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welcome back to the whiteboard
Congress is in session this week, with four business days left before August recess, during which time they aim to pass some kind of funding bill(s?) to prevent another government shutdown on September 30. Th...
In case you missed it: this week's stuff
We did it, Joe! We made it through another week. This one with unhinged anti-voting speeches that no one aired, continued GOP flailing in Congress, and JD Vance out there being cringey. Here’s what you might have missed:
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Donald Trump's Ls for the week
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Major news networks didn’t even air Trump’s bitch boy speech
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Republican election denier confirms Trump’s “documents” show zero votes changed in any recent election...
When Northern state houses tried to overturn the 14th amendment
New Jersey and Ohio enter the chat
On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down a Louisiana congressional map that had created a second majority-Black district and re...
Dr. Annie Andrews on running against the ghost of Lindsey Graham
I join Under the Desk News every Wednesday at 10 EST for our livestream “A Hill To Die On,” where we chat all things headlines, historical context, and have cool friends drop in like Dr. Annie Andrews in South Carolina. Here’s today’s recor...
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