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Mapped: U.S. Senate Representation by State
Explore voting power by state and see how Senate representation differs dramatically between Wyoming, California, and other U.S. states.
Visual Capitalist · EN
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The Trump-Biden Debate
In case you missed it... The post The Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why .
Wait But Why · EN
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They Were a Key Voting Bloc Trump Made Progress With in 2024. Republicans Have Done Everything to Reverse That.
American Muslims have been asserting more and more political clout.
Slate · EN
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Patrick Stewart taught us what good men do with power
When Patrick Stewart, who died on Wednesday, first stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise in 1987 in his defining role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the Berlin Wall still stood. The Soviet Union would not fall until the fourth season of that show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, had already begun. Yet Picard’s generation of […]
Vox · EN
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Will Melania Trump save Ukraine?
In the last month or so, President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again relationship with Ukraine — which has ranged from kicking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the White House in early 2025 to promising new air defense missiles this summer — has once again run cold. Trump has excoriated Zelenskyy for successful Ukrainian strikes on Russian […]
Vox · EN
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Gen Z can’t afford the culture war
Conventional wisdom holds that young voters are idealistic and socially progressive dreamers, while older voters are hard-headed, pragmatic, and much more attuned to pocketbook issues. Conventional wisdom, meet Gen Z. Between 2020 and 2024, voters in this cohort swung right by more than 20 percentage points — but now they’re boomeranging back away from President […]
Vox · EN
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The Supreme Court could make it impossible to sue federal officers
Let’s say that you’re savagely beaten by a federal officer despite the fact that you committed no crime. Or maybe your home is ransacked by FBI agents who didn’t even bother to get a warrant. Or maybe you’re shot in cold blood by immigration officials engaged in a paramilitary occupation of your home city. The […]
Vox · EN
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A MAGA whisperer on why Republicans can still win
With the midterms now upon us, polls continue to suggest that we’re headed for a blue wave election. One thing that might stop it is if Republican voters come out in big numbers on Election Day. But is MAGA even united behind their candidates? And do they have a plan to motivate a base that […]
Vox · EN
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Trump makes one last attempt to get the Supreme Court to interfere with the midterms
Here’s a hot take: The outcome of the 2026 midterms is unlikely to turn on close races in California. California has no statewide races that are expected to be close, and it is a solid blue state that recently redrew its US House maps to maximize Democratic gains. So it’s a bit baffling that the […]
Vox · EN
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Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election
So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.
Wired · EN
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A Right-Wing Think Tank Has a Plan to Prevent Democrats From Being Seated in Congress
The influential Center for Renewing America says that “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims” can’t sincerely swear to protect the Constitution—and shouldn’t be allowed to assume office.
Wired · EN
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What’s a Democrat to do?
As readers will know, I’ve been a lifelong Democrat, and though we don’t have to register by party in Illinois, I’ve always voted solidly Democratic, as I just did (it isn’t hard in Illinois). However, “liberal” Democrats like me, who are more towards the center than are “progressives” like AOC or “the squad”, are starting … Continue reading What’s a Democrat to do?
Why Evolution Is True · EN
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The UK’s legal cannabis market is booming – so why can’t this talented artist get any to treat his epilepsy? | Kojo Koram
Companies have rushed to supply the drug as a wellness treatment, but patients with serious illnesses aren’t able to get NHS prescriptions In 2022, a prodigiously talented young artist named Louis Petit was preparing to return to the UK, having been effectively exiled in the Netherlands as a teenager so he could access the medical cannabis he needed to control his epilepsy. Six years earlier, Louis, then 12, had been diagnosed with a rare form of the neurological disease when medical cannabis was still illegal in the UK. But in Rotterdam, where it was legal, doctors helped him discover that a
Guardian Science · EN
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The Iran War’s Impact on Oil Is Hitting Key Senate Races Hard
Democrats are using the high price of diesel, heating oil, and fertilizer to tie Republicans to President Donald Trump’s unpopular, costly war in Iran.
Wired Science · EN