It’s Not Just Iran. Trump Is Flailing on Multiple Fronts.

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. You’ve heard the joke: The White House is going to start talking about the Epstein files to distract from how badly the Iran war is going. Except that this reverse “Wag the dog” is based on bizarre truth: First Lady Melania Trump did bring the disgraced financier up, unprompted, late last week in an effort to distance herself from the scandal (in a move that, predictably, only shifted it back into the spotlight…

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California Dems in Disarray After Swalwell’s Exit

A handful of Democrats are still vying for California’s top office, leaving many to wonder which candidate could rise to the top now that former Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell is out. Within a matter of two days, Swalwell went from being the top Democrat candidate for California’s highest office to announcing the end of his campaign and later resigning from Congress. Amid the chaos, elections experts and political science professors spoke to The Daily Signal about the disorder that Swalwell’s scandal has caused, and what candidate Californians could see in…

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MoveOn Launches Primary Campaign to Boot Dems Backed By Defense Contractors, AIPAC, and AI

Kicks off with Lander endorsement for NY-10 Issues memo to Dem Party leaders to end ties with war hawks READ MEMO HERE WASHINGTON – Citing the unpopularity of the costly Iran war, and the rise of dark money interests attempting to shape the party and policy, MoveOn has launched a campaign to further toxify candidates backed by war hawks. As reported in POLITICO Playbook, the organization released a memo to urge the DNC, DSCC, and DCCC to stop accepting contributions from pro-war interests—including defense contractors, AI and tech entities, and…

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Viktor Orbán Could Actually Lose

Viktor Orbán is the closest thing in Europe to a prime minister for life. He has served four consecutive terms since 2010, perpetuating his power with the ruthlessness of a royal. But ruthlessness may not guarantee him reelection. That became clear to me recently in Székesfehérvár, a small city in central Hungary where Orbán was born. Székesfehérvár lacks Budapest’s grand boulevards and baroque extravagance, but the city is not without luster. Hungary’s first king, Stephen I, built a basilica in Székesfehérvár that served as the coronation site for later monarchs.…

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