Bloomberg.com • 26th August 2026

Trump-Backed Candidates Are Costing the GOP Its Future

Darline Graham, sister to former South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, romped to victory Tuesday over Republican Congressman Ralph Norman, a MAGA conservative, on the strength of her family name and the president’s aggressive push. She now faces Democrat Annie Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician, in the reliably red state.Graham’s victory demonstrated that President Donald Trump is more fixated on amassing his personal power than listening to voters. Darline Graham, sister to former South Carol...

Bloomberg.com • 23rd August 2026

A Voter Enthusiasm Gap Is Steering the Midterms

We’re near the end of the 2026 primary election season and the state of American democracy is looking — sigh of relief — better than expected.As the Trump administration has trampled on the rule of law, tried to undermine elections and pursued a self-enriching agenda, Americans are pushing back and demanding change — from both parties. Democracy depends on trusting ordinary people to make consequential decisions and, this election cycle, voters have reminded us they’re doing just that. We’re ne...

Bloomberg.com • 19th August 2026

Florida Democrats Aren’t in Disarray. They’re in Disagreement

Florida demonstrated on Tuesday that the Democratic Party’s identity crisis is alive and well. It’s the latest signal that while the midterm election will be a referendum on the president’s performance, it’s also a major test of the Democratic Party’s ability to bridge its growing divide.

Bloomberg.com • 13th August 2026

This Federal Program Is So Effective, the White House Can’t Stand It

Imagine a federally subsidized preschool program for the neediest families that not only allowed parents to work full-time but also set children up to become better students, earn higher wages, use fewer social services and have a lifetime of better health. Then imagine that program was effective enough to essentially pay for itself.That program exists — and has existed for over 60 years. It’s called Head Start and serves 716,000 children from birth to age 5.

Bloomberg.com • 7th August 2026

These Texas Builders Backed Trump. They’ve Had Enough

President Donald Trump has always liked to boast about the loyalty of his voters. But in South Texas, where the construction industry is being battered by immigration raids, industry leaders are starting to defect from the Republican Party. It’s a remarkable shift in political allegiance in a region that Trump dominated in 2024.

Bloomberg.com • 4th August 2026

Immigrant Kids Deserve to Keep Their Lawyers

The Trump administration has jettisoned the way thousands of immigrant children receive legal help. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services ended the contract with the Acacia Center for Justice after nearly two decades, leaving more than 20,000 unaccompanied kids in legal limbo.Federal officials claim it’s a contract dispute. That’s a convenient excuse for their moral failure.

Bloomberg.com • 30th July 2026

Texas Can Teach Democrats How to Disagree on Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington this week as the American public is undergoing a generational shift in how it views his country — especially among Democrats.

Bloomberg.com • 16th July 2026

Two States Are Making the Case That Money Isn't Political Speech

Who should have more power — the people of the states or the corporations that are authorized by them? For legislators in Hawaii and Montana, the answer is most definitely the former, not the latter. Both states are advancing laws to put power back in the hands of people and get corporations out of the business of influencing elections by overcoming Citizens United, the landmark 2010 Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance.

Bloomberg.com • 13th July 2026

Lindsey Graham’s Death Deprives the GOP of Its Whisperer-in-Chief

No matter what you thought of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s politics, his sudden death on Saturday deepens a void in an institution badly in need of more people willing to build relationships across the aisle.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd July 2026

US Democracy Wasn’t Inevitable. Neither Is 250 More Years

The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is a good time to remember that the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable. It took a series of tremendous acts of courage.

Bloomberg.com • 1st July 2026

Courts Aren’t Buying Trump’s Voting Lies. He’s Not Giving Up

President Donald Trump’s assault on elections took another hit Monday when the US Supreme Court rejected a Republican bid to restrict mail voting. In a 5-4 decision, the justices upheld Mississippi’s grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day — and the principle that the Constitution gives states authority over elections. But Trump isn’t listening. He’s trying every angle to sidestep the courts and weaponize the federal government to interfere with the midterms.

Bloomberg.com • 28th June 2026

Florida Needs Haitian Workers. Congress Should Let Them Stay

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration has the unfettered ability to end temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians, allowing federal officials to begin deporting them. The 6-3 ruling from the conservative court means these TPS holders will lose their ability to live and work in the US by the end of July, forcing them to return to countries the US State Department has determined are too unsafe to travel to.

Bloomberg.com • 25th June 2026

How a Conservative Georgia Town Defeated an ICE Mega-Prison

A tiny town in rural Georgia, which four months ago was destined to become the home of a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, has fought the White House and won. By all accounts, Social Circle — located about halfway between Atlanta and Augusta — doesn’t seem a likely place to mount a revolt against the overreach of the Trump/Vance administration. It has only about 5,000 inhabitants. Its voters are overwhelmingly Republican.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd June 2026

DeSantis’ Plan to Gut Property Taxes Is a Soviet Power Grab

Florida legislators have approved an amendment for the November ballot that gives new meaning to the phrase “the red state of Florida.” Think Soviet, not Republican. The proposal, offered up by Governor Ron DeSantis and rammed through yesterday in a special session, would give property tax exemptions of at least $250,000 to residents who have owned homes in Florida at least five years.

Bloomberg.com • 1st June 2026

A $5.5 Million Airport Rebrand the Trumps May Profit From

Travelers to Florida take note: Palm Beach International Airport will soon be renamed the President Donald J. Trump International Airport, complete with new call letters: DJT. When the name-change takes effect in July, it will not only be the first time an airport will be named after a sitting president, but the first time such an arrangement can create new revenue streams for him and his family. We will all be paying for it, and not only in taxes.

Bloomberg.com • 27th May 2026

Ken Paxton Ran as a 'Change' Candidate. How Ironic

“Today, change was on the ballot, and change won,” Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, declared in his victory speech an hour after polls closed in Tuesday’s runoff election. Paxton, buoyed by a late endorsement from President Donald Trump, had just defeated veteran senator John Cornyn in a blowout.Unfortunately, in the Trump era, the change the scandal-plagued Paxton promotes means one thing: even greater fealty to Trump and even fewer checks on corruption.

Bloomberg.com • 25th May 2026

Democrats Are Putting Their Faith in Military Veterans

Voters have lost faith in just about every institution right now — with the exception of the military, according to Gallup’s annual survey. So Democrats, in their quest to win back a majority in the US House, are recruiting military veterans. Their appeal boils down to one thing: courage. Voters want to see it. Few Republicans in Congress have been demonstrating it. And no one can deny veterans have it. Alex Vindman, 50, is one of their recruits.

Bloomberg.com • 20th May 2026

Trump’s Massie Smackdown May Cost Him in November

President Donald Trump’s GOP revenge tour reached a new level on Tuesday with the expensive defeat of Congressman Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who dared to challenge the president over his abandoned campaign promises. It was a commanding win for a president who is epically unpopular with most Americans, yet retains a vise-like grip on his party. But it was a devastating blow for democracy. The total cost of the takedown: $33 million.

Bloomberg.com • 19th May 2026

Georgia’s Primary Offers an Early Midterms Preview

It’s primary day in Georgia. The results, perhaps more than in any other state, will give us a glimpse of what’s likely to come in November. With an open race for governor, a high-profile US Senate contest, and a slew of down-ballot races, this swing state could be an early referendum on the president and his second term. No state is closer to the epicenter of America’s political pendulum than Georgia.

Bloomberg.com • 16th May 2026

A Fix for Gerrymandering Both Parties Could Love

America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away the power of their voters. But we don’t have to hold our noses any longer — there’s a fix in sight. And it doesn’t even require a constitutional amendment. It’s time to shift to the system most of the world’s advanced democracies use: proportional representation. It’s a power-sharing arrangement in which parties get seats according to their vote share. America’s...