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Topic: 2026 midterms

A United States and Christian flag are sandwiched together (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sorry, GOP. There's no Christian revival

Amanda Marcotte
Woman voting on election day (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Trump election agenda aimed at midterms

Votebeat staff - Votebeat
President Donald Trump departing the White House on Sept. 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Trump is not putting on the brakes

Brian Karem
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at a House committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Why MTG says she's done trolling

Amanda Marcotte
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP fears grow ahead of 2026 midterms

Charlie Hurt - The Conversation
President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big speech was all gaslighting

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump prepares to speak at the White House on Dec. 16, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republicans are quiet quitting on Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, takes the stage during a rally featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Houston on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP will regret hyping Jasmine Crockett

Amanda Marcotte
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President Donald Trump holds a rally at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Dec. 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Sorry, Trump isn’t a lame duck (yet)

Chauncey DeVega
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AI fuels a new wave of political lies

Davina Hurt, Ann Skeet
Donald Trump | Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The real cost of Trump’s tariff checks

Chauncey DeVega
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a Senate hearing on June 24, 2025. (ill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ossoff bets his race on affordability

Jason Kyle Howard
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference on Oct. 15, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Why Democrats can’t stay united

Chauncey DeVega
Is there a MAGA divorce in progress? Trump has now publicly called out Rep. Greene for her views on Epstein and endorsed her opponent in the primary. She's standing firm. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Contributor / Getty Images))

Trump vs MTG: MAGA divorce?

CK Smith
A protest against Texas gerrymandering at the state Capitol on Aug. 1, 2025. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Dems have the last laugh at MAGA

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump prepares to speak after watching the 250th birthday parade of the U.S. Army, which also coincides with his own birthday, on June 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

MAGA will strike back harder than ever

Chauncey DeVega
Salt Lake City may be a blue dot in a deep-red state, but GOP efforts to redistrict even further failed as a Utah judge halts their gerrymandering efforts. (dk_photos / Getty Images)

Gerrymandering fails in a red state

CK Smith
President Donald Trump departs the White House on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump stumbles after Democratic wins

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump plans to quadruple imports of Argentinian beef. (Fevziie Ryman/Getty Images)

Beef is no longer on MAGA's menu

Garrett Owen
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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani's message has broad appeal

Chauncey DeVega
New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at his election night victory party on Nov. 4, 2025. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

GOP turns on itself after big Dem wave

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's 2020 rants are really about 2026

Heather Digby Parton
Protesters burn a Confederate battle on Aug. 12, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP keeps pushing flag-burning ban

Russell Payne
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