A MAGA Rapper And ‘Conservative’ Democratic Dairy Farmer Are In A Tight Race In New York’s ‘North Country’

One of the races that could reshape the congressional map next week involves a rapper, a dairy farmer, and a would-be Trump ...

Michigan/Stevens Folly Continues

From what I can tell, the details on Haley Stevens’s last ...
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Judge Blocks DOJ From Threatening Election Workers As Last Weekend of Campaigning Gets Underway

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Haley Stevens’ High(est) Profile Meltdown

Haley Stevens (D-MI), candidate for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, holds a rally with Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) on August 2, ...

The Most Extreme, Toxic, Bizarre, Scandal-Plagued Candidates of the 2026 Midterms

David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by ...
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Zohran Mamdani Is Brushing Off The Backlash Against His Public Grocery Stores

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Let’s Talk About Alaska

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Alina Habba Has To Give The Boss His Cut

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TPM’s Comprehensive Guide To How Senate Swing States Certify Their Elections—And How Bad Actors Might Screw With It

As counting in early November grinds on, it becomes clear that control of the Senate hinges on a few thousand votes in a ...

A Spooky Halloween With Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

That a man so many people take, figuratively, to be the antichrist would be obsessed with the literal antichrist is too cute ...