NEWSNATIONNOW (Chris Cuomo) - Wes Moore accuses Trump, Vance of trying to 'rig the rules' on redistricting
Wes Moore said only 8% of congressional districts nationwide are competitive.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sarah May) - DHS Secretary Mullin draws fire from Trump allies after calling for immigration reform alongside Democratic governors
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ignited a backlash from Trump-aligned figures after delivering a speech calling for immigration reform and praising his relationships with Democratic governors considered 2028 presidential contenders. Mullin, who took over the Department of Homeland Security roughly five months after Kristi Noem's departure, used a speech at the National Governors' Association Summer […] The post DHS Secretary Mullin draws fire from Trump allies after calling for immigration reform alongside Democratic governors appeared first on American Almanac .
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ignited a backlash from Trump-aligned figures after delivering a speech calling for immigration reform and praising his relationships with Democratic governors considered 2028 presidential contenders. Mullin, who took over the Department of Homeland Security roughly five months after Kristi Noem's departure, used a speech at the National Governors' Association Summer Meeting in Oklahoma City to argue that the country needs lasting changes to its immigration system, remarks that drew swift praise from Democrats and equally swift condemnation from figures in the president's orbit. The DHS secretary told the governors' gathering that the United States has failed to act on the issue for decades.…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Ken Martin digs in at DNC as calls for his resignation mount and party finances trail the GOP by more than $100 million
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faces a widening revolt from donors, operatives, and fellow party leaders who say his leadership has left the DNC broke, directionless, and unprepared for the 2026 midterms, yet he refuses to step aside. Rufus Gifford, who served as finance chairman for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, published a Substack […] The post Ken Martin digs in at DNC as calls for his resignation mount and party finances trail the GOP by more than $100 million appeared first on American Almanac .
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faces a widening revolt from donors, operatives, and fellow party leaders who say his leadership has left the DNC broke, directionless, and unprepared for the 2026 midterms, yet he refuses to step aside. Rufus Gifford, who served as finance chairman for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, published a Substack essay this week declaring that the DNC under Martin is "spiraling toward irrelevance." Gifford did not mince words about the chairman's future. "At this point, I think there is no saving Martin's chairmanship," Gifford wrote . "He is a good man with good intentions but simply not meeting this critical moment." Shannon Watts, the former leader of gun-safety group Moms Demand…Open
ABCNEWS - Maryland governor 'very concerned' Trump will interfere in midterms
Moore says Trump might use federal power to influence the fall elections.
AXIOS (Alex Thompson) - 2028 Democratic power rankings, right now
What Axios' Alex Thompson is hearing from Democratic insiders about the party's most likely 2028 Democratic nominees, as told to Jim VandeHei for his weekly Axios C-Suite newsletter: 1. Kamala Harris. She is far ahead of every other contender with Black voters, still the most important voting bloc in a Democratic primary. Her allies argue that no one else is as prepared for a national campaign. She was a better candidate in 2024 than in 2020 and is working hard to be a better, more authentic, less cautious candidate in 2028. Harris is likely a beneficiary of Democrats' preliminary choice yesterday of South Carolina, instead of Nevada, for the first Democratic presidential primary of 2028. 2. AOC. No one else can plausibly claim to be…
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Baltimore ex-convict builds booming business removing squatters after police refused to act
A former convict in Baltimore turned his frustration with Maryland's squatter-friendly laws into a thriving removal business, boarding up doors, deploying smoke bombs, and charging property owners $2,000 a job to do what police won't. Sanchez Deandre Lewis, who goes by "Mikey," runs a crew he calls "the Wolf Pack" under the banner of his […] The post Baltimore ex-convict builds booming business removing squatters after police refused to act appeared first on American Almanac .
A former convict in Baltimore turned his frustration with Maryland's squatter-friendly laws into a thriving removal business, boarding up doors, deploying smoke bombs, and charging property owners $2,000 a job to do what police won't. Sanchez Deandre Lewis, who goes by "Mikey," runs a crew he calls "the Wolf Pack" under the banner of his company, Squatter King Removal. His methods are blunt: board up windows and entrances, pull doors off hinges, remove locks, and apply relentless pressure until unauthorized occupants leave voluntarily. He also keeps smoke bombs and bear spray on hand as what he calls defensive measures. The Daily Mail profiled Lewis and his operation, detailing tactics that have drawn a growing social media following and…Open
DAILYCALLER (Spencer Lombardo) - Democrats Plot Eleventh-Hour ‘Gerrymandering’ Effort To Oust Maryland’s Sole Republican Rep
‘since they know they can’t win on the Eastern Shore with their far-left ideas, is trying to win by gerrymandering’
Democrats may be trying to deny Maryland Republicans representation again in their latest redistricting effort. Maryland lawmakers announced plans for a special session next month to draft a constitutional amendment aimed at redistricting the state ahead of the 2024 midterm elections, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Democrats previously proposed an 8-0 map that would’ve eliminated the state’s sole Republican seat, held by Rep. Andy Harris. (RELATED: Gov. Wes Moore Says He Might Gerrymander Out Maryland’s Last GOP Rep In Name Of ‘Fairness’) “What the Maryland Governor and the new Democrat Socialist Party are doing, since they know they can’t win on the Eastern Shore with their far-left ideas, is trying to win by…Open
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Democrats Clash With Trump, as Political Tensions Rise on America’s 250th
Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore, potential 2028 contenders, cast President Trump’s record as a betrayal of American ideals, while the president disparaged their party as extreme.
AXIOS (Holly Otterbein) - Tension with unions shadow Moore's run-up to 2028
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has cast himself as a champion of workers, but behind the scenes his relationships with some labor unions are increasingly rocky. - Several union officials tell Axios that the potential 2028 presidential candidate says the right things to them but often doesn't follow through — and that he's even combative toward organized labor at times. Why it matters: The tension with labor officials is latest obstacle that Moore, an Afghanistan veteran and former investment banker, faces in his backyard as he builds a national profile ahead of a possible run for the White House. - Moore is a self-described political outsider who won public office for the first time only four years ago, and he's acknowledged some growing…
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - The most costly primaries you've never heard of are raging on D.C.'s doorstep
A pair of largely overlooked U.S. House races in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. are racing up the leaderboard of the most expensive congressional primaries in U.S. history. Why it matters: The massive volume of cash pervading these elections has some candidates raising the possibility that there is such a thing as too much spending for your favored candidate. - Voters "see the frequency of the ads, and now they're asking questions," said Wala Blegay, a Prince George's County Council member running in Maryland's 5th district. - Said former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, another candidate in that race: "It's tough to square, like, why is someone donating this much money?" Driving the news: Outside groups — most notably the…