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      How Scott Colom won deep-red Mississippi with little help from Democrats

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      Democrat chatted up people at hair salons, colleges and at Trump rallies to become Mississippi’s first Black senator since ReconstructionThe ad is simple, less than half a minute long, but many say it was the moment the nation took notice of Mississippi’s US Senate race.In it, the incumbent Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer, answers a reporter’s question about the rising price of beef: “You know, you have so many proteins to choose from,” she says. Continue reading… More

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      Democrats lambast absent peers after Republicans block Hegseth impeachment attempt

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      Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votesUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to defeat the effort.Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes. Some blamed traffic and conflicting events and others accused Speaker Mike Johnson of closing the vote early. Many of those not in the Capitol said they support the effort to impeach Hegseth. Continue reading… More

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      The Guardian view on Maga after the midterms: doubling down on Trumpism | Editorial

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      Republicans know that the president’s folly and excesses cost them the elections. That doesn’t mean they’re ready to challenge himShortly after polls closed last Tuesday, with the scale of the Republican trouncing in the midterms still becoming apparent, Donald Trump briefly adopted an oddly conciliatory tone. He declared that he was “absolutely” willing to accept the results, would look forward to working with Democrats and that deportation policies might have been “too tough”.It was never going to last. He soon cast doubt on the elections’ legitimacy. On Friday, he replaced his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, with her deputy, Stephen Miller – a white nationalist, or “stone-cold racist”, in the words of Hakeem Jeffries, likely to be the next House speaker. Ms Wiles executed the president’s decisions faithfully, but was seen as a somewhat calming if not restraining influence, which may help explain her departure. Continue reading… More

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      Pentagon declares ‘total victory’ after House Republicans block effort to impeach Pete Hegseth – as it happened

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      This live blog is now closed.House Republicans block effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete HegsethSign up for the US Breaking News emailDuring his press conference, Hegseth was resolute that the articles of impeachment are baseless, and that all attacks were carried out legally.“As for the articles themselves, Iran, the cartels, Maduro, Yemen, everyone was a lawful operation ordered by the commander-in-chief, then ordered by myself, notified to Congress and executed by American warriors who did their jobs,” he said. “We destroyed terror regimes’ capabilities. We sank the boats carrying poison into our communities. We put a narco dictator in handcuffs. These are not high crimes. This is the job, and it’s the job well done.” Continue reading… More

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      Schumer confident on Senate leadership role despite dwindling votes – video

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      New York senator Chuck Schumer expressed confidence that he would become the majority leader after the Democratic party gained at least 54 seats in the Senate during the midterm elections. Schumer’s remarks came after Vermont senator Bernie Sanders announced he would not support Schumer for the leadership position. Sanders joins a growing list of Democratic senators who have said they will not support Schumer Continue reading… More

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      ‘The path is very difficult’: Mark Danner on why Democrats shouldn’t aim to only rebuild post-midterms

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      The veteran journalist’s Crossing the Rubicon comes after a historic election where Democrats took over state legislatures across the USMark Danner’s new book, Crossing the Rubicon, collects his writing on politics for the New York Review of Books over the quarter-century since Bush v Gore in 2000. It arrives in the aftermath of another momentous election, the midterms tsunami that swamped Donald Trump and his Republican party and will give Democrats control of Congress next year.From January, battle will commence between Congress and a lame duck president. Democrats have two years to hold the president accountable and build a case to take back the White House and to address damage done by the depredations of Elon Musk and Doge, by budget chief Russell Vought, and by other destructive forces. Continue reading… More

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      ‘The many v the money’ should frame the next US Congress

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      If Democrats want to keep the blue wave going into 2028, they have to take on the billionaire class Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Judd Legum shined a spotlight on the role of dark money in US elections. Today’s edition was written by Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and author of End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, co-written with Astra Taylor.To see the battle lines of the post-midterm era in sharp relief, look to Texas.The oligarchs in this battle seem to have no loyalty to the nations, states and cities that helped them grow their enormous wealth. Continue reading… More

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      Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have an Israel problem – Stateside with Kai and Carter

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      In an interview this week, Donald Trump was asked to give his assessment of why Republicans lost so badly in the midterms. Along with gas prices, the president blamed ‘a dislike for Israel’ among voters. It’s an acknowledgment that might not be made by some senior figures in the Democratic party. For years, there have been calls for them to change their stance on Israel, and now those calls are coming from newly elected members in the House and Senate. Kai Wright speaks to Moustafa Bayoumi about why the fight over Israel in the Democratic party is just beginning, and what an influx of lawmakers winning on pro-Palestine platforms means for the future of AipacThere is a showdown looming in the Democratic party over support for Israel Continue reading… More