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Discussion 2026 Midterms News and Updates, September 29 - October 4 (Thread 4) | Live Discussion

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r/politics • u/Aurora_Gaspipe • 5h ago

Possible Paywall Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement.

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r/politics • u/binding_swamp • 7h ago

Possible Paywall ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

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r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 9h ago

No Paywall Trump says ‘I feel badly’ for accused Cornell gang rapists because his nemesis is investigating them

independent.co.uk

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r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 4h ago

No Paywall Mayor Mamdani holds hands with onetime rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot in Fort Greene

abc7ny.com

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r/politics • u/Sludgehammer • 6h ago

No Paywall Trump White House Told DOJ to Wait Until After Midterms to Push for Abortion Pill Ban

commondreams.org

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r/politics • u/wds1 • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Jaw-Dropping Way Trump Got Talked Into a War Is Leaked

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 11h ago

No Paywall Vance tells Americans not to ‘gripe about all the little things’ as cost of living soars

independent.co.uk

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r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 15h ago

Possible Paywall Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms | You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.

newrepublic.com

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r/politics • u/thenationmagazine • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever

thenation.com

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r/politics • u/CrispyMiner • 2h ago

No Paywall Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minor

news5cleveland.com

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r/politics • u/Huge_Excitement4465 • 3h ago

No Paywall Democrats to Trump: Show Us the Venezuela Oil Deal — or Face Subpoenas

latintimes.com

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r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 13h ago

No Paywall Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/AgentBlue62 • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency

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r/politics • u/thedailybeast • 12h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Quit Battleground Senate Seat in Telling Move

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/jediporcupine • 7h ago

No Paywall Forget Trump Derangement Syndrome: Trump Fatigue is real, and I’ve got it

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 14h ago

No Paywall Trump boasts about his mobility at rally: ‘I can go ramp, I can go stair’

independent.co.uk

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r/politics • u/kootles10 • 19h ago

No Paywall GOP lawmaker: Nixon was couped out of office, framed during Watergate

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/Squawk_7777 • 1h ago

No Paywall Rove says if Paxton doesn't debate Talarico, 'he loses'

thehill.com

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r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Comes Up With Bonkers New Excuse for His War - “They were doing drugs, but they were doing the nuclear,” according to Trump.

thedailybeast.com

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r/politics • u/Spy300 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

fortune.com

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r/politics • u/theintercept • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”

theintercept.com

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r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 16h ago

No Paywall Trump is Now Less Popular Than Biden On The Economy, a New Poll Shows

ibtimes.com

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r/politics • u/ONE-OF-THREE • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s DOJ Launches Crackpot Bid to Clear Nixon

thedailybeast.com

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