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History tells us that money talks when it comes to US elections. Regardless of who you support, this can’t be good for democracy. More
Datacenters, AI and distaste for the billionaires developing it has soured Americans on big techHow will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questionsThe campaign ad begins with a clear, idyllic stream that suddenly turns sludge-brown as two concrete datacenters slam on to its banks. Another facility thuds down on a peaceful suburban park, and two more crush-green pastures as an ominous soundtrack to a disaster movie blares.“They’re coming for our rivers. Our neighborhoods. Our farmland,” a deep-voiced narrator says. “Because Brent Taylor wrote the law allowing datacenters to take over Tennessee.” Continue reading… More
Polls show US voters are deeply upset by high gas prices and are likely to punish Republicans in the midterms as a resultHow will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questionsWith fewer than two weeks until the midterms, US voters are unlikely to see relief on one of this election cycle’s main issues: gas prices.Airing up her car’s tires at a Speedway in Perrysburg, Ohio, Toledo resident Sharie Smith, 41, says soaring costs are having a direct impact on her life. Continue reading… More
A battle for Alabama’s second congressional district is being fought against a backdrop of partisan gerrymandering and America’s ongoing civil rights struggle. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone track down the Maga Republican Rhett Marques who is looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Shomari Figures but won’t answer questions about redistricting. Meanwhile, lower-income residents in rural parts of the district are still fighting for basic sanitation rights after Donald Trump ended federal assistance, which the administration described as ‘illegal DEI’. Continue reading… More
Thousands of people are training to be observers to look out for any interference or ICE presence during the midtermsOur reporters answer your questions about ICE, immigration and the midtermsStevie Lyn is angry at what she’s seen in her Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhood over the past year. Since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began conducting raids all across the city, her Latino neighbors on the west side have had to hide in their homes, too scared to grocery shop, work and vote. That’s why she volunteered to become a poll observer.“I had to take the anger, because it was eating me alive, and direct it towards a constructive activity,” she said. Continue reading… More
This week, the Department of Justice charged 28 green card holders in California over alleged voter fraud. It’s the latest move by the Trump administration to crack down on noncitizen voters, and part of a wider push to throw the results of the midterms into doubt. In today’s episode, Carter Sherman and Kai Wright are joined by George Chidi and Sam Levine, two reporters who have spent years covering Donald Trump’s attacks on voting rights. They analyze the tactics being used to purge voter rolls, and look ahead to how Trump might react if the results on election day don’t go his way. Continue reading… More
Democrats believe circumstances have aligned for them to win a slew of competitive elections in the stateHow will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questionsMary Peltola’s campaign to represent Alaska in the US Senate has taken her to parts of the huge state’s interior that are inaccessible by road and on the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis she hopes will make her the first Democrat to win the seat in nearly two decades.She has been to towns where paper towels retail for $40, a half gallon of oat milk goes for $21 and the cost of a new freezer can be quadruple what it is in the state’s largest city, Anchorage, simply because it’s so complicated to get there. Along the Arctic Ocean, she’s heard of communities where power bills have climbed to $1,500 a month because they rely on generators for power and the Iran war has pushed the cost of diesel to new heights. Continue reading… More
The US president rallied in Clemson, South Carolina, for Republican senator Darline Graham on 21 October. Tension marked the event as several demonstrators were removed and in at least two instances Trump supporters allegedly physically attacked them. Demonstrations have frequently taken place at Trump’s rallies in recent weeks, while the president has brushed off the disruption as being carried out by ‘paid protesters’‘Man, I loved that’: Trump cheers South Carolina rally attender who hit protester Continue reading… More
