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Texas Republicans started a national redistricting arms race. They may be losing

Earlier this year, after the Texas Legislature passed a new congressional map engineered to net five extra GOP seats, Republicans in Texas and across the country were triumphant. The first shot in a brewing redistricting arms race had been fired…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Clearly erroneous”: Texas appeals midterm redistricting ruling to Supreme Court

A federal court blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in 2026, concluding that state lawmakers likely relied on race rather than politics when they redrew district lines at the urging of President Donald Trump. In a 2–1…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

MAGA’s conspiracy theory fails to distract from Epstein

A concerted effort between Donald Trump’s White House and the right-wing media ecosystem it effectively controls to distract the public’s attention from the Epstein files appears by pushing a baseless conspiracy theory appears to be a flop.  After a 427-1…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Jon Ossoff stands firm on affordability in the face of GOP attacks

In the days leading up to the Nov. 8 agreement eight moderate Senate Democrats made with Republicans to end the government shutdown after 40 days of party unity, much speculation centered on one senator in particular. According to the Wall…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

How Trump’s MRI spurred the Epstein vote

Despite his supposed reversal on the Epstein files, Donald Trump is still desperately trying to make the whole scandal go away. After months of pulling out every stop to prevent the release of FBI documents pertaining to the sex trafficking…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible

The recent New Yorker documentary “Rovina’s Choice” opens with scenes of hot blowing sand and drone footage of the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya, home to about 300,000 people. Many of the residents here have fled the civil war…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

White House intervened in federal investigation of Andrew Tate

Online influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has millions of young male followers, was facing allegations of sex trafficking women in three countries when he and his brother left their home in Romania to visit the United States. “The…

November 19, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Give and take”: White House defends Trump calling reporter “piggy” on Air Force One

The White House is defending a stunning interaction between President Donald Trump and a reporter aboard Air Force One. Last week, Trump grew frustrated with a reporter’s line of questioning about Jeffrey Epstein. He stuck his finger in her face…

November 18, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

House passes resolution demanding Epstein files release

The House of Representatives passed a resolution demanding the release of the Department of Justice case files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The resolution passed nearly unanimously, by a vote of 427-1. The Epstein files have hung over…

November 18, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Things happen”: Trump waves away Khashoggi question during summit with MBS

Donald Trump grew irate with reporters during a Tuesday meeting in the Oval Office with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The president bristled at a question about the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.  The Saudi journalist was killed and dismembered…

November 18, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0