Emily Singer
Stories by Emily Singer
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Obama joins the redistricting war in this crucial state
Republicans are playing dirty in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, using old footage from former President Barack Obama to try to confuse Virginians about where he stands on the vote. Obama supports Virginia’s redistricting ballot measure, which would suspend the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission to allow Democrats to redraw the congressional map. Democrats are working to pass…
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Republicans are speeding toward doomsday scenario in Texas
Republicans know they’re screwed in this Senate race in Texas.
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Old Trump would hate the new Iran ‘deal’
It actually looks like the end is near for Trump’s idiotic war in Iran.
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Out-of-touch Trump on gas prices: ‘They’re not very high’
President Donald Trump gave every Democratic campaign’s ad maker a doozy of a clip when he downplayed the spike in gas prices due to his war in Iran.
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Republicans face another staggering disadvantage ahead of midterms
Republican problems just keep piling up as the midterm elections approach.
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Trump fails on another promise: Giant tax refunds
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have been boasting that Americans received large tax refunds this year due to the “One Big Beautiful Bill” the GOP passed last year. “This is a tax season unlike any other because three big things are happening: lower taxes, bigger refunds, and more money in the pockets of hardworking…
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Republicans could lose House and Senate majorities—and they know it
Republicans have expressed fears both publicly and privately that their congressional majorities are in serious danger in November, as voters angry with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran and the fact that it’s making life even more unaffordable in the United States threaten to punish the GOP at the ballot box.
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This year’s midterms will make 2018 look like child’s play
Political prognosticators have been comparing this year’s midterm cycle to 2018—but they’re wrong.
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Vance draws embarrassingly small crowd at college event
Why weren’t college kids turning out to see our juice-less vice president?
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What happens to California’s governor race without Eric Swalwell?
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s California gubernatorial campaign—and career in Congress—appear to be over after the Democratic lawmaker suspended his campaign and…
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How Trump’s sloppy moves could cost Republicans the Senate
When the 2026 midterm cycle began, even Democratic operatives would have laughed in your face if you said that control of the Senate was up for grabs. But now…
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Everything JD Vance touches turns to sh-t
JD Vance’s official title is vice president. But it looks like grim reaper might be a more apt label. On multiple occasions, Vance has met with or campaigned…
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Republicans hate Trump’s Iran ‘ceasefire’—but only off the record
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or…
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‘Absurd and inhuman’: We all know who Pope Leo is talking about
Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in history, has proven in his first year in Vatican City that he has no qualms with criticizing the cruel and corrupt…
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Republicans are celebrating the latest inflation report. Yes, really.
Inflation in March saw the biggest month-over-month spike in three years, all thanks to President Donald Trump’s boondoggle of a war in Iran that led to the…
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Inflation surges as Iran war spirals
Inflation rose nearly one full percentage point in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, a jump that is entirely thanks to skyrocketing gas…
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GOP’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ is coming back to bite them
When Republicans passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last summer, they were sure that it would be their silver bullet to win the midterms.
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Anxious Republicans worry Trump’s Iran mess has already cost them the midterms
As the war in Iran continues to rage and oil and fuel prices continue to climb, Republicans are starting to fear that the clusterfuck Donald Trump started in…
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Fox News’ attempt to rebrand TACO Trump is extra cheesy
President Donald Trump is being slammed from all sides for his latest TACO, in which he backed down from his horrific threat of genocide in Iran and agreed to a…
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Thanks, Trump: Gas prices will remain high for months due to Iran war
The crap sandwich of a ceasefire deal President Donald Trump made with Iran may have saved Iranians from being wiped off the face of the planet by our genocidal…
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Why the latest elections were the most ominous yet for the GOP
A spate of elections on Tuesday should have Republicans absolutely shaking in their boots. In Wisconsin and Georgia, Democrats notched their biggest…
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Best part of being an astronaut: Escaping Trump’s mess on Earth
It feels like there have been precious few feel-good stories these days, as President Donald Trump has unleashed worldwide chaos with his ill-planned war in…
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Republicans helped make Trump’s mess—and only they can clean it up
President Donald Trump’s threat to commit war crimes in Iran has left the public screaming at Democrats to do something. Just look at the responses to…
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Donald Trump has completely lost his political mind
President Donald Trump is one of the most corrupt, amoral, and vacuous human beings on the planet. Yet he was successful at running for office because…
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This is how we know Republicans are terrified they’ll lose the Senate
A super PAC tied to Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced its midterm spending plan Monday, saying it plans to reserve $342 million in television…