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465 Billionaires Have Pumped an Eye-Popping $881 Million Into the Midterms
This is a whopping 27 times more than what billionaires contributed to elections before “Citizens United.”
AOC Says Her Twitter Account Hasn’t Worked Properly Since She Criticized Musk
“You’re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people,” she wrote.
Biden Warns Democracy Is at Risk Thanks to Trump’s Refusal to Accept 2020 Loss
Americans cannot “take democracy for granted any longer,” the president said.
Poll Shows a Dead Heat Between Democrats, GOP in 2022 Midterms
The Economist/YouGov poll also shows that nearly two-thirds of voters believe U.S. democracy is under threat.
Watchdog Group Sues Secret Service Over Deleted January 6 Texts
The deletion of texts across major agencies has raised questions about their contents — and why they were deleted.
Trumpier-Than-Trump Candidates Threaten to Regain Partial Control of Congress
The Republican Party has broadly reshaped itself in the image of its demagogue, Donald J. Trump.
Emails Show Trump Team Saw Clarence Thomas as Key to Overturning 2020 Election
“Realistically, our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion by Jan. 6 … is from Thomas,” one Trump lawyer said.
Judge Orders Far Right Group to Stop Intimidating Voters at Arizona Drop Boxes
The League of Women Voters called the decision “a victory for the voters of Arizona.”
Graham Must Testify Following Supreme Court’s Rejection of Last-Ditch Appeal
A Georgia prosecutor wants Graham to testify on his efforts to persuade officials to discount votes in 2020.
Stephen Miller-Run Group Airs Anti-Trans & White Nationalist Political Ads
The ads are an apparent attempt to motivate far right voters ahead of the midterms.