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After Years of Runaway Spending, Alaskans Vote to Reinstate Cap on Campaign Donations
electionlawblog.org‘National security is not my thing’: Darline Graham struggles in key South Carolina debate
ms.nowThe Longest Active AP Poll Droughts Among P4 Teams. Who Breaks Into the Poll First, and Does it Happen This Year?
Rutgers Scarlet Knights — 218 polls missed (2012)
West Virginia Mountaineers — 117 polls missed (2019)
Stanford Cardinal — 115 polls missed (2019)
Maryland Terrapins — 114 polls missed (2019)
Cal Golden Bears — 112 polls missed (2019)
Northwestern Wildcats — 82 polls missed (2020)
Virginia Tech Hokies — 80 polls missed (2021)
Purdue Boilermakers — 75 polls missed (2021)
Michigan State Spartans — 64 polls missed (2022)
Arkansas Razorbacks — 62 polls missed (2022)
A Democrat is leading in a special election in Butler County Pennsylvania— a district Trump won by 18 points
Republicans outnumber Democrats in the district — an area covering the southwestern corner of the county — by almost 2 to 1.
Just two years ago, Trump won the district by 18 percentage points, and in the same election, Scialabba trounced her Democratic opponent by 30 points.
In 2024, Trump carried all 27 precincts in the district. On Tuesday night, Dukes was leading in 15 of them.
Trump’s pick for Wyoming governor is the latest endorsee to lose primary
politico.comTrump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports
Called it earlier: deal struck in the last hour
Three day delay so let’s see what happens
US senator Jon Ossoff condemns Trump as ‘draft-dodging, crook president’
Speaking as someone from Georgia: THATS MY SENATOR
He is going to be a heavy contender/ dark horse for 2028 and the best part? If he wins reelection, he will be in the middle of his term and won’t lose his seat unless he wins the presidency
Wide receiver Cole Speer returning to Georgia for 2026 season
Y’all were saying you wanted another WR
Trump is weighing whether to grant Canada a tariff reprieve
Category 5 TACO incoming people. Expect it sometime between 9 and 12 if I had to guess
“A deal between the U.S. and Canada to stave off new tariffs on Canadian goods is now on President Donald Trump’s desk, according to three people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.
Now it’s up to Trump whether the 50 percent duty goes into effect, as scheduled, at midnight.”
North Carolina governor vetoes sweeping voting restrictions
I’m not tagging this as optimistic solely because his vetos have been overridden three times already this year. We will see if this one has the votes to be taken down
Georgia starts the season at #3
We did not receive any first place votes
Andy Burnham duped by impostor impersonating Susie Wiles
thetimes.comTrump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park
It’s being called a temporary pause for an “on the ground inspection”
James Talarico’s Campaign Is Refunding Over $1 Million in Excess Contributions
It seems he is raising too much money to the point he literally has to issue refunds
Supreme Court rejects renewed Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll case
usatoday.comSouth Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North
Not our normal wheelhouse but this is good progress towards peace on the Korean Peninsula so I rate it as optimistic
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case related to UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
cnbc.comClimate Change Megathread IV: ‘Historic' El Niño could be unfolding, experts say, as pattern strengthens
Link to previous thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalOptimism/s/NhPdEkuFkB
We actually got a request for this one and so I made it the next topic. The original link was to a different source but this one seems more legit