Minneapolis on edge as ICE in the spotlight, MAGA's bid for cultural relevance
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
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Democrats see the money roll in |
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A shock election victory for Democrats in deep-red Texas on Saturday is giving the opposition party a jolt of momentum to begin 2026 — a year that will decide the fate of Donald Trump's twin congressional majorities, and possibly his presidency. Democrats elsewhere are seeing other signs, too, that the various dynamics which kept voters at home or willing to consider voting for Trump in 2024 are shifting. Despite being shy of the majority, members in both chambers are brimming with optimism and are beginning to talk openly about the possibility of pulling off a clean sweep of the GOP in November. Saturday's runoff election in the Fort Worth area put a northern Texas district that voted for Donald Trump by 17 points in 2024 into the hands (briefly) of a Democrat, Taylor Rehmet, who supports statewide rent stabilization, vows to halt the sale of public lands, and ending charter school voucher programs. But there's another reason Democrats are feeling optimistic as February begins: They're positively flush with cash. In several races key to the party's bid to winning the Senate, Democrats are outraising GOP incumbents and building war chests to prepare for an all-out brawl later this year. Read more here: |
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| Fear in Minneapolis as ICE agents terrorize city: 'I haven't left my home in five weeks' |
Schoolchildren and US veterans are among thousands of residents in Minneapolis unable to go about their lives as ICE agents continue their crackdown in the city. Bel Trew is on the ground for The Independent. |
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I don't know why the director was there. |
Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, claimed Sunday that he didn't know why DNI Tulsi Gabbard was present for an FBI raid of Fulton County election offices — before it was reported that she was there to connect agents with the president himself. |
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- Total control: The president suggested that his party should seize control of elections in 'at least 15 places' and brazenly repeated a number of blatant lies about his electoral history during a Monday phone interview with a right-wing podcaster who briefly served in a top FBI role last year. Andrew Feinberg has more.
- Big game? Big lame: A real who's...who? of D-list MAGA celebrities are emerging as the lineup for Turning Point USA's "alternative" Super Bowl halftime show. Inga Parkel is following the craziness.
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