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Opinion: What the 1/6 Insurrection, Texas Anti-Abortion Law Reveal About GOP “Law and Order” ideology

For Republicans, freedom means they also get to impose their belief systems, their version of “law and order” on everybody else.

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GA Sen. David Perdue Just Cancelled Final Debate After He Got Destroyed by Jon Ossoff Last Night

There are many incumbent Republican senators who are considered good bets to lose their seats this year. That includes Maine’s Susan Collins, Arizona’s Martha McSally and Colorado’s Cory Gardner. While Georgia is rapidly turning purple, Senator David Perdue still seemed likely to hold on to his seat. But man has Perdue had a terrible run…

Mitch McConnell will hold Trump impeachment trial

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McConnell Says Control of Senate is 50/50, Polls Say Republican Odds Are Much Worse Than That

In 2014, the Republican party took control of the senate. They have used that majority to wield incredible power over Democrats. The GOP led Senate was able to push through a massive tax break for the rich. They were also able to prevent Donald Trump from being impeached in early 2020. But most importantly for…

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Joe Biden to Talk to Senate Democrats This Week

Joe Biden knows a little something about being in the United States senate. He began his career there at the young age of 31 and stayed there for the next 36 years. The only thing that got him out of the body was being elected to the Vice Presidency. The Democratic challenger will be speaking…

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The Trump Campaign Is Losing Its Mind Over Polls Showing A Biden Blue Wave

No matter how much Donald Trump and his flailing campaign wish it to be true, 2016 is not 2020 and Joe Biden is not Hillary Clinton.

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Another Blue Wave Is Brewing As Trump’s Numbers Collapse In 10 Swing States

It’s still early, but Trump’s lagging numbers in key parts of the country are setting the stage for another blue wave in 2020.

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Unlike 2016, Officials Find No Evidence of Foreign Meddling Impacting Blue Wave Midterms

The statement by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stands in contrast to the 2016 presidential election, which U.S. officials say was the target of a sophisticated Russian hacking and propaganda campaign.

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Democrats Tighten The Screws As Trump Lies About Shutdown Progress

Trump sent out a tweet touting the progress being made toward ending the shutdown. The problem is that none of it was true.

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Pelosi regains gavel as speaker of most diverse U.S. House ever

By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nancy Pelosi again became the most powerful woman in American politics on Thursday, gathering dozens of children around her as she took the oath of office as the next speaker of a diverse and deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives. Blowing a kiss to senior Republican Representative Don Young…

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Ari Melber Tears Into The Media For Big Mistake Of 2018: Understating The Anti-Trump Blue Wave

The biggest political story of 2018 was the major revolt against the Trump presidency by American voters – and the media largely brushed it under the rug.

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Record-Breaking Blue Wave: Democrats Won The 2018 Midterms By Widest Vote Margin Ever

The Democrats’ raw vote margin from the 2018 midterm elections broke the previous record they set in the Watergate era midterms.

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Joy Reid Tells Democrats To Stop Taking The GOP’s Bait On Nancy Pelosi

Instead of continuing to take the GOP’s Pelosi bait, Democrats should stick to the issues that got them elected in massive numbers earlier this month.

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It’s Official: Arizona Goes Blue As Martha McSally Concedes To Democrat Kyrsten Sinema

It’s stunning that Democrats were able to gain two Senate seats in a year when they were playing almost exclusively in GOP territory.

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Newly emboldened Democrats want healthcare protected – and Trump impeached: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Democrats have a clear message for party leaders who will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll: Protect their healthcare and impeach President Donald Trump.

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Factbox: Democrats to pick up net 28 seats in U.S. House – media/data provider DDHQ

The Democratic Party needed to pick up 23 seats to wrest control of the chamber from the Republican Party. The Democrats were seen picking up 28 seats although votes were still being counted on Wednesday to determine the outcomes of as many as 13 more races.

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Democrat Evers wrests Wisconsin governorship from Republican Walker: DDHQ

Democrat Tony Evers won the Wisconsin governor’s race on Tuesday, ending the conservative Scott Walker’s eight years in power, according to data provider DDHQ.

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Pelosi: Democrats won U.S. House on healthcare

“Healthcare was on the ballot and healthcare won,” Pelosi, the House’s top Democrat, said of the Tuesday elections that gave her party a controlling majority in the House. “We won because from the beginning we focused on healthcare.”

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Strong Early Results Put Andrew Gillum On The Verge Of Turning Florida Blue

If Democrats win the governorship and retain the Senate seat, it would be a huge loss for Trump, who made frequent campaign stops in the state.

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Republicans Should Be Terrified As Voters Are Breaking Hard For The Democrats On Election Eve

Something has happened in the final days of this campaign that should terrify the Republicans: Polls are breaking hard for the Democrats.

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Turnout Is At Presidential Levels In County That Could Decide Which Party Wins The House

The reason that Republicans should be concerned about high turnout is that, historically, the more people who vote, the better Democrats do.

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Maxine Waters Tells Trump That His Time Is Up As Democrats Have Figured Out How To Defeat Him

Instead of following every shiny Trump object, strong progressive candidates have essentially ignored the president’s distractions. It’s paying off.

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Trump Demands The Media Report The News His Way

It is no secret to the American public, that Fox News is Mr. Trump’s favorite news outlet, with Fox & Friends being his go-to show. As Charles Blow, Opinion Writer for the New York Times makes clear: “This show, with its kindergarten-level intellectual capacity, moved from parroting conservative policies to constructing presidential priorities. “Fox & Friends” has…

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Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

Twitter Inc deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday’s U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.

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Democrat Andrew Gillum Tells Trump To Take His Toxic Politics And Stay Out Of Florida

The contrast between the two political parties couldn’t be more clear with less than a week to go before voters cast their ballots.

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Green Party Senate Candidate In Toss-Up Arizona Drops Out And Urges Supporters To Vote Democrat

The contest between Sinema and McSally has been one of the closest Senate elections in the country with polls showing the race a virtual tie.

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Five New Polls Show Republicans Haven’t Closed The Deal On Senate Control

If progressive voters turn out in larger-than-expected numbers next week, it is not inconceivable that Democrats can pull off some surprising victories.

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Coal union boosts giving to Democrats as hopes dim for industry revival

The United Mine Workers of America has donated nearly 84 percent of its money to Democratic candidates and committees in national races, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance data. That is a roughly 20-point jump from 2016, when Trump courted coal miners with promises of an industry comeback.

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Voters In Majority Hispanic Kansas City Instructed To Go To The Wrong Polling Site

Democratic-leaning voters in a majority Hispanic Kansas City are receiving notices in the mail listing the wrong polling place.

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State of Play: Tightening Arizona race threatens Democrats’ slim Senate hopes

The odds, however, have always been against Sinema, a member of the House who is seeking to replace retiring Republican Jeff Flake. Arizona has long been a right-leaning state, one that has come, in a sense, to embody the divisive politics of President Donald Trump.

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State of Play: Democrats threaten Trump’s grip on the Great Lakes

By James Oliphant TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) – Two years ago, Ohio and other states in the former industrial heartlands of the Great Lakes region catapulted Donald Trump into the White House. Today, in the final stretch to November’s congressional elections, they are showing that Trumpism has its limits as Democrats make surprising gains in races…

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Republicans fear Democratic ‘blue wave’ spreading to once-safe districts

But the real reason they were there was basic: Donald Trump. They don’t like the president, and they were not about to vote for anyone, like Brat, who supports him.

“More than the policy, it’s the animosity he is fostering within the country,” Sneed said of Trump.

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Ari Melber Obliterates GOP For Running On Healthcare After Voting To Kill Coverage For Millions

Every step of the way, the GOP has been fighting to take health care away millions of Americans. Now they want you to forget it ever happened.

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Secret GOP Document Shows Even Republicans Think Trump Is To Blame For The Looming Blue Wave

Donald Trump can spin all he wants, but he is alone in his belief that the Nov. 6 elections will have no connection to him.

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Trump Is Already Making Excuses For Why Republicans Will Lose The House In November

What’s clear is that Trump knows his party is in for a rude awakening in November, particularly in House races, and he’s trying to get out from under it.

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Trump To Host Cruz Rally At Venue That Holds Measly 8,000 – Not The ‘Biggest Stadium’ In Texas

Not only is the arena Trump picked not the biggest in the state, as he promised, but it’s not even the largest in the neighborhood.

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Republicans Running Scared As New Polling Shows Dems Poised To Unseat Eight GOP Governors

Thirty-six states are holding gubernatorial elections in 2018, and the results of these contests could have far-reaching consequences.

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Rachel Maddow Blows The Lid Off Major Voter Suppression Effort In Texas

Seemingly everywhere we look, there are efforts underway to prevent African Americans voters from being able to vote.

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Democrats See Double-Digit Turnaround In Ohio As Blue Wave Approaches Buckeye State

Democrats in Ohio and all across the country aren’t less riled up after the Kavanaugh fiasco; they’re more motivated than ever.

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Republicans Go Full Blown Racist And Warn That Black Mobs Are Coming For Whites On Election Day

The Republican Party is now warning their white voters that black people are angry mobs who are coming for them on election day. Video: Maxine Waters incites violence against @realDonaldTrump’s cabinet. Cory Booker pleads for activists to “get up in the face of some congresspeople.” Hillary Clinton says “you cannot be civil with” Republicans. Now…

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Toxic Trump Leads to Trouble for GOP as Women Power Democrats to 14 Point Lead In Generic Polling

With growing support from women, Democrats are poised for major gains in midterm, new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows. Democrats are poised to make huge gains this midterm, and it’s thanks to three groups of women voters who have been important for Republicans: suburban residents, married white women and white women without college degrees….

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GOP Terrified As Their All-Male Senate Panel Prepares To Question Kavanaugh’s Accuser

Not only is Kavanaugh’s nomination in jeopardy, but the new developments will do nothing to stop women voters from abandoning the party.

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The Senate Is Slipping Away From Republicans As Democrats Lead In Arizona And Tennessee

Two new polls show Democratic US Senate candidates leading Republican in the contests for the open Senate seats in Tennessee and Arizona.

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Republicans Are Refusing To Vote Because They Believe The Blue Wave Is ‘Fake News’

Internal polling from GOP strategists is revealing a massive problem for their party. Republicans are not interested in voting, because they believe the blue wave is ‘fake news.’

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Democrat Andrew Gillum Leads Ron DeSantis In Florida Governor’s Race By 6 Points

Andrew Gillum leads Republican Ron DeSantis by six points in a new poll of the Florida governor’s race by Republican-leaning pollster Rassmussen.

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Thousands Rally In Ohio As Obama Brings Buckeye State Beatdown To Trump And GOP

Obama’s presence in Ohio didn’t just energize voters in the state, but it offered a stark reminder of just how far the country has fallen in the Trump era.

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Ex-Ted Cruz Strategist Bursts Into Laughter Over His Former Boss Begging Trump For Help

The closeness of the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke is evidence of just how much damage Trump has done to the GOP brand

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Russian police detain nearly 300 protesting against pension reform: rights group

By Andrey Kuzmin and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny protested across Russia on Sunday against planned increases to the pension age, with a rights group saying at least 291 of them had been detained by the police. The protests, which police sometimes broke up by beating…

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Obama to urge Democrats to vote, citing ‘perilous’ time for U.S.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will jump back into the political fray on Friday, telling Democratic voters the stakes are too high to sit out November’s elections, when the party is seeking to wrest control of Congress from President Donald Trump’s Republicans.

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Beto O’Rourke Has Republicans Scared And Sending Trump To Texas

Republicans are in such a panic over Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s Senate run that they are sending Trump to Texas to campaign against him.

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One Beto O’Rourke Clip Has Been Viewed More Times Than Obama’s 2008 Convention Speech

A clip of Senate candidate Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) defending protesting NFL players has gotten more views than Obama’s 2008 Democratic convention speech.

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Beto O’Rourke Surges To A Tie In Texas As Ted Cruz’s Favorability Sinks Under Water

Win or lose in Texas, the fact that Democrats are competing this closely should be of great concern to the Republican Party.

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Ted Cruz On The Run As Beto-Mania Puts The Texas Senate Race Within The Margin Of Error

Given the enthusiasm of Democrats, actual voters turning out on Nov. 6 could trend bluer than a pool of registered voters.

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Trump Is Dooming Republicans By Feeding Red Wave Delusions

Any campaign strategist will say that the last thing they want to do is feed their supporters’ complacency with false claims of impending victory, but that is exactly what Trump is doing ahead of the midterms.

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As more women run for office, U.S. state legislatures are poised to change

By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures – where some of America’s most critical policy decisions get made – could see a slew of new female lawmakers after November’s vote, according to a Reuters analysis of election data. In Michigan, for…

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New Poll Shows The Republican Attacks On Nancy Pelosi Are A Total Failure

Republicans thought that they could make the midterm election about Democratic House leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, but a new CNN poll reveals that the GOP has wasted tens of millions of dollars, as voters don’t consider Pelosi to be a factor in their votes.

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In first, transgender woman wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Vermont Democrats made Christine Hallquist the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide office in U.S. history as she clinched Tuesday’s primary election for governor. She defeated three other Democrats and will take on incumbent Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, in the Nov. 6 general…

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Sen. Claire McCaskill Tied In Missouri As Medical Marijuana And Minimum Wage Look Good For Democrats

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is hanging tough in the face of an onslaught of Republican dark money in Missouri, but a positive sign for Democrats is the wide support voters have for medical marijuana and raising the minimum wage.

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Retiring GOP Congressman’s Son Donates The Max To Democrats To Flip His Dad’s Seat

Bobby Goodlatte, the son of retiring Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) announced that he donated the maximum to the Democratic candidate who is trying to flip what will be his dad’s former seat.

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Steve Schmidt Exposes Trump’s Strategy To Break Your Will To Fight

Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt broke down the motive behind Trump’s constant lying as he is trying to exhaust Democrats and break their will to fight him.

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Democrats’ Dreams Are Coming True As GOP Crime Spree Fuels Midterm Wave

The Democratic Party’s dreams are coming true, as they are going to get to run against a crime wave of Trump and Republican corruption.

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Trump’s Biggest Fan In Congress Got Busted For Insider Trading And Now His Seat Is Moving Toward The Democrats

The indictment of Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), who was the first member of Congress to endorse Trump, has moved his House seat from solid Republican toward another potential Democratic target in November. Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report wrote (sub. required and recommended), “Democrats have a potentially credible nominee in attorney and Grand Island…

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Republican Panic Grows As Ohio Special Election Is A Less Than 1 Point Margin In District Trump Won By Double Digits

Trump and the Republican Party should be deeply concerned about the fact that they can’t even coast to victory in their own territory.

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A Voter In The Ohio Special Election Delivered The Message That Terrifies Republicans

NBC News asked a voter who labeled himself a conservative why he voted the way he did the Ohio House special election. He answered that it Republicans weren’t going to put a brake on Trump, voters would vote for Democrats who would.

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Congressman Says Democrats Have The Candidates To Unleash A Blue Tsunami On Trump

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that House Democrats have so many good candidates that they are capable of unleashing a blue tsunami on Donald Trump in November.

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Senate Democrats Strike Back And Force Vote To Kill Trump Junk Insurance Plans

Senate Democrats have announced a plan to force a vote on legislation that would kill Trump’s junk insurance plans rule and protect coverage for people with preexisting conditions.

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Obama Returns And Drops A Blue Wave Endorsement Bomb On Reeling Republicans

Former President Obama has officially announced his first wave of 81 endorsements of state, local, and down-ballot Democrats ahead of the midterm election.

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Citing Trump, some Republican women to vote Democratic in Ohio election

Becky von Zastrow often votes Republican in her affluent central Ohio suburb – but her dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump has convinced her to back the Democrat in a special-election test for both parties next month.

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Bad News For Republicans As Moms Have Turned On Trump Over Border Child Kidnapping

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll revealed that US mothers of minor children have completely turned on Trump over his family separation policy.

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Trump’s Support In The Heartland Collapses As Midwestern Voters Swing Toward Democrats

Midwestern voters who decided to give Trump a chance and those who stayed home in 2016 appear to be coming together as this president’s worst nightmare.

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GOP Panic In Texas As Beto O’Rourke Pulls To Virtual Tie With Ted Cruz

The fact that Democrats are making Republicans nervous in Texas should worry the GOP about their chances elsewhere – even if Beto O’Rourke doesn’t pull off the ultimate upset.

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The Blue Wave Gets Supercharged As Obama To Campaign For Democrats

Former President Obama is planning to come back into American politics and campaign for Democratic candidates in September ahead of the November midterm election.

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Blue Wave Heading For Swing States As Dems Lead In Ohio, Florida And Arizona

Over the past month, the Democratic advantage on the generic ballot has doubled from three points to six points, according to RealClearPolitics.

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Trump Just Handed Dems The Midterms With New Immigration Plan That Goes Beyond Child Separation

Not only is Trump cementing himself as a morally bankrupt president who lacks even the most rudimentary sense of compassion, but he is bringing the entire Republican Party down with him.

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Democrats Flip Wisconsin Senate Seat In District That Trump Won By 18

A special election that Gov. Scott Walker put off holding for months turned into the GOP’s worst nightmare as Democrat Calen Frostman flipped the state senate seat from red to blue.

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Democrats May Flip 3 More House Seats Because Virginia GOP Nominated A White Supremacist For Senate

Not only will Corey Stewart likely lose to Sen. Tim Kaine, but his nomination may cost the GOP 3 House seats in Virginia because he will depress Republican turnout.

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Blue Wave Strengthens As Dems Nearly Double Midterm Lead In Fox Poll

Not even Fox News could hide the blue wave building on the horizon as the November elections inch closer.

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Democratic hopes for House control buoyed by voting results

U.S. Democrats on Wednesday said the results of nominating contests in California and New Jersey put them in a stronger position to gain control of Congress in November and oppose Republican President Donald Trump.

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Trump Thinks Attacks On NFL Players Will Stop The Blue Wave

Trump admitted that he is attacking African-American NFL players because he thinks that it will help Republicans win the midterm election.

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Healthcare, Not Russia, Is The #1 Issue That Democratic Voters Want To Hear About

A new CBS Battleground tracker poll found that the control of the House is a toss-up among battleground voters, but the number one issue that Democratic voters want to hear about in these districts isn’t the Russia investigation or impeachment. Voters are most concerned with health care.

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Republicans Are So Terrified Of The Blue Wave That They Won’t Send Trump To Swing States

Republicans are running scared of the blue wave to such a degree that they are refusing to send Trump any swing districts or states ahead of the midterm election.

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Democrats Hammer Trump Over Gas Prices As Blue Wave Builds

Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hit Trump for the spike in gas prices that are already taking a bite out of the wallets of every American before the summer holidays. Video: https://youtu.be/3AE17vbAvd0?t=8m55s Schumer said: Few things matter more to the average consumer than the price of a gallon of gasoline. When gas prices…