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Midterm election, 2026, Donald Trump, Jon Husted, Mojtaba Khamenei
US Politics

Dems Wallop GOP in Repudiation of Trump; Nobody Can Claim This One Was Stolen

Klaus Marre 11/04/26

Donald Trump and his GOP got a shellacking for the ages on Tuesday night that will make it impossible for even them to pretend that the election was stolen and not a massive rebuke of their policies and conduct. 

Elections

Late at Night, a Lame Duck Quacks on Truth Social

Klaus Marre 11/04/26
Democrats, Trump, Ass, Midterms
Cartoon

Posterior Mortem: Trump Delivers Too Much Butt Talk and Too Few Solutions

Jon Richards 11/04/26
DraftKings, Sportsbook logo, Chicago, Wrigley Field
Apprentice Stories Elections

Sports Betting PAC Stacks the Deck to Win State Legislatures

Andrew Hawthorne 11/03/26
Construction, PHX065 hyperscale data center, Mesa, AZ
Apprentice Stories Elections Technology

California Tech Tycoon Spent Big Bucks to Keep AZ Legislature in GOP Control

Audrey Hill 11/03/26

Deep Dives

DOJ, FBI, investigating, Mary Peltola, Ilhan Omar, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel

Hey, NY Times: Peltola and Omar Aren’t the Biggest Threat to This Country

Russ Baker
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, coup et tat

(How) Will Trump Try to Sabotage the Midterms?

William T. Dowell
Shootout at the White House

Snipers for Trump

Russ Baker
Jonathan Simon, chart, 2004 presidential election, National Press Club

Election 2026: How Little We Know

Jonathan D. Simon

Journalism & Media

Mary Peltola, Alaska, Representative
Elections

The Media Is Focusing on the Wrong Attempt to Steal Alaska’s Senate Seat

Klaus Marre 11/01/26

Headed by Donald Trump, the GOP is preparing to steal Alaska’s Senate seat if Democrat Mary Peltola wins, or to at least undermine the legitimacy of that victory. Instead of pointing out what is happening in plain sight, the media is helping them. 

Scott Jennings, Republican Jewish Coalition, Jewish, Conference, expo, liar
Journalism & Media Opinion

We Wholeheartedly Endorse Political Influencers Suing Each Other

Klaus Marre 10/31/26
Donald Trump, walks from, Oval Office
Journalism & Media

Who Has the Best Words, Trump or Obama? Time (Magazine) Will Tell

Klaus Marre 10/01/26

Economy

Ouroboros Tree of Life
Economy

Saturday Hashtag: #InfluenceLinchpin

Sean Ogden
Capitalism Isn't Working, Occupy London protest
Economy

Donald Trump Is the Quintessence of Ruthless Capitalism, and He May Be Its Doom

Neal Gabler
Donald Trump, delivers remarks, economy, Mount Airy Casino Resort
Economy

Final Pre-Election Jobs Report Adds to GOP’s Woes

Klaus Marre
New Deal Art, mural, Charles Ward
Labor

Where’s the Labor in Labor Day?

William T. Dowell

International

People protest, Paris, 2026
International

As Discontents Flare Up, Fascists Feed on the Flames

Neal Gabler 10/21/26

Will violence, disorder, and chaos play into the hands of France’s far right?

Zero-Click cyberattacks
Apprentice Stories International Technology

There’s a New Global Cybersecurity Threat Outpacing Regulation, and It’s Not AI

Audrey Hill 10/19/26
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, joint news conference, Anchorage, AK
Ukraine US Politics

Angry at Ukraine, Trump Defies Congress and Waives Sanctions on Russia

William T. Dowell 10/19/26

Elections

Elections

Late at Night, a Lame Duck Quacks on Truth Social

Klaus Marre
I Voted, Woodrow Town Hall, Cass County, MN
Elections

The Polls Weren’t Wrong — Dems Poised to Have a Big Night

Klaus Marre
DraftKings, Sportsbook logo, Chicago, Wrigley Field
Apprentice Stories

Sports Betting PAC Stacks the Deck to Win State Legislatures

Andrew Hawthorne
Construction, PHX065 hyperscale data center, Mesa, AZ
Apprentice Stories

California Tech Tycoon Spent Big Bucks to Keep AZ Legislature in GOP Control

Audrey Hill

Editors' Picks

Science, nature, biodiversity, conservation, monarch butterflies, migration, tracking

Tiny Trackers Help Scientists Follow Monarch Butterflies’ Mysterious Migration

Whowhatwhy Editors
U.S. politics, midterm elections, outcome, possibilities, explainer

What Could Democrats Actually Do If They Win Congress?

Whowhatwhy Editors
Science, space, NASA, telescope, Swift Observatory, failed rescue, crashing to Earth

NASA Telescope on Verge of Plunging to Earth After Failed Rescue Mission

Whowhatwhy Editors
Big tech, Gen Z, Instagram, Tik Tok, social media addiction, digital detox, tools

‘My Social Life Completely Plummeted’: Gen Z Is Fighting Back Against Big Tech

Whowhatwhy Editors

Health & Medicine

RFK Jr, testifies, Senate, HELP committee
Health & Medicine

RFK Jr.’s Next Move

Paul Offit MD

RFK Jr. just announced a new vaccine safety initiative. Here’s what happens next.

velociraptor, Jurassic Park, attraction, Universal Studios
Health & Medicine

Like the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, RFK Jr. Is Learning

Paul Offit 09/23/26
arrogant doctor
Health & Medicine Opinion

Slipping Through the Cracks: How Medicine Has Gotten Better… and Worse

Jon Bell 08/19/26

Environment

US Capitol, Washington, DC
Environment

A ‘Bipartisan’ Bill to Dismantle the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Alejandro E. Camacho, Robert L. Glicksman
Plant Vogtle, nuclear power plant
Environment

Why Google Is Paying to Upgrade Nuclear Power Plants

Emily Jones
Upsala Glacier, Argentina
Environment

2026 State of the Climate Report Shows a Planet Reaching Its Limits

Grace van Deelen
DIGGER, Official final trailer, screenshot
Arts

‘Digger’ Has a Lot Of Haters. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Frida Garza

Justice

State Senator, Charlane Oliver
Apprentice Stories Rights & Liberties

She Stood Up for Voting Rights, Then Republicans Tried to Put Her in Her Place

Ava Johnson 10/30/26

When Republicans redrew Tennessee’s congressional maps to disenfranchise the state’s African American voters, one Democratic lawmaker took a stand and was made to pay for it. Now she is fighting back.

People protest, Paris, 2026
International Rights & Liberties

As Discontents Flare Up, Fascists Feed on the Flames

Neal Gabler 10/21/26
Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, signs, bomb, Iran
Justice

From Gregg to Hegseth: America’s Long Fall From Grace

Jonathan D. Simon 10/10/26
Supreme Court Building, Washington DC, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Building
Courts Elections

SCOTUS Greenlights Use of Flawed Database to Determine Voter Eligibility

Klaus Marre 09/25/26
Trump, Blanche, DOJ, “Just Us”
Courts Journalism & Media

Judge’s Block of Trump’s WH Press Ban Also Highlights Limits of US Legal System

Klaus Marre, Jon Richards 09/24/26

Podcast

Game theory politics, Capitol

Maybe American Politics Isn’t Broken? It’s Playing Out as the Game Was Invented

Jeff Schechtman
Two men, arguing, politics

Have We Lost Sight of What Politics Is For?

Jeff Schechtman
People in line, sorting

What One Subway Death Reveals About a Country That Stopped Listening

Jeff Schechtman
Illustration, Enjoy Capitalism

How Fast Food Became the Laboratory for Modern Capitalism

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Democrats, Trump, Ass, Midterms

Posterior Mortem: Trump Delivers Too Much Butt Talk and Too Few Solutions

Jon Richards
excuses for not voting, Richards cartoon

Tens of Millions of Americans Will Skip the Most Crucial Midterms in Decades

Jon Richards
DonkeyHotey_Not_Hitler_Yet_3x2.jpg

Adolf Hitler Wasn’t HITLER in 1932; Trump Isn’t HITLER in 2026

DonkeyHotey
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