Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Americans want voter integrity. Why don't Democrats?

Republicans should allow Democrats to exhaust themselves with the 'standing filibuster,' then pass the SAVE Act. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Wed Feb 4 2026

 
A Vote Here/Aqui sign is posted at a polling place at a church after the polls opened before sunrise on November 05, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona.

Republicans should allow Democrats to exhaust themselves with the 'standing filibuster,' then pass the SAVE Act.

Former Vice President Mike Pence receives in Boston on May 4, 2025, the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award "for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021."
 

Mike Pence proves what it means to put country over party

As the U.S. turns 250, demand that elected leaders set aside partisanship to call out their own political and ideological allies when they are wrong.

Billie Ellish and Finneas O'Connell at The 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
 

The Trump-bashing is so tired. No one cares what celebs think.

Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, you are famous because of your talents as musicians, not because of your idiotic views on politics and President Trump.

Bad Bunny accepts the award for best musica urbana album for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2026.
 

The Grammys were fine. The music industry kind of isn't.

The Grammys reflect a middling years for mainstream music, but they pulled it together with Bad Bunny's win ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Dec. 1, 2025.
 

Mark Kelly should send Trump a thank-you card

Like all of Trump's efforts at retribution, this is driven by a thin-skinned, temper-tantrum reaction to criticism about serious issues.

A handout photograph shows U.S. President Donald Trump with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, from Epstein's estate, released by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Dec. 12, 2025.
 

The more Trump appears in the Epstein files, the less the GOP cares

The GOP's messaging in advance of this year's midterm elections seems to boil down to: Work longer, don't carry guns and don't worry about Epstein.

A demonstrator calls for releasing the Epstein files on Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington, DC.
 

Latest Epstein files release shows how much we've lost the plot

The Epstein files are perhaps the only thing the left and the right can currently agree on – and may be what drives a wedge between MAGA and Trump.

Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears with a companion, whose identity has been obscured, in this image from the Epstein estate released by the Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in Washington, DC, on Dec. 18, 2025.
 

Stop weaponizing the Epstein files. Start protecting the victims.

I'm not the only one worried about Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But too many of us are worried about politics.

High school freshman students take a reading test during orientation in Laveen, Arizona, in 2022.
 

Why Gen Z is struggling to think critically about what they're reading

Gen Z and Gen Alpha are growing up in a very different information world. Teens need to learn how to approach the news in entirely different ways.

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