Russ Read

Weirdly, I don't think the GOP shiould turn left. I think they should turn back to believing in free markets and local control and small government. But the progressive right that wears conservatism as a skin suit claims that is moving left.

Looking at the Senate map in 2028, the GOP is going to have to decide if it is more interested in winning primaries with purists or general elections with candidates who independent voters will vote for. If the latter, they can claw back several Senate seats from the Dems.

🚨 @JohnKerry: Democrats won the midterms because Americans made climate change "a voting issue." Saving the planet, one sermon at a time.

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Hispanics Said Enforcement Went Too Far The polling question this post and others are pointing to asked voters to name the most important issue facing the country. It was not asking what drove their vote. Atlas Intel asked that question, and immigration enforcement came back as the most cited issue for Hispanics. You don't have to like that result, but this same exit poll points the same way. Hispanics now trust Democrats over Republicans on immigration by 15 points. ICE is underwater with them by 38. And 68 percent say the administration's enforcement has gone too far. By the way, those voters broke for Democratic 87 to 10. The same exit poll also shows 76 percent of Hispanics naming immigration enforcement as a crucial or a major factor in their vote. That group went Democratic by 23. Did every Hispanic walk into the booth thinking about ICE? No. Three out of four of them did, but plenty didn't, and those broke for Democrats by even wider margins. Would Republicans have done better with Hispanics if the economy were stronger? Perhaps, but it's also not like the economy is in free fall. The Hispanic poverty rate hit a record low last year. We should talk about the economy, but no honest 2026 post-mortem can pretend that immigration enforcement was not a factor in the GOP's losses with Hispanic voters. Tariffs don't explain Hispanic Democrats voting at record levels across the Rio Grande Valley. Neither does Iran. What to do about this is for policymakers to debate. Whether it happened isn't debatable.

JUST IN: Maryland activist helps block a $5B AI data center planned for the site of an abandoned shopping mall that closed 24 years ago, after gathering over 25,000 signatures.

Harris voters turned out far more than Trump voters 2026 vote for their party: 🔵 Harris voters: 80% 🔴 Trump voters: 65%

Immigrant visas to the US have collapsed almost everywhere since Trump’s new policies, except for two places, per WSJ Change in monthly US immigrant visas: Canada: +142% Mexico: +17% Western Europe: -16% Southeast Asia: -17% Central America: -30% East Asia: -33% Caribbean: -53% South America: -60% South Asia: -63% Australia & Oceania: -73% Middle East: -81% Eastern Europe: -84% Africa: -89% Central Asia: -99%

Can any dune book reader explain why anyone would choose to become a navigator in Dune? In the world of Dune, navigators are barely human anymore. They spend years immersed in highly concentrated spice gas, causing their bodies to mutate severely until they resemble strange fish-like creatures. So, why would anyone accept such a terrible price?

Scott Galloway says he owned a Tesla, but sold it because of Elon. "Not before taking a giant dump in the passenger seat. True story." He's gone from suggesting Elon be executed to telling stories of taking dumps in a car he owned because it was made by Elon's company. This is a broken, deranged and utterly toxic individual.