2026 Midterm Elections

[Katheryne Helendale]

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Emmer says Republicans need to talk more about grocery prices that aren't expensive: "Eggs are at pre-pandemic prices. Ah, beef is at, ah, less than $2 a pound for ground beef ... I think we have a lot to run on."

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Where is this guy buying ground beef? Because I want in.

Considering where Trump wants to source his beef from, you may want to reconsider.

 

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If the Democrats Win These Three Senate Seats, an Earthquake Happened

The Trump-burdened GOP is suddenly playing defense in states they’ve barely had to for years. The reason: Some fighting Democrats have arrived on the scene.

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The one I'm most interested - and hopeful - about is Angie Nixon down in Florida. Her walk over to the Democratic Socialists of America and then handily taking the primary was somewhat seismic, but it'll pale in comparison to her winning the seat.

 

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Polling USA (@usapolling.bsky.social)

Texas - SD-09 Polling: Senate: 🔵Talarico: 52% 🔴Paxton: 41% Governor: 🔵Hinojosa: 49% 🔴Abbott: 40%* State Senate: 🔵Rehmet: 53%* 🔴Wambsganss: 39% Republican Internal / Sept 15, 2026 (Trump +17 District)

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Patrick Wyman (@patrickwyman.bsky.social)

If these numbers hold, and are indicative of what's happening nationwide (and at present they seem to be), then the sheer number of new faces in American politics is by itself going to change the bounds of what seems possible. Wave elections change winning parties, not just losing ones...

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[Noodles]

Yeah after last time I am not getting my hopes up until Feb 2027.

 

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Trump is so Toxic these days, they're not running but flying away from him at the speed of sound.

Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website this week stripping away numerous prominent references to his endorsement from Donald Trump as the president’s approval ratings hit new lows.

Donalds’ campaign website was previously dominated by references his Trump endorsement. A button to “Chip in to Support Trump Endorsed Byron Donalds” was at the top of the homepage. “TRUMP-ENDORSED Proven Conservative Fighter. BYRON DONALDS” was the page’s main text. A yellow banner reading “ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP!” marked the middle of the homepage and a prominent section quoting Trump’s 2025 endorsement said “RUN, BYRON, RUN!”

All of those mentions were stripped away from his updated website. His campaign also removed a photo of Donalds and wife Erika Donalds posing with Trump.

Trump’s endorsement is now only listed in a rolling banner of conservative endorsements from others including Elon Musk, Sen. Rick Scott, Speaker Mike Johnson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Charlie Kirk and others, with no outsize prominence.

And Charlie Kirk is dead.

 

[Noodles]

A Musk endorsement is arguably worse. Actual Nazi vs wanna be grifter Nazi.

 

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“The Republican Freak Out Is Here”

Jamie Ager (NC-11) joins us live today at 130pm ET/Hopium paid subscribers gather tonight at 7pm

www.hopiumchronicles.com

A hopeful read on the GOP's chances this November.

If I was a conspiracy nut, I might start thinking Trump is actually an undercover Democratic operative, and his goal all along has been to drag the Republican Party into losses they've never experienced before. Also, Elvis is his best friend.

 

[detrius]

If I was a conspiracy nut, I might start thinking Trump is actually an undercover Democratic operative, and his goal all along has been to drag the Republican Party into losses they've never experienced before. Also, Elvis is his best friend.

That's pretty much exactly what Republicans are going to say in a few years.

It's either that or they'll pretend Trump never existed.

 

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It's either that or they'll pretend Trump never existed.

Oh no, the Flat Trump theory.

 

[Noodles]

Oh no, the Flat Trump theory.

Does this involve steamrollers?

 

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Does this involve steamrollers?

It's steamrollers all the way down.

 

[Govi]

Is this a steamroller I see before me?

 

[detrius]

 

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Can't they get on the same page?

Pete Hegseth promotes mail-in voting for troops — as the Trump administration tries to restrict it

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling on U.S. service members and their families to remember to register to vote and cast their ballots before midterm elections, sending a message that supports mail-in voting despite the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict the option.

 

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The one I'm most interested - and hopeful - about is Angie Nixon down in Florida. Her walk over to the Democratic Socialists of America and then handily taking the primary was somewhat seismic, but it'll pale in comparison to her winning the seat.

I like her moxie.