The Most Extreme, Toxic, Bizarre, Scandal-Plagued Candidates of the 2026 Midterms

David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by ...
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Judge Blocks DOJ From Threatening Election Workers As Last Weekend of Campaigning Gets Underway

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Zohran Mamdani Is Brushing Off The Backlash Against His Public Grocery Stores

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A Spooky Halloween With Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

That a man so many people take, figuratively, to be the antichrist would be obsessed with the literal antichrist is too cute ...
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Let’s Talk About Alaska

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Trump’s Initial Attack on Free and Fair Midterms Has Been Effectively Thwarted

With that said, the federal courts have held their own so far through the pre-election phase of the Trump administration’s ...
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Alina Habba Has To Give The Boss His Cut

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TPM Live: Election Preview With A Special Guest

We’ll be live on YouTube at 1 p.m. ET today to recap the week’s headlines and talk about the election. Today, special guest ...

Election Fraud Stunt Backfires on Right-Wing Influencers, Results in Identity Theft Charges

In August, the storied right-wing influencer-activist-provocateur James O’Keefe launched his latest stunt. Wearing a crude ...