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POLITICS & DEMOCRACY

DOJ Charges 28 People In Big Show of Cracking Down on Noncitizen Voting Ahead of MidtermsTalking Points Memo Steve Bannon Casts Bo French as the Future of the GOPTalking Points Memo ‘Let Them Fight!’—Maybe It’s Grenell’s Turn In the Barrel EditionTalking Points Memo Judge Rebukes Trump DOJ for Pushing Her to RecuseTalking Points Memo Tom Homan Shares the Omar PlanTalking Points Memo Beef heats up between two Trump team C-listersDaily Kos Democrats change up voting plans to avoid Trump’s mail meddlingDaily Kos Greg Bovino wants to ‘deport them all’ … with whiskey?Daily Kos Generic Trump speechDaily Kos Pete Hegseth took a secret trip to visit Trump ally ahead of election: reportRaw Story Senator bashes MAGA's 'manufactured outrage' over potential criminal probes: 'How toxic'Raw Story Judge says family 'freaking out' over death threats after Trump calls her 'lunatic'Raw Story Trump ridiculed after abruptly changing tune with MAGA-friendly reporter: 'Clown show'Raw Story Trump DOJ on the verge of setting 'especially dangerous' precedent after raid: expertRaw Story JD Vance Tried To Put Down A Protester And It Completely BackfiredPoliticus USA Trump Rambles Like A Loon About Cushions At Women’s Health EventPoliticus USA Republicans Are Crumbling And Pointing Fingers At Trump For Midterm FailurePoliticus USA Trump’s Investigation Of Ilhan Omar Backfires On RepublicansPoliticus USA

INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS

Citing ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful DetentionsProPublica He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.ProPublica Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate.ProPublica Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and Hack ItProPublica “Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data LawsuitsProPublica Mike Rogers Spent $100K on Private Jets and Luxury Travel Last QuarterThe Intercept The Army Wants to Sic AI Agents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong?The Intercept President ApocalypseThe Intercept Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?The Intercept DHS Was Designed as a WeaponThe Intercept Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation ProceedingsMother Jones Trump Again Demands New Mexico Change Name to New AmericaMother Jones Trump’s Voter Raids Have BegunMother Jones These State Races Could Be the Sleeper Issue of the MidtermsMother Jones Please Don’t Film the Breakfast Buffet at Ken Paxton’s “Come and Take It” Bus TourMother Jones Will the GOP’s Big Money Save Jon Husted in Ohio?The Nation The Specter of Lepenism Looms Over France’s Social CrisisThe Nation James Talarico Is Preaching a Gospel of PluralismThe Nation

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