McConnell emails GOP senators today setting leadership election date to choose his successor: Nov. 13, per sources It's going to be a quick turnaround after the election; Senate comes back on Nov. 12. Senators do expect full discussion with candidates before the vote, though

I’ll be relieved if the Dem takeaway is “inflation and immigration tripped them.”I’m afraid it’s going to be, “Elon and Rogan and Putin show why we need to establish total information control.”

How have deep blue states moved in this election from 2020 to 2024: New York: D+23 -> D+12 New Jersey: D+16 -> D+4 Massachussetts: D+33 -> D+26 Rhode Island: D+23 -> D+13 Connecticut: D+20 -> D+8 Vermont: D+36 -> D+32 Maryland: D+33 -> D+22 Delaware: D+19 -> D+14

Let's be honest here: This was an across-the-board shift away from the Democratic Party. Not just one demo (though Hispanics shifted the most). Two main reasons: Inflation and Democratic priorities and language that just doesn't appeal to non-college people (esp. men).

Thoroughly brutal results for Democrats, losing this much ground in the bluest, most liberal and most population-rich areas of the USA to Donald Trump — without gaining too much anywhere else.

Across race/gender/education/age/marriage/rurality cross-tabs on VoteCast, the only groups to move toward Harris from Biden were: Those with graduate school White urbanites White college men Older Whites

Blackburn was just re-elected to another term by 30 points. She quietly had one of the best ads of the cycle. Note: Gov. Bill Lee is term-limited in 2026.

That's one hell of a photo to kick off the 2025 session, Thom Bridge!

Measuring gerrymandering is very tricky, but these are states I've seen suggested: AL, AZ, FL, GA, IN, IA, KY, LA, MO, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN and TX for Rs (I'm assuming UT and WI get redrawn by courts) and CA, CT, IL, MD, MA, NV, NM, NJ, NY, and OR for Ds. Don't agree w all, but 1/

It's officially Fed day. Where does the S&P 500 close at 4:00 PM ET today? Yesterday's S&P 500 close was 6607 and we expect a 25 basis point rate cut today. Comment your prediction below.

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You can't make this up: On October 2nd, users on X began noting unusual options activity in AMD, $AMD. Over $6 million worth of long-dated calls were purchased and flows into AMD stock were strong. One user explicitly said they "bet AMD just signed a multi-billion dollar deal

The left in MT appear to be a couple chess moves ahead of the right in their strategy here. It seems like the left has already largely written off efforts to win statewide offices, earn majority in mtleg etc. (just look at the mtdem chaos) and are now increasingly shifting the

Democrats feeling new shutdown pressure from unions and on benefits deadline this weekend. But no signs yet of a change on next CR vote, which could be today Hickenlooper: “You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t ... If you were to ask me to go right now to vote, I would

I don’t think people realize how insane it is to predict New York City election results by BLOCK. Someone get this man a goddamn book deal.

Off-year results are always a Rorschach test with an array of baselines to choose from, but this one is especially muddy. Sky blue turf, uneven candidate quality, month into shutdown. Ds in for a good night regardless, but useful to set the bar before the narrative takes root.

SAN FRANCISCO — You can measure how far Democrats have retreated from climate politics in one name: Tom Steyer. The billionaire environmental activist who built his political profile on climate change — and who wrote in his book last year that “climate is what matters most right

The NRSC robocalled high propensity Dems, urged them to call Jasmine Crockett’s office urging her to run for Senate — then connected the caller to the office. The GOP also ran and pushed around polls suggesting she’d win. Crockett then believed the astroturfed hype and launched

Held v MT 2.0 is here. As Speaker Ler said, "Activists are using the courts to achieve outcomes they cannot win through the legislative process. That undermines representative government." ktvh.com/news/montana-p…

2025 was a strong year for U.S. auto sales. Over 16 million vehicles sold --> That's the 2nd best year since 2020. What happened? The K-shaped economy. Wealthier families are buying new cars... "Families with a household income of $150,000+ a year now buy 43% of the new cars