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Topic: 2026 midterms

Donald Trump after stepping off Air Force One at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Oct. 1, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's superpower is fading

Brian Karem
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear attends the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 21, 2026. ( John Nacion/Getty Images)

The gospel according to Andy Beshear

Jason Kyle Howard
President Donald Trump waves to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 26, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Trump can't trick voters into loving him

Amanda Marcotte
(L-R) Fox hosts Greg Gutfeld, Brian Kilmeade, Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brandon Bell / Roy Rochlin)

Fox tries to cool MAGA anger over AI

Sophia Tesfaye
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, greets supporters outside the Kittery Trading Post to kick off her reelection campaign bus tour of Maine on Aug. 14, 2026. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Susan Collins no longer Maine's Houdini

Heather Digby Parton
Some Republican candidates are starting to move away from their support of President Donald Trump and his agenda (Getty Images)

Republicans are running for the hills

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump arrives during the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

After Dems win, they can crush Trump

Dan Froomkin
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Chris Hayes: GOP facing Texas meltdown

Sophia Tesfaye
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks at the Epstein files exhibit in Dallas on Sept. 10, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Talarico does lasting damage to the GOP

Amanda Marcotte
A woman entering a voting polling place. (YinYang / Getty Images)

America, this is who we are. Now vote

Brian Karem
Marathon Petroleum Corp's Los Angeles Refinery, one of the largest oil refineries in the North America on March 10, 2026. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Trump's own energy crisis traps him

Troy Farah
Abdul El-Sayed, Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Finn Gomez / John Nacion / Noushad Thekkayil / ANGELA WEISS)

America's wet hot socialist summer

Michael Tedder
Members of the crowd hold their hands up as they make a pledge with US President Donald Trump during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention. (Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images)

Trump: Pledge allegiance to vote for me

CK Smith
Donald Trump, after addressing attendees on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Sept. 9, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's bribe: 9/11's dark legacy

Brian Karem
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a campaign rally as part of his "New American Dream Tour" in Beeville, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2026. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Voters are finally over MAGA corruption

Amanda Marcotte
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak at a press conference. June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Will Dems waste a golden opportunity?

Brian Karem
Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation 2025 Good Trouble Gala in Atlanta on May 29, 2025. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Jon Ossoff knows what he's doing

Jason Kyle Howard
President Donald Trump steps off Marine One with his aide Natalie Harp on Aug. 16, 2026 (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Natalie Harp nurses Trump's decline

Amanda Marcotte
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Pixelimage)

MAGA's burrito meltdown

Sophia Tesfaye
Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers will face off against Democratic nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the 2026 Michigan Senate race (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

The real Michigan radical

Heather Digby Parton
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee, is seeking to bring the party together in the wake of a divisive primary (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

How to fix toxic Democratic primaries

David Daley
Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, has been accused of physical violence and child abuse by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, daughter of GOP Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Miller tests GOP limit for terrible men

Amanda Marcotte
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who won Michigan's Democratic primary for the Senate, will face former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers in November (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

El-Sayed's win causes GOP meltdown

Jason Kyle Howard
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak at a press conference. June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems miss opportunity on ICE cruelty

Heather Digby Parton
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