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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
The 1994 “revolution” saw Rs win the popular vote by 6.8 pts
2006 was D + 7.9
2010 was R + 6.8
2018 was D + 8.6
2026 Ds are tracking toward a 13-pt popular vote win
Have to go back half a century—the post-Watergate wipeout of 1974, D + 16.8 pts—to find anything like this.
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
new election day record: the highest ever national average for gasoline and diesel prices ever on election day. $4.12/gal for gasoline, $6.28/gal for diesel.
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
AM update. We continue to see a significant surge of blacks, young people, & Hispanics in the early vote. Compared to 2022 share of vote:
- Black vote is up 11%
- 18-29 vote is up 25%
- Latino vote is up 42%!!
It's an electorate Dems wanted to see.
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
NEW: One White House official told me that President Trump, in an earlier meeting that Katie Zacharia was not present for, told attendees that she had no talent and shouldn’t be on television. politico.com/news/2026/10/16…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
NEWS: A surprise new Democratic donor has emerged to fund his own super PAC and is spending $7 million in final weeks to blitz four red-state Senate races: FL, SC, MS and KS.
Meet the man behind the money —> w/ @teddyschleifer nytimes.com/2026/10/14/us/po…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Exclusive: While planning a wedding and preparing for a move to China, @PressSec Katie Zacharia sat for the California bar exam but did not pass, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told the @WSJ.
wsj.com/business/media/white…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
New: Trump and his advisers are debating whether to call off plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, with Trump having remarked privately that he did not initially know that Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down, two sources familiar with the discussions told CNN cnn.com/2026/10/13/politics/…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
NYT reports: David Milstein a top aide to U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee suppressed and altered reports by U.S. diplomats critical of Israel and skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light
nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
JD Vance heads to Lima, Ohio, on Friday for a midterm rally, per the RNC.
That means Trump and Vance are on track to have held three rallies in Ohio in 10 days.
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
New: Trump talks 2028, midterms and media woes at Murdoch dinner
— Asked about WSJ subscription biz
— He said it was too soon to make a decision around who he would support in 2028
@axios
axios.com/2026/10/02/trump-m…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
Emmanuella is one of the thousands of Haitians who were living and working in the U.S. legally when Trump revoked their TPS. She left her job, desperately tried to find a husband, and began to disappear. The quiet unraveling of a Haitian life in America: newyorker.com/news/our-local…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
New: More than a year after Trump attempted to dismantle Voice of America, the gov't is paying an estimated $1.6 million a week to keep 420 of its staffers on administrative leave, according to July numbers revealed in a State Department IG report. washingtonpost.com/business/…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
wired.com/story/ice-has-been…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
NEW: Jared Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza.
Reporting with @goodwinallegra and @MajliedePuyKamp
Edited by @timelfrink_dc
cnn.com/2026/10/01/us/jared-…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
The anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, @oliverdarcy scoops
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Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
New: “I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.” @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com/investiga…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
New: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes. propub.li/4yLLwaF
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
🚨EXCLUSIVE @MSNOWNews >>> Top @TheJusticeDept leader warned prosecutors would be fired to refusing to pursue election fraud cases. It has folks fearing WH will push bogus election cases to cast doubt on midterms w @KDilanianMSNOW
ms.now/news/top-doj-official…
Rachel Van Dongen retweeted
When Corey Lewandowski was at the Department of Homeland Security, he approached senior Qatari officials with a proposal: Hire me on the side. He told Qataris he could help with any issues that fell under the department’s purview, such as visas, and made a similar proposal to the UAE.
Both turned him down.
Read this story by @tparti @jdawsey1 @MHackman @summer_said: wsj.com/politics/policy/core…
