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A narrative of a looming “blue wave” just hit a wall — and it came from inside CNN.
During a segment breaking down the 2026 gubernatorial map, CNN data analyst Harry Enten delivered a “wake-up call for Democrats,” pointing to race ratings that currently tilt in Republicans’ favor across the country.
“I think electoral races nationwide should stand as a wake-up call for Democrats,” Enten said. “A wake-up call for Democrats.”
Independent journalists from Muckraker released footage Tuesday showing a New York City Board of Elections employee giving a registration form to someone claiming non-citizen status, noting the office accepts any submission without reporting issues. The worker acknowledged occasional non-citizen attempts but said his role is just to collect and forward forms, which later face database checks. Critics highlighted it as a vulnerability, while studies show non-citizen voting remains rare, fueling partisan divides over stricter proof-of-citizenship laws like the SAVE Act ahead of 2026 midterms.
One small set for voter integrity, one giant step for …… the Senate. This is a no brainer. Any Republican opposed is working for the enemy.
The House has passed the SAVE America Act in a 218–213 vote, requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections and establishing a nationwide voter ID requirement. Now the fight moves to the Senate.
Supporters say the principle is simple: American citizens should decide American elections. Speaker Mike Johnson called the measure straightforward and overdue, while Rep. Chip Roy urged the Senate to take it up immediately.
FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election ‘defects,’ affidavit says Dallas News
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Federal judge dismisses attempt to obtain Michigan voter data in latest rejection of DOJ The Washington Post
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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, claims that requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections is voter suppression.
Even when shown polls that many Democrats also support voter ID in elections nationwide, Jeffries doubled down on talking points.
“We know that states are the ones empowered to conduct elections. And every state should be allowed to decide the best way to proceed to ensure that there’s a free and fair election in New York.” “What Republicans are trying to do is engage in clear and blatant voter suppression.”
Bash: 71% of Democrats support voter ID. Why are they wrong?”
Jeffries: “Republicans are trying to engage in clear and blatant voter suppression.”
Bash: But Virginia has voter ID and Democrats won very handily?
Jeffries: “What Donald Trump wants to do is steal the election.” pic.twitter.com/JuAAQqOfav
— CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) February 8, 2026
This is day 39 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE Act.
▪️85% of white Americans support voter ID
In a notable shift in Nevada’s electoral landscape, the Republican Party has achieved a slim lead in active voter registrations over Democrats, marking the first lead for the party since 2007.
As of February 2026, Republicans hold 596,356 active registrations, compared to Democrats’ 593,740, giving the GOP a lead of 2,616 voters. Nonpartisan voters, however, remain the largest group, with 799,056 registrations, accounting for approximately 37.5 percent of the total 2,128,758 active voters in the state.
Nevada voter registrations just droped! 🚨🚨🚨
The GOP has a +2,616 advantage over Democrats for active voters on the rolls!
🔴GOP: 596,356
🔵Dem: 593,740
This is the first year since 2007 in which there are more active Republicans than Democrats in the state. pic.twitter.com/H6xlhEXSTw
— Ben Larrabee (@Ben_Larrabee) February 9, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is setting her sights on the 2028 election.
The failed 2024 Democratic presidential nominee has relaunched her “Kamala HQ” account on social media platform X, rebranding it as “Headquarters.”
CNN reported she has partnered with the left-wing organization People for the American Way to create “an online organizing project for next generation campaigning.”
CNN quoted a news release from the new group, explaining its goals.
Former Vice President Mike Pence really wants you to think he is a principled man. He really goes on and on about how he, seemingly alone, stands for those bedrock conservative values that made this country great. His foundation, Advancing American Freedom, even boasts “The Conservative Movement Lives Here.”
He’s a constitutional conservative to his core. Until he isn’t.
Let’s take election reform. The SAVE Act, the main provision of which is so overwhelmingly popular with normal Americans that it’s only natural that the denizens of the Washington swamp oppose it with near-religious fervor, has stalled in the Senate. The bill would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections.
President Donald Trump recently called on Republicans to “nationalize” elections to avoid widespread voter fraud.
As it stands currently, each state manages elections — including for federal candidates. Trump seeks to have the federal government take over voting procedures to prevent cheating. “The state acts as an agent of the federal government in elections,” Trump said while addressing reporters at the White House on Tuesday. “I don’t understand why the federal government doesn’t handle them anyway.”
This wasn’t the first time Trump called for nationalizing elections. During a Monday appearance on the Dan Bongino Show, he said, “the Republicans should declare, ‘We want to take charge. We should oversee voting in at least 15 areas.’ The Republicans should nationalize the election process.”
Every so often there’s a piece of content in The New York Times or a similar publication that’s meant to create suspicion but without saying exactly why, usually for the purpose of politicizing something mundane. The story this week about National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard being on site during an FBI operation in Atlanta is one of those pieces of content, but in this case, the reason for the manufactured suspicion is obvious.
The Times on Monday wrote that it was “unusual” for Gabbard to appear at an FBI field office following the agency’s seizure of 2020 ballots from an election center in the ever-so-seedy Fulton County. You know, the place where election officials just admitted to improperly certifying hundreds of thousands of ballots in violation of the election rules. “[H]er continued presence has raised eyebrows given that her role overseeing the nation’s intelligence agencies does not include on-site involvement in criminal investigative work,” the article, reported by a grand total of three people, said.
The dramatic family story Maryland Gov. Wes Moore often tells on the campaign trail has helped power his rise as a national Democratic figure. But according to reporting by Andrew Kerr of the Washington Free Beacon, the tale does not hold up against historical records.
Moore, widely viewed as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, frequently recounts how his grandfather fled South Carolina as a child in the 1920s after the Ku Klux Klan targeted the family. Moore says his great-grandfather, a Black minister, enraged the Klan with sermons condemning racism, forcing the family to escape Charleston in the dead of night to avoid a lynching before resettling in Jamaica.
It is a gripping narrative Moore has repeated for years, including during his successful 2022 run for governor. He first told the story in a 2014 memoir and has since framed it as a defining example of American injustice and perseverance.
I’ve got bad news for conservative readers: The Democrats have every meaningful advantage for the 2026 midterms. According to the betting markets, there’s nearly an 80% probability the Dems will win control of the House of Representatives.
And honestly? That number is too low. (I’m guessing there’s a percentage of conservative gamblers who’re betting with their hearts, not their heads.)
It’ll probably hit the mid-90s by Sept.
Which means, the GOP would be wise to expedite its legislation ASAP and then pull up the ladder well before the end of the term, because once the Dems control the House, the gig is up. That’s the end of President Donald Trump’s legislative legacy.
And his final two years as president will be spent dodging subpoenas, battling with congressional committees, and being impeached (probably more than once). Get ready for two long years of government shutdowns and grandstanding gridlock.
The Dems aren’t even being coy about what they’re planning. This NBC News story ran yesterday evening:
Facing the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed Tuesday to testify before the House Oversight Committee about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Democrats now say Republicans have established a precedent when it co
There’s some not very good electoral news out of Texas, and we should be paying attention to it.
Democratic Texas Senate candidate Taylor Rehmet defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Leigh Wambsganss in a Saturday special election for a seat the president won by double digits three times, multiple outlets project.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has indicated plans to bring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to the Senate floor for a vote, potentially using a procedural maneuver to avoid the traditional 60-vote threshold required to overcome a filibuster.
The announcement comes after a number of House Republicans, including Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Tim Burchett (R-TN), indicated that they would move to block any legislation from being sent to the Senate until a floor vote on the SAVE Act was secured. Lawmakers had attempted to attach an amendment for the SAVE Act onto ongoing government funding bills, which is expected to end the ongoing government shutdown by funding all government departments with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Elon Musk is once again opening his checkbook to influence American politics, pouring millions into Republican efforts to hold Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, according to new campaign finance disclosures reported by both Newsmax and Politico, despite flirting with the idea of creating a third party last year.
Politico reported that Musk “poured $10 million into two major Republican super PACs at the end of last year,” splitting the donations evenly between the Congressional Leadership Fund and the Senate Leadership Fund, “two groups that aim to help the GOP keep control of Congress this year.” The Tesla and SpaceX CEO gave $5 million to each group in December, marking his second round of contributions to both super PACs during the current election cycle.
“It was Musk’s second round of donations to both groups this cycle, having previously given in June,” Politico noted, adding that those earlier donations came “amid his feud with Trump.”
The SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship before anyone is allowed to vote in American elections, will eventually be (we hope) headed for a Senate vote. The Democrats have fought against any kind of voter ID requirement, bitterly, and I leave it to you readers to discern why they are so adamant that we show a government ID for everything but voting. The Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has released a statement pronouncing the SAVE Act as “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
CNN’s Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten may have just done the unthinkable — he admitted to his network’s leftist audience what Republicans have known for a long time: Democrats are in serious trouble.
Election integrity is the Democrat party’s death sentence.
Where the hell is the GOP Congress? Pass the SAVE Act and impeach Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.
🚨 BREAKING: A federal judge has just PERMANENTLY BLOCKED President Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections
Democrats HATE Trump’s order, because they want to CHEAT.
INSANITY.
PASS THE SAVE ACT NOW! pic.twitter.com/mavmG3Y2Zf
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 30, 2026
In a dramatic appearance on The Dan Bongino Show on Monday, President Donald Trump renewed claims about the 2020 presidential election and signaled that “something” is “about to come out” regarding election wrongdoing in Fulton County, Georgia. Trump’s latest comments come after federal authorities conducted a court-approved search at a Fulton County election facility, seizing ballots and election records.
On the live broadcast, Trump reiterated his long-standing assertions that the 2020 election was stolen. He told listeners that some states were “so crooked” in vote counting that results were manipulated, including in states he claims to have won. Trump said that evidence from the Fulton County search will soon reveal “interesting things,” and urged Republicans to consider “nationalizing the voting.”
As the crucial mid-term elections loom, the Republican Party might break precedent and hold a party convention.
The Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee on Thursday approved the concept of calling a convention, according to Fox News.
The new rule would empower Chairman Joe Gruters “to convene a special ceremonial convention outside a presidential election cycle,” according to an RNC memo.
The memo discussed “the possibility of an America First midterm convention-style gathering aligned with President Trump’s vision for energizing the party this fall.”
A Virginia judge on Tuesday ruled that a Democrat-led effort to radically redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is invalid.
The ruling has dealt a major setback to plans that would have dramatically reshaped the state’s House delegation.
Judge Jack Hurley Jr., of the Tazewell County Circuit Court, issued a ruling declaring a proposed constitutional amendment advanced by the Virginia General Assembly to be procedurally invalid under state law.
Federal investigators raided an election office in Fulton County, Ga., Wednesday in a case related to the 2020 vote, a Justice Department official told The Post.
FBI officers are acting on a search warrant, but no more details were immediately available.
Former Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies and supporters in August 2023 with racketeering and other crimes related to attempts to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden in the state.
Abbas amends Palestinian election law to bar Hamas from polls The New Arab
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Alexander Vindman launched a Democratic Senate campaign in Florida on Tuesday, catapulting himself back into the limelight after emerging as a key whistleblower in President Donald Trump’s first-term impeachment.
“The last time you saw me was here, swearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who broke his,” Vindman said in a launch video, referencing clips depicting his congressional testimony during Trump’s impeachment trial. “See, my family came here as refugees to escape tyranny, and I sure as hell wasn’t going to bow down to some wannabe tyrant.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was surprised by Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt’s decision to miss a critical vote Thursday while Republicans work to pass their agenda with a razor-thin majority.
Hunt, who is vying in a brutal three-way Texas Senate primary, was absent while House Republicans advanced a rule teeing up votes on four appropriations bills, including a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security. Though House Republicans did not end up needing Hunt’s vote to advance the funding bills, Republican leadership has voiced irritation about the Senate hopeful’s frequent absences while he campaigns ahead of the March 3 primary.
Democrats have every intention of restarting lawfare against President Donald Trump and his allies the very moment he leaves office, and Republicans need to start taking that threat seriously.
At a Thursday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, where the sole witness was get-Trump lawfare specialist Jack Smith, the former special counsel who brought bogus charges against Trump twice, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said the quiet part out loud in an exchange with Smith.
“Those indictments have been dismissed. Can they be re-brought or resurrected after this, after Trump leaves office?” Johnson asked.
A new poll suggests that the coalition that returned President Donald Trump to the White House after a four-year hiatus may be eroding.
These numbers come as Republicans seek to defend their narrow congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections, when replicating Trump’s 2024 support levels from low-propensity voters was always going to be a challenge.
Trump has lost ground with nonwhite and younger voters, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll released on Thursday. His gains with these voters compared to 2020 helped him win the popular vote and defeat former Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris is considering another run for president in 2028, though Trump is subject to term limits.
The Daily Signal’s Virginia Correspondent Joe Thomas is out with a new podcast breaking down Virginia Democrats’ effort to redistrict the commonwealth.
Now that Democrats are fully in control of the commonwealth, they are moving forward with a plan that could add four Democrat seats and ultimately determine the balance of power in Washington after the 2026 midterms.
Thomas called the move, which could change the Virginia congressional delegation from six Democrats and five Republicans to 10 Democrats and just one Republican, “reactionary.”
A new statewide survey of likely Georgia Republican primary voters shows U.S. Rep. Mike Collins out front in a crowded GOP field, with President Donald Trump enjoying sky-high approval among the party faithful.
The poll of 600 likely Republican primary voters, conducted by conservative-leaning Public Opinion Strategies, finds Collins benefiting from strong name recognition. Seventy-one percent of voters say they are familiar with the northeast Georgia congressman, the highest of any candidate tested.
On a hypothetical primary ballot, Collins leads with 32%, well ahead of U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter at 16% and former football coach Derek Dooley at 12%. Roughly one-third of voters remain undecided. When asked to pick a second choice, respondents were scattered, underscoring how fluid the race remains.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA)