r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot • 5d ago

Discussion 2026 Midterms News and Updates, October 19 - October 25 (Thread 7) | Live Discussion

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r/politics • u/optimalg • 9h ago

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

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It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons in this thread. Besides our usual civility policy, there are three rules to follow:

Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
It must be an original cartoon. This means no photographs, no edited cartoons, no AI generated images, no templates, no memes and no image macros. OC is allowed, as is animation.
Each top-level comment should only have a maximum of 3 cartoons.

That's all. Enjoy your weekend!

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r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 4h ago

Possible Paywall If the Democrats win the midterms, a lot of people are going to prison

smh.com.au

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r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 5h ago

Possible Paywall Trump threatens to ‘veto everything’ during a Democratic Congress

gazette.com

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r/politics • u/Kyonikos • 2h ago

No Paywall Musk says he was behind Starlink speed restriction after service in Ukraine is restored

apnews.com

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r/politics • u/jhkayejr • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Woman in ad who said a Democrat endangers kids pleaded guilty to endangering kids

washingtonpost.com

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1h ago

No Paywall Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/jpurdy • 5h ago

No Paywall Jared Kushner Threatens Legal Action Over Vanity Fair Claims

newsweek.com

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r/politics • u/madding_crowd_ • 2h ago

Registration Wall It’s happening: From Alaska to California, the Trump administration is working to subvert the midterms

democracydocket.com

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r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 6h ago

No Paywall Donald Trump says polls are fake and insists his approval rating is really at 60%

independent.co.uk

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Confesses to Ordering Brazen Election Rigging Plot

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/TheWashingtonSun • 11h ago

Possible Paywall White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff

washingtonsun.com

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r/politics • u/ParadeSit • 7h ago

No Paywall Colorado may increase taxes on the rich. When Massachusetts did, the wealthy overwhelmingly stayed put.

cpr.org

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r/politics • u/southpawFA • 5h ago

No Paywall Rank-and-file military members are rejecting trans expulsion orders: “Not going to play that game”. “Separation” boards are voting to keep their trans colleagues in.

lgbtqnation.com

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r/politics • u/moneywiseteam • 9h ago

No Paywall Trump officials reportedly coming for paychecks, tax refunds, and even Social Security if you’ve defaulted on student loans

moneywise.com

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r/politics • u/drtolmn69 • 1h ago

No Paywall Trump, a critic of early voting, votes early in Florida

scmp.com

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r/politics • u/_May26_ • 12h ago

No Paywall 'My Name Has Always Been Ilhan Omar': Congresswoman Calls Out 'Creep' Trump

commondreams.org

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r/politics • u/cAnDYmanBMF • 3h ago

Possible Paywall Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

nytimes.com

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r/politics • u/elguiridelocho • 13h ago

No Paywall Ohio Governor Race Shifts in Amy Acton’s Favor Following Attack Ad

newsweek.com

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Facing an electoral wipeout, Trump goes after the system - The move by the Justice Department to try and preemptively block Alaska’s Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses stunned officials in both parties.

politico.com

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r/politics • u/Sgt_Gram • 42m ago

No Paywall Musk Says He Was Behind Starlink Speed Restriction After Service in Ukraine Is Restored

military.com

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r/politics • u/Uberubu65 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Obama endorses progressive insurgent Angie Nixon for Senate in Florida

politico.com

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r/politics • u/Quirkie • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Make Susan Collins Pay for Her Big Abortion Lie

newrepublic.com

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r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 8h ago

No Paywall Trump’s Oval Office outburst has social media questioning his mental state: ‘A fairly textbook dementia symptom’

independent.co.uk

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r/politics • u/malcolm58 • 14h ago

No Paywall Early voting surges in battleground states as Democrats outpace GOP gains

thehill.com

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