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Capitol, campaigns, the administrative state.
Dissenter’s Politics desk tracks Capitol Hill, the White House, campaigns, and the administrative state. We compare how outlets frame the same story and synthesize one readable account with every source listed at the foot of the page.
Politics
Four House Democrats demand Speaker Johnson cancel recess to ram through AI 'safeguards,' backed by a corporate AI firm's self-serving threat report that conveniently justifies regulatory capture.
September 12, 2026
Politics
Bipartisan bill targeting Russian energy buyers threatens higher pump and grocery prices for American families.
September 11, 2026
Politics
The faithful want more. The consultant class has no lever to pull.
September 11, 2026
Politics
Liz Mair floats Sean Duffy as an 'EZ-Pass' candidate acceptable to every faction—but won't say who's bankrolling him.
September 11, 2026
Politics
Funded by foreign tariffs, not your taxes — and the usual suspects are already howling.
September 10, 2026
Politics
Missourians cast primary ballots under districts that no longer exist — and the courts couldn't care less.
September 10, 2026
Politics
The Democratic hopeful now says there are two sexes and supports banning gender surgery for minors — after years claiming the opposite.
September 10, 2026
Politics
Contradictory court orders leave Missouri voters with no clear congressional map two months before Election Day — and no sign judges will sort it out before ballots print.
September 10, 2026
Politics
Washington calls it a bribe. Returning your money is the one spending they can't stomach.
September 10, 2026
Politics
Proposed rule would end inflated House seats and Electoral College votes for states that harbor illegal aliens.
September 10, 2026
Politics
Press fussed over a minor slide deployment while the real story—a foreign-donated jet still lacking full defensive systems—went ignored.
September 9, 2026
Politics
Press targets Trump's disclosed cash gifts to aides while Biden family foreign money gets a pass.
September 9, 2026
Politics
As Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in American goods, the president draws a line on aerospace — and the press calls it protectionism.
September 8, 2026
Politics
House control — and the power to block America-first legislation — hangs on a Navy-heavy district feeling the costs of the Iran war.
September 7, 2026
Politics
The establishment screams ego, but Dallas proves who owns the GOP base.
September 7, 2026
Politics
Outsiders battle party machinery as the establishment redraws maps to protect its own.
September 7, 2026
Politics
They call it 'unhinged slop.' What terrifies them is AI lets anyone create what they once controlled.
September 7, 2026
Politics
MAGA Inc. unlocks its $400M war chest to defend a once-safe Senate seat the establishment surrendered to border failure.
September 6, 2026
Politics
The establishment recycles retread politicians, and the press tells you it's what you wanted all along.
September 5, 2026
Politics
Adam Telle spent two decades steering appropriations for the senators who fund the Army he now controls.
September 5, 2026
Politics
Federal injunction locks in current mail-voting rules as ballots ship; Trump administration appeals to the Supreme Court.
September 5, 2026
Politics
Rejected by voters, the Louisiana Republican is stalling the president's labor picks over a resigned secretary's misconduct.
September 5, 2026
Politics
Same week, two state supreme courts intervene in redistricting — and only one outcome gets called a gerrymander
September 4, 2026
Politics
Feds push barcode mandate 70 days before midterms — but USPS lawyer can't tell a judge if the tracking portal even works
September 3, 2026
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