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Commentary: The dark undertones of conservative Peter Thiel’s growing political donations

Since 1997, billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist Peter Thiel has donated tens of millions of dollars to political candidates and causes in U.S. elections, the nonpartisan nonprofit Open Secrets revealed. In the 2022 midterm elections alone, he donated around $32.5 million to the Senate campaigns and political…

Chicago Tribune

Despite His Record, Donald Trump Plans To Run as an Anti-War Republican

A big part of Trump's appeal in 2016 was his forthright opposition to military interventionism. His record in office didn't match the rhetoric.

Reason

GOP clowns itself over a Chinese balloon

Once again, the GOP proves it's the party of insecure men overcompensating

Salon

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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley bet BBQ the Chiefs would win. But he picked a Kansas spot

With the Chiefs about to play in the AFC Championship game Sunday, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley followed tradition by betting a colleague some Kansas City barbecue that his team would win.

Tribune News Service

Social Security Is on the Brink of Collapse. The GOP Won't Touch It.

In 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.

Reason

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance Say No Cuts for Social Security. That's Impossible.

Social Security benefits will be cut automatically in less than a decade unless Congress shores up the program before it hits insolvency. Ignoring that is not a solution.

Reason

Ohio lawmaker Dolan running for US Senate again in 2024

Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan says he's again running for U.S. Senate as the GOP tries in 2024 to flip the Ohio seat long held by Democrat Sherrod Brown, who is expected to seek reelection

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The GOP Split on Ukraine Aid Isn't Really About Ukraine

For most aid critics, the urge to cut off Kyiv appears unconnected to any sort of principled realism, non-interventionism, or even isolationism.

Reason

Meet the new MAGA generation

With the new Congress convening, these MAGA diehards and election deniers are key to the fragile GOP majority

Salon

Doyle McManus: This is the last column about Donald Trump you'll get from me. (Maybe.)

Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a "red wave," a Republican sweep in the House and Senate.

Los Angeles Times

Setbacks swamped Donald Trump in 2022. Can he recover?

The year saw the former president face damaging political and legal crises as he announced his 2024 presidential run.

Al Jazeera

2022: The year in conspiracy theories

Deranged beliefs flooded the Republican zone in 2022 — but somehow, voting late on Election Day didn't help them

Salon

Young voters' enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning

The Independent UK

Closing the books on 2022 midterm campaign finances

WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that money isn’t everything when it comes to political campaigns. In this year’s midterms, at least a couple dozen candidates in competitive races were outspent but still beat their better-funded opponents.

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Roll Call

Closing the books on the 2022 midterm campaign - Roll Call

Final campaign finance reports for 2022 races show, once again, that money isn't everything, with some big spenders coming up short.

WEKU

Democrats made midterm gains in rural areas. Can they keep them?

Democrats had better than expected midterm elections in 2022, partly because of their ability to draw votes from rural areas. These voters could create new battlegrounds in 2024.

The Conversation

Think Trump is done for? Think again

The key analysis from the US midterms coverage over the past two weeks have been that the so-called “red wave” turned out to be a ripple and that the Republican Party underperformed. Former President Donald Trump, the theory goes, is losing: Trump-backed untraditional candidates in swing states were largely defeated,…

Salon

The New Right's heated family feud

"Integralists" battle "national conservatives" over religion, capitalism and the far-right conquest of America

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The Independent UK

GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections

Tribune News Service

It was a brutal election year for self-funding candidates

WASHINGTON — In an election where Republicans flipped the House and Democrats narrowly held onto the Senate, the biggest losers in 2022 were self-funding candidates. Of the eight congressional contenders who loaned or contributed $10 million or more to their campaigns this year, only one heavy spender will be seated…

The Independent UK

Who is Trump’s running mate? Key questions after Trump’s 2024 announcement

Here are the key questions raised by Trump’s comeback bid

The Guardian - US

Trump to barrel ahead with campaign reveal despite Republican pushback

Sources say Trump will deliver the address from Mar-a-Lago Tuesday even though his candidates fared poorly in the midterms

Salon

Vance "leaves out" Appalachian women

Salon spoke to poets Pauletta Hansel and Sara Moore Wagner about their new books and the region's infamous son

The Guardian - US

‘It’s time to move on’: have the US midterms finally loosened Trump’s grip on the Republican party?

After the party came up short in another election, Ron DeSantis may be poised to become its new leader

Reuters

Democrat Mark Kelly holds seat in Arizona's U.S. Senate race

Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the election, Republicans needed to pick up only one seat to take the majority in the 100-seat chamber, which would allow them to block much of…

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