Author: Sam Massey
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Analilia Mejia Wins Big in NJ-11 Special Election
Analilia Mejia Wins Big in NJ-11 Special Election By: Sam Massey Analilia Mejia, a former labor organizer and one-time national political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, convincingly defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in Thursday’s special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District by a nearly 20-point margin. The Associated Press called the race…
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Swalwell, Gonzales Resign From Congress; Exit Respective Races
Swalwell, Gonzales Resign From Congress; Exit Respective Races By: Sam Massey Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, resigned from Congress on Tuesday, pre-empting a push by their House colleagues to expel them from office. Both lawmakers had been facing separate House Ethics investigations into alleged sexual misconduct with…
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Why Has Eric Swalwell Not Dropped Out Yet?
Why Has Eric Swalwell Not Dropped Out Yet? By: Sam Massey For the past week or so, there had been word floating around that a major story on Rep. Eric Swalwell would be coming out. We had no idea how bad it actually was going to be. On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle published a…
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Trump Wants To Bomb Iranian Children “Back To The Stone Ages”
Trump Wants To Bomb Iranian Children “Back To The Stone Ages” By: Sam Massey On the evening of April 1, 2026, Donald Trump stood in the Cross Hall of the White House and told the American people that the United States would bomb Iran “back to the stone ages, where they belong.” It was not…
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Trump Fires Pam Bondi from Attorney General; Eyes Lee Zeldin as Replacement
Trump Fires Pam Bondi from Attorney General; Eyes Lee Zeldin as Replacement By: Sam Massey President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, confirming the ouster in a Truth Social post Thursday in which he called her “a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served…
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Gambit Forecaster: April 2026 Report on Senate and Governor Races
The April Report Gambit Forecaster’s April Report: 2026 Senate and Gubernatorial Races – Written By Sam Massey View Senate Data – View Gubernatorial Data View Upcoming Primaries Here Introduction With three months of the election season in the books, and three massive primaries out of the way in Illinois, North Carolina, and Texas (for the…
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I Did That: How Republicans Inherited The Gas Crisis
I Did That: How Republicans Inherited The Gas Crisis By: Sam Massey Americans who lived through 2022 remember what $4 gas feels like politically. It was a number that haunted Joe Biden through the back half of his first term, a daily, unavoidable reminder plastered on every street corner that something had gone wrong. Under…
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Guilty on Ethics Charges
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Guilty on Ethics Charges By: Sam Massey The House Ethics Committee’s adjudicatory subcommittee, composed of eight Republican and Democratic House members, held a rare public hearing this Friday to determine whether the alleged violations against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick had been proven by clear and convincing evidence. The panel ultimately determined that all…
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Rep. Schneider Calls Out Senate Candidate For Rally With Twitch Streamer
Rep. Schneider Calls Out Senate Candidate For Rally With Twitch Streamer By: Sam Massey Illinois Congressman Brad Schneider took to social media Tuesday to attack popular socialist Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker, following the announcement that he would appear alongside Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Michigan State University rally scheduled…
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Main Takeaways From 3/17 Primaries
Main Takeaways From 3/17 Primaries By: Sam Massey Inhabitants of Illinois voted on March 17th in primaries that were supposed to be sleepy mid-cycle affairs, with only an incumbent governor practically running unopposed, a Senate seat opening up, a handful of competitive House races in Chicago’s collar districts. What emerged instead was a diagnostic X-ray…