https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/senate/2026/toss-up
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/house/2026/toss-up
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/senate/2026/toss-up
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/house/2026/toss-up
Democrats should be doing much better than this given the outrageous transgressions of Trump and his party.
It's an index of the crazy candidates Democrats have offered as the alternative, who aren't exactly galvanizing support.
The two main political parties are mental.
The U.S. Senate remains at work in September.
A cryptocurrency regulation bill, the Farm Bill, and a reconciliation measure including additional Iran War funding and election security all await Senate action.
House races for exit, avoiding vote on Hegseth impeachment
... Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus who lost the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial and special Senate primaries, wrote on X that canceling another day of votes is “unacceptable.”
“The House has now canceled at least 63 scheduled voting days this Congress, including nine days this month alone, and now we’re leaving Washington until after the election. The Founders did not envision taking this much time off and still getting paid,” he wrote.
“If Members of Congress want to go home and campaign instead of doing the job taxpayers sent us here to do, then their campaigns ought to be paying them, NOT the American taxpayer,” he added. “We still have work to do.”
With the House now gone, much of that work will be kicked to the lame duck, which is scheduled to begin on Nov. 9. ...
Could Michele Tafoya be the key to the first statewide GOP victory in Minnesota since 2006?
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| Michele Tafoya? |
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| Or crazy lady with a knife? |
Real Clear Polling reported out Craig by +5 on June 17, Craig Tied with Flanagan on July 22, Craig by +2 on August 7, but Flanagan won by almost +20.
It's all so Michigan, amirite?
The U.S. Senate seat from Michigan is beside the point. It's merely a stepping stone.
He's running for president, on the Obama model, but with a higher purpose in mind.
It's a Jihad to remove America as Israel's protector.
Was that on purpose?
Did half of Gen Z lie again?
Or are the pollsters simply incompetent like most of the people seeking to govern us?
That's the spirit, John.
Thune responds to Leavitt quip that Trump’s patience with him ‘running out’ over SAVE America Act
...“Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50 around here,” Thune shot back when asked about Leavitt’s statement to reporters at a press briefing earlier Thursday.
“Instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats,” the senator added, appearing somewhat irritated by the critical comment. “And if there are Republicans they think are gettable, get on the phone.”
...“As I’ve said before, you got to get to 50, and I can’t count to 50 right now on a budget resolution”...
... Nevertheless, no one of note is advocating the wholesale federal takeover of private property, including businesses and other enterprises. ...
First, Do No Harm: AI Under Democracy
... AI was built on our data and our labor; we should own a piece of it. Senator Bernie Sanders’s American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would transfer 50% equity from the largest AI companies into public hands. I support that effort and propose to take it one step further because Americans deserve a seat at the table. ...
Tom Kean wasn't in the headlines every damn day.
Mitch hasn't been Senate Majority Leader for 18 months and counting.
If Mitch is absent the Vice President can stand in if there is a tie.
The Mitch-haters on Elon Musk's X are vile and ugly.
Mitch McConnell’s health concerns grow amid 4th week in hospital with few details from aides
GOP Rep. Tom Kean says depression diagnosis caused months-long absence from Congress
Republicans lash out over $1.776B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
McConnell slams Blanche over ‘slush fund to pay people who assault cops’
Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
House Republicans fume at Senate for punting immigration funding package
House punts Iran war powers resolution vote
Trump approval among Republicans at new low in Fox News poll
Trump, facing GOP blowback, sends 5,000 troops to Poland
(Trump orders withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany amid feud with Merz)