- Christopher Mathias @ Talking Points Memo: The Most Extreme, Toxic, Bizarre, Scandal-Plagued Candidates of the 2026 Midterms
A congressional candidate in Texas with “Nazi-ish” politics. A congressional candidate in Arizona who “stole valor” and then blamed his grandchildren. A demon-hunting gubernatorial candidate in Colorado who refuses to say precisely how many people he’s killed, and the congressional candidate dubbed the “goth groypette” rallying beside him. Another congressional candidate in Florida who called for nuking Gaza. A state senate candidate in Florida who marched with Nazis in Charlottesville. And the nominee for a North Carolina state senate seat who called into a local news station during an armed standoff with police.
- Tess Owen and David Gilbert: Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election
So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.
- Emily Kennard and Liz Goodwin @ The Washington Post: Social account linked to former Mike Collins aide posted slurs, calls for violence
A congressional staffer who has worked with four representatives over the past four years, including GOP Senate hopeful Rep. Mike Collins (Georgia), appears closely tied to an anonymous social media account that denigrates female politicians, promotes political violence, calls for an end to democracy and laments the existence of civil rights laws, among other views, a Washington Post analysis of the account found. Details shared in posts on the account connect it to 25-year-old Jonathon Hatzistefanou, who works as a legislative assistant for Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Florida) and served as a former staff assistant for Collins, the Georgia Republican locked in a bitter fight for a Senate seat with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D).
- Brett Meiselas @ MeidasTouch Network: Fox News Caught Passing Off Rogers Campaign Backers as 'Bipartisan' Voter Panel
Four of Lara Trump's five Fox voter panelists appeared at Mike Rogers campaign events. One also serves as treasurer of a multimillion-dollar pro-Rogers super PAC.
- Phil Williams @ Confront The Hate: The Thiel Tapes: ‘I Don't Think I'm the Antichrist, Maybe You Shouldn't Trust Me’
Secretly recorded audio from inside Peter Thiel’s first Nashville lecture reveals the tech billionaire’s obsession with the Antichrist—and his odd biblical revisionism.
- John Blake @ CNN: A religious reckoning may be looming for White evangelicals who support Trump
As the midterm elections approach and a post-Trump America looms, some evangelicals and religious scholars are now considering a similar question: What will White evangelicals’ allegiance to President Trump cost them now that their day of reckoning is at hand?
