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Blue-nami
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Blue Wave Is the Beginning of the End for Trump
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
Democrats' Blue Wave May Crash Into a Dead End
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
'Lawyer Up': New Dem Majority Preps Trump Investigations
Kevin Frey, MS Now
Trump's Bid To Thwart Midterm History Flops
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Trump Acknowledges Iran War Partly To Blame for GOP Losses
Josh Dawsey, WSJ
GOP Learned Nothing From Bush's '06 Midterm Debacle
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
What Happened Last Night Wasn't All About Trump
Robert Reich, Substack
GOP Should Start Planning for a Post-Trump Future
Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd
What Just Happened in Texas Changes Everything
Philip Elliott, Time
The Darline Graham Gambit Blows Up on Trump & GOP
Dianne Gallagher, CNN
Dem Governors Get Shot in the Arm as 2028 Begins
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
The Death Knell of Trumpism Has Finally Sounded
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
It Was the Corruption, Stupid
John Fund, The Spectator World
Dems Made Election About Trump. Voters Responded
David Ignatius, Washington Post
How Trump Reacts to Shellacking Will Determine His Legacy
Michael Goodwin, NYP
The Dangers of a Lame-Duck Trump
Drezner & Saunders, Foreign Affairs
Polymarket Latest Odds Projected control of Congress
Senate› 51 to win NET--
DEM--
--GOP
House› 218 to win NET--
DEM--
--GOP
Last updated: --
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RealClearPolitics Tuesday

A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules
Carl Cannon, RCP
Will the Democrats' Weekend From Hell Matter?
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Trump Owns This Midterm Meltdown
Charles Lane, Washington Post
When Does a Dirty Trick Become a Crime?
George Terwilliger, Wall Street Journal
How Attempt at Dem Unity Exploded With Michigan Senate Flip
Bradner, et al., CNN
Did Stevens Change the Race in Michigan?
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Few Will Lament the End of This Midterm Campaign
Conrad Black, New York Sun
GOP Tunes Out Nightmare Polls
Benjamin Weiss, HuffPost
Record Drop in Felony Violent Crime Is Not a Coincidence
John Lott, The Federalist
Young People Can't Afford the Culture War
Rachel Janfaza, Vox
Drug Prices Are Finally Falling
Joel Zinberg, City Journal
A Fraudster Is Sentenced in Minnesota
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Anthropic Isn't Just a Company, It's a Payoff
Matt Stoller, Substack
Crumbling Europe and the Lessons for U.S.
Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure
Europe's Immigrant Riots Spread to Germany
Heather Mac Donald, X
The Sane Person's Guide to Microplastics
Charlotte Grinberg, The Free Press
The Two Promised Lands
Miller & Vigler, RealClearEducation
TDIH: Trump 2nd Term JA vs Bush, Obama | '26 Generic Vote vs '22,'18,'14,'10,'06

PM Update
Voters Head to the Polls as GOP Defends Territory
Hannah Knowles, Washington Post
Michigan Race Ends With Acrimony and Funky Polls--Again
Byron York, DC Examiner
At Long Last, the Rules Apply to Trump
Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
Will My Vote Count in NY-17? I'm Actually Not Sure
Howard Husock, Wall Street Journal
Will the Midterms Live Up to the Hype? 6 Key Stories
Jason Howard, Salon
I Must Come Clean About the Hotel Bel Air
Spencer Pratt, X
Pork-Barrel Spending May Not Save Collins
Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly
Microsoft's H-1B Double-Speak
Ron Hira, Commonplace
Even Democrats Are Suspicious of Rep. Omar's Marriage
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
What Democrats Could Actually Do if They Win Congress
Andrew Prokop, Vox
The Philanthropy Funding DEI's Biggest Defenders
John Sailer, City Journal

Latest News

Political Landscape

Blue-nami

An agitated, animated electorate swept Democrats to control of both houses of Congress Tuesday in a monumental midterm election rebuke to a Republican president who had urged crowds at his rallies, “Pretend I’m on the ballot!” It wasn’t a winning argument. If anything, it backfired. Even in states and congressional districts that hadn’t sent a Democrat to Washington in decades, President Trump’s rallying cry didn’t work. Read More

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Trump Administration

Trump's Bid To Thwart Midterm History Flops

President Donald Trump convened members of his Cabinet and policy team in the East Room at the White House for an election night watch party. Earlier in the night, he was frustrated by coverage of opinion polls on Fox News and posted several times to Truth Social to call the network failing. Around 7 p.m., the posts stopped. Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Spivak: A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve

To those who have not yet voted, I offer this plea: Look past personality, gas prices, concerns about Trump’s Iran policy, vanity, ICE’s fallibility and any lingering hope that radical left candidates mean what they say when they sanitize their agendas. Elections are about the future. Our choice is between Republicans who believe in American exceptionalism, and Democrats who increasingly “problematize” America. Read More

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