Trump ponders who speaks for the Republican Party. Answer: Not McConnell

Who really speaks for the Republican Party these days? That’s the question Donald Trump raised after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell unequivocally called the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. …

Sinema's polling among Arizona Democrats were in single digits even before she tanked voting rights

Here’s where the polling of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona stood, according to Civiqs’ tracking, as of Jan. 14—before she helped tank Democrats’ chances of passing critical voting rights legislation. …

Support for Trump softening among Republicans, independents in Civiqs tracking poll

In a recent call among former Trump administration officials, an aide to former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly shared polling from Bolton’s super PAC that showed Donald …

This week on The Brief: How Democrats can avoid a disastrous repeat of 2021 next year

This week’s episodeThe Brief focused on dissecting lessons learned from last week’s elections, Biden’s falling approval ratings, and what Democrats can do to ensure they’re prepared for 2022 …

How can Democrats avoid 2021-like results as we try and hold Congress in 2022?

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Today, we take a look at last week’s electoral wreckage and what it …

Trump is dividing the GOP against itself in ways Republicans couldn't have imagined

Remember when Donald Trump won the election and everyone knew his presidency was going to be a disaster, but then it turned out to be a supercalifragilisticexpial-atrocious walk on the dark side, …

Morning Digest: Judge blocks California gig worker law, the most expensive ballot measure in history

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Conservatives are finally tiring of needlessly dying, so are they finally vaccinating?

Republican handling of the this new COVID-19 phase has been bizarre. It’s clear that they’re less and less interested in killing off their own voters in the name of “owning the libs,” yet they must …

White men—even Republican ones—are starting to sour on Trump

Don’t tell the Republican Party, but Donald Trump isn’t exactly killing it with one of his most loyal demographics: white men.

Trump’s biggest blow, according to Civiqs tracking, has …

Why do Republicans think this stupid argument absolves Trump of anything?

Republicans are still trying to excuse Donald Trump’s deadly mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic. As such, they’ve fixated on the “lab leak” theory of the virus—that the Chinese either …

Sad! Donald Trump is desperate to regain internet relevance, but so far, it's just not working

The Mar-a-Lago Blogger is having a hard time adjusting to his new role in the nation’s consciousness. According to an analysis of web traffic by The Washington Post, the worst American president in …

Republicans threaten a doozy: To be JUST as Republican as always

Guys, buckle down. Take a deep breath, and grab a seat. Because Wednesday is the day we all feared, the day that Republicans pulled out the big guns. They aren’t just threatening insurrection, voter …

Arizona 'Democrat' Kyrsten Sinema burns her voters back home, while D.C. Republicans cheer

Last month we checked in on Arizona’s two senators, and lo and behold, it turned out that freshman Sen. Mark Kelly was quite popular (48% favorable-41% unfavorable), while pain-in-the-butt Sen. …

Republicans are objectively unhappy that fewer people are dying of COVID

The governmental response to the global deadly pandemic has been night and day since Joe Biden took charge in the White House, and the American people, by and large, get that. 

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