabbing two black snakes with his bare hands. In a comment alongside the video, he wrote, “Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz’s patio.” Cheryl Hines…

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues promoting a government that works for everyone—not just the wealthy. On Tuesday, he unveiled an affordable housing plan that promises to provide 200,000 new affordable apartments over the next decade, faster responses to housing quality issues, pathways for affordable homeownership, and restrictions for wealthy neighborhoods that try to block new…

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After the Secret Service shot an armed man who approached a White House security checkpoint on Saturday evening, the Department of Justice and President Donald Trump knew exactly what to do: make it about the ballroom, baby. The DOJ ran directly to court Sunday to demand that Judge Richard Leon dissolve his injunction blocking above-ground ballroom construction unless Trump gets congressional…

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Texans head to the polls on Tuesday for a number of primary runoffs—possibly none more critical than the Senate race between GOP Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The race could determine the GOP’s future, both in Texas and nationwide. And Cornyn is showing his desperation, continuing to lob attacks at scandal-tarred Paxton. Cornyn’s social media feed is filled…

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Republicans were against a gas tax holiday—before they were for it…

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Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox Business Tuesday wearing his trademark petrified smile, and attempted to spin skyrocketing consumer costs as a sign of economic optimism. “The thing that I’ve seen when I look at credit card data and other things that I can get for the private sector is that while people have been spending more money at gas stations, they’…

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Once upon a time, social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok didn’t exist. But Daily Kos did. So if a conservative had a problem with something I wrote, they couldn’t just rake me over on their social account. Instead, they had to write a proper email expressing their anger! I would gather a week’s worth of hate mail into a regular weekend feature called “Saturday hate…

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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | Surprise! Trump’s ‘diplomatic’ China visit is just another grift.

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