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Talking Points Memo- Do Me This Favor
- The Weird, the Menacing and the False: Tracking the Worst of the 2026 Midterms Ads
- A Note On the Florida Senate Race
- Cotton Heaving as He Races toward November
- Buckle Up: The Final 3 Weeks of the Campaign Are Gonna Be Some Kind of UGLY
- TPM Video: What Can We Make of Our Digital Emperors?
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- Republicans’ New Plan to Save the Senate: Start a Race War in Minnesota
- Somehow, Mike Collins Was Completely Unprepared for Questions About His Neo-Nazi Ties During Senate Debate
- Trump Mails Americans Checks Ahead of Midterms, Seeking to Compensate for What His Party Did to Healthcare
The Intercept- A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention
- ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem
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- Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms
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- Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
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- Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
- He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.
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France24- SPOTLIGHT
- At least two killed, multiple people wounded in attack on Riyadh airport
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- 🔴 Live: Trump lashes out at Zelensky, says Ukraine needs new president who will agree to end war
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- South Africa: Anti-migrant unrest flares in Durban
- Kenya: Ebola tests negative as contact tracing continues
- Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
- Midterms: "It does look like the Republicans will lose control of the House of Representatives"
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Media Matters For America- Podcast Wars: “Traitor” Tucker Carlson, “evil” Candace Owens, and “pathetic” Nick Fuentes
- Even some of Megyn Kelly's callers are fed up with her
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- New York Fed research found that if not for Trump's tariffs, goods prices would have declined. Many news outlets haven't yet covered it.
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