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Currently tracking: The 2025-2026 redistricting war across ten states. Tennessee and Alabama special sessions. Florida 24-4 map signed. Hakeem Jeffries's New York counter-punch. Cherfilus-McCormick indictment heading to trial Feb 2027.
The Mayor's Own Brother Is Suing the City She Runs Over the Palisades Fire
Kenneth Bass, 78, joined the mass litigation against Los Angeles and the LADWP over the January 2025 Palisades Fire that destroyed his home. The suits center on the empty Santa Ynez Reservoir and dry hydrants. Mayor Karen Bass (D) was in Ghana when the fire ignited.
Guilty of Murder. 35 Years. House Democrats Blamed the Jury.
A Collin County jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder for the 2025 stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco-area track meet. Within hours, House Democrats including Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called the jury 'all-White'; trial sources say several jurors were minorities. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) broke ranks.
Congress Let FISA 702 Go Dark for the First Time in 18 Years
Section 702 — the warrantless authority to surveil foreign targets abroad — expired June 13 after a Democratic boycott collided with a bipartisan warrant-reform bloc. Every extension failed; Congress left for recess. Intelligence officials warn of blind spots; reformers call it overdue.
Hazmat Teams Sweep the Pentagon After a Lockdown. A Sensor Cried Anthrax.
The Pentagon locked down corridors 4–7 on June 11 after sensors flagged an air-quality issue; PFPA and Arlington County hazmat teams swept the building. Sources told CNN and WTOP it was a false alarm from a malfunctioning anthrax sensor. No injuries reported.
A Missouri Senator Just Won $350 Million for ICE. Then He Named the Stakes: Western Civilization.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) secured a $350M provision targeting sanctuary-city releases inside the $70B Secure America Act, which passed on strict party lines. He warned Democratic 'suicidal empathy' on immigration threatens Western civilization.
Interior Cuts 43 Partnerships It Says Worked Against Its Own Mission
Secretary Doug Burgum's Interior Department terminated 43 cooperative agreements and $4M+ in funding to the National Wildlife Federation, National Geographic Society, Hispanic Access Foundation and others for 'direct opposition' to its mission — one front in a wider grant crackdown.
Serve Past 12 Years? Then Do It For Free. Chip Roy Wants to Defund Career Congress.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced H.R. 9230 to zero out the salary and strip the committee gavels and leadership posts from any member past 12 years — without barring them from the ballot. Effective with the 121st Congress in 2029.
Three Shutdowns, 75 Days of Darkened DHS, Zero Wins: ICE Gets Its $70 Billion Anyway
S. 2 passes the House 214–212 with zero Democratic votes and Trump signs it June 10 — $70 billion for ICE and CBP locked through 2029. Democrats' three shutdowns cost Americans ~$11 billion and millions of paychecks, and won none of the reforms they demanded.
New York Signed a Sanctuary Package. The Border Czar Answered: 'It's Coming.'
On June 8, Border Czar Tom Homan vowed New York City will see 'more ICE agents than you have ever seen' — a direct response to Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D) May 29 sanctuary package and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) call to abolish ICE. No agent count or date was officially stated; it echoes the Chicago and L.A. surges.
A Republican Led the L.A. Mayor's Race on Election Night. A Week of Mail Ballots Erased Him.
Spencer Pratt (R) led for the second runoff slot by roughly 8 to 10 points on election night. A week of L.A. County's late-counted mail ballots broke heavily Democratic and Nithya Raman (D), a DSA member, overtook him — setting a one-party Bass-vs-Raman November runoff. No fraud is proven; critics fault the opaque, audit-resistant count.
California Is Blocking a Federal Audit of Its Voter Rolls, the Top U.S. Attorney in L.A. Says
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says California is refusing to let the DOJ audit its voter rolls. The department sued Secretary of State Shirley Weber (D) under the NVRA/HAVA; a judge sided with the state in January 2026 and the DOJ has appealed to the Ninth Circuit. No specific fraud evidence has been publicly produced — this is a fight over access and standards.
Bernie Sanders Wants to Seize Half of America's Top AI Companies. Young Voters Love It.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act — a one-time 50% tax, paid in stock, that would hand the public half-ownership of OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI plus board seats. Critics call it a heist; young voters love it. Here's what it actually does and why economists say the math fails.
FBI Docs: Butler Assassin Emailed a County Deputy Before the Attack
Judicial Watch FOIA records show Thomas Crooks emailed a Butler County deputy before the July 13, 2024 attack — subject redacted. Two reports called it preventable.
California Still Can't Count Its Votes — Now the DOJ Is Probing Fraud
Four days after the June 2 primary, the governor and LA mayor races were still uncalled. The delays are real and legal; the fraud is asserted but unproven.
Senate Passes $70 Billion to Fund the Largest ICE and Border Buildup in US History. Democrats Blocked Every Amendment. Only Murkowski Said No.
The final 52-47 vote came after an 18-hour vote-a-rama. $38.2B to ICE, $26B to CBP, $5.8B for immigration courts, plus a $1.776B DOJ 'anti-weaponization fund' that McConnell called 'utterly stupid, morally wrong' and a Virginia federal court has already enjoined. House vote expected next week.
Treasury Secretary Bessent Moves to Slash $25B in Housing Loan Subsidies. Democrats Block HUD Nominee Pulte in Retaliation.
Secretary Scott Bessent (R) is restructuring a $25B FHA/Ginnie Mae subsidy pipeline, redirecting it toward market-rate housing and ending what Treasury calls a 'structural cross-subsidy.' Senate Democrats, led by Schumer (D-NY), withheld unanimous consent on William Pulte's HUD confirmation, stalling a critical housing-agency appointment.
A Member of Congress Was Just Federally Indicted After Storming a DHS Detention Facility. Her Name Is LaMonica McIver.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10) faces a 3-count federal indictment — assault of a USMS deputy, civil disorder, and obstruction — after she and other members attempted to breach HIFCF, a DHS facility in Newark, on May 30, 2026. She called it 'political persecution'; AG Pam Bondi (R) called it 'assault.' A sitting U.S. congresswoman indicted mid-term.
Bass Survives. Pratt Forces a Runoff. Hilton Leads Becerra in the Race That Shook California.
No one hit 50% in Los Angeles: Karen Bass (~35%) faces Spencer Pratt (~30.4%) in a November runoff. More stunning: Steve Hilton (R) leads Xavier Becerra (D) ~27.8% to ~25.4% in the California governor primary — the first Republican to lead a CA statewide primary on election night since 2006.
Explicit Texts to a Dozen Women. A Nazi Tattoo. Democrats Held a Crisis Huddle — and Stood By Him.
One week before Maine's June 9 primary, Graham Platner (D) met Senate Democrats at DSCC headquarters as a new sexting scandal broke. They dismissed it; only John Fetterman (D-PA) called him 'a creep.' The ~12-women texting count is reported/single-sourced; the SS Totenkopf tattoo and cocaine boasts are his own record. Sanders (I-VT), Warren (D-MA), and Gillibrand (D-NY) are standing by him.
Trump-Backed Hinson Routs Primary Field for Ernst's Open Iowa Senate Seat — and Democrats Smell a Pickup.
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) won the GOP Senate nomination roughly 3-to-1 with Trump's endorsement (AP-projected, election-night partials) for the seat retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is vacating. Democrats — already $13.4M into the race — are betting Paralympian Josh Turek (D) can flip a state Trump won by 13. Cook rates it Lean Republican.
Trump's Man in Sacramento: Steve Hilton Bets a GOP 'Great Night' Can Crack Deep-Blue California.
As term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) heads for the exit, the Trump- and Vance-endorsed Republican led polling for California's second top-two runoff slot in the June 2 jungle primary — with three Democrats splitting the vote his strategy depends on. Results aren't called; the state counts mail ballots for weeks.
Arrests Made After a Curfew Takes Effect at a Newark ICE Facility.
NJ State Police in riot gear arrested protesters late May 31, 2026, after a nightly 9 p.m.–6 a.m. curfew took effect within a half-mile of Delaney Hall, the GEO Group-run ICE facility in Newark. The curfew was ordered by Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka — arrested there himself in 2025.
Hasan Piker Defended the CCP-Linked Singham Network as 'Wonderful People' — Days After a Federal Subpoena.
At an anti-ICE protest in Newark, the Twitch streamer called the Neville Roy Singham network 'totally above board and totally legal' and its activists 'wonderful people.' Days earlier he named the Shanghai-based Singham as 'a funding vehicle for a lot of political movements.' OFAC subpoenaed Piker and Medea Benjamin over a Cuba trip; the House is probing the network's ~$278M and its tax-exempt status. Investigations, not charges.
A Justice's Home Was Swatted. Critics Trace It to Schumer's 'Whirlwind.'
Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Fairfax County home was hit by a swatting hoax on May 27; police quickly found the report fictitious. No arrest. Critics tie the threat climate to Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) 2020 'you will pay the price' remark about Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. The numbers: 564 threats against 396 federal judges in FY2025; threats up more than threefold over the decade; Kavanaugh's would-be assassin got 8 years.
4 Million Americans Left California in 24 Years. Newsom's International Immigration Cushion Just Ran Out of Road.
24 consecutive years of domestic outmigration. IRS: $102B in income fled. Census: first seat lost in 171 years. U-Haul: 50th for 6th straight year. The 2050 projection revised from 60M to 40M.
His Home Burned. His Neighbors Died. He Watched the Mayor Fly to Africa. Now Spencer Pratt Is Running to Fix Los Angeles.
Palisades fire survivor, Trump endorsed, Quaid endorsed, Rogan endorsed. Outraised Bass 10-to-1. Platform: zero encampments, IRS into City Hall, LAFD rebuild, zero red tape on housing. Vote June 2.
Fairfax County Police Rolled to Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Home Last Night. The Report Unraveled — SWATTING.
~9:02pm ET Wed May 27: Fairfax County PD received a non-emergency-line call about 'gunshots' at Justice Barrett's Falls Church VA home. SCOTUS Police on detail confirmed fictitious within minutes. Dispatch audio first released by Andrew Leyden / Bloomberg Law. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): 'Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed.' Sen. Hawley (R-MO) demanded federal charges. Barrett delivered bench opinions Thursday as scheduled. § 1038 + § 351(c) attempt + § 875(c) federal exposure if caller identified. Second documented threat targeting Barrett or her family within a year. Closest prior: Nicholas Roske at Kavanaugh's home June 2022 — sentenced October 2025 to 8 years.
CBS News Just Fired Three of 60 Minutes' Most Recognized Names — Including the Daughter of Bob Simon.
May 28: CBS News fired Sharyn Alfonsi (corr. 2015–2026), Cecilia Vega (corr. 2023–2026), and Executive Producer Tanya Simon (26-year CBS veteran, daughter of late Bob Simon, less than a year in the chair). Mihailovich (exec editor, ~30 years) + Polevoy (producer) also out. Nick Bilton in as 6th EP in 58 years — first without prior linear-TV experience. Alfonsi cites 'intense editorial dispute over our CECOT story' that met 'absolute silence from network executives.' Bari Weiss editor-in-chief since Oct 2025 after $16M Trump settlement + Paramount-Skydance merger.
Jill Biden Watched the Debate and Thought Joe Was Having a Stroke. The Next Morning, She Told a Raleigh Rally He Won.
Jill Biden (D) tells CBS Sunday Morning's Rita Braver (preview May 27, full air May 31), verbatim: 'I wasn't horrified, I was frightened... I thought he's having a stroke. It scared me to death.' Tied to her memoir 'View from the East Wing' (June 2 book tour). 23 months earlier she told a Raleigh NC rally Joe 'answered every question.' 51.27M watched the June 27, 2024 CNN debate. Tapper/Thompson 'Original Sin' documented the cover-up. House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) has open probe.
NASA Pulls Back the Curtain on Trump's UFO Files. No Bodies. No Ships. Real Unexplained Phenomena.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (Trump appointee, Polaris Dawn commander) on Fox News May 27: 'What's being surfaced isn't crashed ships or alien bodies, but real unexplained phenomena.' PURSUE — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — was launched via Trump Truth Social Feb 19, 2026. Portal at war.gov/UFO. Batch 1 dropped May 8 (162 files); Batch 2 May 22 (~64 files) including the Feb 12, 2023 Lake Huron F-16 infrared footage (AARO: 'likely a balloon'), Apollo 12/17 lunar surface photography, and combat-zone sightings near Iran, Syria, Iraq, Greece, and the Persian Gulf. AARO caseload >2,000 under Director Dr. Jon T. Kosloski. Hegseth, Gabbard, Patel, Luna (R-FL), Burchett (R-TN), Schumer (D-NY) all on the record. CIA tranche next.
U-Hauls Are Rewriting the Electoral College. Quietly. Without a Vote.
Since 2000, Republican-leaning states have netted +13 EVs through pure population migration — Texas +8, Florida +5, NC +2, AZ +1, NV +2, CO +2. Blue states shed them: NY -5, PA -4, OH -4, IL -3, MI -3. The 2030 census is projected to move ~10 more EVs in the same direction, taking Democrats off the traditional blue-wall path to 270. Causal chain: U-Hauls → IRS AGI → Census → House reapportionment → Electoral College. Synthesis of the site's electoral-analysis + gop-locks-the-map + voting-with-their-feet coverage.
TX-35 Democrat Maureen Galindo Pledged 'Internment Camps' for American Zionists. Today She's on the Runoff Ballot.
Maureen Galindo (D-TX-35) made documented "internment camp for Zionists" statements 2024-25. Snopes rated TRUE. 15,931 primary votes. DCCC $35K ad buy. Jeffries, DelBene, Moskowitz, Gottheimer, Gallego, AOC — all silent.
The Former Spanish PM Brokering Venezuela Talks Has a Maduro Problem. His Negotiations Keep Delivering for the Dictator.
May 25, 2026 — Former Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE) has served as an EU-facilitated back-channel between the Maduro regime and the international community. Venezuelan opposition leaders argue Zapatero functions primarily as a Maduro legitimizer. In the July 2024 election, opposition candidate Edmundo González claims he won by 2 million votes; the Maduro-controlled CNE declared the dictator the winner. Trump reimposed maximum-pressure Venezuela sanctions in January 2025 and revoked Chevron's operating license. Secretary of State Rubio (R) has hardened US Venezuela policy against any Maduro recognition.
A Kataib Hezbollah Commander Plotted to Kill Ivanka Trump as Revenge for Soleimani. He's Now in a Manhattan Jail.
May 23, 2026 — Israeli wire desks (Ynetnews, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post) and U.S. outlets broke today that the DOJ's May 15 unsealed SDNY complaint against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi — 32-year-old Iraqi national, Kataib Hezbollah senior commander, and IRGC operative, arrested in Turkey and extradited to U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn — includes recovered blueprints of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Indian Creek Island, Florida residence and an Arabic X post threat with a map of the enclave reading 'neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you. We are currently in the stage of surveillance and analysis.' Per a former deputy military attaché at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, Al-Saadi vowed after the January 3, 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed IRGC-Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani: 'We need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house.' The complaint charges six terrorism-related counts tied to nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across three continents: Bank of New York Mellon bombing Amsterdam (mid-March); attempted Paris Bank of America bombing (March 28); Toronto U.S. consulate shooting; London Golders Green stabbing of two Jewish men; North Macedonia synagogue arson; foiled NYC synagogue + LA/Scottsdale AZ Jewish community center plot caught when Al-Saadi paid an undercover federal officer (posing as Mexican cartel member) $3,000 crypto as installment on $10,000 contract. Acting AG Todd Blanche (R), AG Pam Bondi (R), FBI Director Kash Patel in chain of response. Next hearing: May 29. Presumption of innocence applies — charged by complaint, not indicted.
Secret Service Killed a 21-Year-Old Maryland Man at a White House Checkpoint Tonight. He'd Been Banned by a Judge.
May 23, 2026 — Shortly after 6 PM ET, 21-year-old Nasire Best of Maryland approached the Secret Service checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, pulled a pistol from a bag, and opened fire. USSS returned fire and killed him. A civilian bystander was struck and is in critical condition at GW Medical Center. No Secret Service officer was hit; one was hospitalized as a precaution. President Donald Trump (R) was inside the residence, unharmed, and per WH Comms Director Steven Cheung 'working at 8:00 PM.' Best had two prior 2025 USSS encounters (June 26 'I am God' incident → psychiatric commitment; July 10 driveway breach → arrest) and was under a D.C. Superior Court stay-away order at the time of Saturday's shooting. CNN reports investigators recovered social-media posts in which Best claimed to be 'the real' Osama bin Laden and at least one post indicating a desire to harm Trump. Second presidential-security incident in 27 days after the April 27 WHCA dinner shooting. FBI Director Kash Patel, DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin (R), USSS Director Sean M. Curran, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in the chain of response.
AAG Harmeet Dhillon Just Ordered Wes Moore to Preserve Every Mail-Ballot Record in Maryland. The Ballots Are Already Reprinted.
May 22, 2026: AAG Harmeet Dhillon (R) issued DOJ Civil Rights Division preservation letter to MD Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) + State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis demanding 'true and correct copies' of every record tied to the ~500,000 mail-in ballots Taylor Print & Visual Impressions Inc. (TPVI, MN-based) sent to wrong-party voters before May 14. Dhillon's DOJ has issued document demands to Wayne County MI, Fulton County GA, and Maryland in 13 months. Trump's May 18 Truth Social posts called Moore corrupt. DeMarinis: 'NO Fake Mail-in ballots were distributed.' Moore spokesman Ammar Moussa: 'vendor error.' RNC v. Maryland voter-rolls lawsuit December 2025 already pending. MD gubernatorial primary June 23. Investigation phase — no charges filed (presumption-of-innocence).
SCOTUS Denies Virginia Democrats' Stay. The 2021 Congressional Map Stays. Four Seats Were on the Table.
Late Friday, in a brief unsigned order with no noted dissents, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Virginia Democrats' emergency stay application in Scott v. McDougle — leaving SCOVA's May 8 ruling in place. Defect: General Assembly's first vote came 42 days after early voting opened. No intervening election existed. 2021 commission-drawn map (6 D / 5 R) holds for the November 2026 midterms.
A Democratic Governor Cut a Convicted Election-System Breacher's Sentence in Half. Hours After Trump Said 'FREE TINA!'
Gov. Polis (D-CO) overrode his own AG, SOS, Senator, and 66 Democratic state legislators. Conviction stands. Parole June 1.
He Said 'We Don't Have That Money.' His Father Paid for the Norwegian IVF Trip.
The Democratic frontrunner against Susan Collins ran on 'working-class.' The campaign confirmed to the NYT his father and in-laws paid for the IVF trip.
A CIA Whistleblower Just Accused Fauci of Killing the Lab-Leak Consensus. Not a Single Democratic Senator Showed Up to Hear It.
Senate HSGAC, May 13, 2026: CIA officer James Erdman III testified under oath as an ICWPA-protected whistleblower that Dr. Anthony Fauci 'injected himself' into the IC's COVID-19 origins assessment, shifting CIA disposition from 'lab-leak likely' on Aug 12, 2021 to a different finding on Aug 17, 2021. Every Democratic senator on the committee declined to attend. Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) presided. Fauci denies all. DOJ statute of limitations on related charges expired in early May 2026 without an indictment.
Soros-Backed Prosecutor Hit With DOJ Probe — And a Victim's Advocate Calling Him a 'Scumbag'
Steve Descano, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney (D, VA), faces a DOJ 'pattern or practice' investigation after dismissing it as Trump 'partisan attacks.' Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon confirmed the probe. Virginia victim-rights advocate Jennifer Harrison's response: 'Hey scumbag.' Virginia Democrats are splitting on whether to defend him.
The Democratic Party Is Dead. What Replaced It Has Been Tried Before — and It Ended With 17,000 Executions.
Victor Davis Hanson named it: the modern left isn't the Democratic Party — it's the Jacobins. A documented decade of moderate purges, cancel culture show trials, $1–2B in riot damage, a congressman shot, a justice almost assassinated, and the Squad calling to dismantle 'the whole system.' 37 sources.
Booker Called SCOTUS 'Profoundly Hypocritical' on Redistricting. The Same Day, a Court Voided a Democratic Gerrymander.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called Louisiana v. Callais 'profoundly hypocritical' on Meet the Press — hours after Virginia struck down Democrats' own racial gerrymander. Democrat gerrymanders voided in NY (2022), MD (2022), VA (2026). Kagan's dissent: VRA §2 'all but a dead letter.'
Virginia Democrats Just Lost 4 House Seats. Here Are Their Four Options — And Why All of Them Are Bad.
SCOVA 4-3 voided the Democrat-drawn map after $70M was spent and 1.3M early ballots were cast. Options: SCOTUS cert (long shot), remedial map (needs Republican concurrence), run existing lines, federal VRA challenge. There is no good exit.
Virginia Democrats Drew a Map That Would Have Flipped the House. The Court Threw It Out.
The Virginia Supreme Court struck down the Democrat-drawn redistricting map 4-3 in Don Scott v. David Nichols — voiding a plan that would have cost Republicans 4 House seats. The ruling came after 1.3 million early ballots were already cast and 51.7% of voters had approved the map statewide.
She Built the Map. She Broke It. Then the FBI Came.
Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas (D) was the chief architect of the state's maximalist 10-1 redistricting push — and the procedural shortcuts she used to rush it through a budget special session handed Judge Jack Hurley the constitutional weapon to void 2.3 million votes. Then the FBI arrived.
Shell-Shocked: Virginia Democrats Lose the Map They Won
Virginia Democrats spent $62.5 million, won a statewide vote on April 21, and had a gerrymandered map that would have netted 4 House seats. The Virginia Supreme Court struck it all down in a 4-3 ruling on May 8, 2026 — on procedural grounds Democrats created themselves.
SCOTUS (6-3) Allows Alabama GOP Map for November — Permanent Injunction Lifted.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority lifted the permanent injunction blocking Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map, allowing it to take effect for November 2026 elections. Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented. Full merits rehearing set for October term. The original ruling finding a Voting Rights Act violation stands; only the remedy is paused.
596 Sealed Ballots. Found Six Months After Newsom's Redistricting Measure Passed. In Humboldt County.
Humboldt County (CA) Clerk-Recorder Juan Pablo Cervantes accepted responsibility for 596 sealed, uncounted ballots found six months after the November 4, 2025 special election on Prop 50 — Gov. Gavin Newsom's 'Election Rigging Response Act,' which replaced the independent redistricting commission with legislature-drawn maps projecting +5 Dem House seats. Prop 50 passed 64.4%–35.6%.
TrumpIRA.gov. A $1,000 Federal Match for 56 Million Workers Without a 401(k).
On April 30, 2026, Trump signed an EO directing Treasury to launch TrumpIRA.gov by Jan 1, 2027 — a federal IRA marketplace with listings capped at 0.15% expense ratios and no minimums. Connects to the Saver's Match (Secure 2.0 Act, signed by Biden Dec 2022, effective tax year 2027): up to $1,000 federal match per year on $2,000 contributed for low-to-moderate income workers. Target: ~56M without an employer plan. CNBC: with congressional follow-through, U.S. retirement wealth could lift up to 77%.
The Map Is the Vote. Eight States. Thirty Seats.
May 5-6 update: SCOTUS fast-tracked the Callais judgment — Louisiana must submit a new map within three days and has postponed its May 16 primary. Tennessee filed five bills targeting the Memphis seat. Alabama HB1 sets up a possible primary do-over. Indiana: Baird (R) and Carson (D) both held off challengers. Behind it all: the Supreme Court's April 29 Louisiana v. Callais ruling, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Virginia Democrats won the April 21 referendum and lost in their own state supreme court 24 hours later. Eleven states now in play.
The Electoral Map, Decoded.
How the electoral college math has shifted between 2020 and 2024, why the swing-state geography is changing, and what the 2032 map projects to look like under current population trends. Interactive scrollytelling with the receipts.
SCOTUS Just Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Republicans Could Net 14 House Seats.
Louisiana v. Callais (April 29, 2026, 6-3, Justice Alito writing) effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — removing the primary legal tool used to challenge majority-minority district requirements. Texas alone can add 5 seats by consolidating minority populations. Tennessee filed legislation to split Rep. Steve Cohen's (D-TN-9) Memphis district into three Republican-majority seats. Cook Political Report: R net +5 to +14. Current House: 218R-214D.
A $5 Million Overpayment. A Diamond Ring. A Seat in Congress.
Federal prosecutors charge Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20) with stealing $5M in FEMA pandemic funds, laundering proceeds through shell companies, and funneling $1.14M into her 2021 campaign via straw donors. House Ethics Committee found 25 of 27 counts proven by clear and convincing evidence — the first full Ethics trial since Charles Rangel in 2010.