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Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on Six Months of Trump's War With Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026:
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Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on Six Months of Trump's War With Iran
Trump and Vance have already spent up to $100 billion of taxpayer money on their war - which has cost consumers about $1,100 per household in higher prices
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Today marks six months since Donald Trump and JD Vance launched their deadly and costly war of choice with Iran. In half a year, Trump's war has claimed the lives of at least 18 U.S. service members and injured over 750 while tanking the economy at ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on Six Months of Trump's War With Iran Trump and Vance have already spent up to $100 billion of taxpayer money on their war - which has cost consumers about $1,100 per household in higher prices - Today marks six months since Donald Trump and JD Vance launched their deadly and costly war of choice with Iran. In half a year, Trump's war has claimed the lives of at least 18 U.S. service members and injured over 750 while tanking the economy athome as prices on everything from gas to groceries skyrocket.
Trump and his chief dealmaker Vance have failed to reach an agreement to end their war. Back in March, Trump and Vance said the war would be over "soon" - but just this week, Trump said he is "not in a hurry" to end the war.
In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and JD Vance dragged the U.S. into a deadly and costly war they clearly cannot find a way out of - at the expense of the American people who are struggling to make ends meet. Trump and Vance explicitly promised no new foreign wars, yet six months in, there is no end in sight to the conflict that has driven up prices on everything from gas to groceries. While Republicans claim they cannot bring down costs or fund affordable healthcare for everyday Americans, they continue to spend billions of dollars on a war no one wanted or asked for - and voters will remember this betrayal when they head to the polls in November."
Trump and Vance's war with Iran has already cost American taxpayers $100 billion - four times the original $25 billion estimate - and consumers nearly $150 billion, about $1,100 per household from when the war started. Americans have spent $72 billion more on gas alone since the beginning of the war- $604 per household-- with today's national average sitting at $4.08 per gallon. Prices in July surged by 3.7%, higher than expectations, and close to a three-year high.
Meanwhile, as Americans struggle to afford high prices, Vance is sending out fundraising texts, acknowledging, "Groceries cost what they cost" under the Trump-Vance administration.
It's no wonder Trump's approval rating has sunk to the lowest point of his entire presidency, with a meager 33% of Americans approving of his job performance.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-on-six-months-of-trumps-war-with-iran/
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Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on Six Months of Trump's War With Iran
Trump and Vance have already spent up to $100 billion of taxpayer money on their war - which has cost consumers about $1,100 per household in higher prices
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Today marks six months since Donald Trump and JD Vance launched their deadly and costly war of choice with Iran. In half a year, Trump's war has claimed the lives of at least 18 U.S. service members and injured over 750 while tanking the economy at ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Statement From DNC Chair Ken Martin on Six Months of Trump's War With Iran Trump and Vance have already spent up to $100 billion of taxpayer money on their war - which has cost consumers about $1,100 per household in higher prices - Today marks six months since Donald Trump and JD Vance launched their deadly and costly war of choice with Iran. In half a year, Trump's war has claimed the lives of at least 18 U.S. service members and injured over 750 while tanking the economy athome as prices on everything from gas to groceries skyrocket.
Trump and his chief dealmaker Vance have failed to reach an agreement to end their war. Back in March, Trump and Vance said the war would be over "soon" - but just this week, Trump said he is "not in a hurry" to end the war.
In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and JD Vance dragged the U.S. into a deadly and costly war they clearly cannot find a way out of - at the expense of the American people who are struggling to make ends meet. Trump and Vance explicitly promised no new foreign wars, yet six months in, there is no end in sight to the conflict that has driven up prices on everything from gas to groceries. While Republicans claim they cannot bring down costs or fund affordable healthcare for everyday Americans, they continue to spend billions of dollars on a war no one wanted or asked for - and voters will remember this betrayal when they head to the polls in November."
Trump and Vance's war with Iran has already cost American taxpayers $100 billion - four times the original $25 billion estimate - and consumers nearly $150 billion, about $1,100 per household from when the war started. Americans have spent $72 billion more on gas alone since the beginning of the war- $604 per household-- with today's national average sitting at $4.08 per gallon. Prices in July surged by 3.7%, higher than expectations, and close to a three-year high.
Meanwhile, as Americans struggle to afford high prices, Vance is sending out fundraising texts, acknowledging, "Groceries cost what they cost" under the Trump-Vance administration.
It's no wonder Trump's approval rating has sunk to the lowest point of his entire presidency, with a meager 33% of Americans approving of his job performance.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-on-six-months-of-trumps-war-with-iran/
Quick Clip: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals [MS NOW]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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QUICK CLIP: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals [MS NOW]
MS NOW's Jen Psaki: "Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do"
Psaki: "I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week"
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Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states across the country are finding themselves embroiled in what seems like "a new ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * QUICK CLIP: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals [MS NOW] MS NOW's Jen Psaki: "Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do" Psaki: "I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week" - Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states across the country are finding themselves embroiled in what seems like "a newstory every week" implicating them in career-ending scandals.
From Ashley Moody's scandal involving "misappropriation of $10 million in taxpayer money" to Mike Collins' associations with staffers who have "publicly voiced their emphatic support for Nazis," to allegations that Ken Paxton may have admitted to criminal activity in a legal deposition, to Ashley Hinson's spouse "help[ing] arrange meetings" between an insurance lobbying group and lawmakers, the latest "pattern" is impossible to ignore.
With under 70 days to go until the midterm elections, it's "not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do."
See for yourself:
MS NOW: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals (https://youtu.be/Nfb_wtkLiX4)
MS NOW's JEN PSAKI: Let's see if you can recognize the pattern here. First, Florida's Republican Senator Ashley Moody, who is running to keep her seat in November, is, as I mentioned earlier, facing calls to resign after a grand jury report implicated her in a scandal involving allegations of misappropriation of $10 million in taxpayer money when she served as Florida's Attorney General. She claims her office had no role in or knowledge of how the money was spent.
Then there's Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, Congressman Mike Collins, who is not only being investigated for potential misuse of taxpayer dollars, which he denies, but also facing criticism after multiple people in his orbit, including his own former staffers, publicly voiced their emphatic support for Nazis. I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week.
Then there's the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is also no stranger to scandal and now finds himself under more scrutiny after his opponent, James Talarico, asked a court to unseal transcripts of a years-old deposition. A source tells MS NOW the campaign has reason to believe Paxton admitted to crimes in one of those depositions. Paxton's campaign is calling Talarico desperate. Of course they are.
And then there's the Republican candidate for Senate in Iowa, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, who, despite campaigning explicitly to, quote, fight special interests, has reportedly engaged in some questionable behavior with her husband, an insurance executive who chairs a national insurance trade association and lobbying group.
NOTUS reports today that Hinson's husband helped arrange meetings with her and other Iowa Congressional delegation members. The political action committee of that group also gave Hinson more than $67,000. Hinson's campaign told NOTUS that meetings were arranged through the proper and appropriate channels, and that Hinson and her husband maintain the highest ethical standards.
But do you see the pattern here yet? Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do
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See also: POLITICO: Hope Florida reemerges as midterm issue with leaked grand jury report; Washington Post: A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern; Texas Tribune: Talarico campaign asks court to unseal Paxton's depositions in energy investing dispute; NOTUS: Rep. Ashley Hinson's Husband 'Arranged' a Meeting Between Lobbyists and Iowa Lawmakers -- Including His Wife; DSCC: FACT SHEET: Republican Senate Candidates' Corruption Takes Center Stage in Battleground Races; DSCC: Republican Corruption Creates Major Midterm Liabilities for GOP Senate Candidates; DSCC: NEW: Bribery, Sex Crimes And Stock Trades: Republicans' Corruption Problems Go Beyond Trump [HuffPost]; DSCC: MIDTERMS COUNTDOWN: 99 Days and 99 Ways Republican Senate Candidates Are Deeply Flawed, Corrupt, and Out-of-Touch
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Original text and links presented by source here: https://www.dscc.org/article/quick-clip-senate-races-heat-up-as-gop-candidates-confront-scandals-ms-now/
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QUICK CLIP: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals [MS NOW]
MS NOW's Jen Psaki: "Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do"
Psaki: "I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week"
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Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states across the country are finding themselves embroiled in what seems like "a new ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * QUICK CLIP: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals [MS NOW] MS NOW's Jen Psaki: "Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do" Psaki: "I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week" - Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states across the country are finding themselves embroiled in what seems like "a newstory every week" implicating them in career-ending scandals.
From Ashley Moody's scandal involving "misappropriation of $10 million in taxpayer money" to Mike Collins' associations with staffers who have "publicly voiced their emphatic support for Nazis," to allegations that Ken Paxton may have admitted to criminal activity in a legal deposition, to Ashley Hinson's spouse "help[ing] arrange meetings" between an insurance lobbying group and lawmakers, the latest "pattern" is impossible to ignore.
With under 70 days to go until the midterm elections, it's "not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do."
See for yourself:
MS NOW: Senate Races Heat Up as GOP Candidates Confront Scandals (https://youtu.be/Nfb_wtkLiX4)
MS NOW's JEN PSAKI: Let's see if you can recognize the pattern here. First, Florida's Republican Senator Ashley Moody, who is running to keep her seat in November, is, as I mentioned earlier, facing calls to resign after a grand jury report implicated her in a scandal involving allegations of misappropriation of $10 million in taxpayer money when she served as Florida's Attorney General. She claims her office had no role in or knowledge of how the money was spent.
Then there's Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, Congressman Mike Collins, who is not only being investigated for potential misuse of taxpayer dollars, which he denies, but also facing criticism after multiple people in his orbit, including his own former staffers, publicly voiced their emphatic support for Nazis. I can't make this up. It's like a new story every week.
Then there's the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is also no stranger to scandal and now finds himself under more scrutiny after his opponent, James Talarico, asked a court to unseal transcripts of a years-old deposition. A source tells MS NOW the campaign has reason to believe Paxton admitted to crimes in one of those depositions. Paxton's campaign is calling Talarico desperate. Of course they are.
And then there's the Republican candidate for Senate in Iowa, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, who, despite campaigning explicitly to, quote, fight special interests, has reportedly engaged in some questionable behavior with her husband, an insurance executive who chairs a national insurance trade association and lobbying group.
NOTUS reports today that Hinson's husband helped arrange meetings with her and other Iowa Congressional delegation members. The political action committee of that group also gave Hinson more than $67,000. Hinson's campaign told NOTUS that meetings were arranged through the proper and appropriate channels, and that Hinson and her husband maintain the highest ethical standards.
But do you see the pattern here yet? Roughly two and a half months away from the midterm elections is not a great time for Republican Senate candidates to find themselves in headlines next to the word scandal. And yet they do
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See also: POLITICO: Hope Florida reemerges as midterm issue with leaked grand jury report; Washington Post: A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern; Texas Tribune: Talarico campaign asks court to unseal Paxton's depositions in energy investing dispute; NOTUS: Rep. Ashley Hinson's Husband 'Arranged' a Meeting Between Lobbyists and Iowa Lawmakers -- Including His Wife; DSCC: FACT SHEET: Republican Senate Candidates' Corruption Takes Center Stage in Battleground Races; DSCC: Republican Corruption Creates Major Midterm Liabilities for GOP Senate Candidates; DSCC: NEW: Bribery, Sex Crimes And Stock Trades: Republicans' Corruption Problems Go Beyond Trump [HuffPost]; DSCC: MIDTERMS COUNTDOWN: 99 Days and 99 Ways Republican Senate Candidates Are Deeply Flawed, Corrupt, and Out-of-Touch
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Original text and links presented by source here: https://www.dscc.org/article/quick-clip-senate-races-heat-up-as-gop-candidates-confront-scandals-ms-now/
NRCC: Amish Shah's Anti-Police Record Of Voting Against Law Enforcement Officers Exposed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Amish Shah's Anti-Police Record Of Voting Against Law Enforcement Officers Exposed
A new look at socialist Amish Shah's record revealed disturbing votes against law enforcement officers, showing Shah cannot be trusted to keep Valley families safe.
* Socialist Shah backed a partisan Democrat plan to rip away qualified immunity protections, which police chiefs said "would have a profoundly chilling effect on police officers..."
* Shah said he is "honored" and "proud" to have endorsements from ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Amish Shah's Anti-Police Record Of Voting Against Law Enforcement Officers Exposed A new look at socialist Amish Shah's record revealed disturbing votes against law enforcement officers, showing Shah cannot be trusted to keep Valley families safe. * Socialist Shah backed a partisan Democrat plan to rip away qualified immunity protections, which police chiefs said "would have a profoundly chilling effect on police officers..." * Shah said he is "honored" and "proud" to have endorsements fromrabid defund the police groups that fundraised to abolish police departments and bail out violent criminals.
* Shah voted against protecting police officers from false complaints. Shah also voted against ensuring law enforcement had fair representation on police review boards.
"When the radical Left mob came for Arizona's police officers, socialist Amish Shah egged them on and crawled into bed with defund the police groups. Valley families worried about keeping their communities safe cannot trust Socialist Shah." - NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/28/amish-shahs-anti-police-record-of-voting-against-law-enforcement-officers-exposed/
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Amish Shah's Anti-Police Record Of Voting Against Law Enforcement Officers Exposed
A new look at socialist Amish Shah's record revealed disturbing votes against law enforcement officers, showing Shah cannot be trusted to keep Valley families safe.
* Socialist Shah backed a partisan Democrat plan to rip away qualified immunity protections, which police chiefs said "would have a profoundly chilling effect on police officers..."
* Shah said he is "honored" and "proud" to have endorsements from ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Amish Shah's Anti-Police Record Of Voting Against Law Enforcement Officers Exposed A new look at socialist Amish Shah's record revealed disturbing votes against law enforcement officers, showing Shah cannot be trusted to keep Valley families safe. * Socialist Shah backed a partisan Democrat plan to rip away qualified immunity protections, which police chiefs said "would have a profoundly chilling effect on police officers..." * Shah said he is "honored" and "proud" to have endorsements fromrabid defund the police groups that fundraised to abolish police departments and bail out violent criminals.
* Shah voted against protecting police officers from false complaints. Shah also voted against ensuring law enforcement had fair representation on police review boards.
"When the radical Left mob came for Arizona's police officers, socialist Amish Shah egged them on and crawled into bed with defund the police groups. Valley families worried about keeping their communities safe cannot trust Socialist Shah." - NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/28/amish-shahs-anti-police-record-of-voting-against-law-enforcement-officers-exposed/
Mich. Democratic Party: Blue Book - This November is a Choice Between Lower Costs or More Corruption
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news wrap up:
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The Blue Book: This November is a Choice Between Lower Costs or More Corruption
Hello and welcome to The Blue Book, the Michigan Democratic Party's weekly recap to keep you in the know about Michigan politics. Every Friday, we'll bring you the latest in how Democrats are delivering for Michiganders and standing up to Republican extremism in the Great Lakes State.
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FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:
1. TRUMP'S TRADE WAR IS NAMED SHAME: Renaming Lake Ontario makes the Great Lakes' acronym SHAME. ... Show Full Article LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news wrap up: * * * The Blue Book: This November is a Choice Between Lower Costs or More Corruption Hello and welcome to The Blue Book, the Michigan Democratic Party's weekly recap to keep you in the know about Michigan politics. Every Friday, we'll bring you the latest in how Democrats are delivering for Michiganders and standing up to Republican extremism in the Great Lakes State. * * * FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: 1. TRUMP'S TRADE WAR IS NAMED SHAME: Renaming Lake Ontario makes the Great Lakes' acronym SHAME.That checks out. Trump's reckless trade war with Canada is another weight periling Michigan Republicans. It doesn't help that they refuse to stand up to the president. Or that they vote for his agenda of cutting taxes for billionaires, cutting healthcare for Americans, and spending tens of billions on foreign wars nobody asked for.
2. DID WE MENTION THE TRADE WAR? Trump's reckless trade war is expected to cost Michigan families $23 billion. That's $5k per household, a.k.a. a lot of money, especially when Americans have been paying more for everything under this president. So much for being tired of winning.
3. JD CANT SPIN TRUMP'S AGENDA: What could be better than Trump sending his least charismatic henchman to Michigan in an attempt to spin his abysmal record? We'd prefer the Trump administration do something to lower costs and help people, but we guess this will work. The more Michiganders know this administration's litany of lies, the better.
4. CORRUPT JOHN JAMES: New reporting from the Detroit Metro Times details how James' net worth, while in Congress, "rose from between about $990,000 and $8 million in 2022 to between $10.8 million and $50.8 million." That's an increase of five to ten times. The Metro Times also noted that 55 percent of James' stock trades fell under the jurisdiction of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on which James served. Coincidence?
5. HEINOUS HUIZENGA: Another sketchy situation involving Bill Huizenga? Shocker! This time, it's Huizenga taking campaign money from a West Michigan company and its executives after they struck a deal with a company he co-owned. After the deal was made, Huzeinga's stake in the company potentially doubled in value. There's so many examples of Huizenga using his office to get rich, it's hard to keep them straight. But don't worry, we'll be here to help.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Let's just call it Lake Natalie so we know you'll start protecting our Great Lakes." - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell on Trump renaming Lake Ontario
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/new-report-mike-rogers-loved-data-centers-until-voters-didnt-detroit-metro-times/
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The Blue Book: This November is a Choice Between Lower Costs or More Corruption
Hello and welcome to The Blue Book, the Michigan Democratic Party's weekly recap to keep you in the know about Michigan politics. Every Friday, we'll bring you the latest in how Democrats are delivering for Michiganders and standing up to Republican extremism in the Great Lakes State.
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FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:
1. TRUMP'S TRADE WAR IS NAMED SHAME: Renaming Lake Ontario makes the Great Lakes' acronym SHAME. ... Show Full Article LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news wrap up: * * * The Blue Book: This November is a Choice Between Lower Costs or More Corruption Hello and welcome to The Blue Book, the Michigan Democratic Party's weekly recap to keep you in the know about Michigan politics. Every Friday, we'll bring you the latest in how Democrats are delivering for Michiganders and standing up to Republican extremism in the Great Lakes State. * * * FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: 1. TRUMP'S TRADE WAR IS NAMED SHAME: Renaming Lake Ontario makes the Great Lakes' acronym SHAME.That checks out. Trump's reckless trade war with Canada is another weight periling Michigan Republicans. It doesn't help that they refuse to stand up to the president. Or that they vote for his agenda of cutting taxes for billionaires, cutting healthcare for Americans, and spending tens of billions on foreign wars nobody asked for.
2. DID WE MENTION THE TRADE WAR? Trump's reckless trade war is expected to cost Michigan families $23 billion. That's $5k per household, a.k.a. a lot of money, especially when Americans have been paying more for everything under this president. So much for being tired of winning.
3. JD CANT SPIN TRUMP'S AGENDA: What could be better than Trump sending his least charismatic henchman to Michigan in an attempt to spin his abysmal record? We'd prefer the Trump administration do something to lower costs and help people, but we guess this will work. The more Michiganders know this administration's litany of lies, the better.
4. CORRUPT JOHN JAMES: New reporting from the Detroit Metro Times details how James' net worth, while in Congress, "rose from between about $990,000 and $8 million in 2022 to between $10.8 million and $50.8 million." That's an increase of five to ten times. The Metro Times also noted that 55 percent of James' stock trades fell under the jurisdiction of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on which James served. Coincidence?
5. HEINOUS HUIZENGA: Another sketchy situation involving Bill Huizenga? Shocker! This time, it's Huizenga taking campaign money from a West Michigan company and its executives after they struck a deal with a company he co-owned. After the deal was made, Huzeinga's stake in the company potentially doubled in value. There's so many examples of Huizenga using his office to get rich, it's hard to keep them straight. But don't worry, we'll be here to help.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Let's just call it Lake Natalie so we know you'll start protecting our Great Lakes." - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell on Trump renaming Lake Ontario
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/new-report-mike-rogers-loved-data-centers-until-voters-didnt-detroit-metro-times/
Democratic Governors Association: First Poll of General Election Shows Cindy Holscher Leading Ty Masterson in Kansas Gov Race
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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First Poll of General Election Shows Cindy Holscher Leading Ty Masterson in Kansas Gov Race
New poll finds Masterson underwater, Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates"
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New polling first reported by POLITICO shows Kansas Democratic nominee for governor Cindy Holscher leading Republican Ty Masterson, 47 to 46 percent. The poll shows Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates," winning unaffiliated voters by double digits. Meanwhile, Masterson is deeply unpopular with Kansas voters, and ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * First Poll of General Election Shows Cindy Holscher Leading Ty Masterson in Kansas Gov Race New poll finds Masterson underwater, Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates" - New polling first reported by POLITICO shows Kansas Democratic nominee for governor Cindy Holscher leading Republican Ty Masterson, 47 to 46 percent. The poll shows Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates," winning unaffiliated voters by double digits. Meanwhile, Masterson is deeply unpopular with Kansas voters, andone in five Republicans have already abandoned Masterson in favor of Holscher.
Masterson is further dragged down by voter fatigue with Donald Trump, whose favorability is 8 points underwater in the state.
The polling also finds that Sam Brownback remains an extremely unpopular figure in Kansas with a whopping 64% unfavorability rating. This is a massive vulnerability for Masterson, who not only voted to pass the disastrous experiment but called bipartisan efforts to repeal it "a piece of garbage." Meanwhile, Holscher played a leading role in overturning the failed experiment and putting Kansas on a road to recovery.
"This poll makes clear that Kansans from across the political aisle don't want Sam Brownback's top ally Ty Masterson anywhere near the governor's office, and they are lining up behind Cindy Holscher," said DGA Deputy Communications Director Johanna Warshaw. "Holscher is the only candidate in this race committed to taking on special interests to lower costs, fully fund Kansas schools, and cut property taxes - that's why she's well positioned to win this November."
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/first-poll-of-general-election-shows-cindy-holscher-leading-ty-masterson-in-kansas-gov-race/
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First Poll of General Election Shows Cindy Holscher Leading Ty Masterson in Kansas Gov Race
New poll finds Masterson underwater, Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates"
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New polling first reported by POLITICO shows Kansas Democratic nominee for governor Cindy Holscher leading Republican Ty Masterson, 47 to 46 percent. The poll shows Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates," winning unaffiliated voters by double digits. Meanwhile, Masterson is deeply unpopular with Kansas voters, and ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * First Poll of General Election Shows Cindy Holscher Leading Ty Masterson in Kansas Gov Race New poll finds Masterson underwater, Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates" - New polling first reported by POLITICO shows Kansas Democratic nominee for governor Cindy Holscher leading Republican Ty Masterson, 47 to 46 percent. The poll shows Holscher with a "huge advantage among moderates," winning unaffiliated voters by double digits. Meanwhile, Masterson is deeply unpopular with Kansas voters, andone in five Republicans have already abandoned Masterson in favor of Holscher.
Masterson is further dragged down by voter fatigue with Donald Trump, whose favorability is 8 points underwater in the state.
The polling also finds that Sam Brownback remains an extremely unpopular figure in Kansas with a whopping 64% unfavorability rating. This is a massive vulnerability for Masterson, who not only voted to pass the disastrous experiment but called bipartisan efforts to repeal it "a piece of garbage." Meanwhile, Holscher played a leading role in overturning the failed experiment and putting Kansas on a road to recovery.
"This poll makes clear that Kansans from across the political aisle don't want Sam Brownback's top ally Ty Masterson anywhere near the governor's office, and they are lining up behind Cindy Holscher," said DGA Deputy Communications Director Johanna Warshaw. "Holscher is the only candidate in this race committed to taking on special interests to lower costs, fully fund Kansas schools, and cut property taxes - that's why she's well positioned to win this November."
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/first-poll-of-general-election-shows-cindy-holscher-leading-ty-masterson-in-kansas-gov-race/
DSCC Friday Takeaways: Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news wrap up entitled "DSCC Friday Takeaways":
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DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: The Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play
TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 67 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org.
* THE PRICE IS...WRONG: After serving as a rubber stamp for Trump's chaotic tariff policies, Republicans in states "at the ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news wrap up entitled "DSCC Friday Takeaways": * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: The Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 67 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. * THE PRICE IS...WRONG: After serving as a rubber stamp for Trump's chaotic tariff policies, Republicans in states "at theforefront of the midterm battleground map" are likely going to face major "political consequences" as a new round of reckless, price-hiking tariffs begins. Analysts are warning that Republicans' "control of the Senate may be a casualty" of the latest tariffs, which will likely have an "outsized effect" in a number of states that "could determine the Senate majority next year." Even Bob Barker would've called that overbid.
- COME ON DOWN! (IN THE POLLS): GOP Senate candidates are "in a precarious position" as Democrats "see opportunities to further expand the Senate map." These latest "political headaches" are "making life harder for [...] Senate Republican candidates" and come as GOP Senators admit that they "don't have a positive message" and are preparing to "suffer the consequences in November."
- MEET THE CONTESTANTS: GOP Senate candidates across key battleground states have vowed support for and even voted to uphold the chaotic, price-spiking tariffs:
= IN ALASKA: Dan Sullivan supports and is "totally okay with" the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and even backing legislation to make them "stronger from a legal perspective."
= IN GEORGIA: Mike Collins supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and arguing that "our economy is better off because of them."
= IN IOWA: Ashley Hinson supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and continuing to defend them after the Supreme Court struck them down.
= IN MAINE: Susan Collins has argued that her post as chair of "the most powerful committee in Congress" would help her "shape the fiscal priorities of our country," but has refused to use her power as Appropriations chair to stop Trump's tariffs and even voted against an attempt to prevent the tariffs from increasing grocery prices.
= IN MICHIGAN: Mike Rogers supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, calling them a "masterful" decision and an "absolute win." Rogers said people needed to have a "little bit of patience" for tariffs to "work."
= IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: John E. Sununu supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, claiming tariffs were "important" and would have a "very modest" economic impact.
= IN NORTH CAROLINA: Michael Whatley "wholeheartedly" supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, claiming they would "ultimately" be good for North Carolina.
= IN OHIO: Jon Husted supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voted in favor of them multiple times, and said they were giving Ohio businesses "a great boost."
= IN TEXAS: Ken Paxton "fully supports" the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, calling them a "bold action."
- GOP DENIED: "Democrats scored a legal victory" Tuesday after a federal appeals court held that political party committees and joint fundraising committees are not entitled to the lowest unit advertising rates reserved for candidates.
- BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME! Now, reporting highlights how Democratic Senate candidates repeatedly "outraising Republicans in key races" remains a major campaign advantage in the midterm spending fight - an advantage Republicans sought to cut down by rigging the rules in their favor when they brought their original case to strike down the coordinated party spending limits all the way up to the Supreme Court.
- TRUMP COUNTRY... NO LONGER: The latest blow to Republicans comes in the same week wall-to-wall coverage is highlighting how Democrats have "opened up more than one path to winning control of the Senate" with a "sprawling" map that stretches "deep into Trump country" and are feeling "as confident as they ever have been during this cycle" about regaining control of the "increasingly up for grabs" chamber.
= PRICES UP, POLLS DOWN: Meanwhile, "Republicans are nervous" and "concede their candidates are facing a difficult environment" as voters roundly reject the toxic GOP agenda that has "driven increases in the costs of fuel, food and health services, putting Republicans on the defensive in states they once saw as much safer terrain."
= SUMMER SLUMP: Now, with GOP Senate candidates "embroiled in unsavory scandals," "individual Democratic Senate candidates are handily out-raising their Republican opponents" and "lead in most battleground state polls," while "Republicans are spending the summer defending territory they typically don't worry about."
* WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:
- NBC News' RYAN NOBLES: The Democrats right now feel as confident as they ever have been during this cycle about their - at least potential - opportunity to win back the Senate. [...] The results in Alaska during this last primary were as good as they could possibly be with Mary Peltola. They have very encouraging signs in Iowa; obviously the situation in Texas looks encouraging to them.
- NBC News' JOHN HEILEMANN: You have a situation [in Texas], as we've said 100 times, a uniquely bad, disliked, corrupt Republican nominee against a maybe a generational Democratic talent in James Talarico, [...], someone who does not look like a lot of the Democrats that have run in Texas over the past 20, 30 years. And it could be this could be the year.
- THE FUTURE IS... BLUE: Race raters at Sabato's Crystal Ball have shifted the Texas Senate race to a toss-up, as James Talarico posts "regular polling leads," suggesting that he "might be better positioned now than O'Rourke was at this point in 2018." Didn't even need the crystal ball for this one.
= GOP OUTLOOK - NOT SO GOOD: GOP strategists are "hardly enthusiastic" as corrupt Ken Paxton does "little to dispel the concerns some in his party had long harbored" about his candidacy. Now, "Paxton's favorability has been underwater in nearly every survey, and he's underperforming his own party's base support in several polls."
= IF PAST IS PROLOGUE... This comes less than one week after race raters at the Cook Political Report shifted the Texas and Iowa Senate races to Toss-Ups - making "the overall battle for the Senate [...] a tossup."
- PITS OF SCANDAL: Scandal-plagued Georgia GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins faced yet another round of controversies this week related to his ties to white nationalists and an ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer dollars...
= "STONEWALLING AND OBSTRUCTING": First - Senator Ossoff held a press conference where he demanded that Mike Collins explain to Georgia voters why he has refused to answer questions, refused to testify, and obstructed the Office of Congressional Conduct's ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer dollars by allowing his former chief of staff, who had been convicted of criminal battery, to illegally funnel thousands of federal tax dollars to his girlfriend, who did no work for the office.
= WILL HE OR WON'T HE? The Ossoff campaign also released a new video, "Mike Collins: Will you testify?" to slam him for his failure to cooperate with the ethics investigation:
="DISGRACEFUL AND DISQUALIFYING": Later in the week at an event in Macon, Ossoff again called on Collins to release every email, every text message, every Signal message, and every other communication between Collins' office and notorious white supremacists following yet another new alarming report about Collins' ties to white nationalists, including a former staffer who has been uplifting Nazi imagery and depicting himself in a costume of the Ku Klux Klan as recently as June and July.
- Here's some of what Sen. Ossoff had to say on Collins' latest scandals:
= OSSOFF on Collins' refusal to cooperate with the ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer funds: "As you're all aware, Congressman Mike Collins is under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. What you may not be aware of, is that, according to the Office of Congressional Conduct, Congressman Collins has been stonewalling, and obstructing, and refusing to cooperate with the investigation of this wrongdoing."
= OSSOFF on the latest revelations about Collins' ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis: "One of the congressman's staffers posting swastikas online and depicting himself in the costume of the Ku Klux Klan. Disgraceful--disgraceful, and disqualifying. Yet another week, yet another scandal for the bigot Congressman Mike Collins and his collapsing Senate campaign. Mike Collins needs to hold a press conference this afternoon, and he needs to release all of the communications that he continues to hide between his office and these white supremacists."
- IT HASN'T STOPPED: Now, Georgians are taking notice - a new column in the AJC highlighted how Collins's neo-Nazi propagandist son-in-law David Alan Scheer is CONTINUING to film and post "white nationalist and antisemitic" content from GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins' own backyard.
= AJC's PATRICIA MURPHY: "But the problem for Collins is that the hate he says he condemns is coming from his own backyard [...] And it hasn't stopped."
- HIN-SURANCE POLICY: Bombshell new reporting from NOTUS revealed this week that Ashley Hinson's husband helped his insurance industry lobbying group "arrange meetings with Hinson and other Iowa congressional delegation members," according to breaking new reporting from NOTUS. Per the report, a top insurance lobby executive even "credited [Hinson's husband] for helping them gain access to Hinson and other Iowa lawmakers."
= PRE-EXISTING CONDITION: Reporting notes that Hinson and her husband have "deep ties to the insurance industry" given his history as a "longtime insurance executive" who owns "millions worth of interest in a private equity-backed brokerage." The arrangement is raising serious ethics concerns, with independent watchdog observers saying that his position "blurs the line" between business interests and public office - while the insurance lobbying group's PAC has poured nearly $70,000 to Hinson's campaign and affiliated PACs.
= 0 FOR 6: And it's because of this exact shady, self-serving behavior that Iowans are abandoning Hinson. According to a new report from the Washington Examiner, Hinson won zero of the six self-identified independent Iowa voters in their recent focus group... The top concern for every independent voter was tariffs and the cost of living, which Hinson has made worse by voting four times to continue tariffs and six times to continue the war in Iran - both of which are spiking gas and grocery costs.
= ONE PARTICIPANT SAYS... Don, a 68-year-old Independent voter from Chariton, specifically called out Hinson for "not doing anything for the tariffs" and "cutting Medicare and Medicaid," as 842 healthcare facilities have closed in Iowa since Hinson has been in Congress.
- PAXTON'S RUFF RECORD: This week, America celebrated National Dog Day... at least everyone in America except anti-puppy Ken Paxton, who was just exposed for burying the record of hundreds of tortured puppies in research labs, concealing alleged animal abuse from public records requests. Paxton was one of only 15 Republicans to vote against a bill that made animal abusers, instead of taxpayers and shelters, pay for the cost of housing for the animals they had abused.
= "INFLEXIBLE ACOLYTE" KEN PAXTON: Being anti-puppy is apparently not very popular with voters... The Houston Chronicle is out with scathing new analysis on how Paxton's failing campaign has been a disaster, with him fumbling on opportunities to "present himself as something besides an inflexible acolyte" on key Texas issues. From saying he wanted limits on IVF and dodging questions on Texas' THC ban, it's clear that Paxton's campaign grows weaker every passing day.
= CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: And not even Republicans want to stick their neck out for Paxton... Last Sunday on Meet the Press, NRSC Chair Tim Scott repeatedly refused to defend him and dodged when asked if he believes Paxton has the character to serve in the U.S. Senate...
= CORN-FESSION: Meanwhile, Paxton's defeated primary opponent John Cornyn slammed him in a recent Texas Tribune interview, saying Paxton is a "poor campaigner," who is "lazy and doesn't raise money" and is "not offering a very compelling case for his election." Could not have said it better ourselves.
- MIKE'S MASTERFUL MATH: Up in Michigan - which borders Canada and is likely to be hit harder by the GOP's latest round of tariffs than any other state - Michiganders are reading all about how Price Hike Mike Rogers has "stood by the Trump administration's policies, including on tariffs" and repeatedly dismissed their concerns about tariff price hikes. This includes calling them "masterful" and falsely claiming they'd yield "$2,000 dividend checks" (???) for Michiganders...
MIKE DROP: There's just one thing missing from those stories, though - any comment from Rogers, who's refusing to speak out against Trump as he starts another trade war with Michigan's largest trading partner. Rogers' no-comment list now includes:
+ Michigan Advance: "Mike Rogers, has stood by the Trump administration's policies, including on tariffs, throughout his campaign, and has not commented to multiple reporters on the most recent round of tariffs. A spokesperson for Rogers' campaign didn't provide a direct comment on the new tariffs [...]"
= Politico: "Campaign representatives for [...] former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is the GOP Senate nominee in Michigan, did not respond to requests for comment about the Canada tariffs."
= Semafor: "A spokesperson for Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers pointed Semafor to previous comments he made about negotiating with Canada and preventing Chinese auto imports."
= ABC: "Rogers' campaign declined to comment on the new round of tariffs on Canada -- instead pointing to his past comments on increasing U.S. manufacturing."
= NBC: "His campaign didn't say how Rogers would vote on Senate resolutions to revoke Trump's tariffs on Canada."
= WDIV: "So far Republican candidates John James and Mike Rogers have not weighed in on the tariffs on their social media accounts. We've reached out to each campaign for comment."
- DIDN'T LEAVE HIS FLIP-FLOPS IN FLORIDA: After spending months urging data center development in Michigan, dismissing residents' concerns about environmental impacts, and predicting communities might ask for multiple data centers - Rogers flip-flopped last week the moment the issue turned toxic with voters. What a coincidence...
- A SCANDAL IN SANDALS: Despite promoting data centers as recently as late July, Rogers' flip-flop came just days after the NRSC sent out a memo warning that anger over data centers was an "anchor hanging around [GOP candidates'] neck[s]." It also landed the same week a new report revealed Rogers holds "millions in tech investments that could benefit from the data center boom," even as he backed policies to fast-track their development in Michigan...
- WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER: This week, the President of Social Security Works PAC presented Dan Sullivan with a "Roadblock to Social Security" Award across the street from the Anchorage Social Security Administration building... This award recognizes Sullivan's long record of attempting to BLOCK Alaskans from receiving their hard-earned Social Security benefits, including proposing to raise the retirement age and voting to create a "back door for privatizing Social Security." WATCH:
= President of Social Security Works PAC JON "BOWZER" BAUMAN: "Sullivan has undermined Social Security and jeopardized the retirement benefits Alaskans have paid into for their entire lives, and most egregiously, he has continually proposed raising the retirement age. We at Social Security Works hope that Dan Sullivan can find a good spot on his desk for this because he only has a few months more to enjoy it before Alaskans elect Mary Peltola as their next senator."
= 3,000 AND COUNTING: But it's not just Social Security that Sullivan has gone after in the Senate - the Anchorage Daily News this week highlighted just how much Sullivan's healthcare crisis is increasingly costing his constituents... Some insurers in Alaska are now looking to raise rates "by more than 26%" as cuts to Medicaid spending increase the number of uninsured Alaskans - adding to the nearly 3,000 Alaskans who have already dropped their healthcare coverage through the individual marketplace...
= STILL HUNGRY? Don't worry, though... While Alaskans lose health care and contend with Sullivan-backed cuts to Social Security, he "hasn't lost his appetite due to primary stress" and has blown through thousands in campaign cash at flashy DC restaurants and luxury hotels - all while Alaskans are paying nearly $5 a gallon for gas and 20% more than the rest of the country for groceries...
- OUT ON A LIMB: This week, as Trump ratchets up his trade war with Canada and threatens to exacerbate Maine's affordability crisis even further, political analysts are pointing out how the tariffs are "not helpful for Susan Collins" and "giving Democrats an upper hand" in Maine as Collins faces the "political fight of her life."
* ON THE AIRWAVES:
- Puck News' MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR: "I mean, this is giving Democrats an upper hand in an argument. Regardless of which race we're looking at, as we saw there with Troy Jackson being able to say, well, Susan Collins is a Republican. She has been voting with Republicans."
- SUSAN AND JD - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance visited Maine this week, where he praised Susan Collins as a "dear friend" who is doing an "amazing job" ... Vance said that he is working so closely with Collins that she has been to his house "half a dozen times" while he has been Vice President...
- I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU! But that wasn't the only MAGA praise shady Susan got this week - on The Charlie Kirk Show, far-right hosts Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff praised Susan Collins, saying that "when we need her, she's there."
= ANDREW KOLVET: "Well, you know it's interesting about Susan Collins. [...] JD was campaigning for her in Maine this morning, so that's interesting, and Charlie always gave Susan Collins a pass."
= BLAKE NEFF: "Because we want the most conservative lawmakers we can get. And here's the truth with Susan Collins that when we need her, she's been there."
- SHADY SUSAN STRIKES AGAIN: And Collins' week went from bad to worse when she was implicated in a "lobbyist pay-to-play" scheme wherein her husband - former lobbyist Thomas Daffron - received a consulting fee last year from his former firm while it was taking an "enormous amount of money" to lobby Congress on behalf of those who have donated to Collins' campaign, have personal ties to her, or have business before her committee...
- MORE LIKE SILENT SUSAN: As she continues her 25-year streak of not holding a town hall and avoiding answering to Maine voters, questions are piling up about Collins' record of selling out Mainers while enriching herself, lobbyists, and big corporations, including:
= 1 What work did Collins' former lobbyist husband do for the firm, and does Collins think it's a conflict of interest given the company has clients who are her campaign donors and have business in front of her?
= 2 Senate financial disclosure rules don't require Collins to report the full sum that Daffron received... Will she share exactly how much money a lobbying firm with business in front of her committees paid her husband?
= 3 Reporting in April found that Collins, whose husband owns more than $100,000 in oil and gas stock and who voted five times against ending the Iran War, had profited almost $25,000 as gas prices soared due to Trump's war. How much cash has Collins made on her oil and gas stock? Does she think it's a conflict of interest to profit off the war?
** FOWL PLAY: John E. Sununu is currently being lit up for "chickening out" of WMUR's televised Republican primary debate, with Granite Staters calling the decision an "unforced error," and referring to Sununu as "a coward and arrogant," for his "constant pattern of being absent in the campaign" ... Even his fellow Republicans are questioning his campaign's decision - with some claiming it makes him "not qualified to be in Congress" ...
** WHATLEY VS. WHATLEY, VOL. 3: New reporting from the News & Observer reveals that Michael Whatley and NC Republicans are changing their tune on Roy Cooper's crime record. Six years ago, the NC GOP criticized Cooper for being too tough on crime just six years ago, blasting Cooper for sponsoring "draconian" legislation that pushed for stricter sentencing laws and abolishing parole for criminals serving life sentences. Now, Michael Whatley is misleading North Carolinians and changing his narrative for political gain....
- FROM THE REPORT:
= "The North Carolina Republican Party, led by Chairman Michael Whatley, accused former Gov. Roy Cooper of sponsoring 'draconian' crime bills...Since Cooper left office and began his run for U.S. Senate, Republicans have tried to rewrite the narrative on Cooper as soft on crime."
= FLIGHT RISK: Meanwhile, new reporting exposed Whatley's pricey habit of spending more than a hundred thousand dollars to travel on a private jet LINKED TO A CONVICTED FELON... Whatley has a long pattern of protecting convicted felons - from appointing child predator Harvey West, to being complicit in covering up the Epstein files...
= IT GETS WORSE? Turns out Ohio's own Jon Husted's record on nursing homes is worse than what had been previously reported... New reporting from TiffinOhio found that Husted protected abusive and neglectful nursing homes that dumped seniors at homeless shelters across Ohio... This follows previous reporting from NBC 4 Columbus showing Husted has taken "more than a million dollars from the nursing home industry, executives, and lobbyists" after he pushed for the passage of legislation that "shielded Ohio nursing homes from liability, even in wrongful death and abuse cases."
* STEUBENVILLE SPEAKS: In response, Ohioans in Steubenville gathered to slam Husted for his anti-senior record... which includes cutting seniors' health care, pushing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and protecting the abusive nursing home industry.
= Former state Representative EILEEN KRUPINSKI: "Thanks to the votes Jon Husted has made, nursing homes that rely on Medicaid money will have to shut down their business. And then what happens to their employees? I don't want to see our seniors suffer by losing Medicaid. They're not going to stop with eliminating Medicaid. They're going to turn their attention to Social Security and Medicare, and I'm sorry to say that Jon Husted already has."
= Ohio senior and United Steelworkers District 1 staff representative JOHN SAUNDERS: "This town, this valley, has a lot of older people who worked in the mills, worked in aluminum, and worked in the coal mines. They're depending on those benefits. Jon Husted continues to side with the other side. We're here fighting on their behalf to preserve those benefits."
* IN THE STATES:
- AK - Daily Mail: Alaskan senator caught spending campaign funds lavishly hasn't learned as he drops $13,000 on not-yet-open DC steakhouse and checks himself into ANOTHER luxury resort ahead of tight primary
- GA - WGXA: Ossoff calls out Collins' reported 'extensive ties' to White nationalism at Macon visit
- IA - KGAN: Senate candidate Josh Turek discusses cancer rates with survivors in Cedar Rapids
- ME - Semafor: Maine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide ad
- MI - Semafor: Canada tariffs complicate Republicans' Senate defense
- MS - Tippah News: Thompson and Colom urge Black voters to turn out in Mississippi midterms amid redistricting fight
- NH - NBC Boston: Rep. Chris Pappas discusses run for Senate in NH
- NC - WGHP: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Event in High Point
- OH - WTVG: Sherrod Brown rallies Toledo supporters, criticizes Husted's record
- TX - CNBC: Texas Senate hopeful Talarico teams with Mark Cuban on plan to break up healthcare 'monopolies'
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DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: The Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play
TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 67 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org.
* THE PRICE IS...WRONG: After serving as a rubber stamp for Trump's chaotic tariff policies, Republicans in states "at the ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news wrap up entitled "DSCC Friday Takeaways": * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: The Price is WRONG, Paxton's Ruff Record, Hin-surance Policy, and Sununu's Fowl Play TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 67 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. * THE PRICE IS...WRONG: After serving as a rubber stamp for Trump's chaotic tariff policies, Republicans in states "at theforefront of the midterm battleground map" are likely going to face major "political consequences" as a new round of reckless, price-hiking tariffs begins. Analysts are warning that Republicans' "control of the Senate may be a casualty" of the latest tariffs, which will likely have an "outsized effect" in a number of states that "could determine the Senate majority next year." Even Bob Barker would've called that overbid.
- COME ON DOWN! (IN THE POLLS): GOP Senate candidates are "in a precarious position" as Democrats "see opportunities to further expand the Senate map." These latest "political headaches" are "making life harder for [...] Senate Republican candidates" and come as GOP Senators admit that they "don't have a positive message" and are preparing to "suffer the consequences in November."
- MEET THE CONTESTANTS: GOP Senate candidates across key battleground states have vowed support for and even voted to uphold the chaotic, price-spiking tariffs:
= IN ALASKA: Dan Sullivan supports and is "totally okay with" the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and even backing legislation to make them "stronger from a legal perspective."
= IN GEORGIA: Mike Collins supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and arguing that "our economy is better off because of them."
= IN IOWA: Ashley Hinson supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voting in favor of them multiple times and continuing to defend them after the Supreme Court struck them down.
= IN MAINE: Susan Collins has argued that her post as chair of "the most powerful committee in Congress" would help her "shape the fiscal priorities of our country," but has refused to use her power as Appropriations chair to stop Trump's tariffs and even voted against an attempt to prevent the tariffs from increasing grocery prices.
= IN MICHIGAN: Mike Rogers supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, calling them a "masterful" decision and an "absolute win." Rogers said people needed to have a "little bit of patience" for tariffs to "work."
= IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: John E. Sununu supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, claiming tariffs were "important" and would have a "very modest" economic impact.
= IN NORTH CAROLINA: Michael Whatley "wholeheartedly" supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, claiming they would "ultimately" be good for North Carolina.
= IN OHIO: Jon Husted supports the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, voted in favor of them multiple times, and said they were giving Ohio businesses "a great boost."
= IN TEXAS: Ken Paxton "fully supports" the GOP's price-spiking tariffs, calling them a "bold action."
- GOP DENIED: "Democrats scored a legal victory" Tuesday after a federal appeals court held that political party committees and joint fundraising committees are not entitled to the lowest unit advertising rates reserved for candidates.
- BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME! Now, reporting highlights how Democratic Senate candidates repeatedly "outraising Republicans in key races" remains a major campaign advantage in the midterm spending fight - an advantage Republicans sought to cut down by rigging the rules in their favor when they brought their original case to strike down the coordinated party spending limits all the way up to the Supreme Court.
- TRUMP COUNTRY... NO LONGER: The latest blow to Republicans comes in the same week wall-to-wall coverage is highlighting how Democrats have "opened up more than one path to winning control of the Senate" with a "sprawling" map that stretches "deep into Trump country" and are feeling "as confident as they ever have been during this cycle" about regaining control of the "increasingly up for grabs" chamber.
= PRICES UP, POLLS DOWN: Meanwhile, "Republicans are nervous" and "concede their candidates are facing a difficult environment" as voters roundly reject the toxic GOP agenda that has "driven increases in the costs of fuel, food and health services, putting Republicans on the defensive in states they once saw as much safer terrain."
= SUMMER SLUMP: Now, with GOP Senate candidates "embroiled in unsavory scandals," "individual Democratic Senate candidates are handily out-raising their Republican opponents" and "lead in most battleground state polls," while "Republicans are spending the summer defending territory they typically don't worry about."
* WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:
- NBC News' RYAN NOBLES: The Democrats right now feel as confident as they ever have been during this cycle about their - at least potential - opportunity to win back the Senate. [...] The results in Alaska during this last primary were as good as they could possibly be with Mary Peltola. They have very encouraging signs in Iowa; obviously the situation in Texas looks encouraging to them.
- NBC News' JOHN HEILEMANN: You have a situation [in Texas], as we've said 100 times, a uniquely bad, disliked, corrupt Republican nominee against a maybe a generational Democratic talent in James Talarico, [...], someone who does not look like a lot of the Democrats that have run in Texas over the past 20, 30 years. And it could be this could be the year.
- THE FUTURE IS... BLUE: Race raters at Sabato's Crystal Ball have shifted the Texas Senate race to a toss-up, as James Talarico posts "regular polling leads," suggesting that he "might be better positioned now than O'Rourke was at this point in 2018." Didn't even need the crystal ball for this one.
= GOP OUTLOOK - NOT SO GOOD: GOP strategists are "hardly enthusiastic" as corrupt Ken Paxton does "little to dispel the concerns some in his party had long harbored" about his candidacy. Now, "Paxton's favorability has been underwater in nearly every survey, and he's underperforming his own party's base support in several polls."
= IF PAST IS PROLOGUE... This comes less than one week after race raters at the Cook Political Report shifted the Texas and Iowa Senate races to Toss-Ups - making "the overall battle for the Senate [...] a tossup."
- PITS OF SCANDAL: Scandal-plagued Georgia GOP Senate Candidate Mike Collins faced yet another round of controversies this week related to his ties to white nationalists and an ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer dollars...
= "STONEWALLING AND OBSTRUCTING": First - Senator Ossoff held a press conference where he demanded that Mike Collins explain to Georgia voters why he has refused to answer questions, refused to testify, and obstructed the Office of Congressional Conduct's ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer dollars by allowing his former chief of staff, who had been convicted of criminal battery, to illegally funnel thousands of federal tax dollars to his girlfriend, who did no work for the office.
= WILL HE OR WON'T HE? The Ossoff campaign also released a new video, "Mike Collins: Will you testify?" to slam him for his failure to cooperate with the ethics investigation:
="DISGRACEFUL AND DISQUALIFYING": Later in the week at an event in Macon, Ossoff again called on Collins to release every email, every text message, every Signal message, and every other communication between Collins' office and notorious white supremacists following yet another new alarming report about Collins' ties to white nationalists, including a former staffer who has been uplifting Nazi imagery and depicting himself in a costume of the Ku Klux Klan as recently as June and July.
- Here's some of what Sen. Ossoff had to say on Collins' latest scandals:
= OSSOFF on Collins' refusal to cooperate with the ongoing ethics investigation into his misuse of taxpayer funds: "As you're all aware, Congressman Mike Collins is under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. What you may not be aware of, is that, according to the Office of Congressional Conduct, Congressman Collins has been stonewalling, and obstructing, and refusing to cooperate with the investigation of this wrongdoing."
= OSSOFF on the latest revelations about Collins' ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis: "One of the congressman's staffers posting swastikas online and depicting himself in the costume of the Ku Klux Klan. Disgraceful--disgraceful, and disqualifying. Yet another week, yet another scandal for the bigot Congressman Mike Collins and his collapsing Senate campaign. Mike Collins needs to hold a press conference this afternoon, and he needs to release all of the communications that he continues to hide between his office and these white supremacists."
- IT HASN'T STOPPED: Now, Georgians are taking notice - a new column in the AJC highlighted how Collins's neo-Nazi propagandist son-in-law David Alan Scheer is CONTINUING to film and post "white nationalist and antisemitic" content from GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins' own backyard.
= AJC's PATRICIA MURPHY: "But the problem for Collins is that the hate he says he condemns is coming from his own backyard [...] And it hasn't stopped."
- HIN-SURANCE POLICY: Bombshell new reporting from NOTUS revealed this week that Ashley Hinson's husband helped his insurance industry lobbying group "arrange meetings with Hinson and other Iowa congressional delegation members," according to breaking new reporting from NOTUS. Per the report, a top insurance lobby executive even "credited [Hinson's husband] for helping them gain access to Hinson and other Iowa lawmakers."
= PRE-EXISTING CONDITION: Reporting notes that Hinson and her husband have "deep ties to the insurance industry" given his history as a "longtime insurance executive" who owns "millions worth of interest in a private equity-backed brokerage." The arrangement is raising serious ethics concerns, with independent watchdog observers saying that his position "blurs the line" between business interests and public office - while the insurance lobbying group's PAC has poured nearly $70,000 to Hinson's campaign and affiliated PACs.
= 0 FOR 6: And it's because of this exact shady, self-serving behavior that Iowans are abandoning Hinson. According to a new report from the Washington Examiner, Hinson won zero of the six self-identified independent Iowa voters in their recent focus group... The top concern for every independent voter was tariffs and the cost of living, which Hinson has made worse by voting four times to continue tariffs and six times to continue the war in Iran - both of which are spiking gas and grocery costs.
= ONE PARTICIPANT SAYS... Don, a 68-year-old Independent voter from Chariton, specifically called out Hinson for "not doing anything for the tariffs" and "cutting Medicare and Medicaid," as 842 healthcare facilities have closed in Iowa since Hinson has been in Congress.
- PAXTON'S RUFF RECORD: This week, America celebrated National Dog Day... at least everyone in America except anti-puppy Ken Paxton, who was just exposed for burying the record of hundreds of tortured puppies in research labs, concealing alleged animal abuse from public records requests. Paxton was one of only 15 Republicans to vote against a bill that made animal abusers, instead of taxpayers and shelters, pay for the cost of housing for the animals they had abused.
= "INFLEXIBLE ACOLYTE" KEN PAXTON: Being anti-puppy is apparently not very popular with voters... The Houston Chronicle is out with scathing new analysis on how Paxton's failing campaign has been a disaster, with him fumbling on opportunities to "present himself as something besides an inflexible acolyte" on key Texas issues. From saying he wanted limits on IVF and dodging questions on Texas' THC ban, it's clear that Paxton's campaign grows weaker every passing day.
= CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: And not even Republicans want to stick their neck out for Paxton... Last Sunday on Meet the Press, NRSC Chair Tim Scott repeatedly refused to defend him and dodged when asked if he believes Paxton has the character to serve in the U.S. Senate...
= CORN-FESSION: Meanwhile, Paxton's defeated primary opponent John Cornyn slammed him in a recent Texas Tribune interview, saying Paxton is a "poor campaigner," who is "lazy and doesn't raise money" and is "not offering a very compelling case for his election." Could not have said it better ourselves.
- MIKE'S MASTERFUL MATH: Up in Michigan - which borders Canada and is likely to be hit harder by the GOP's latest round of tariffs than any other state - Michiganders are reading all about how Price Hike Mike Rogers has "stood by the Trump administration's policies, including on tariffs" and repeatedly dismissed their concerns about tariff price hikes. This includes calling them "masterful" and falsely claiming they'd yield "$2,000 dividend checks" (???) for Michiganders...
MIKE DROP: There's just one thing missing from those stories, though - any comment from Rogers, who's refusing to speak out against Trump as he starts another trade war with Michigan's largest trading partner. Rogers' no-comment list now includes:
+ Michigan Advance: "Mike Rogers, has stood by the Trump administration's policies, including on tariffs, throughout his campaign, and has not commented to multiple reporters on the most recent round of tariffs. A spokesperson for Rogers' campaign didn't provide a direct comment on the new tariffs [...]"
= Politico: "Campaign representatives for [...] former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is the GOP Senate nominee in Michigan, did not respond to requests for comment about the Canada tariffs."
= Semafor: "A spokesperson for Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers pointed Semafor to previous comments he made about negotiating with Canada and preventing Chinese auto imports."
= ABC: "Rogers' campaign declined to comment on the new round of tariffs on Canada -- instead pointing to his past comments on increasing U.S. manufacturing."
= NBC: "His campaign didn't say how Rogers would vote on Senate resolutions to revoke Trump's tariffs on Canada."
= WDIV: "So far Republican candidates John James and Mike Rogers have not weighed in on the tariffs on their social media accounts. We've reached out to each campaign for comment."
- DIDN'T LEAVE HIS FLIP-FLOPS IN FLORIDA: After spending months urging data center development in Michigan, dismissing residents' concerns about environmental impacts, and predicting communities might ask for multiple data centers - Rogers flip-flopped last week the moment the issue turned toxic with voters. What a coincidence...
- A SCANDAL IN SANDALS: Despite promoting data centers as recently as late July, Rogers' flip-flop came just days after the NRSC sent out a memo warning that anger over data centers was an "anchor hanging around [GOP candidates'] neck[s]." It also landed the same week a new report revealed Rogers holds "millions in tech investments that could benefit from the data center boom," even as he backed policies to fast-track their development in Michigan...
- WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER: This week, the President of Social Security Works PAC presented Dan Sullivan with a "Roadblock to Social Security" Award across the street from the Anchorage Social Security Administration building... This award recognizes Sullivan's long record of attempting to BLOCK Alaskans from receiving their hard-earned Social Security benefits, including proposing to raise the retirement age and voting to create a "back door for privatizing Social Security." WATCH:
= President of Social Security Works PAC JON "BOWZER" BAUMAN: "Sullivan has undermined Social Security and jeopardized the retirement benefits Alaskans have paid into for their entire lives, and most egregiously, he has continually proposed raising the retirement age. We at Social Security Works hope that Dan Sullivan can find a good spot on his desk for this because he only has a few months more to enjoy it before Alaskans elect Mary Peltola as their next senator."
= 3,000 AND COUNTING: But it's not just Social Security that Sullivan has gone after in the Senate - the Anchorage Daily News this week highlighted just how much Sullivan's healthcare crisis is increasingly costing his constituents... Some insurers in Alaska are now looking to raise rates "by more than 26%" as cuts to Medicaid spending increase the number of uninsured Alaskans - adding to the nearly 3,000 Alaskans who have already dropped their healthcare coverage through the individual marketplace...
= STILL HUNGRY? Don't worry, though... While Alaskans lose health care and contend with Sullivan-backed cuts to Social Security, he "hasn't lost his appetite due to primary stress" and has blown through thousands in campaign cash at flashy DC restaurants and luxury hotels - all while Alaskans are paying nearly $5 a gallon for gas and 20% more than the rest of the country for groceries...
- OUT ON A LIMB: This week, as Trump ratchets up his trade war with Canada and threatens to exacerbate Maine's affordability crisis even further, political analysts are pointing out how the tariffs are "not helpful for Susan Collins" and "giving Democrats an upper hand" in Maine as Collins faces the "political fight of her life."
* ON THE AIRWAVES:
- Puck News' MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR: "I mean, this is giving Democrats an upper hand in an argument. Regardless of which race we're looking at, as we saw there with Troy Jackson being able to say, well, Susan Collins is a Republican. She has been voting with Republicans."
- SUSAN AND JD - BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance visited Maine this week, where he praised Susan Collins as a "dear friend" who is doing an "amazing job" ... Vance said that he is working so closely with Collins that she has been to his house "half a dozen times" while he has been Vice President...
- I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU! But that wasn't the only MAGA praise shady Susan got this week - on The Charlie Kirk Show, far-right hosts Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff praised Susan Collins, saying that "when we need her, she's there."
= ANDREW KOLVET: "Well, you know it's interesting about Susan Collins. [...] JD was campaigning for her in Maine this morning, so that's interesting, and Charlie always gave Susan Collins a pass."
= BLAKE NEFF: "Because we want the most conservative lawmakers we can get. And here's the truth with Susan Collins that when we need her, she's been there."
- SHADY SUSAN STRIKES AGAIN: And Collins' week went from bad to worse when she was implicated in a "lobbyist pay-to-play" scheme wherein her husband - former lobbyist Thomas Daffron - received a consulting fee last year from his former firm while it was taking an "enormous amount of money" to lobby Congress on behalf of those who have donated to Collins' campaign, have personal ties to her, or have business before her committee...
- MORE LIKE SILENT SUSAN: As she continues her 25-year streak of not holding a town hall and avoiding answering to Maine voters, questions are piling up about Collins' record of selling out Mainers while enriching herself, lobbyists, and big corporations, including:
= 1 What work did Collins' former lobbyist husband do for the firm, and does Collins think it's a conflict of interest given the company has clients who are her campaign donors and have business in front of her?
= 2 Senate financial disclosure rules don't require Collins to report the full sum that Daffron received... Will she share exactly how much money a lobbying firm with business in front of her committees paid her husband?
= 3 Reporting in April found that Collins, whose husband owns more than $100,000 in oil and gas stock and who voted five times against ending the Iran War, had profited almost $25,000 as gas prices soared due to Trump's war. How much cash has Collins made on her oil and gas stock? Does she think it's a conflict of interest to profit off the war?
** FOWL PLAY: John E. Sununu is currently being lit up for "chickening out" of WMUR's televised Republican primary debate, with Granite Staters calling the decision an "unforced error," and referring to Sununu as "a coward and arrogant," for his "constant pattern of being absent in the campaign" ... Even his fellow Republicans are questioning his campaign's decision - with some claiming it makes him "not qualified to be in Congress" ...
** WHATLEY VS. WHATLEY, VOL. 3: New reporting from the News & Observer reveals that Michael Whatley and NC Republicans are changing their tune on Roy Cooper's crime record. Six years ago, the NC GOP criticized Cooper for being too tough on crime just six years ago, blasting Cooper for sponsoring "draconian" legislation that pushed for stricter sentencing laws and abolishing parole for criminals serving life sentences. Now, Michael Whatley is misleading North Carolinians and changing his narrative for political gain....
- FROM THE REPORT:
= "The North Carolina Republican Party, led by Chairman Michael Whatley, accused former Gov. Roy Cooper of sponsoring 'draconian' crime bills...Since Cooper left office and began his run for U.S. Senate, Republicans have tried to rewrite the narrative on Cooper as soft on crime."
= FLIGHT RISK: Meanwhile, new reporting exposed Whatley's pricey habit of spending more than a hundred thousand dollars to travel on a private jet LINKED TO A CONVICTED FELON... Whatley has a long pattern of protecting convicted felons - from appointing child predator Harvey West, to being complicit in covering up the Epstein files...
= IT GETS WORSE? Turns out Ohio's own Jon Husted's record on nursing homes is worse than what had been previously reported... New reporting from TiffinOhio found that Husted protected abusive and neglectful nursing homes that dumped seniors at homeless shelters across Ohio... This follows previous reporting from NBC 4 Columbus showing Husted has taken "more than a million dollars from the nursing home industry, executives, and lobbyists" after he pushed for the passage of legislation that "shielded Ohio nursing homes from liability, even in wrongful death and abuse cases."
* STEUBENVILLE SPEAKS: In response, Ohioans in Steubenville gathered to slam Husted for his anti-senior record... which includes cutting seniors' health care, pushing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and protecting the abusive nursing home industry.
= Former state Representative EILEEN KRUPINSKI: "Thanks to the votes Jon Husted has made, nursing homes that rely on Medicaid money will have to shut down their business. And then what happens to their employees? I don't want to see our seniors suffer by losing Medicaid. They're not going to stop with eliminating Medicaid. They're going to turn their attention to Social Security and Medicare, and I'm sorry to say that Jon Husted already has."
= Ohio senior and United Steelworkers District 1 staff representative JOHN SAUNDERS: "This town, this valley, has a lot of older people who worked in the mills, worked in aluminum, and worked in the coal mines. They're depending on those benefits. Jon Husted continues to side with the other side. We're here fighting on their behalf to preserve those benefits."
* IN THE STATES:
- AK - Daily Mail: Alaskan senator caught spending campaign funds lavishly hasn't learned as he drops $13,000 on not-yet-open DC steakhouse and checks himself into ANOTHER luxury resort ahead of tight primary
- GA - WGXA: Ossoff calls out Collins' reported 'extensive ties' to White nationalism at Macon visit
- IA - KGAN: Senate candidate Josh Turek discusses cancer rates with survivors in Cedar Rapids
- ME - Semafor: Maine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide ad
- MI - Semafor: Canada tariffs complicate Republicans' Senate defense
- MS - Tippah News: Thompson and Colom urge Black voters to turn out in Mississippi midterms amid redistricting fight
- NH - NBC Boston: Rep. Chris Pappas discusses run for Senate in NH
- NC - WGHP: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Event in High Point
- OH - WTVG: Sherrod Brown rallies Toledo supporters, criticizes Husted's record
- TX - CNBC: Texas Senate hopeful Talarico teams with Mark Cuban on plan to break up healthcare 'monopolies'
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DNC: Rising Prices Continue to Sink Consumer Sentiment in Trump's Economy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026:
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Rising Prices Continue to Sink Consumer Sentiment in Trump's Economy
Sentiment dropped most sharply among Republicans, older consumers, and lower- and middle-income consumers
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According to new data released today, consumer sentiment fell 6% from last month, about 11% below a year ago, driven by continued concerns about inflation. Consumers worry that inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future as Donald Trump's war with Iran drags on, causing prices to skyrocket ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Rising Prices Continue to Sink Consumer Sentiment in Trump's Economy Sentiment dropped most sharply among Republicans, older consumers, and lower- and middle-income consumers - According to new data released today, consumer sentiment fell 6% from last month, about 11% below a year ago, driven by continued concerns about inflation. Consumers worry that inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future as Donald Trump's war with Iran drags on, causing prices to skyrocketon everything from gas to groceries to housing.
The average household has had to spend more than $3,800 extra since Trump took office, including $310 for groceries. The average price of a gallon of gas is $4.08 today, and the average household has already spent about $604 more on gas since Trump started his war.
Meanwhile, Trump is profiting from his war with Iran: Trump's wealth exploded by as much as $15.5 million just through stocks he owned in oil and gas companies at the end of 2025.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"It's no wonder Americans hate Donald Trump's economy: Costs on everything from gas to groceries to healthcare have skyrocketed while the job market hollows out -- and there's no relief in sight for working families. Trump is doubling down as he ramps up his reckless trade war and his war with Iran drags on. Americans have lost hope in Trump's economy and voters are ready to put in new leadership come November."
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View data here: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/new-rising-prices-continue-to-sink-consumer-sentiment-in-trumps-economy/
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Rising Prices Continue to Sink Consumer Sentiment in Trump's Economy
Sentiment dropped most sharply among Republicans, older consumers, and lower- and middle-income consumers
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According to new data released today, consumer sentiment fell 6% from last month, about 11% below a year ago, driven by continued concerns about inflation. Consumers worry that inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future as Donald Trump's war with Iran drags on, causing prices to skyrocket ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Rising Prices Continue to Sink Consumer Sentiment in Trump's Economy Sentiment dropped most sharply among Republicans, older consumers, and lower- and middle-income consumers - According to new data released today, consumer sentiment fell 6% from last month, about 11% below a year ago, driven by continued concerns about inflation. Consumers worry that inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future as Donald Trump's war with Iran drags on, causing prices to skyrocketon everything from gas to groceries to housing.
The average household has had to spend more than $3,800 extra since Trump took office, including $310 for groceries. The average price of a gallon of gas is $4.08 today, and the average household has already spent about $604 more on gas since Trump started his war.
Meanwhile, Trump is profiting from his war with Iran: Trump's wealth exploded by as much as $15.5 million just through stocks he owned in oil and gas companies at the end of 2025.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"It's no wonder Americans hate Donald Trump's economy: Costs on everything from gas to groceries to healthcare have skyrocketed while the job market hollows out -- and there's no relief in sight for working families. Trump is doubling down as he ramps up his reckless trade war and his war with Iran drags on. Americans have lost hope in Trump's economy and voters are ready to put in new leadership come November."
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View data here: https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/new-rising-prices-continue-to-sink-consumer-sentiment-in-trumps-economy/