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In the run-up to an election, candidates’ behavior often tells us as much about the political environment as polling and ad spending do. And with exactly four weeks to go until the midterms, many Republican candidates are desperately trying to run away from President Donald Trump—as clear a sign as any that his toxicity could take his entire party down. Multiple Republican candidates have…

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After killing mass transit projects left and right, the Trump team is suddenly interested in funding rail and bus rapid transit. But, as with everything in this administration, the reason for the change of heart is both racist and stupid. In July, The New York Times reported that the administration was refusing to spend billions allocated by Congress and that the Federal Transit…

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Better Know a Democrat is an interview series to give voters a closer look at candidates in competitive races across the U.S. JoAnna Mendoza is familiar with the struggle felt across Arizona’s 6th District. And while she faces a tough fight to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Juan Ciscomani, the retired Marine’s policies and relatability might help put her over the edge.

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President Donald Trump is playing damage control after being caught red-handed misusing taxpayer dollars for a desperate election-year advertising campaign. On Monday, Trump suddenly announced the government’s role in his propagandistic TV ad campaign, which had reportedly been illegally using taxpayer funds that Congress appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security.

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National Republicans are dropping $5 million to try to save South Carolina’s Senate seat, Axios reported on Tuesday, as the Palmetto State race—like other contests in GOP territory—is slipping away from Republicans in the final stretch of the midterms. “It’s an insurance policy. We’re going to be there for Darline,” an unnamed “Republican briefed on the plans” told Axios of the spending.

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9 minutes agoWalter EinenkelTrump administration wants to tie infrastructure funds to birthratesPolitico: Copy linkShare on FacebookShare on XShare via email 15 minutes agoWalter EinenkelDemocratic candidate mocks Tom Cotton’s daylight saving time distractionArkansas farmer Hallie Shoffner appeared on MS Now to remind voters that she wants to do the job Sen. Tom Cotton continues to fail to do.

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Daily Kos Opinions is a forum for sharp commentary and shrewd conversations. These pieces reflect guest contributor views and don’t represent an official endorsement by Daily Kos. If Democrats win Congress in November, what’s the first bill they introduce? House Democrats already have an answer. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in June it’ll be a bill to lower costs…

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If there’s one thing the White House loves, it’s hiring young fascists—particularly to run communications and social media. It’s just a whole bunch of Zoomers spewing garbage. So while 29-year-old former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has headed over to Fox News, another toddler is already on their way as assistant White House press secretary—and she also comes from the right…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Vice President JD Vance took time away from lying to America to lie to a reporter about the recent spate of President Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads. “If you look historically—go back to the Obama administration with the Affordable Care Act, you have the people’s government using tax dollars to advertise about what the government is doing,” Vance said. “You have to be honest…

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We all knew that, somehow, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would not go gently into the good night when President Donald Trump fired her. But boy, did she go buck wild on her way out the door. Literally in the last hours of her job, she gave the sweetest of sweetheart corruption deals to one of her donors—spending hundreds of millions of dollars on airplanes. Honestly…

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence during a press conference Monday, where he announced that more than 10,000 children from low-income families would be moved off of the free child care waitlist. “You have some of the leaders of the creation of this technology saying that there’s a 10% chance that humanity could come to an end as a result of…

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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Trump can’t make ‘super intelligence’ happen…

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President Donald Trump will do anything to have the GOP win in the midterms, and everyone knows why: Because if Democrats retake the House and/or Senate, it’s all over. It’s going to be nothing but examining the Epstein files, subpoenaing every Trump crony that got a sweetheart corrupt deal, investigating every one of Trump’s crypto grifts, and turning off the infinite money spigot.

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