Morning Brief: New York Turns Left, Kansas Pulls Back, Texas Turns Up the Heat
It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours in American politics — a night of sharp contrasts, high-stakes rhetoric, and a few unexpected twists across the map. Texas Turns Up the Heat Before New York City’s mayoral election, Texas Governor Greg Abbott made waves by vowing to impose “a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from […]
Progressive Squad Member Mulls Massachusetts Senate Bid
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a prominent member of the progressive “Squad,” is considering a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., according to a Politico report citing four people familiar with the discussions. Pressley, 51, has reportedly been reaching out to allies to gauge support for a possible Senate […]
FAA Slashes Flights In 40 Cities As Shutdown Strains Air Travel System
Flight Cuts Begin Friday Amid Staff Shortages The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it will reduce scheduled air traffic by 10% across approximately 40 major U.S. markets starting Friday, citing severe staffing shortages related to the ongoing federal government shutdown. At major airports, reports show that between 20% and 40% of air traffic controllers are […]
Mass. Governor Cracked Down On Gun Owners While An Aide Illegally Carried A Pistol And Dealt Coke Right Under Her Nose
Via Shooting News Weekly by CCRKBA The embarrassing arrest of an aide to anti-gun Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey shows that while she has been penalizing law-abiding gun owners, drug and gun crime was apparently happening right under her nose, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “While Maura Healey, first […]
House Democrat Announces He Won’t Seek Reelection
A House Democrat revealed he will not seek reelection in the upcoming cycle. Rep. Jared Golen (D-ME) announced his plans in an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday, a day after Democrats’ sweeping electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California, and New York City. “I have never loved politics. But I find purpose […]
Controversial Immigration History Shadows St. Paul’s New Mayor
ST. PAUL, Minn. — State Rep. Kaohly Her defeated incumbent Mayor Melvin Carter III on Tuesday night in a ranked-choice election, becoming the first Hmong-American and the first woman elected mayor of Minnesota’s capital city. Her, a Democrat affiliated with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, will take office in January 2026. She is expected to serve a […]
Will You See It? Hearing Held Over Nashville School Shooter Manifesto
The public may soon see what a transgender person wrote in a deadly manifesto before a tragic mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch reports it took parts in oral arguments Oct 30, “before a three-judge panel in the Tennessee Court of Appeals in the public records […]
Minneapolis Mayor Wins Reelection Over Democratic Socialist Challenger
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) defeated Democratic Socialist Party challenger Omar Fateh and others to win a third term in office. Minneapolis uses ranked choice voting to select its mayor, but Frey received more than 50% of first-choice votes, meaning he won the office without the contest going to ranked choice tabulations. The election was officially nonpartisan, though Frey […]
The Red Green Bargain Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Rise: Money From CAIR, Muscle From DSA
A political story often begins with a simple image, a door knock, a volunteer in a windbreaker, a clipboard smudged with rain. We call this grassroots. We imagine neighbors persuading neighbors, small donations adding up, a sense of bottom-up urgency that sweeps an unknown into public life. That story does not fit Zohran Mamdani — […]