The 2026 midterms are here, and negative campaign messaging is flooding screens across the U.S. In Texas’ Senate race, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s comments about Democratic Texas Rep. James Talarico have gone viral.Rather than simply suggesting Talarico is weak on border security or inf…
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has set up several problems for the U.S. Senate, and this week’s big one is the nomination of Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department. On Wednesday and Thursday, President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general Todd Blanche is scheduled to appear …
Democratic primary elections, in particular, are showing us America is both in the midst of a deep crisis and is on the verge of what could be transformational, positive, life-altering political and economic change comparable to FDR’s New Deal. It became obvious, really, in the first minute of New Y…
If Democrats flip either or both branches of Congress in the United States’ 2026 midterms, it will be a major setback for President Donald Trump. A Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives would likely subject Trump to a wide variety of investigations, and a Democratic U.S. Senate ma…
There is a looming financial crisis that Washington politicians are not only ignoring, but they’re also making it worse by ignoring it. The New Republic’s Grace Segers wrote Monday that food prices are continuing to rise as fuel prices drive up transportation costs. Wages, which continue to remain s…
During the George W. Bush and Barack Obama years, conservative journalist Gretchen Carlson was a prominent figure on Fox News — co-hosting the morning show “Fox & Friends” for eight years before her own show, “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson,” debuted in 2013. But Carlson became persona non gra…
Veteran campaign consultant James Carville is warning that Democrats need to keep their eyes open for Republican hijinks as the election nears. The Daily Beast reported that Carville was responding to listener emails for his podcast, “Politics War Room,” when someone asked about Speaker Mike Johnson…
Hours after Sen. Lindsey Graham unexpectedly died on Saturday, many of his Democratic colleagues in the US Senate posted statements on their social media pages paying tribute to the South Carolina Republican.Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that he would most remember Graham (R-SC) for his “his sens…
Don’t kid yourself. The sphere of freedom is shrinking. Trans people wanted to live their lives, but the political right, in the form of Donald Trump, made them demons and the political center, in the form of respectable white people, made the right’s demonization seem respectable. Kamala Harris wan…
On Wednesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing to become attorney general.If the rule of law means anything, the Judiciary Committee should not send Blanche’s name to the Senate for confirmation. And under no circumstances shou…