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Russell Payne is a staff reporter for Salon. His reporting has previously appeared in The New York Sun and the Finger Lakes Times.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) takes a question from a reporter during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Categorically unacceptable”: Advocates say Dems letting Trump appoint “radical extremist” judges

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Donald Trump (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

“A watershed moment”: Lawyers hope delays in Trump case are not a “prelude to a dismissal”

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“It’s time to clean up shop”: Justice Democrats vow primary challenges against establishment Dems

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Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, speaks with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Sept 12, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“The most lethal force in the world”: Heritage founder takes victory lap amid Project 2025 fallout

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US Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Amid Sotomayor fears, Senate Dems face “road blocks” to approve judges before Trump takes office

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds on stage as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House election forecast flips to GOP as Democrats hold on to their last hope

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US Capitol Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

House election results: Congressional races in New York and California could decide control

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk during the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner on October 17, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Democrats say “all eyes are on this district” to stop Trump and Mike Johnson’s “little secret”

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters following vote on a stopgap government funding bill at the Capitol on September 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“Democrats are in a stronger position”: Election forecasters give Dems an edge in swing House races

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Former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., Democratic candidate for New York's 17th Congressional District, attends the Spring Valley NAACP 69th Annual Freedom Fund Membership Gala in Pearl River, N.Y., on Friday, October 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

NY Democrat Mondaire Jones’ comeback bid threatened by Israel tensions and GOP “stealth operation”

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Supporters of former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrive for a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. (LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

“This is real joy”: Trump fans cheer at MSG rally as speakers spew hate

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Former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., Democratic candidate for New York's 17th Congressional District, in Pearl River, N.Y., on Friday, October 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Fake campaign”: Expert says alleged “Republican plant” exposes vulnerability of third parties

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Voter voting in a polling place (Getty Images/Hill Street Studios)

Democrats’ “wasted votes” and “cheap seats”: Where you live impacts how much your vote counts

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Laura Gillen, Democratic candidate for New York's 4th Congressional District, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend a campaign rally in Hempstead, N.Y., on Thursday, October 17, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“This race is very, very different”: Democrats feel momentum in what may be the closest House race

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives to speak during a press conference regarding an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on September 17, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Gerrymandering in 2024: How “deeply steered” districts benefit Republicans

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Jack Smith and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jack Smith drops 2,000 pages of evidence that Trump tried to keep sealed until after the election

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk joins former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

“Nightmare scenario”: Trump campaign’s coordination with outside groups tests FEC “loophole”

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at Laborfest on September 2, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Indigenous voters could give Harris-Walz an edge in “tribal wall” swing states

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., are seen in the Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Not so fast: Experts are “skeptical” about polls showing Black, Latino voters moving to Trump

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Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., is outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Battleground state? California could be key to control of U.S. House

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Clarence Thomas, John Roberts and Samuel Alito (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Severely compromised”: Experts warn right-wing SCOTUS justices may “seek to intervene” in election

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“She has an easier path to 270”: Experts disagree on who has the “advantage” 30 days before election

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Donald Trump and Jack Smith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“He has zero, nothing”: Legal experts say Trump has “no factual defense” against Jack Smith filing

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York mayor Eric Adams make an announcement on subway safety during a press conference at Fulton Transit Center on January 27, 2023 in New York. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Can New York Democrats deliver in 2024? Inside the plan to “reach more voters than ever before”

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